RePod - European podcasting
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14 épisodes
RePod is a podcast series about podcasting in Europe, produced by Europod. Every month, host Alexander Damiano Ricci - editorial director of Europod -, interviews industry experts and creators to discuss the state-of-the-art, trends, and innovations in the field of podcasting across Europe.
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Épisodes
AI for Real: This is Marcus
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.
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Can AI Market Your Podcast? The Truth Behind the Tools
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.
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AI vs Human Touch: The Future of Podcast Production
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.
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Revolutionizing Ads: How AI is Democratizing Podcast Advertising
In this episode of RePod - AI and the future of podcasting, Alexander talks to Oskar Serrander, CEO and co-founder of Wondercraft. Wondercraft is a web-based application that makes it possible, through AI technology, to produce studio-quality audio products in just a few hours. Alexander and Oskar discuss why AI and tools like Wondercraft can be a big game changer for the industry. Oskar also shares the vision behind Wondercraft and answers the tough question of who loses because of the appearance of tools like Wondercraft.
This podcast series has been produced thanks to the Stars4Media programme, co-financed by the European Union.
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Beyond the Hype: How Revolutionary Is AI Really?
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 podcasting
Join 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.
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AI Tools Transforming Podcasting: A Quick Dive
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.
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Teaser: AI and the future of podcasting
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?
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The art of remakes in podcasting. With Henriette Høj Gharib - CEO and co-founder of Podster
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.
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Behind "Accordion", the tool shortening podcasts without losing structure. With Andy Taylor - CEO and founder at Bwlb
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.
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The Dutch podcast market and what we get wrong about branded content. With Marvin Jacobs - Creative Director at Airborne
In this fourth podcast episode of RePod, host Alexander Damiano Ricci talks to Marvin Jacobs, Creative Director and co-founder of Airborne, the award winning podcast agency specialised in branded podcast and based in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. In his role as Creative Director, Marvin develops podcasts and audio concepts for brands such as Albert Heijn, Randstad, ANWB (the Dutch national touring club) and many more. Most notably, Marvin was behind KLM Royal Dutch Airlines' podcast The Journey, which has become one of the international benchmarks for branded podcasts. Alexander and Marvin discuss what it takes to produce a great branded podcast, as well as the state of development of the podcast market in the Netherlands. Also in this podcast: an overview of the key players in the Dutch podcast market.
Resources:
The Journey, a podcast produced by Marvin Jacobs for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
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Does environmental context impact podcast-listening experiences? With Jay Harrison - PHD AudioLab at the University of York
In this third podcast episode of Repod, host Alexander Damiano Ricci talks to Jay Harrison, PHD at AudioLab - University of York, in the UK. Jay's PHD is developed in partnership with BBC R&D & XR Stories. Jay's current research explores the relationship between environmental context and engagement in mobile speech-based audio listening experiences using headphones. Along the chat Alexander and Jay explore the role of academic research in podcasting and what we can expect from the near future in terms of innovations.
Resources:
Jay Harrison's research paper "The relationship between environmental context and attentional engagement in podcast listening experiences".
Jay Harrison's website.
Jay Harrison on LinkedIn.
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Podcast-reach measurement in Europe. With Dávid Tvrdoň - Podcast Subscription Growth Specialist at Denník SME
In this second podcast episode of Repod, host Alexander Damiano Ricci talks to Dávid Tvrdoň, subscription growth and retention specialist for podcasts and newsletters at Petit Press, the publisher for the leading Slovakian media Dennik SME. Alexander and Dávid discuss how we measure podcast reach across Europe and why it matters, the effectiveness of subscription models (vs advertising) in podcasting and the state of the art of the Slovakian podcast market.
Resources:
Dávid's digital prodction consultancy: 58p.digital.
Dávid's newsletter on Substack: For What It's Worth, or FWIW.
Dávid on Twitter.
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Podcasting in Europe at a glance. With Joanna Aveillan - International Expansion Director at Acast
In this very first podcast episode of Repod, host Alexander Damiano Ricci talks to Joanna Aveillan, international expansion director at Acast. Acast is a Swedish founded company that provides hosting, monetization and growth support to podcasts. What does the European podcast market look like compared to the US? And how do European national podcast markets differ one from each other? What are the challenges ahead for the European podcast industry?
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Teaser
RePod is a podcast series about podcasting in Europe, produced by the Brussels-based podcast production agency Bulle Media. Every month, host Alexander Damiano Ricci - editorial director and co-founder of Bulle Media -, interviews industry experts and creators to discuss the state-of-the-art, trends and innovations in the field of podcasting across Europe.
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