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Earth Day, Podlight special, & a super list of Just Added +Coming Soon
Hey Poddy People,
Does anyone ask how you are? Well, I will. How are you? If you feel like it, reply back and let me know.
Tiny Victory: Google is finally indexing a lot more of the podcasts we’ve added since the beginning of Great Pods. As you can see the one excluded podcasts graph is slowly going down. Huzzah! How? Shoutout to Seb for optimizing and testing. Now we keep pushing that forward.
Twitter Spaces Update: We talked to Ellen Scanlon from the How To Do The Pot podcast this past Monday. Listen to the unedited version here. The edited version like the others will be out at a later time. More in the Podlight below.
Next Monday, April 25th, 2022 we will be chatting with Doug Fraser, host and creator of Curious State. Set your reminder here.
Hollywood Podcast Update: Jon Hamm, hot off of the American Hostage podcast (charting on GP) and the final episode is now out, has signed up for a new podcast with Audible called The Big Lie. It also stars Kate Mara, who was in the podcast thriller, Ghostwriter, a podcast that was in the top 5 charts for 7+ weeks. If you remember, it was #1 on GP for over a month.
Industry News: The Obama’s won’t be renewing their Spotify deal and are shopping around for a new partner. Audible and iHeart are in the running. Read more here. They still have some podcasts coming out on Spotify this year to complete the contract.
Analytics Update: After Monday’s traffic explosion, I knew it would drop. The one thing we were going to be looking at was how much of a halo effect would happen. From April 13th to April 20th, the average has increased 70%+ from the previous average before the spike. That’s a win.
Because of the super Just Added list today, there are two pods in the recommended section.
On to my picks this week…
Podcast: America’s National Parks
Genre: Nature
Publisher: RV Miles Network
Friday is Earth Day! You know, the rotating rock we live on. Speaking of the Obama’s, I’m hearing that the narrated Netflix show, Our Great National Parks, produced and narrated by former President Obama, is quite good. In the latest, America’s National Parks Podcast, host Jason Epperson, chats with the producers of “Our Great National Parks”, James Honeyborne (Blue Planet II), and filmmaker Sophie Todd (Formula 1: Drive To Survive-that other Netflix show you binged). I always enjoy the behind-the-scenes conversations on how they film nature documentaries. Like how did you film at night without disturbing the animals? They explain their filmmaking magic in this episode.
Zach Johnston • Uproxx
“...a great entry point into both the history of America’s national monuments (natural and man-made) and engaging in those places in a real way.”
You can view other reviewed Nature podcasts on the GP here.
💡 PodLight Recommendation:
Podcast: How To Do The Pot
Genre: Health & Wellness
Publisher: Ellen Scanlon
Speaking of Earth Day, one of nature’s herbal days was this week as well. As mentioned above, I had the pleasure of chatting with Ellen Scanlon this past Monday about her podcast, growth, and wellness.
About: …with short weekly episodes that inspire you to feel confident about cannabis for health, well-being, and fun.
This podcast is mostly focused on Women, but we can all gain an education from those episodes. Heck, what I learned, I’ve suggested to the women in my life. It’s quite good. If you are ever curious about the CBD side (legal and non-psychoactive) or the THC side (somewhat legal-check your state), she’ll cover it. How To Do The Pot’s website is well thought out as well. If you are a newbie, it tells you what episodes to start off with. If you want to try something for your pain, there are recommendations for that. You have questions? The podcast and website have answers.
Keelin • Mentally? A Magpie.
“The history is astounding and also important. In these 20 minutes, How To Do The Pot tackles the topic in an approachable, no nonsense way.”
Coming Soon:
Podcast: Kermode & Mayo’s Take
Genre: TV & Movies
Publisher: Somethin’ Else
Podcast: Adventure in Atacama
Genre: Choose Your Own Adventure Fiction
Publisher: Studio Ochenta
Just Added w/ Reviews (Go to town people!):
Who killed Baby Jane Austen? - BBC
Call Me Curious - Wondery
Derren Brown's Boot Camp for Life - Audible
Exactly. With Florence Given - Somethin’ Else
Unclear and Present Danger - Jamelle Bouie, John Ganz
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story - iHeart
Sober Powered - Gillian Tietz, MS
Cookies For Breakfast - Spark Tabor
Solar - CurtCo Media (Trending up)
Was I in a Cult? - iHeart
What Will Be Here? - Tal Minear
The Wind - Fil Corbitt, The Wind
We’re Alive - Rusty Quill, Wayland Productions Inc
Blindspot: Tulsa Burning - The HISTORY® Channel, WNYC
Dig - Louisville Public Media
Southlake - NBC News
Partners - Hrishikesh Hirway, Mailchimp, PRX, Radiotopia
Stay safe, be empathetic, get vaxxed, and be kind!
Listening with you,
Captain Ron
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