Based on what data we have, a non-trivial number of you listen to one or more of our podfeeds via Stitcher. Just in case you had not heard, Stitcher will be shutting down at the end of this month, on August 29th, 2023. They have created a Farewell FAQ to answer your questions. If you…

We weren’t able to make it in person last year, but we’ve heard so many good things, we’re actually kind of glad that we can attend the Podtales online festival of audio drama and fiction podcasting. In part to acknowledge the fact that it’s not going to be one, concentrated, in-person weekend, the events are…

The focus is more concerned with audio journalism than fiction podcasts, but Grace Gedye’s article in Washington Monthly nevertheless raises some concerns. Having the default, and very open, nature of RSS feeds being supplanted by monetized gatekeeping is disturbing. Yes, we know, where is the line between mindful curation and corporate gatekeeping? A good question…

In a sign that the larger entertainment industry is re-discovering audio fiction, the Writer’s Guild of America, East (WGAe) has created a new agreement specifically for scripted podcasts, which you can read all about on their website here. The folks over at Radio Drama Revival have an in-depth interview with some of the people who…

Over at Vulture, Boris Kachka details some of the latest moves by bigger and bigger business entities to monetize podcasting. Here at our humble JAT headquarters in Deepest Springfield, we keep on watching these sorts of reports the same way YouTubers and others might look at news of changes to the streaming and on-demand video…

As we mentioned last week, the 2018 season of Jabberwocky Audio Theater will debut on WERA-LP Radio Arlington on Sunday, June 10th, at 4pm ET. We’re excited to originate on broadcast radio, but of course when we started JAT (before the time distortion), we were thinking of doing distribution solely as a podcast… so it’s nice…