Podcast sensation My Dad Wrote a Porno join The Podcast Show 2021
Organisers of The Podcast Show 2021 are to invite one internationally recognised podcast to guest curate a part of the festival each year and podcast sensation My Dad Wrote A Porno will be the inaugural guest curators for 2021.
The award-winning podcast trio, Alice Levine, Jamie Morton and James Cooper will appear at the show to curate a special programme of events that will feature some of their favourite podcasters and creators. The full Podcast Show 2021 line up will be announced in February.
Alice Levine, Jamie Morton and James Cooper, My Dad Wrote A Porno said: “We’re super excited to be curating The Podcast Show, the biggest podcasting event in Europe and cannot wait to reveal what we’ve got planned for the event in 2021.
“After years in the podcast space we are bringing together some of our favourite creators to make this a truly unmissable day. That, and we like the website now has to have “Porno” written all over it.”
In addition to partners Spotify, BBC Sounds, Acast and Audioboom already announced for the inaugural festival at The Business Design Centre London on 21-23 July 2021, more have been added today. These include Pod Bible, SJM Concerts, Insanity Group, Marshall, Megaphone, Shure, Zoom, Rebel Base Media, Resonate Recordings, Fresh Air Production, Elgato & Allianz Musical Insurance.
UK Radio & Industry bodies also partner the show, the first to be announced include The Radio Academy, AudioUK and IAB UK.
IAB UK is the industry body for UK digital advertising, and have partnered with The Podcast Show 2021 to deliver a track of sessions focused on the unique opportunities that podcasting offers to brands and agencies, and how content creators can take full advantage of working with advertisers.
Sessions will feature exclusive insight into consumer listening habits, provocative debates, creative workshops and more, bringing together many of the biggest players in the commercial podcasting space.
By night, the LDN LIVE evening programme takes over London for a series of live podcasts, making it the biggest festival of its kind. Top promoters SJM Concerts will partner to bring favourite voices to life in venues across the city. LDN Live will run from 21-25 July 2021.
Alex Simmonds, Promoter at SJM Concerts: “We are really pleased to be involved as a partner for The Podcast Show 2021. The festival will be a pioneering event to showcase how podcasts work successfully in the live arena. We have a lot of exciting, interesting and entertaining shows to announce, so watch this space.”
Day tickets for The Podcast Show will be on sale from February – more details from thepodcastshowlondon.com