1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,560 Hey everybody. Welcome to Poduty and the News for Saturday, September 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:07,120 27th. I've got a special guest joining me today, Maria 3 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:10,960 Daniels, all the way from parts unknown, Ohio. We're 4 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:14,720 going to cover six stories about live new pod, live news 5 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:17,360 podcasting. Let's hear that theme, 6 00:00:25,770 --> 00:00:51,070 Sam. 7 00:01:08,500 --> 00:01:12,260 The only live news podcast about podcasting live 8 00:01:12,260 --> 00:01:15,940 from the stage. Maria Daniels, welcome in person, 9 00:01:16,340 --> 00:01:19,930 in person. I am happy to be back. I am, I'm super 10 00:01:19,930 --> 00:01:23,770 thrilled to be here at Poduty. The 11 00:01:23,770 --> 00:01:27,490 first, the first guest ever on Poduty and the News last week and then this 12 00:01:27,490 --> 00:01:31,050 week we had some other events scheduled. They didn't pan out, but Maria was still 13 00:01:31,050 --> 00:01:34,650 in town this weekend and we're able to do this show live. We got a 14 00:01:34,650 --> 00:01:38,410 lot of feedback on last week's show where people were glad it wasn't 15 00:01:38,410 --> 00:01:41,850 just me anymore reading the news. So like I said, we're gonna have a 16 00:01:41,850 --> 00:01:44,450 rotating panel of guests popping in. Whoever's available, 17 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:49,200 we'll have different people show up and help me carry me through 18 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:53,160 these six news stories. And we got stories from all over the place. 19 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:57,000 Conan o' Brien the UK has a podcast list of the 20 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:00,480 best podcasts to see live. We got new news from YouTube, 21 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:04,280 Dua Lipa. We have the toy book convention. And 22 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:07,680 I like to say our Kansas, the R Kansas traveler 23 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:11,589 is going to bring us neighbors upstairs. Yeah. So 24 00:02:11,589 --> 00:02:15,429 we have six stories and this is Maria's second time 25 00:02:15,829 --> 00:02:19,669 to. To Pittsburgh officially. Or. Yeah, Yeah, I think so. I 26 00:02:19,669 --> 00:02:21,909 think, I think that's the only times I've been here, actually. I was trying to 27 00:02:21,909 --> 00:02:25,749 think. Yeah, I think it's only to come here. So you're, you are the destination 28 00:02:26,949 --> 00:02:30,029 Poduty in Pittsburgh. It's the number one reason to come to Pittsburgh. For 29 00:02:30,029 --> 00:02:33,509 podcasters, the. 30 00:02:34,229 --> 00:02:37,860 Any plans or anything exciting while you're in Pittsburgh or anything that ever caught your 31 00:02:37,860 --> 00:02:41,500 attention about the city? What we do in every city we go 32 00:02:41,500 --> 00:02:44,660 into is basically hit all the coffee shops. We've already been to two today, 33 00:02:45,380 --> 00:02:49,100 so that's true story. It's only 10am so it is only 34 00:02:49,100 --> 00:02:52,700 10am off to a great start. And, and the Vault Coffee 35 00:02:52,700 --> 00:02:56,140 Shop. If you find that, if you're in the area where Maria's from, check it 36 00:02:56,140 --> 00:02:59,460 out. The Vault Coffee Shop. Is that the full name? It's the Vault Cafe. The 37 00:02:59,460 --> 00:03:03,060 Vault Cafe. Vault Cafe. They. They also have some baking 38 00:03:03,770 --> 00:03:07,290 going on there. You have? Yeah, we've got, we've, we've. They're. They're bacon. They're baking 39 00:03:07,290 --> 00:03:10,090 hardcore this morning, texting me non stop about it. So, 40 00:03:11,610 --> 00:03:15,290 so let's go to that first story. And one of the 41 00:03:15,290 --> 00:03:18,970 reasons we're doing this new show, Coffee with Poduty and the crew is, 42 00:03:19,050 --> 00:03:22,730 is just a hangout. You know, we, we do things all week long. We're going 43 00:03:22,730 --> 00:03:26,570 to work, we're doing jobs, we're consulting, we're busy. 44 00:03:26,570 --> 00:03:30,330 And sometimes we try to record shows during the weeknights. It's pretty common. But what 45 00:03:30,330 --> 00:03:33,330 do we do on the weekend? We got nothing to do Saturday morning. So, you 46 00:03:33,330 --> 00:03:36,290 know, if you're home watching, if you're here in the theater, pull up your coffee 47 00:03:36,290 --> 00:03:40,130 or your drink from your local coffee shop. If it's the Vault Cafe or down 48 00:03:40,130 --> 00:03:43,530 the street, we have Harvest Moon coffee and chocolates. 49 00:03:43,610 --> 00:03:47,330 Absolutely. And their coffee is amazing. And I am a coffee snob. I am. 50 00:03:47,330 --> 00:03:49,890 And so if I find a coffee shop that I'm telling you is amazing. Harvest 51 00:03:49,890 --> 00:03:53,690 Amino is great. It's a great shop. Yeah. Side note, Maria walked 52 00:03:53,690 --> 00:03:56,570 through the coffee shop real quick and some of the chairs were out of order. 53 00:03:56,650 --> 00:04:00,250 Yeah. And her management skills kicked in and she was like, she 54 00:04:00,250 --> 00:04:03,840 lined the chairs for the coffee sh. It's hard to get out of that. Right. 55 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:06,880 It's just like in your mind automatically. Yeah. 56 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:11,520 Oh, very good. Thanks to all the viewers watching, either in the theater or at 57 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:14,800 home. Let's go to that first story 58 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,960 from the UK Podcasters hit the roads from the Radio Times. 