Little Mix’s Leigh-Anne Pinnock stars in The Little Mermaid

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Audible has released an adaptation of The Little Mermaid narrated by singer, songwriter and actor, Leigh-Anne Pinnock.

Based on the work of Hans Christian Andersen, this version has been adapted by storyteller and lyricist Dina Gregory who wove some of Leigh-Anne’s lived experiences into the story.

Leigh-Anne’s influence is also seen in the musical elements of the audiobook; she invited singers anaiis, Kersha Bailey, Sairah Rowe and Nadine Samuels to provide original vocals.

Gemma Styles hosts new podcast on climate anxiety launching on Curio

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Planet for Tomorrow is a new sustainability audio series on Curio hosted by writer and podcaster Gemma Styles.

The four part series, which kicks of on 20 April, explores collective and individual environmental action, the pressure of perfectionism and climate anxiety.

It will be hosted exclusively on Curio, a platform where listeners can access narrated journalism from the world’s top publications, as well as original series.

Minnie Driver stars in supernatural thriller The Lesser Dead podcast

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Supernatural audio series, The Lesser Dead stars Academy Award nominee Minnie Driver, Jack Kilmer, Danny Huston and Saul Rubinek.

From Echoverse, a studio focusing on science fiction, supernatural and fantasy audio experiences, the podcast series will be available exclusively on Wondery+ from Monday 27 March.

Award-winning author Christopher Buehlman has adapted his darkly-comedic novel of the same title to audio.

New podcast explores how lockdown affected Britain’s ‘ghost children’

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A new BBC 5 Live podcast investigates the country’s so called ‘ghost children’.

The five-part series, Terri White: Finding Britain’s Ghost Children was developed in response to the murder of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes in 2020. It explores how lockdown exposed cracks in the system designed to protect vulnerable children, exactly three years after the UK’s schools closed at the height of the pandemic.

Formula 1 renews podcast partnership with Audioboom

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Audioboom will continue its alliance with Formula 1® through until 2026.

The deal is to partner on the production, distribution and monetisation of Formula 1’s official podcasts including F1: Beyond the Grid and F1 Nation.

Since Formula 1’s move into podcasting in 2018, Beyond The Grid has been downloaded more than 50 million times, as journalist and Formula 1 insider Tom Clarkson shares stories and insight with big names from the sport.

Ground-breaking podcast series designed and created by AI

Synthetic Stories

Multi award-winning content agency Distorted has used AI to design and create a ground-breaking podcast.

The story, voice, sound, artwork was all made entirely by Artificial Intelligence, including the press release that goes with it!

Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph returns for second series

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Chanté Joseph is back with the second series of the Guardian’s popular podcast, Pop Culture.

The first series explored everything, from the truth behind reality TV, the fallout from Harry and Meghan’s bombshell Netflix series and Jameela Jamil’s exasperation with the return of size zero to the fashion runways.

Now the new series sees host Chanté provide more unique takes on the latest pop culture stories and what they mean for us day-to-day. Episode one is now available.

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