NPR’s digital hub for its podcasts and others in public radio got an upgrade Jan. 26. The upgraded podcast directory allows listeners to listen to individual podcasts straight from the directory page ...

Today, we're rolling out a new podcast directory on NPR.org, and we're excited to have a beautiful new home to showcase all of the podcasts from the NPR family. Behind the scenes, we're continuing to ...

Until recently, searching for a podcast on Google would surface individual episodes that you could quickly start playing. That’s now being replaced by a podcast directory in Google Search. On mobile ...

Google will be removing the feature of allowing users to access playable podcasts directly from Google Search results, which was officially launched in 2019. This featured surfaced podcasts to match ...

The Wine Podcast Directory aims to provide both wine professionals and wine lovers with a useful, accessible tool to navigate the growing podcast landscape. By highlighting 100 outstanding shows, the ...

New technologies come with a big asterisk. We can never be sure whether they'll catch on and stick around for more than one or two seasons worth of holiday promotions. As a media organization, we're ...

Dave Winer and a burgeoning chorus of supporters are proposing a fresh go at a community directory for podcasts. What an excellent idea. I certainly support it, and I have $100 toward the effort as ...

Following Apple’s announcement of a new podcast subscription offering yesterday, the Apple Podcasts directory appears to be having some issues. Some podcasts are missing entirely from Apple Podcasts ...

Recent data from Buzzsprout shows Spotify is the new king of podcast directories. A little more than third (31.7%) of all podcast listeners used Spotify to access their favorite shows, accounting for ...

Apple added full transcript search to its podcast directory in iOS 13. Even though you can’t actually read the podcast transcripts, this is still huge. You can search across the content of podcast ...

The podcast industry is at a crossroads in 2020. Since 2004, we’ve enjoyed an open ecosystem with podcasting driven by RSS feeds. Once Apple released the iTunes podcast directory in iTunes 4.9, but it ...

Podcasts: on the one hand we listen and consult them and on the other we prepare and produce them. On both sides we can use them in teaching and learning. They allow students to better prepare before ...