59 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:23,040 And we're kicking off tonight with a look across the pond. Because UK 60 00:04:23,280 --> 00:04:26,520 live podcast scene is absolutely booming in 61 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:30,310 2025. From comedy duos like Two Pints, 62 00:04:30,310 --> 00:04:33,990 Podcast Live and Woof and Owl to fan favorite 63 00:04:33,990 --> 00:04:37,590 shows like Help I Sextexted My Boss, the Girls Bathroom, 64 00:04:37,590 --> 00:04:41,350 and Off menu podcasters are packing theaters and turning 65 00:04:41,350 --> 00:04:44,910 live tours into major events. Even 66 00:04:44,910 --> 00:04:48,630 the wittering Whitehalls are hitting the stage, proving that the golden 67 00:04:48,630 --> 00:04:52,350 age of podcasting isn't just about downloads. It's about building 68 00:04:52,350 --> 00:04:56,140 real connections with audiences in person. The UK 69 00:04:56,140 --> 00:04:59,340 is showing us how podcast tours can become marquee 70 00:04:59,740 --> 00:05:03,340 cultural events. And the thing I liked about this, 71 00:05:03,420 --> 00:05:06,940 this article was almost like a billboard 100 of 72 00:05:07,180 --> 00:05:10,820 podcasts to go see. It's just crazy to see that 73 00:05:10,820 --> 00:05:14,060 there's that many that we get. We're having list listicles 74 00:05:14,380 --> 00:05:18,140 about going to see live podcasts. Well, and I think we're going to see that 75 00:05:18,140 --> 00:05:21,700 more and more. Even just the last couple of weeks, we've been discussing this. Like 76 00:05:21,700 --> 00:05:24,300 there's, there's shows I didn't, I hadn't even heard of until you put them on 77 00:05:24,300 --> 00:05:26,960 there. Like, what? And then I have them up. I'M like, oh, my gosh. But 78 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:30,520 one of the things that's, you know, kind of stuck out to me is 79 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:34,200 this, what like we're doing right now, this, this really, this big push 80 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:37,720 on making it a live event, that it's not just, you know, somebody, 81 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:41,520 you know, that's turned their basement into a studio speaking, which was nothing 82 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:45,200 wrong with that. Don't come at me. But, you know, it's also becoming a little 83 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:48,920 bigger. Right. It's becoming like a destination where people are coming and watching. And I 84 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:52,650 think that's a really cool thing we're starting to see. Yeah. That's why we built 85 00:05:52,650 --> 00:05:56,490 the space. I think that there's a place for podcasters to perform their 86 00:05:56,490 --> 00:06:00,330 shows live of any level. And we do joke. I joke a lot because I 87 00:06:00,330 --> 00:06:04,050 still record in my basement. Yeah. But what's the. How do I go from my 88 00:06:04,050 --> 00:06:07,490 basement to a large theater or Madison Square Garden? 89 00:06:07,490 --> 00:06:11,330 There's no middle ground. There's no journey to get there. They're not just going to 90 00:06:11,330 --> 00:06:15,090 start plucking people out of their mom's basement and putting them on stage in Madison 91 00:06:15,090 --> 00:06:18,180 Square Garden. We've got to work our way up to performing in front of these 92 00:06:18,180 --> 00:06:21,860 big audiences. And some of these people who have already established themselves 93 00:06:21,860 --> 00:06:25,420 over the years and years of podcasting, they're doing that. 94 00:06:25,420 --> 00:06:29,260 They're way ahead of us. And they're filling theaters and arenas and, and taking their 95 00:06:29,260 --> 00:06:32,979 shows on tour. I just love that they had a list like, here's the 96 00:06:32,979 --> 00:06:35,980 top 10 ones you got to go see. Absolutely. No. And I think they, I 97 00:06:35,980 --> 00:06:38,300 mean, they intrigued me. I thought they sounded really interesting. 98 00:06:39,580 --> 00:06:43,290 Let's go to story number two from Inside 99 00:06:43,290 --> 00:06:46,410 Radio. This one is Conan Goes Live Again. 100 00:06:46,970 --> 00:06:50,370 Conan o' Brien is bringing his podcast to the stage with a live 101 00:06:50,370 --> 00:06:54,090 taping at the Fonda Theater in Los Angeles on 102 00:06:54,090 --> 00:06:57,810 October 5th. Fans and SiriusXM 103 00:06:57,810 --> 00:07:00,650 subscribers will get to see Conan. Sona 104 00:07:00,650 --> 00:07:04,330 Movsisane and Matt Gurley sit 105 00:07:04,330 --> 00:07:08,090 down with a surprise guest. Plus a reunion with Conan's old late 106 00:07:08,090 --> 00:07:11,760 night band led by Jimmy Vivino. The live 107 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:15,320 show will first drop exclusively for serious podcast subscribers 108 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:19,160 on October 15th, then hit Conan O' Brien radio on 109 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:23,000 the 22nd before finally rolling out on all podcast feeds 110 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:26,480 and YouTube. It's a tiered podcasting event at its 111 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:30,000 finest. Live laughs now, staggered 112 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:33,800 releases later. I always a line, always tries to punch it up 113 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:37,340 at the end there. But, you know, here's Conan, a 114 00:07:37,500 --> 00:07:40,860 huge traditional media person. I mean, he's one of the, 115 00:07:41,100 --> 00:07:44,860 got to be one of the top 10 great late night hosts, talk show hosts 116 00:07:44,860 --> 00:07:48,580 of all time. And where is he pivoted to? He does a YouTube show, he's 117 00:07:48,580 --> 00:07:52,140 doing a podcast, he's self producing these giant 118 00:07:52,140 --> 00:07:55,820 events by himself. And I think one of the things that hit 119 00:07:55,820 --> 00:07:59,660 the news recently was Stephen Colbert was getting canceled on CBS. 120 00:08:00,140 --> 00:08:03,260 And to do his