London Podcast Festival returns to King’s Place in September

london podcast festival

Now in its eighth year, the London Podcast Festival will return to King’s Place from 7-17 September.

Kings Place is the UK’s home of live podcasting, having presented podcast shows since 2010 before the launch of the London Podcast Festival in 2016 which was Europe’s first major podcast festival.

The eleven-day Festival will bring together some of the biggest names in podcasting and new talent with a line-up of live shows, workshops, meet and greets, panels and more, in a celebration of the artform.

World of Wonder podcast network launches summer season of titles

wow podcast network

World of Wonder has announced a summer slate of podcasts on the WOW Podcast Network.

Leading the line-up is a third season of the World of Wonder co-founder-hosted “Night Fever,” and the launch of two all new podcasts: “And Just Like Matt” and “I Feel Love Connie.” These series are joined in a line-up alongside WOW Podcast Network titles, including “Homophilia” and “UNHhhh”.

New podcast drives well-known faces to places that shaped them

show on the road

Show on the Road takes celebrities out of the studio for a personalised road trip around the places that shaped them. 

The new eight-part series from Auto Trader, sees presenter and podcaster Alex Legouix in the driver’s seat taking her guests on a trip combining nostalgic sights with reflections their career. From their old school to their favourite chip shop, the chat goes down avenues that no other studio-based show gets to explore.

Decorating by the Book ends second season with third announced

decorating by the book podcast

The design book podcast, Decorating by the Book season two concludes after a standout partnership with vizzy.fm.

Across the series, design book conversations took place with the likes of David Jimenez, Robert Sackville-West, Amanda Sims Clifford, Hilton Carter, Thomas Kligerman, Ajiri Aki, Leslie Banker and more.

There was a groundbreaking visual experience for listeners resulting from the partnering with vizzy.fm.

Global launches new Legends of the Ashes podcast series

legends of the ashes

A brand new ten-part original podcast series, Legends of The Ashes is being launched by Global.

Lifelong cricket fan and current Marylebone Cricket Club President, Stephen Fry is the host and it’s written by Simon Hughes. Simon is known in cricket as The Analyst for his unique work in explaining the game.

The series features contributions from a range of legendary names in Ashes history, hearing from the likes of Lord Botham, Sir Andrew Strauss, Michael Vaughan, Glenn McGrath, Justin Langer and modern-day heroes such as Stuart Broad and Steve Smith.

Spotify launches new competition podcast The Perfect Pitch

the perfect pitch spotify

The Perfect Pitch from Spotify follows creatives crafting responses to creative briefs from high-profile marketing and advertising executives.

It could be two professional chefs going head-to-head in a cooking competition, interior designers competing over a living room transformation or musicians singing to win the hearts of audiences, as they battle it out to edge out their competitor with the best advertising campaign.

Drag Superstar Jujubee returns with Queen of Hearts

queen of hearts

Wondery and Rococo Punch are bringing back their hilarious audio-first dating game show, Queen of Hearts.

It’s hosted by drag queen extraordinaire Jujubee, who guides singles through a series of wild games and challenges to see if they can find their next great love … for now.

Queen of Hearts is a first-of-its-kind podcast series that presents an inclusive, sex- and body-positive twist on the classic dating game show.

Audible and Out on the Page partner to celebrate Queer storytelling

pride list of queer storytelling

In celebration of Pride 2023, Audible has partnered with Out on the Page, to release a Pride List of Queer Storytelling.

From poems and novellas to memoirs and even speeches, it features over 100 titles, hand-picked by 42 LGBTQIA+ writers and voices from a breadth of genres, including Val McDermid, Liv Little, Damien Barr, Travis Alabanza, Juliet Jacques and more.

Will Young stars in musical podcast Vergil! A Mythological Musical

vergil a mythological musical

Audible has released Vergil! A Mythological Musical written by best-selling author Maria Dahvana Headle.

It’s a modern, musical retelling of The Aeneid, the epic poem that tells the renowned story of Aeneas, who fled the fall of Troy and discovered Rome.

The musical features Will Young as Vergil, Claudia Kariuki as Sulpicia, Alice Fearn as Julia, Le Gateau Chocolate as Oppius, and Divina de Campo as The Sibyl.

+ More