Hey everybody. Welcome to Poduty and the News for Monday, May 12th. I'm your host.
Let's hear today's theme music and topics.
It's Poduty in the News with your host, Jeff Rebella. Serving stories
hot, no filler or thriller from Real Madrid fans to vineyards that
shine, Spotify plays and student mic time. So grab your
gear. It's time to choose. Let's dive into Poduty
All right. We'Ve got soccer, wine, stats
and classroom is in session for podcasting.
Let's get into our first story of tonight. You
can file this one under Goal Oriented Storytelling
Sources, Managing Madrid and Soccer Fans. This one is
for you. Managing Madrid, the podcast dedicated to real
world Madrid coverage, went live in Toronto on May
10. It was hosted by Keon Sobhani and
Lucas Navarrett. The show featured in depth analysis,
tactical breakdowns and live Q and A with fans.
The event gave listeners a chance to connect with the host and
fellow Madridistas in person. It's another
great example of how sports podcasts are taking the passion
off the screen and onto the stage. I loved everything
about this event. If you have a chance to go out and do live events,
that's what we're doing at the Poduty Live Podcast Theater. We are building
a live podcast event arena. Come on down. Check it
out@piduti.com our second
story file under Locals Live and a Little Bit of Wine.
The NOFO Live, hosted by Sunita Norma and
Tracy Kessler, is spotlighting the stories and flavors
of Long Island's North Fork. Their live podcast dives
into local food, wine and culture, bringing together chefs,
winemakers and community leaders for a laid back
conversation with a hometown feel.
Set against the scenic charm of the Hamptons, the show blends lifestyle
and storytelling with a glass of in hand. It's podcasting
with heart, heritage and a healthy pour of local
flavor. And what they do is once a year they do this event.
You can go see their event. We have the all the links for all of
our stories in the show notes. But they're doing live events. They're bringing their community
together tied together with their podcast and their love for the local
area. This is one story and one model you might want to check out
for doing your podcast live. Let's go
to our third story tonight. Spotify. This
has been all over the news recently. Spotify now shows how many times
people listen to the podcast episode. Now we don't
know what a play is and let's figure this out. Spotify is displaying public
play counts on individual podcast episodes. Starting with
its own original and licensed contents, listeners can see
exactly how many times an episode has been played, giving some insight
into what's popular before hitting the play button. This new
feature will expand all podcasts by the end of the year, adding a layer
of transparency and social proof. I'm going to put that in quotes.
It's a big shift for podcast discoverability and could help both
creators and fans identify standout episodes more easily.
And this is an example of trying to get more data out of
systems and closed systems like Spotify. While they don't say what counts as
a play, whether it's one second, whether it's 10 seconds, whether it's some sort of
interaction, we don't know what a defined play is, but
it's just it's give you a little more idea of the direction
Spotify is going into and trying to show transparency in quotes
to their listeners. And our final story
tonight, the deadline for NPR Student Podcast
Challenge entries are due May 24th. We're going to file this under Class
is in session. This comes from npr. NPR
Student Podcast Challenge just gave young creators more time to shine.
The submission deadline has been extended until May 25.
Open to middle and high school students, the contest encourages
kids to craft powerful audio stories in under 8
minutes. With lesson plans and how to guides and
audio tips available on the challenge site, this is the perfect chance
for classrooms to turn creativity into a national
recognition. There's still time to press record and make your
story heard. This is a great program. It gets kids
interested into different mediums. Let them explore what
podcasting can do for them and get the sense
you got a lot of time. You still have two weeks left. Sign up, get
your students into NPR's Student Podcast
Challenge. And that's our story. Some of you like to know
what's going on. I have a couple podcast interviews. I'll put those in the show
notes that I've done recently. Coming up May 24, we have using Improv
Techniques to be a better Podcaster. Not just a better podcaster, but a
better speaker on stage, a better guest when you appear on podcast,
just a better presenter in General. Paul Mattingly,
May 24. It's a six hour immersive event
where you're going to dive in and learn hands on techniques to how to use
those improv techniques. We've moved this one because we
had some storms in Pennsylvania. Cuddy Beasy. We have Super Party Central
Coming up June 7th at the Paduti Podcast
Theater. Tickets available online. All the links in the show notes
and on June 14, our one year
anniversary to the Paduti Live Podcast Theater. We opened last
June. We're going to be celebrating one year. We got
food coming in. We're going to do special things from the stage.
It's going to be a lot of fun, maybe even some special messages from some
of you out there. And crips and corks
are back. We had them in April and They're coming back
June 21st. You'll see them live on the main
stage again. This time they're covering Gettysburg. They've
announced the subject and they're going to pair it with a wine and
tell some stories about Gettysburg
and Savage Unfiltered. Coming back in
August, I believe. Check it out links on the website
Poduty..com P O-D-U-T-Y.com
and our Podutyi Fest Poduty Live 2025.
Over 30 podcasters will take the stage on this two day event. Meet
your hosts Maria Daniels Wise Oterra, Jeff Revilla and Phil
Better. We'll all be there hosting this really
fun event to showcase DIY
podcasters. Hope to see you there. Poduty.com that's going to
wrap it up for this episode. Thank you for joining us.
We'll catch you next week. Let's hear that theme song.
It's Poduty and the News with your host Jeff Revilla serving
stories hot no filler or thriller. From Real Madrid fans to vineyards
that shine. Spot up by plays a student mic time. So grab
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