show takes 200 people 121 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:07,600 to produce the Late show with Stephen Colbert. And you look at what 122 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:11,000 Conan's doing, he probably has a team of five, six people, 123 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:14,880 maybe some writers, maybe 10 people putting these things 124 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:18,640 together and producing a quality show on par with 125 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:22,010 CBS and ABC for what, 1 126 00:08:22,110 --> 00:08:25,960 100th of the. Or 1 50th of the price? Well, and, 127 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:28,960 and I think, I think you hit the nail on the head because I think 128 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:32,610 what Conan's basically doing is resurrecting Late Night, but in a more 129 00:08:32,610 --> 00:08:36,450 tangible way, a more realistic way where you and I. It's something 130 00:08:36,450 --> 00:08:40,130 that, that's reachable. Right. Because, you know, it's something that to be able to 131 00:08:40,130 --> 00:08:43,810 grow something to the point of, you know, hiring five people or 10 132 00:08:43,810 --> 00:08:47,290 people, it seems a lot more tangible than 200 people. Right. 133 00:08:47,370 --> 00:08:51,170 So I think that kind of, it gives us a Runway to 134 00:08:51,170 --> 00:08:54,530 say, okay, well this is something that, like you said, go from the basement to 135 00:08:54,530 --> 00:08:58,330 kind of that mid ground, you know, is, is tangible. It's a tangible, 136 00:08:58,410 --> 00:09:01,600 realistic, you know, uphill from here for 137 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:05,440 podcasting. Yeah. If you look at what celebrities and famous people, actors 138 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:09,080 are doing, they're. They're building what we're building, but in reverse. They've already 139 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:12,560 established the fame they have, the audience that's following them 140 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:17,000 now, they're taking that to places to have these real life connections with 141 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:20,720 them. So they've already got it and they're working backwards. We're building up to that. 142 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:23,720 So hopefully we meet at some point in the middle and you see shows like 143 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:27,540 this popping up everywhere where people can produce like a Tom Green show. Twenty 144 00:09:27,540 --> 00:09:31,340 years ago, Tom Green was probably him and two people in his basement producing a 145 00:09:31,340 --> 00:09:34,900 cable television, which Tom Green. Was hilarious, I do want to note that. But 146 00:09:34,980 --> 00:09:37,460 no, I mean, I think it's right. And you're actually seeing that. I mean, I 147 00:09:37,460 --> 00:09:41,020 know you're in the marketing world too, so you're seeing that with everything. You're 148 00:09:41,020 --> 00:09:44,740 seeing big brands that are kind of bringing a lot of their commercials and 149 00:09:44,740 --> 00:09:48,340 their all that stuff down to like a realistic, you know, 150 00:09:48,900 --> 00:09:52,740 recorded commercial that. Have you seen the Apple commercial? 151 00:09:53,060 --> 00:09:56,460 Have you seen the Apple commercial with the Apple computer where it's like two guys 152 00:09:56,460 --> 00:10:00,220 in a dorm room? Have you seen that? One, I have not. Okay, well, it's 153 00:10:00,220 --> 00:10:02,780 a pretty cool commercial and there's two reasons it's cool. Number one, it's funny and 154 00:10:02,780 --> 00:10:06,340 number two, it's, it looks very low key, like 155 00:10:06,500 --> 00:10:09,660 we could record it. And I think you're seeing a lot of big brands do 156 00:10:09,660 --> 00:10:12,780 that with marketing. And I think in the podcasting world you're seeing the same thing 157 00:10:12,780 --> 00:10:16,460 with shows. Like you said, these big people are scaling it back to 158 00:10:16,460 --> 00:10:20,300 this mid ground and that is somewhere that as we can kind of aspire to, 159 00:10:20,300 --> 00:10:22,780 kind of get to that. Like again, maybe we'll meet in the middle. I think 160 00:10:22,780 --> 00:10:25,980 that's a cool thing. Yeah. When you self produce and at the level that Conan's 161 00:10:25,980 --> 00:10:29,580 doing, there's no middle people, there's no agents, there's no 162 00:10:29,580 --> 00:10:33,180 managers, producers, executives. You've cut out 163 00:10:33,260 --> 00:10:36,940 all that bloat that makes something expensive and you're 164 00:10:36,940 --> 00:10:40,740 bringing a product directly to the public. Like, yeah, who's keeping all 165 00:10:40,740 --> 00:10:44,140 that money? Conan is. And he can reinvest it into his team and 166 00:10:44,220 --> 00:10:47,700 building and getting to events of this scale and Magnus. And it's more 167 00:10:47,700 --> 00:10:51,350 authentic too. And I think that's what, you know, consumers are asking 168 00:10:51,350 --> 00:10:55,030 for, listeners are asking for, is that authenticity. Let's go 169 00:10:55,030 --> 00:10:58,590 to story number three. And I. This isn't 170 00:10:58,670 --> 00:11:02,510 necessarily a live podcast, but I didn't 171 00:11:02,510 --> 00:11:06,230 do the show on YouTube last week, but YouTube has made some announcements. And 172 00:11:06,230 --> 00:11:09,430 so this week we are live on YouTube and we will continue to be live 173 00:11:09,430 --> 00:11:13,070 on YouTube because it looks like YouTube's going to push live 174 00:11:13,150 --> 00:11:16,590 a little bit more. And this comes directly from the YouTube blog. 175 00:11:16,990 --> 00:11:20,670 And YouTube just announced some of its biggest updates yet for live streaming, 176 00:11:20,830 --> 00:11:24,670 giving creators more tools to connect and grow. New features