It’s a relatively easy developer process to start a Mastodon Instance and join the Fediverse. It’s far from easy to be responsible for your own corner of a distributed social network. | Continue reading
Sometimes the most important bond between the artist and the audience is trust. | Continue reading
For the last month or two my bedtime stories are full of legends. The likes of Vin Scully, Sandy Koufax, Babe Ruth, and Bobby Thompson are helping me get to sleep on an AM wave of classic baseball under the covers. | Continue reading
I’d like to showcase some podcasts to start your 2023. Rather than go for entire podcasts, here are five episodes I’ve enjoyed over the last year. | Continue reading
These are my twelve favourite music tracks released during 2022. | Continue reading
If the only winning social media move is not to play the black and white game of finding “one true victor”, then Mastodon has succeeded long before Twitter’s stramash. | Continue reading
As the World Cup starts in earnest, more people are turning their attention to Qatar, FIFA, and the darker side of Football. That includes 'World Corrupt', a short-run investigative podcast that makes for a thought-provoking listen. | Continue reading
With the Edinburgh Fringe Podcast showcasing my interviews from the archive, I’ve had to look back critically at these early recordings from the dawn of podcasting. | Continue reading
Apple Music is set to join other streaming music services by raising its monthly subscription. You should beware of the soft lock-in streaming music has created as it pushes your music behind a paywall you have no control over. | Continue reading
Listen again to this month’s edition of Europe’s Heartbeat, mixing in artists from the well-known Björk, through the new starts such as Zoe Wees, to newcomers like Ginevra. | Continue reading
Ever listened to your podcasts at a faster speed? Then you’ll be glad to know that it’s not as dangerous as Max Headroom’s blipverts suggested. | Continue reading
Europe’s Heartbeat has returned, as my one-hour monthly music show works hard to avoid the power of the algorithms, | Continue reading
Spotify doesn’t need to boast about how many podcasts it thinks it has, the real answer is much smaller and far more impressive. | Continue reading
Last week I wanted to go beyond the breaking news and constant headlines for more in-depth and long-form discussions. So I turned to the realm of political podcasts. | Continue reading
Mark Hunter and I sit down to talk about the history, the development, and the modern-day challenges, of podcasting. | Continue reading
A look back at three of my recent podcast pilots, the lessons I learned, and how they have shaped each project. | Continue reading
Spotify’s rush to earn billions on the back of podcasting will have repercussions in our community. | Continue reading
A tale from the world of Elite Dangerous. I’ve delivered a Hutton Mug and some Mega Gin from the galaxy famous Hutton Orbital station to every stop along the Colonia Bridge… in a Sidewinder. | Continue reading
One of the delights of listening to music from all over Europe is is the power of the cover version. Back in the sixties you had songs that would have multiple language versions in different countries. Short of Katie Boyle showcasing them on “Pop Over Europe” the originals would … | Continue reading
A lot of planning goes into a new podcast, but you have to start somewhere. Here are the three questions I started with for an upcoming show. | Continue reading
Another month of new music from Europe… and maybe just a little bit of Sanremo in the mix as well. | Continue reading
Following the radio broadcast you can listen again to this month’s edition of Europe’s Heartbeat, with the latest releases, chart hits, and my favourites from the last four weeks. | Continue reading
What’s old is new again. Will 2022 be the year that the streaming media giants discover the power of releasing podcasts early? | Continue reading
It’s that time of year for a musical countdown, so here are my twelve top new releases of 2021. | Continue reading
Listen again to this month’s edition of Europe’s Heartbeat, with new releases from the likes of Ana Mena. Lordi, Arvingarna, and Pinguini Tattici Nucleari. | Continue reading
If you’ve been enjoying the Cowboy Bebop soundtrack, what should be next on your playlist? | Continue reading
What’s important to me when I support someone on Patreon, what do I look for, and why do I find it hard to stop? | Continue reading
This month’s broadcast ‘Europe’s Heartbeat’ features some of the biggest number one hits from across Europe. | Continue reading
Remember when podcasting could magically take you to another time, another place, even another world? It’s happened to me again. | Continue reading
With another show exclusively locked away in Spotify’s proprietary app, what does the continued use of these deals mean for the wider podcasting community? | Continue reading
Listen again to this month’s broadcast ‘Europe’s Heartbeat’ as I showcase some of my favourite tracks and new releases from across Europe. | Continue reading
What can we learn from the growth of Squid Game, and is Netflix’s big banner more important than word of mouth? | Continue reading
Once more I’m podcasting the Edinburgh Fringe, but it’s not the show you might be expecting. | Continue reading
Looking back on Towel Day, ‘The Hitch Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy’ feels like it was my first podcast. | Continue reading
Sixteen years after starting this blog, it’s still here. And I’m still not quite sure what happens next. | Continue reading
Just how many podcasts are out there, and how many podcasting minutes are created every day? | Continue reading
Long before Apple released the ‘For All Mankind’ companion podcast, show-runner Ron Moore started podcasting around ‘Battlestar Galactica’. | Continue reading
Spotify’s latest moves will keep podcast listeners away from the wider online community that has embraces podcast’s open nature. | Continue reading
It might not be easy to see, but Apple’s exclusive podcast still uses open standards and isn’t locked into iCloud. | Continue reading
How can the massive podcast directories moderate the shows that they list? Is it even possible? | Continue reading
Well, I’m going to go all ‘Grandpa Simpson’ about the number of new services that don’t feel like my romantic notion of being a podcast. | Continue reading
Recommendation engines aren’t about finding something you want to watch, it’s about keeping you watching. | Continue reading
One of the last big indie podcast producers has been purchased by Amazon. What happens next? | Continue reading
Spotify is in the business of capturing as many ‘listening minutes’ as possible. Can that approach also benefit podcasters? | Continue reading
Let’s celebrate the launch of every podcast; the more shows out there, the more chance you’ll find something spectacular. | Continue reading
The broadcast model of one voice to many may suit the larger productions, but the smaller podcasting communities can be much more engaging. | Continue reading
Part of podcasting’s strength lies in the open nature of RSS. But being open isn’t always attractive to the big players in the podcasting space. | Continue reading
Amazon can leverage podcasting to find more profit in another area of its empire. | Continue reading