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Alistair Campbell, the former UK Government Communications and Strategy Director and now host of The Rest is Politics, has said in an interview that it was absolutely surreal to be performing a podcast on stage at a sellout O2 Arena last year.

We had something like 15,000 people there, he said.

It was very, very odd.

We link to the interview today.

It's an interview from a man with a garbage bin on his head who has stood three times for election as a British Member of Parliament in spite of being from the planet Sigma-4.

But don't worry, this is quite a normal thing for UK politics, rather weirdly.

I went on one of the biggest podcasts in the world, says one author, and it didn't sell any books.

We link to Amy McNeigh, who went on Jay Shetty's show.

She adds that she's developing a theory that artists have been taught that success comes from external forces, before adding that success doesn't come that way, it comes from word of mouth.

Her book, by the way, is called We Need Your Art.

Stop messing about and make something.

Talks.co, a platform connecting podcasters and guests, has launched free speaker pages to help hosts find guests.

The page comes with an easy-to-use URL to help promote it.

And thank you to Alison Innes for becoming our latest personal supporter.

Supporters like Alison are the reason we can give you PodNews every day for free.

Alison owns podcastologist.ca, which is very clever and very fancy.

You can be like Alison by supporting us as well.

Podnews.net/support is where to go.

And happy holiday weekend, America.

It's a Monday, so time for some tech stuff.

And if you're writing a podcast app or service, PodClock has returned to your favourite podcast app.

It's a podcast app testing podcast and it has a whole set of tests for you, from odd audio formats to different metadata in the RSS feed, all to give your podcast app a workout and there'll be more new tests to come.

And Demo Code for producing the podcast location tag was released in July by Alberto Betella of rss.com.

The tool follows best practice for the tag, including populating open street map IDs and differentiating between the creator and the subject.

It's written in JavaScript and supports auto-completion and just requires a key from Location IQ, which has a free tier.

We're telling you again about this tool because A, it's very nice, and B, all the Americans are on holiday.

But I've still got to find things to write about in this section.

And that was one of them.

In People News, Ryan Rossillo is to leave the ringer at the expiry of his current contract.

He's to launch a new business, which Dave Portnoy and Barstool Sports will invest in.

And in podcast news, Buzzsprout is relaunching podcasting Q&A today.

It's a short-form podcast that answers common questions about podcasting in five to ten minute episodes.

The show covers a wide range of topics, from launching a podcast to editing audio, making the process clear and approachable.

Political strategists David Axelrod and Mike Murphy and journalist John Heilman are partnering with Vox Media and bringing their hit political podcast, Hacks on Tap, to the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Vox Media will be responsible for helping the show grow its audience and revenue, assuming sales, marketing and distribution duties.

And I Heart Australia's Find and Tell returns for a new season today.

The show amplifies indigenous voices through rich stories, bringing to life the diverse tales of Australian storytellers.

It's hosted by Blackcast founder Mundurana Bales.

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