Hey everybody. Welcome to Poduty and the News for Monday, July 14th.
I've got six great stories for you. We've got UFC
fighters, PBS, Keke Palmer. Let's hear that
theme music. Throw your hands up. Kayla's home,
Cascades. Mine's a world class flair. Brixie said.
Travel if you dare.
Big party spot is leading the pack. SS Buzz and
Keke Spark. She's dropping heat and raising the
killing. Ramsay, grab the mic. Trail Con turns into a podcast.
Dynamite. A piece that you can create. Hollywood
stores just opened the gate, so press record and
let it fly. Poduty News is riding high. Six hot
takes with the funky screen. It's live, it's loud. It's your
podcast dream. It's live,
it's loud, it's your podcast dream. I've got six great
stories for you. As you know, we started the show because we have a podcast
theater in downtown Tarentum where we perform live
podcasts. Independent artists, independent creators come here, do their
show live in front of an audience and they also broadcast that
live to the world. Part of this podcast is to
give you stories of people doing this from around the world. So we're showcasing
live news stories, live podcasts from around the world and
we'll go to our first story tonight. We're going to call it From
Octagon to the Arena. This comes to us from
WDTN News. On July
10, Middleton, Ohio rolled out the red carpet for its
hometown hero, UFC women's bantamweight
champion Kayla Harrison. Fans packed the
weighty Miller arena for a homecoming rally and a live
taping of the Middleton now podcast celebrating
Harrison's incredible journey. After the show, Harrison
signed autographs and met with fans, had exclusive
merch on sale. It was a knockout night for the city and a
powerful reminder that even champions come home. And another
great example of big stars using
podcasting as a medium. Live events and live
podcasts to connect with their fans in their hometown. So here
was a hero went out. You. I don't know if a hero went out, fought
in the UFC match, was a winner, came back to her hometown, had an
event, recorded a live podcast and really connected with the
fans. Our second story from the
Cascade PBS. We're going to file this one under
Big Ideas, Bold Conversations. At the end of
May, the Cascade PBS Ideas Festival brought together
a powerhouse lineup of thinkers, creators and change
makers for a one day whirlwind of ideas in Seattle.
The event featured live podcasts and TV tapings with familiar
faces like Jake Tapper, Rick Steves and
former senators Al Franken and Jeff Flake. The
conversations dug deep into hot bottom topics, big
tech's impact on society, First Amendment challenges under
a second Trump presidency, and America's role on a global
stage. Rick Steves perhaps said it best.
Travel and history are the antidotes to fear. When you're
threatened by somebody there, he said, you're probably more afraid
than you need to be. So big ideas, real talk in the crowd
hungry for insight. It was a festival designed to challenge
perspectives and spark meaningful dialogue. So here you got
PBS recording podcasts live in front of an audience, bringing in
Rick Steves and Jake Tapper to
have an event, a live event with people recorded
right on the stage and distributed through the podcast channels.
This one's coming to us from 3 News now from Morning
drives to the mic drop. After more than two
decades on Omaha's Channel
94.1, Big Party and Molly Kavanaugh
were let go in January. But instead of fading out, they turned
up the volume. Their new show, the Big Party show
podcast, launched in March with her dad Media and
quickly cracked the top 20 in its genre on Apple Podcasts.
Their loyal fans followed and the pair embraced the creative
freedom podcasting offers. No filters, no scripts,
just pure personality. They celebrated that comeback
energy with a live podcast taping in La Vista on
July 12, reconnecting with fans face to face
with a blend of outrageous humor, heartfelt stories, and
that signature Omaha charm, Big Party and Molly
proved they're just getting started, but this time on their
own terms. So here's Legacy Media. They got canned.
They're like, hey, we're not. We're not done. They started their own podcast.
They're doing live shows with the fans that they never connected with before on the
radio. If you're in the area, the Omaha area, check out
Big Party and Molly Kavanaugh.
We're going to our fourth story tonight. Keke cracks the
code. Podcast Popcorn and power moves brought to us
by Global Grind. Keke Palmer stole the spotlight at
this year's Essence Festival with a live taping of her podcast.
Baby, this is Keke Palmer. Join by the
always unfiltered Candy Burris. Keke served up
laughter, life lessons and behind the scenes truce in front of
a buzzing New Orleans crowd. It wasn't just a podcast. It
was a cultural moment packed with energy and empowerment from
two queens of the game. But Keke didn't just talk
the talk. She dropped an exclusive first look at her upcoming prime
video film, the Pickup, a high stakes heist
comedy co starring Eddie Murphy and Pete Davidson. Here's an
event they're promoting and announcing, a new movie coming out on Amazon,
Keke Palmer, highlighting her upcoming film
and just recording it for the new podcast this Is
Me or Baby. This is Keke Palmer. Our
fifth story tonight, Killian Jornette unpacks it all at TrailCon.
Two days before crushing a third place finish at the 2025
Western States 100, Trail, Running Legend Killian Jeanette
sat down for a special live taping of the free trail podcast
at trailcon. In front of a packed audience, Jeanette peeled back the
layers of his life, offering fans a rare glimpse into more
than just his elite athleticism. A great idea.
Even athletes are getting in on podcasting. If you're going to be in an event
or a conference and fans are there to meet you, get
something set up where you can record. Even if it's with another local vendor
that's attending the conference or another local podcaster,
get with them on the main stage and get something booked to showcase your talents
in front of that audience. And our last story today, Q City
Metro tells us Hollywood Comes to Charlotte. While
political headlines dominated the NAACP convention in
Charlotte, the spotlight shifted to creativity and storytelling
during Saturday's Be in the Biz Symposium
hosted by the NAACP Hollywood Bureau. The
traveling event, now in its third city, brought a powerhouse
lineup of industry veterans, from writers and producers to
agents and media executives to real world insights into
the ever evolving world of entertainment and media.
Open to aspiring creators and seasoned professionals, the
symposium featured panel discussions, networking opportunities
and Star Studded Lunch moderated by Kyle
Bowser with speakers including Living Single creator
Yvette Lee Bowser, MC Light and playwright
Charles Randolph Wright. From green screens to green lighting
shows, this initiative underscores that Hollywood is no
longer a place, it's a platform and everyone's invited to the
table. What a great event to bring everybody together in the Charlotte area,
showing you how to get into the industry, how to get your things greenlit, how
to get your shows produced. That's going to do it for Monday,
July 14, 2025. This is Paduti in the News. You can check
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