Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Today is my last day at The Verge, and this will be my final issue of Hot Pod. I’ll have one more ... The podcast industry keeps reinventing itselfThis entry was posted in Uncategorized on April 18, 2024 by Ariel Shapiro
Photo: Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Hi, everyone — I’m starting off today with some big news to share: next week will be my last at H... An NPR editor accuses the network of institutional biasThis entry was posted in Uncategorized on April 11, 2024 by Ariel Shapiro
Photo by Nathan Howard / Getty Images This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. I hope you all had a great weekend/eclipse/first moment of NYC sunshine. Toda... Ted Cruz hosts a podcast for free — a Ted ...This entry was posted in Uncategorized on April 9, 2024 by Ariel Shapiro
Photo by Chance Yeh / Getty Images for HubSpot This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. I have never gotten so many responses to an issue as I did with last... Huberman fans aren’t leaving the show behindThis entry was posted in Uncategorized on April 3, 2024 by Ariel Shapiro
Photo by Ronald Martinez / Getty Images This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. Hello! I know many of you are in LA for Podcast Movement Evolutions. I am n... Bill Maher expands podcast operation with a controversial hostThis entry was posted in Uncategorized on March 27, 2024 by Ariel Shapiro
Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. The common wisdom goes that video is the key to podcast discov... TikTok’s podcast boom might be a bustThis entry was posted in Uncategorized on March 19, 2024 by Ariel Shapiro
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge This week, Spotify announced a new feature to let audiobook authors and publishers tease their new releases. Countdown Pages, which debuted for music artists last year and has bee... Spotify is letting authors market like musiciansThis entry was posted in Uncategorized on March 15, 2024 by Ariel Shapiro
Image: The Verge This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. Hello! It’s been a bit since we checked in on the news. Today, I’ve got a look at the ongoing fina... Radio is seeing redThis entry was posted in Uncategorized on March 12, 2024 by Ariel Shapiro
Stephen Dubner speaking at On Air Fest | Alexa Hoyer This is an excerpt of an interview that took place at On Air Fest on March 1st between Freakonomics Radio host Stephen Dubner and Hot Pod reporter Ariel Shapiro. The c... Stephen Dubner is bullish on the podcast industryThis entry was posted in Uncategorized on March 7, 2024 by Ariel Shapiro
Ira Glass and Ariel Shapiro on stage at Hot Pod Summit. | Alexa Hoyer This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. Hello! I have almost recovered from Hot Pod S... The biggest stories from Hot Pod SummitThis entry was posted in Uncategorized on March 6, 2024 by Ariel Shapiro