Weekly Wrap: How Podcasts Are Shaping Business, the Best of 2024, and More


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In Case You (Were Podcasting and) Missed It

🎧 Do you need to escape reality with a new podcast? Vulture has a list of the best new podcasts of 2024. It includes one of the best podcast titles ever, the amazing, Finally! A Show About Women That Isn’t Just a Thinly Veiled Aspirational Nightmare.

📺 The more you know. Sounds Profitable finishes up its deep dive into the differences and similarities between video and audio consumers.

💵 More good news for podcasting. Forbes examines how podcast communities are forging the future of business.

👍🏼 The Guardian's best podcasts of the week list includes 90s nostalgia, Playboy photographers, and true crime, of course.

⬆️ Don't be phony, authentic content resonates. Marketing Mag examines lo-fi content. That's a phrase to pay attention to.


The Lighter Side

We were curious what AI thinks the world's best podcast looks like. Apparently, this is it. Actually, this isn't a bad logo, but the copy could use some work. It's not just an audio experience, it's an audio audio experience. You can't get much more aural than that.

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