include 177 00:11:24,670 --> 00:11:28,350 the ability to stream in both horizontal and vertical formats 178 00:11:28,350 --> 00:11:31,910 at the same time. AI that automatically turns the best live 179 00:11:31,910 --> 00:11:35,750 moments into shorts and even interactive mini games to keep 180 00:11:35,750 --> 00:11:39,390 audiences engaged. Creators will also get access to Ask 181 00:11:39,470 --> 00:11:43,310 Studio, an AI chatbot that summarizes live chats and delivers 182 00:11:43,310 --> 00:11:47,050 insights for future streams. With deeper community connection, 183 00:11:47,050 --> 00:11:50,690 new monetization options, and built in discovery, YouTube is 184 00:11:50,690 --> 00:11:54,330 making live streaming more powerful and more profitable 185 00:11:54,490 --> 00:11:58,010 than ever. And you know, we're both in the marketing and we know 186 00:11:58,570 --> 00:12:02,290 that when YouTube says they're doing something, that's probably the thing you 187 00:12:02,290 --> 00:12:06,130 should do at this moment, right? Absolutely. Well, and as 188 00:12:06,130 --> 00:12:09,170 we know, well, I don't know if everybody knows, but as we know, Google owns 189 00:12:09,170 --> 00:12:12,590 YouTube Now. And so that has obviously put a different focus, 190 00:12:12,750 --> 00:12:16,030 you know, on that brand, I think, as a whole, and how it integrates across 191 00:12:16,110 --> 00:12:19,790 the web. But then, you know, when you're looking at YouTube specific, I really like 192 00:12:19,790 --> 00:12:23,590 the. The part like the Ask Studio, because if 193 00:12:23,590 --> 00:12:26,350 you've ever been on a chat on YouTube, you get 194 00:12:26,990 --> 00:12:30,830 constant spammed, like frog emojis. Just random stuff. 195 00:12:30,830 --> 00:12:34,510 Right. And so I like the Ask Studio because basically that can be kind of 196 00:12:34,510 --> 00:12:38,230 like a therapist for you now to say, hey, whenever you're, you know, your 197 00:12:38,230 --> 00:12:41,870 viewers were spamming you with frog emojis, this is what they really meant by that. 198 00:12:41,870 --> 00:12:45,130 It gives you a little bit more, you know, insight of what's going on. 199 00:12:45,610 --> 00:12:48,810 Yeah, I heard a stat on. It's Joe 200 00:12:48,810 --> 00:12:52,090 Polizi and Robert Rose's podcast. This old marketing 201 00:12:52,570 --> 00:12:56,250 and YouTube. 50% of YouTube viewership is now 202 00:12:56,650 --> 00:13:00,410 on big screens. It's not just mobile. People are streaming at home 203 00:13:00,890 --> 00:13:04,570 on their televisions. And I think 204 00:13:04,570 --> 00:13:08,250 just based on those numbers, that makes YouTube the largest streaming 205 00:13:08,250 --> 00:13:11,950 service in the world by far, over Netflix and Hulu 206 00:13:11,950 --> 00:13:15,750 and Disney. And what that means is YouTube is a place 207 00:13:15,750 --> 00:13:19,550 for creators, and creators have access to this portal that's the 208 00:13:19,550 --> 00:13:23,390 largest streaming service on the planet. This is the 209 00:13:23,390 --> 00:13:26,910 time to strike. If you're thinking about doing a live show, if YouTube's saying, hey, 210 00:13:26,910 --> 00:13:30,630 we're going to push more live shows, why? Well, one, if people are engaged, 211 00:13:30,630 --> 00:13:34,430 guess what? They interrupt your show with. Absolutely. Ads. They're going to play ads 212 00:13:34,430 --> 00:13:38,210 while you're doing live streaming. They're going to cut in the winner up, there's another 213 00:13:38,210 --> 00:13:40,290 ad. They make a little bit more money. You watch a little bit more, they 214 00:13:40,290 --> 00:13:43,770 make a little bit more money. So pushing live streams with ads back, 215 00:13:43,930 --> 00:13:47,650 it's a good format for. For YouTube to build on. Absolutely. 216 00:13:47,650 --> 00:13:51,170 Well, and I think, you know, whenever you're talking about, you know, YouTube 217 00:13:51,170 --> 00:13:54,850 themselves are asking you to use their platform like this, that gives you a good 218 00:13:54,850 --> 00:13:58,250 insight on what you should be at least trying to do, because they've obviously put 219 00:13:58,250 --> 00:14:01,980 time, energy, and money into kind of putting 220 00:14:01,980 --> 00:14:05,820 this focus on things. And so anybody that's using these things that they're trying 221 00:14:05,820 --> 00:14:09,460 to push out there, they're going to get an uptick in, you know, viewability, 222 00:14:09,540 --> 00:14:13,140 you know, automatically just because of that. And so I really like this because, you 223 00:14:13,140 --> 00:14:16,180 know, basically YouTube is telling Twitch to hold my beer, because Twitch has been where 224 00:14:16,180 --> 00:14:19,860 everybody has been streaming to, you know, in the podcasting world. 225 00:14:20,340 --> 00:14:23,860 Yeah. Now the Facebook deletes your posts 30 days after. Or seven. 226 00:14:23,940 --> 00:14:27,700 Seven or 30 days after. I. I think it is seven days now. Yeah. 227 00:14:28,030 --> 00:14:31,310 So forget it. Facebook. Yeah. You don't want us live streaming in there anyway, so. 228 00:14:31,710 --> 00:14:35,470 Sorry. Yeah, sorry. We're moving to YouTube. Yeah, 229 00:14:35,710 --> 00:14:39,470 we're going to YouTube. One other thing was the, 230 00:14:40,830 --> 00:14:44,230 I just haven't, I haven't seen the tools yet. The one thing that does worry 231 00:14:44,230 --> 00:14:47,870 me is, is some of these. I mean, AI is baked into everything. 