Podnews Weekly Review

Podnews Weekly Review

Jun 12: Newsworthy - News

The Podnews Weekly Review today talks with David Locke of the Locked On Podcast Network, just ahead of his company's ten year anniversary. We also speak with YouGov about their recent podcast data; and Sam gets grumpy about analytics.

Mostly Human with Laurie Segall

Mostly Human with Laurie Segall

Jun 12: Newsworthy - News

Apple executives Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak spoke to Mostly Human with Laurie Segall to talk about Apple's AI announcements on the video podcast. It's part of a set of podcasts from WWDC, many recorded, for the first time, in a custom studio at Apple Park.

Oblivion Girl

Oblivion Girl

Jun 12: New Podcast - Fiction

A "high octane audio epic 15 years in the making", Oblivion Girl goes live this Sunday. The action-adventure-comedy started life as a novel; but over the last 18 months has been produced as a podcast with 40+ songs and 20+ talented voice actors. The podcast features Essa, a fierce, unfiltered, and borderline mythic bounty hunter.

Staying Open

Staying Open

Jun 12: New Podcast - Arts

Restaurateur Natalia Ribbe is launching a new podcast called Staying Open - a new documentary-style series, interviewing the people behind Britain’s restaurants and what it really takes to survive in one of the toughest industries in the country right now. The show launched this week, sponsored by Square.

Newbies: New Moms, New Babies

Newbies: New Moms, New Babies

Jun 12: New Season - Kids & Family

Working out after baby. Colic and constant crying. Establishing breast milk. From Evergreen Podcasts, Newbies: New Moms, New Babies has returned, now hosted by journalist and new mom Kaile Garcia, creating a supporting space for new parents navigating the emotional and often overwhelming first year of motherhood.

The Listening Tube

The Listening Tube

Jun 12: New Season - News

The Listening Tube is back in a whole new way! Host Bob Woodley examines the news in a way that might have flown under the radar - Not the Headlines, Let's Go Back and interviews are now listed separately, so you can enjoy the parts you like.

Why Rush Matters

Why Rush Matters

Jun 12: New Podcast - Music

You will find Why Rush Matters at exactly the right moment. As Rush returns to the road, Jeff Miers and Ray Wawrzyniak go deep into the songs, lyrics, history, and legacy that made Geddy, Alex, and Neil matter so much to generations of fans.

Motive & Method

Motive & Method

Jun 11: New Season - True Crime

Tapt Media's Motive & Method has added a mini-series, Australia's Killer Secrets, asking are some of Australia’s most notorious unsolved murders and disappearances connected? The show will take listeners and viewers inside a landmark parliamentary inquiry, examining dozens of unsolved cases across New South Wales, Australia.

Millennial Moodboard

Millennial Moodboard

Jun 11: New Podcast - Comedy

Remember MTV Spring Break, low-rise jeans, and the glory and cringe of Y2K culture? The Millennial Moodboard is a new podcast from comedians Jasmine Ellis, Valerie Tosi, and Pallavi Gunalan that takes a funny, research-driven look back at the trends, scandals, and pop culture moments that defined the millennial generation.

AN AMERICAN GAME

AN AMERICAN GAME

Jun 10: Newsworthy - Sports

An American Game knows the best way to understand a soccer nation is to listen to its fans. As the US prepares to co-host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the show releases a special episode exploring the history of U.S. "ultras" through the songs, chants, and traditions that have defined supporter culture for more than a century. The sounds of — believe it or not — a soccer nation.

Not a Climate Scientist

Not a Climate Scientist

Jun 10: Newsworthy - Society & Culture

In a bonus episode of Not a Climate Scientist this week, Heather talks with disease detective Neil Vora about the link between ebola outbreaks, deforestation, and climate change. The show talks with everyday Americans about the very real ways climate change is impacting our lives and livelihoods.

We Choose To Go To Kennedy

We Choose To Go To Kennedy

Jun 10: New Podcast - Education

We Choose To Go To Kennedy is brand new from Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, taking audiences behind the gates of the visitor complex and into the heart of human spaceflight. Each episode features conversations, stories and insider perspectives from launch history to the innovations shaping the next era of exploration.

The AudioZoo Podcast Drama Network

The AudioZoo Podcast Drama Network

Jun 10: New Season - Fiction

The AudioZoo Podcast Drama Network has released a new season of The Collector, a gritty Neo-Noir crime series. Written by Jerry Bader, the show explores the dark undercurrents of Toronto’s underworld, focusing on the weirder and more dangerous stories hidden in plain sight.

Conversations with Stephen Kamugasa

Conversations with Stephen Kamugasa

Jun 9: Newsworthy - Education

In Conversations with Stephen Kamugasa this week, how a sudden, devastating setback can test the very limits of human resilience. Maria Diekmann, founder of the Rare & Endangered Species Trust (REST) in Namibia, takes you from the frontlines of protecting endangered species directly into the hidden, personal battles of advocacy, leaving you with a powerful reflection on what true citizenship looks like in a changing world.

The Louis Theroux Podcast

The Louis Theroux Podcast

Jun 9: New Season - Society & Culture

The Louis Theroux Podcast returns for a new season today, with special guest Gary Lineker. We're promised singer Mel C, chef Marco Pierre White, and YouTuber Andrew Callaghan, among other guests.

Wired Divergent: Nervous System Regulation & Self Trust for Neurodivergent Brains

Wired Divergent: Nervous System Regulation & Self Trust for Neurodivergent Brains

Jun 9: New Podcast - Health & Fitness

If you're neurodivergent and tired of regulation advice that doesn't account for your brain, in Wired Divergent host Jen deHaan explains why common nervous system strategies can backfire for autistic, ADHD, and AuDHD adults, offers adjustments that might help you out. Each week you'll get a strategy episode covering the science behind a specific roadblock and why it affects our lives, and a guided practice episode you can use in the moment. The whole show is grounded in somatic tools and science from someone who's late-diagnosed.

The Conversation's Curious Kids

The Conversation's Curious Kids

Jun 9: New Season - Kids & Family

Why do your fingers and toes go wrinkly in the bath? Why does our taste in food change as we get older? And how high volcanoes can actually send molten lava up into the air? The Conversation's Curious Kids is back for a new season, with host Eloise joined by a curious kid with a burning question about the world and an expert to answer it. Little listeners can expect a fun, educational dive into those head-scratching questions that their grown-ups find so hard to answer.

The Adam Friedland Show

The Adam Friedland Show

Jun 9: Newsworthy - Comedy

The Adam Friedland Show is moving from the All Things Comedy network to Spotify, and will be working with The Ringer for a mini-series, called The Beautiful Pod, within the feed from tomorrow. The series will run over the course of the World Cup, reacting to the tournament action through Friedland’s comedic lens.

Banned Camp: Banned Books, Comedy, and Free Speech vs. Censorship

Banned Camp: Banned Books, Comedy, and Free Speech vs. Censorship

Jun 9: New Season - Society & Culture

Banned Camp, the comedy podcast where two hosts read banned books out loud for the first time, chapter by chapter, launches Season 11 today with The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. Listeners voted for the book. The timing was not lost on anyone.

Judgemental

Judgemental

Jun 9: New Podcast - Comedy

Judgemental is brand new from Bauer Media Group today - with two judges that you'd recognise from Strictly Come Dancing, Anton Du Beke and Craig Revel Horwood. We're told the show is a "witty, warm and wonderfully opinionated new listen for anyone who loves pop cultural commentary, etiquette debates of questionable importance, and the sound of two great friends putting the world to rights."