Award-winning comedy podcast This Paranormal Life to tour UK and US

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Rory Powers and Kit Grier Mulvenna, hosts of This Paranormal Life, are to tour the UK and US.

Following their sell-out debut tour last Summer, the Flat World Tour is coming in October.  They’ll be bringing their award-winning cult comedy podcast to venues including New York’s Gramercy Theatre, London’s Hackney Empire and Belfast’s Limelight.

Since launching in 2017, the podcast has proved popular, with over 17 million listens.

HSBC UK is now headline sponsor of The News Agents podcast

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Banking group HSBC UK has partnered with Global to be the headline sponsor of the chart-topping daily podcast The News Agents.

Sponsorship messaging will remind listeners of HSBC UK’s position as one of the world’s leading international banks.

This will include hosts Jon Sopel, Emily Maitlis and Lewis Goodall showcasing the range of benefits across the bank, from personal and business banking support to international spending services.

Natural History Museum’s new podcast reports on planetary emergency

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The Natural History Museum is launching a new podcast, Our Broken Planet.

The series aims to shed light on the critical state of our environment and empower listeners to become catalysts for change.

It’s hosted by Evolutionary biologist Dr Tori Herridge, Research Fellow at the Natural History Museum Daphne Jackson and Creative Producer at The Natural History Museum Dr Khalil Thirlaway.

British Podcast Awards 2023 – The Listeners’ Choice vote opens

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The Listeners’ Choice vote for the British Podcast Awards 2023 is now open.

You can vote for your favourite podcast for free on the BPA’s website in the public poll. Last year, over 60,000 people cast votes, which resulted in true crime podcast RedHanded retaining its trophy for a second year running.

Podcasters are encouraged to get their listeners to vote.

The Secret World of Slimming Clubs signs to Audio Always

The Secret World of Slimming Clubs

Hit podcast The Secret World of Slimming Clubs has signed to the Audio Always network.

Hosted by Katy White, Jo Russell and Victoria Price, it isn’t a diet podcast but a safe space for people who know the struggles of having to weigh-in every week but can’t resist a trip to the chippy on the way home. The hosts regularly proclaim, “there’s no shame in a gain”.

Writer and producer Chris Heath launches sitcom podcast

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Award-winning writer and producer Chris Heath has launched a brand-new audio sitcom, Cat/Person.

The podcast is a series of overheard conversations between a broken man called Matthew and his sarcastic, selfish, sociopathic rescue cat, Hobson.

Cat/Person captures the kind of relentless emotional hazing that cats love to lavish on their eager-to-please ‘owners’.

Matthew is doing his best to keep himself from falling into a black hole following an unhappy divorce.

Comedian and actress Lolly Adefope launches new podcast

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Lolly Adefope is regularly inundated by fan mail, so what better way to reply, than via a podcast?

That’s exactly what she’s doing with Lolly Adefope’s Fanmail, an Audible Original podcast where she reads out fan letters, solves fan problems and interviews fans and celebrity fans.

She also asks important questions like ‘why do you love me so much?’ and ‘what is it about me that you love so much?’

Glassbox Media is “like a modern-day record company” says CEO David Segura

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Glassbox Media's David Segura

CEO and co-founder of Glassbox Media, David Segura is an accomplished entrepreneur and investor who is now immersed in the podcasting space.

His company is growing rapidly, and he took time out to tell us about it, and his vision to help podcasters scale and grow.

Growing up in El Paso Texas, David knew he wanted the big city life, so went to study in Chicago. He couldn’t get used to the cold climate there so moved to LA where he began working in the media, learning the content creation process and working with talent.

Red Bull launches UNCUT – extended episodes of podcast Mind Set Win

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UNCUT is an uninterrupted, nonstop version of Red Bull’s self-improvement sport podcast, Mind Set Win.

Episodes of Mind Set Win’s first season were short, tight, and tactical. Hosts Cédric Dumont and Kate Courtney left a lot on the cutting room floor to keep episodes at around 15 minutes.

UNCUT a chance to hear the rawness and unfiltered accounts from those featured. I

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