232 00:14:48,510 --> 00:14:51,790 In some cases, AI tends to make more work for you 233 00:14:52,270 --> 00:14:55,940 otherwise. Other times it just gives you like Captain Obvious 234 00:14:55,940 --> 00:14:59,700 answers. So hopefully, hopefully there's a little bit in here that, 235 00:14:59,860 --> 00:15:03,140 that their AI gives us that you're not going to get, 236 00:15:03,620 --> 00:15:07,380 you know, just from experience. Yeah, well. And as we've seen with a lot of 237 00:15:07,380 --> 00:15:11,100 things that launch out in AI at the beginning, it does 238 00:15:11,100 --> 00:15:14,940 leave a little, a little to be desired. But the more 239 00:15:14,940 --> 00:15:18,540 we use it and the more feedback and information that YouTube gets and 240 00:15:18,540 --> 00:15:22,170 YouTube's AI platform gets, you know, I do think it'll get better and 241 00:15:22,170 --> 00:15:25,970 better. We've seen that with other things. Yeah, yeah. I mean, if they, they, 242 00:15:26,050 --> 00:15:29,250 if, if, if the last five years that they spent 243 00:15:29,410 --> 00:15:33,210 destroying the definition of the word podcast is any indication of how 244 00:15:33,210 --> 00:15:36,890 much they want podcasters do video. This story and these 245 00:15:36,890 --> 00:15:40,730 updates are part of that journey because they've, they've really decimated 246 00:15:40,730 --> 00:15:44,170 what it means to produce a podcast. Oh, absolutely. It's not just an MP3 file 247 00:15:44,170 --> 00:15:47,930 distributed through an RSS fee to your, your app, your aggregator app. 248 00:15:48,330 --> 00:15:51,770 YouTube wants podcasts to be video. And they're telling you now, 249 00:15:51,930 --> 00:15:54,570 hey, we're going to kind of give this a little bit of a bump if 250 00:15:54,570 --> 00:15:58,330 you do live shows. Yeah, you get, you get, you get a reward. Yeah, 251 00:15:58,330 --> 00:16:02,010 you get rewarded for getting on video, smiling, talking to people, 252 00:16:02,410 --> 00:16:05,970 showing up at the duty, doing your, you know, your show live. I feel like 253 00:16:05,970 --> 00:16:08,410 that would help people if they just came here and did the show. Just do 254 00:16:08,410 --> 00:16:12,170 it. Yeah, just come here. Very simple business model. We'll save that for another show. 255 00:16:13,170 --> 00:16:16,210 One of my favorite things is learning about celebrities who read. 256 00:16:16,690 --> 00:16:20,370 And Dua Lipa checks out of the library. This comes to us 257 00:16:20,370 --> 00:16:24,130 from the Spotify newsroom. Pop star Dua Lipa swapped 258 00:16:24,130 --> 00:16:27,890 the stage lights for reading lamps as her service 95 259 00:16:27,890 --> 00:16:31,650 Book Club podcast went live at the New York Public Library. 260 00:16:31,810 --> 00:16:35,570 Teaming up with Spotify, Dua sat down with Booker 261 00:16:35,570 --> 00:16:37,810 Prize long listed author David 262 00:16:38,940 --> 00:16:41,900 Sally. I'm glad you get to say all these last names that I don't. 263 00:16:42,780 --> 00:16:46,460 For everybody who's ever been mentioned on the show, I do apologize. Last 264 00:16:46,460 --> 00:16:49,900 name pronunciations are not my thing. So 265 00:16:49,900 --> 00:16:52,780 David Salleh to talk about his novel Flesh 266 00:16:53,340 --> 00:16:57,140 blending pop culture with literary prestige in front of 300 267 00:16:57,140 --> 00:17:00,660 fans, press and book lovers. The conversation was smart, 268 00:17:00,660 --> 00:17:04,380 funny, and deeply engaging, followed by fan submitted questions that 269 00:17:04,380 --> 00:17:07,890 showed her how her book club has become a global community. 270 00:17:08,210 --> 00:17:12,010 The full episode drops in October, proving that duo can headline 271 00:17:12,010 --> 00:17:15,730 a stadium or a library with the same star power. 272 00:17:16,450 --> 00:17:20,250 I had never heard of Dua Lipa before, ever. No. Because I was like, who 273 00:17:20,250 --> 00:17:23,090 the freak is that? I had to like, Google it, apparently. I don't know, I've 274 00:17:23,090 --> 00:17:26,250 been in my basement too long, I guess. I'm not sure why, but. So I 275 00:17:26,250 --> 00:17:29,490 had like zero, like less than zero knowledge going into this. I didn't even know 276 00:17:29,490 --> 00:17:33,010 who this person was. But I think this is a cool combination 277 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:37,880 kind of that, that book club meets, you know, live podcast. I think 278 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:40,760 that's a cool comic because, I mean, there are. I'm a book lover. I love, 279 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:43,800 I love reading and love books, and there's a lot of book lovers out there. 280 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:46,880 And, you know, if you kind of combine those worlds, I think that is a 281 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:50,640 cool concept. Yeah. She just announced the show a few months ago. I remember. 282 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:53,200 I think we picked it up on an earlier episode of Duty and the News. 283 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:57,360 And again, like, if here's a star who has a following, 284 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:01,280 she has another passion. Some of her fans who love her music 285 00:18:02,220 --> 00:18:05,860 probably also read. It's a fair assumption, I would say. At least some of them. 286 00:18:05,860 --> 00:18:09,220 So now if you're a fan of Dua Lipa, if you're a fan of the, 287 00:18:09,220 --> 00:18:13,060 you know, what she produces, the books that she likes may also 288 00:18:13,060 --> 00:18:16,700 be in line with your taste. Here's a podcast sharing some other 289 00:18:16,700 --> 00:18:20,260 things outside of music that you can share with a celebrity or a pop 290 00:18:20,260 --> 00:18:24,060 star. And now she can take that to the New York Public Library, do a 291 00:18:24,060 --> 00:18:27,580 show for 300 people, interview the authors, and 292 00:18:27,660 --> 00:18:31,430 share all that with her community. Yeah, well, and to me, like, 293 00:18:31,510 --> 00:18:34,670 again, I had to, like, study who she was as a whole because I had 294 00:18:34,670 --> 00:18:38,470 never heard of her. But it almost seems like she's just going into her quiet 295 00:18:38,630 --> 00:18:41,750 girl era. You know, she's going to. She's like, you know what? I have done 296 00:18:41,750 --> 00:18:45,509 all the things and, you know, now I'm just feeling like, let's read, let's talk 297 00:18:45,509 --> 00:18:48,630 about the things we read. Let's do, you know, let's do this on a different 298 00:18:48,630 --> 00:18:52,390 level. And I love that she's able to kind of take that, you know, 299 00:18:52,710 --> 00:18:56,390 fandom and turn that into a little bit of a luxury 300 00:18:56,390 --> 00:18:59,110 time. Right. Let's sit down and let's read, let's talk about this. I mean, I 301 00:18:59,110 --> 00:19:02,890 just love that. Yeah, I'm doing 100 stadiums a year. I need a break. Exactly. 