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When WTF with Marc Maron goes away, what will you have to remember the show by?

How about the official graphic novel?

The book will be launched on September 4th on Kickstarter.

It's already fully funded.

Triton Digital released its Canada podcast ranker for July, with no change in the top five.

CBC's Front Burner remains number one.

CBC Radio Canada remains the number one network.

In Good Tape, Dane Cardiel posts Building Castles in the Sky, asking whether Sounds Profitable and Podcast Movement will deliver on their promises.

It builds on a LinkedIn post from Tuila Dang last week.

If you fancy going to the Empowered Podcasting Conference in Charlotte in North Carolina towards the end of September, then we have a special code for you, which you will find in our newsletter today.

You can use it before the end of next Friday and get the tickets for half price.

Noel Miller's TMG Studios has added five new shows to TMG's Slate.

The studio is focusing on Gen Z comedy and claims more than 300 million views on YouTube.

NPR has asked the podcast world is massive.

The podcast world is massive.

Where does public radio fit in?

Willing to that article today, the article interviews Colin Campbell of NPR.

Now, of note, the article does claim that NPR is the third largest publisher in the US.

Just a few weeks until the new Apple Podcasts app is released alongside iOS 26.

Mac Rumors has helpfully done our job for us to explain what's new.

The new enhanced dialogue feature is well worth exploring, we think.

AdsWiz has written up their panel at Podcast Movement 2025.

Key trends shaping the future of podcast advertising.

We link to that today.

Also, we link to an article in the Press Gazette, all about news organisation, the Independence Studio.

It's easy for me to say.

Anyway, it's a podcast and video business from the Independent, and it says that it'll become the largest revenue driver for the company.

WisdomSnap is a new podcast summary tool that promises to provide users with structured, easy-to-read podcast episode summaries.

I'm an avid podcast listener, says the developer, Adam Bardon.

But with the sheer volume of podcasts today, it can be difficult to keep up.

Well, if you agree and you'd like to give it a go, you can save money on the first two months.

There's a special code for you if you're a newsletter subscriber.

A new podcast app, PodHome, has been launched.

The app supports transcripts, live podcasts, chapters, and contains some fun features too, like Episode Pulse, which is the new published episodes published in real time.

It's a feed of that.

It's worth a look.

And Pocket Casts has added recommendations to its web player, including creator-led recommendations, which are marked as creator picks.

We'll link to the Pod News Weekly Review, of course, so that you can see those working.

In people news, UK podcast production company Message Heard has promoted Max Warren to Chief Operating Officer, and Alan Lear has been promoted to Head of Sound and Creative Studio.

And in podcast news, parenting is hard, but it's even harder when you feel alone and you have only the sounds of cocoa melon to keep you company.

Childproof is a parenting chat show for when you're craving adult conversation.

It's new from Airwave, and we thank them for their support this month.

The Pod News Weekly Review this week talks with Alex Sanfilippo from Podmatch, and looks at the week's news, including a new podcast app from John Spurlock with a special twist, whatever that is.

And Sources and Methods is new from NPR, which each week digs into the biggest national security stories, willing to a clip from All Things Considered to explain more about that.

And that debuted yesterday.

And this podcast is sponsored by Riverside's co-creator.

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