RePod - European podcasting

In this episode of RePod - AI and the future of podcasting, Alexander talks to well … Marcus, as it turns out. After exploring the views of experts on the impact of AI on the podcasting industry, it’s time to take some real action. In this episode Alexander experiments with AI tools to create a very peculiar ending of this special series of RePod.  This podcast series has been produced thanks to the Stars4Media programme, co-financed by the European Union. 

In this episode of RePod - AI and the future of podcasting, Alexander talks to Arielle Nissenblatt, former Community Marketing Manager at Descript. Arielle is a podcast marketing expert who helps creators with podcast growth. She is one of the most influential voices in the industry when it comes to defining strategies and best practices for reaching targeted audiences through podcasts. In this conversation, Alexander and Arielle discuss the impact of AI on podcasting, the existing set of AI-tools in the field of podcast marketing, as well as the importance of the human touch and community building in podcast promotion. This podcast series has been produced thanks to the Stars4Media programme, co-financed by the European Union. 

In this episode of RePod - AI and the future of podcasting, Alexander talks to Lory Martinez, CEO and founder of Studio Ochenta. Studio Ochenta is a leading multilingual audio production company based in Paris. It produces award-winning podcasts in over 20 languages for audiences across the European continent, the MENA region, Asia, and the Americas, making it a leader in multilingual podcasting and audio around the world. Alexander and Lory discuss if companies like theirs - so, Europod and Studio Ochenta - are on the losers side of the AI revolution and how AI is impacting a production companies’ workflow. This podcast series has been produced thanks to the Stars4Media programme, co-financed by the European Union. 

In this episode of RePod - AI and the future of podcasting, Alexander talks to Andy Taylor, CEO and founder of BWLB, a Welsh company focused on producing innovation in content and products. Through BWLB - and before the AI boom -Andy developed Accordion, a piece of tech that gives podcast listeners control of the duration of content without losing structure. Alexander and Andy discuss why Accordion was not yet AI and what, beyond the buzz, AI-driven ultimately means in podcastingJoin Andy Taylor (CEO, BWLB and Accordion) and Alexander Damiano Ricci, who go beyond the buzz and discuss how revolutionary is AI in the podcasting world.This podcast series has been produced thanks to the Stars4Media programme, co-financed by the European Union. 

In this episode of RePod - AI and the future of podcasting, Alexander explains how the idea of the show came about. He also talks to independent podcast producers Guillaume Genest and Brune Smith. They discuss voice cloning as well as the different categories of podcast tools and applications which already exist on the market. This podcast series has been produced thanks to the Stars4Media programme, co-financed by the European Union. 

Fun and easy to listen to podcasts on AI in the field of podcasting. Beyond all the fuzz, will it really change the industry? And how exactly? Which parts of the production process will be impacted the most? And to start with: what is actually Artificial Intelligence?

For the sixth episode of RePod, host Alexander Damiano Ricci talks to Henriette Høj Gharib, who is CEO and co-founder of Podster, a Danish podcast startup specialized in locating podcasts from all over the world, acquiring intellectual property rights for them, and then reproducing the content to other languages. Before launching Podster, Henriette had already successfully developed Fairytell, an intuitive and fun book app for children, filled with quality books for the age group 0-10 years. Fairytell was acquired by Podimo in June 2021 and became part of the Podimo offering including the Fairytell team. Henriette worked as Head of Kids and Content partnerships at Podimo, between April 2021 and September 2022. With her we discussed the business case for Podster and how the company operates. We also talked about the Danish podcast market, the different levels of "maturity" of other European podcast markets and what the future challenges of podcasting in Europe are.

In this fifth podcast episode of RePod, host Alexander Damiano Ricci talks to Andy Taylor, Chief Executive Officer and founder of Bwlb. Bwlb is a Welsh company focused on producing innovation in content and products. Andy founded the company after two decades in audio and radio - he also worked for the BBC. But beyond all that, Andy is the inventor of Accordion. Accordion is a piece of tech that gives podcast listeners the control of the duration of content without losing structure. In this chat with Andy we explain what Accordion is, how it works, and what the upcoming innovations in the field of podcasting will be. Andy Taylor is also a speaker at 2023 The Podcast Show in London, which takes place on May 24-25.We implemented Accordion on this very podcast episode featuring Andy, so you can have a direct experience of what the Accordion is able to do. Check out Accordion applied to this RePod episode: www.accordion.live/repod.