302 00:19:02,890 --> 00:19:05,170 That's what it speaks to me like. I mean, I was just like, you know 303 00:19:05,170 --> 00:19:08,930 what? Go you. Because I love that. It's. She's going into her. 304 00:19:08,930 --> 00:19:12,570 Her best life ever, her luxury queen era. And she is, 305 00:19:12,650 --> 00:19:16,250 you know, decided to do this whole. Whole book thing, and I love it. 306 00:19:17,370 --> 00:19:20,570 All right, let's go to story 307 00:19:21,610 --> 00:19:25,210 number five. Wait, story number four. 308 00:19:26,510 --> 00:19:30,190 This one. No, wait, let's go. 309 00:19:30,190 --> 00:19:33,990 That's. How do we count? We're on page three. Two stories 310 00:19:33,990 --> 00:19:37,830 per page. Page three. Story number five. This is one 311 00:19:37,830 --> 00:19:41,590 that we've talked about before on the show. This is Kid Belts versus Nerds 312 00:19:41,590 --> 00:19:45,310 Go Live. This comes to us from the Toy business forum on 313 00:19:45,310 --> 00:19:49,110 toybook.com at next year's Toy Business Forum in 314 00:19:49,110 --> 00:19:52,590 Nuremberg, live podcasting takes center stage as 315 00:19:52,590 --> 00:19:56,220 Carol Rapp of Spiel essen hosts Kidalts vs. 316 00:19:56,220 --> 00:19:59,900 Nerds. The session promises to dive into how adult collectors and 317 00:19:59,900 --> 00:20:02,780 playful enthusiasts are reshaping the global toy industry, 318 00:20:03,660 --> 00:20:07,460 all in front of a live audience. As part of a week packed with 319 00:20:07,460 --> 00:20:11,179 AI talks, retail insights, and trend forecasts, this 320 00:20:11,179 --> 00:20:14,980 live recording adds an interactive spark, proving that even in 321 00:20:14,980 --> 00:20:18,620 the business of toys, podcasting has become a powerful way 322 00:20:18,620 --> 00:20:22,460 to connect communities and capture the moment. And we touched 323 00:20:22,460 --> 00:20:25,720 on a different story similar to this last week, where 324 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:29,920 if you have an interest, there's probably a convention or a 325 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:33,480 gathering of people of your similar interest. So this is a toy 326 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:36,920 podcast. What are these toy conventions doing? They're 327 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:40,600 hiring podcasters to be part of the entertainment on the main stage and 328 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:45,040 in this one. Kidalts versus Nerds. I like that. I never 329 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:48,760 heard the term kiddo. I think that's hilarious. But I mean, to me, when I 330 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:51,140 read this, the first thing that came to my mind is a bunch of, know, 331 00:20:51,140 --> 00:20:54,340 40 year olds fighting over the limited edition Funko Pops. I had never 332 00:20:54,740 --> 00:20:58,340 heard of Funko Pops before podcasting before. Dua Lipa. Well, 333 00:20:58,420 --> 00:21:02,180 yeah, before that now. But no, you know, there's several of podcasters that 334 00:21:02,180 --> 00:21:05,660 we know that behind them is just like an entire wall of Funko Pops. And 335 00:21:05,660 --> 00:21:09,180 I had never heard of them before, but, you know, so I mean, maybe they 336 00:21:09,180 --> 00:21:12,980 need to kind of look that show up. They may be like Tim and Jeff. 337 00:21:13,140 --> 00:21:16,940 Yeah, exactly, exactly. That was exactly the ones that I was speaking of 338 00:21:16,940 --> 00:21:20,470 because I'd never heard of them before. And you know, I think that, like you 339 00:21:20,470 --> 00:21:24,310 said, that really shows that no matter what your hobby, your interest, whatever, like, 340 00:21:24,310 --> 00:21:27,270 you would be surprised. Like maybe you think you're like the only person, the only 341 00:21:27,270 --> 00:21:30,750 person that loves whatever it is, you're probably not. And there 342 00:21:30,750 --> 00:21:34,350 probably is some type of, like you said, convention meetup, something going 343 00:21:34,350 --> 00:21:38,110 on that's related to that. Yeah. And you see this instead of, 344 00:21:38,110 --> 00:21:41,710 you know, every convention needs to entertain their guests. 345 00:21:41,870 --> 00:21:45,670 They always have. After parties, there's usually a vendor that sponsors 346 00:21:45,670 --> 00:21:49,290 the party. There's always something happening. But during the convention 347 00:21:49,290 --> 00:21:53,050 now, sometimes there's warm up bands that before the main stage 348 00:21:53,050 --> 00:21:56,450 takes the stage, they'll hire magicians or music 349 00:21:56,450 --> 00:22:00,210 acts, cover bands. What you're seeing now is part of that 350 00:22:00,210 --> 00:22:03,690 main session is a podcast being recorded. So 351 00:22:03,770 --> 00:22:07,130 these conventions are looking for podcasting entertainment, are looking for new 352 00:22:07,130 --> 00:22:10,890 voices. They're looking for voices who will amplify what they're 353 00:22:10,890 --> 00:22:14,410 producing. So if you go there and record a show and then release it to 354 00:22:14,410 --> 00:22:18,090 your fans, that could be another thousand, two thousand people that 355 00:22:18,090 --> 00:22:21,810 that conference reaches for zero advertising dollars. So you 356 00:22:21,810 --> 00:22:25,490 look into your industry. What's. What are people producing that's similar to what 357 00:22:25,490 --> 00:22:29,290 you're doing and where can you fit in that? Absolutely. Well, absolutely. And I 358 00:22:29,290 --> 00:22:32,250 think