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In Case You (Were Podcasting and) Missed It

🤩 Alex Cooper has this podcasting thing figured out. Her Call Her Daddy podcast is moving from Spotify to SiriusXM for big bucks.

⚾ More hot takes in the world of sports media. Awful Announcing is creating The Play-By-Play, a sports media podcast.

🤖 I, for one, welcome our new algorithmic overlords. Inc. examines three noteworthy trends happening with AI in content marketing.

⛹🏻‍♂️ There's hope for the little guy. How two relatively obscure basketball guys created a word-of-mouth hit podcast.

🛠️ HVAC repair...yep, there's a podcast for that. Being super niche isn't a bad thing.


The Lighter Side

Don't worry, the AI bots aren't quite ready for world domination...yet. Case in point, this AI generated image (courtesy of Google's AI Test Kitchen) of the key to podcasting success. Apparently, it's all about an old leather bound book and a few antique cameras. Who knew?


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