also, you know, really kind of we talked about this last week with a 359 00:22:32,250 --> 00:22:35,850 lot of the conventions and stuff, people are expecting more. Like 360 00:22:35,850 --> 00:22:39,210 there's a lot of competition in that convention, you know, space, 361 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:42,600 and now people are expecting more. So they keep trying to like one up each 362 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:45,640 other. Right. So it's like, well, we've got a magician this year. You know, everybody's 363 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:48,960 like running to that one. So it's, I think it's a really cool concept because, 364 00:22:49,120 --> 00:22:52,640 you know, if you've gone to conventions, you know how terrible they can be sometimes 365 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:55,800 and you know, nobody wants to do the trust fall anymore. We're done with that. 366 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:59,640 No more trust falls. Let's bring on the live podcasting. Very 367 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:03,040 good. Our last live podcasting story, 368 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:07,410 the Upstairs Neighbors bring the laughs and the community 369 00:23:08,290 --> 00:23:11,970 sources the AR Kansas Traveler, Arkansas Traveler. 370 00:23:12,290 --> 00:23:15,970 At the University of Arkansas, a comedy duo behind the Upstairs 371 00:23:15,970 --> 00:23:19,490 Neighbor Neighbors podcast, Maya Umatoto 372 00:23:19,490 --> 00:23:23,290 Gorman and Dom Roberts lit up the Verizon Ballroom 373 00:23:23,290 --> 00:23:26,970 with their signature mix of humor and heart. This live show 374 00:23:26,970 --> 00:23:30,570 wasn't recorded for the podcast feed. It was all about 375 00:23:30,570 --> 00:23:34,270 the in person experience and crowd work, the 376 00:23:34,270 --> 00:23:37,710 Disneyland debates and even local food recommendations like 377 00:23:37,870 --> 00:23:41,710 Famous Steven Special. Like the Famous Steven Special. 378 00:23:41,870 --> 00:23:44,630 Went to look that one up. I don't even know. Yeah. But beyond the laughs, 379 00:23:44,630 --> 00:23:48,070 Maya and Dom focused on connection, asking students to 380 00:23:48,070 --> 00:23:51,550 introduce themselves to their neighbors and reminding everyone that sometimes 381 00:23:51,790 --> 00:23:55,630 all it takes is one thing in common to spark community and 382 00:23:55,710 --> 00:23:59,310 a little different from what we talk about is recording these podcasts for, 383 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:03,440 you know, release at a later date. This was just a fan experience. This was, 384 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:06,560 hey, we're going to be here on the stage. Let's just talk and hang out. 385 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:10,280 We don't have to make it a thing. Let's make it special that you're here 386 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:13,760 tonight. Yeah, well, and it, you know, it's really that pure, 387 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:17,680 kind of had to be here energy. And I think that there's a lot 388 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:21,200 of benefit to that, that, that felt, you know, that fear of fomo. Right, 389 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:25,040 fomo. People are going to be afraid of missing out on it. So 390 00:24:25,120 --> 00:24:28,820 there is some, you know, some marketing genius to that. So, 391 00:24:28,820 --> 00:24:32,260 you know, I'm sure they'll end up releasing some things, but, you know, to have 392 00:24:32,260 --> 00:24:35,660 some of them that are just like for the audience only, you know, really starts 393 00:24:35,660 --> 00:24:38,900 to build that momentum. I like that. Yeah, a lot of fun. A great way 394 00:24:38,900 --> 00:24:42,739 to connect with the community without any expectation. Just, hey, let's show 395 00:24:42,739 --> 00:24:45,460 up, let's talk and hang out and let's see if we can make the world 396 00:24:45,460 --> 00:24:48,860 a better place. Go out, introduce yourself to your neighbors. I've lived on my street 397 00:24:48,860 --> 00:24:51,100 for almost 10 years now. I know 398 00:24:52,950 --> 00:24:56,390 two neighbors names, so I. Feel like, I feel like that's a challenge. Like you 399 00:24:56,390 --> 00:24:59,790 need to go around and, and introduce yourself. Hi, Jeff. They're gonna be like, are 400 00:24:59,790 --> 00:25:03,590 you new here? Like, no, I've lived here for 10 years. Yeah. 401 00:25:03,590 --> 00:25:07,070 So I'm gonna take the upstairs neighbor's advice and I'm gonna, I'm gonna introduce some 402 00:25:07,070 --> 00:25:10,790 people, introduce myself to some people. I still want to know what the 403 00:25:10,790 --> 00:25:13,430 Steven Special is now, because I didn't look that up. Now I want to know. 404 00:25:13,430 --> 00:25:17,230 It's in. In our Kansas. All right, well, so make them look it up 405 00:25:17,230 --> 00:25:21,070 and let us know. See what else we got here tonight. We got 406 00:25:21,070 --> 00:25:24,910 next week, next Saturday, after we record Poduty and the News. In the morning, 407 00:25:25,070 --> 00:25:28,750 we have the Pittsburgh Podcast Meetup, which we're live streaming now. October 408 00:25:28,750 --> 00:25:32,470 4, 2025, 6:00pm if you're in 409 00:25:32,470 --> 00:25:35,950 the city of Pittsburgh, stop in at 6. I feed everybody 410 00:25:35,950 --> 00:25:39,670 pizza, drinks, all kinds of carbohydrates. And 411 00:25:39,670 --> 00:25:43,350 then we about 7 o' clock, we will go live and we'll broadcast 412 00:25:43,350 --> 00:25:46,870 the live Q, Q and a portion of the Pittsburgh Podcast 413 00:25:46,870 --> 00:25:50,630 Meetup. We've got padoodi shirts, just 414 00:25:50,630 --> 00:25:53,630 10 bucks. I just got them in last week. If you need a shirt or 415 00:25:53,630 --> 00:25:56,350 if you're here in the audience tonight, everybody gets a free shirt to take home 416 00:25:56,350 --> 00:25:59,830 with them. That's A special when you come to Poduty and the crew. Early 417 00:25:59,830 --> 00:26:03,550 bird shirts, $10. Where do you get a $10 t shirt at 418 00:26:03,550 --> 00:26:07,390 Poduty? Yeah, we got some upcoming shows I want to tell you about. 419 00:26:07,390 --> 00:26:11,240 Anime on the Allegheny. October 3rd, next Friday, brand 420 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:13,720 new show. It's the first time they're going to run it live in front of 421 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:17,560 an audience. They're talking anime, all kinds of anime. The only thing I 422 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:21,320 can never say is Akira or Vampire Hunter D. It's the only two animation 423 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:24,760 shows that's. That's more. Everybody else is like, I don't know any of them. 424 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:29,000 Our favorite, a three timer, a three peat. The Crips and Corks are coming back 425 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:32,400 October 11th for Haunted Pittsburgh Terror, 426 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:36,120 Laughs and booze. It's an adult show. There was a BYOB ticket. 427 00:26:36,380 --> 00:26:40,060 It's a great store, great podcast. They're going to tell you ghost stories 428 00:26:40,060 --> 00:26:43,780 from Pittsburgh and they pair those stories with a bottle of 429 00:26:43,780 --> 00:26:47,340 wine. So they'll have a special wine prepared for the episode 430 00:26:47,500 --> 00:26:51,340 and you'll be able to drink, laugh and Yin's won't want to 431 00:26:51,340 --> 00:26:54,100 miss the show. I know. I thought at first I was like, oh, play on 432 00:26:54,100 --> 00:26:57,180 words there. And when I first met them, I couldn't remember their name. 433 00:26:57,900 --> 00:27:01,580 I met them at a Pittsburgh podcast meetup and I called them 434 00:27:01,580 --> 00:27:05,230 boozy ghosts. And I think boozy ghost might be sticking because 435 00:27:05,230 --> 00:27:08,990 now I saw. I love it. We 436 00:27:08,990 --> 00:27:12,830 got the Bird Cave right across the river from New Ken. They're. They're originally New 437 00:27:12,830 --> 00:27:16,510 Ken. They do a sports show here in Pittsburgh and 438 00:27:16,590 --> 00:27:20,230 they have a. There. So we talk about combining your podcast with 439 00:27:20,230 --> 00:27:23,710 events. Yep. There was a high school reunion next Saturday for 440 00:27:24,030 --> 00:27:27,830 Valley. They're from Valley. They're coming to town and in the morning 441 00:27:27,830 --> 00:27:31,580 they're going to do a live show as a kind of a pre game 442 00:27:31,580 --> 00:27:35,300 to. To the. To the home or the reunion. Well, 443 00:27:35,300 --> 00:27:38,780 and that becomes memories too, right? You know, because. Because then you're able to record 444 00:27:38,780 --> 00:27:41,980 that. You're able to, you know, you know, touch base with a bunch of people 445 00:27:41,980 --> 00:27:45,500 and you know how it goes at reunions. I can get quite funny. 446 00:27:46,140 --> 00:27:49,500 Yeah. So apologies to anybody at the real 447 00:27:49,500 --> 00:27:51,740 reunion if a bunch of people show up 448 00:27:53,020 --> 00:27:56,810 who pre gamed a little bit too much. It could happen. 449 00:27:56,810 --> 00:28:00,530 There is a BYOB ticket available for that one. Nailed 450 00:28:00,530 --> 00:28:04,370 it. Motherhood podcast coming up November 8th with Tamara. Met her 451 00:28:04,370 --> 00:28:07,970 at a podcast meetup and we booked a show. Looking forward to this 452 00:28:07,970 --> 00:28:11,370 one. This is a. I believe it's a season one wrap up or a season 453 00:28:11,370 --> 00:28:15,170 two kickoff. So we're just getting things going. And a 454 00:28:15,170 --> 00:28:18,090 first event, first time on the main stage is going to be a great show. 455 00:28:18,570 --> 00:28:22,090 We have the humorous. This is a 2026. Just a little foreshadowing. 456 00:28:22,670 --> 00:28:26,470 I think they're in like Vermont or New Hampshire. They're 457 00:28:26,470 --> 00:28:30,030 coming down in 20. In March or April. 458 00:28:30,110 --> 00:28:33,790 May. Check poduty.com March, April or May. Well, yeah. March, April, 459 00:28:33,870 --> 00:28:37,430 May. And of course, my special guest today, all the way from 460 00:28:37,430 --> 00:28:41,230 parts unknown, Ohio, Maria Daniels. Thank you so much, 461 00:28:41,230 --> 00:28:43,990 Maria. Tell everybody if they want to connect with you, they want to visit your 462 00:28:43,990 --> 00:28:47,750 coffee shop or marketing services. How do they do that? That is 463 00:28:47,750 --> 00:28:49,910 a lot of things. I thought I was throwing it there. You do all the 464 00:28:49,910 --> 00:28:52,630 things. Yeah, he throws that in there and then I panic on what to say. 465 00:28:52,630 --> 00:28:55,410 Now if you're near the coffee sh. Shop it. We're in the middle of nowhere. 466 00:28:55,410 --> 00:28:58,850 Russellville, Ohio. Feel free to to stop out there. You can connect with me 467 00:28:58,850 --> 00:29:01,272 online @ successfullychaotic.com 468 00:29:01,588 --> 00:29:05,204 dates and deets at 469 00:29:05,205 --> 00:29:08,930 poduty.com P-O-D-U-T-Y.com we have this show 470 00:29:08,930 --> 00:29:12,650 every Saturday morning. Now, different guests from around the world are gonna be 471 00:29:12,650 --> 00:29:16,450 joining me on stage. We won't always have Maria Daniels in the 472 00:29:16,450 --> 00:29:20,010 studio, but when we do. I'm not driving to Pittsburgh every weekend, though. 473 00:29:20,010 --> 00:29:20,650 Every Saturday. 474 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:26,160 news.poduty.com is where you can find the Poduty and the News podcast. 475 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:29,920 Otherwise poduty.com all the information 476 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,720 you need there. Let's go back to that theme song.