As many a podcaster knows, Chartable, an increasingly handy podcast analytics platform is, now in the hands of its owner Spotify, set to close next month. You can read some of the coverage from Podnews.net and Podchaser, but if you are also a podcaster, one of the best articles we’ve seen comes from Dan Misener…
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Prior to the resurgence of audio fiction via podcasts, the storytelling form had all but faded in the States with the final episodes aired of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar and Suspense in September 1962. Oh, there were certainly glorious exceptions because, and we’re biased here, it’s a great format, but the “Golden Age of Radio”…
Read MoreDepending on how closely you follow the news, you may know that both the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and Screen Actors Guild/American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) are on strike for better pay and working conditions. For Jabberwocky Audio Theater, you’ve heard members of SAG-AFTRA in just about all of our productions…
Read MoreBased 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…
Read MoreBased on the news we read this weekend, there was absolutely no reason we were not going to share the glorious discovery of the original recording session that gave the work The Wilhelm Scream. You can learn a great background of the Wilhelm Scream on Mental Floss from 2018, recently updated with this latest news….
Read MoreThis far removed from the era of vintage radio fiction, you don’t hear about voice actors being “the definitive actor” to play a character as much these days. But the sad news of the passing of Kevin Conroy, longtime voice of Batman across multiple animated series and video games reminds us that for so many,…
Read MoreTeam Jabberwocky’s mission is telling cool stories and helping people tell theirs (you probably gleaned that what with Jabberwocky Audio Theater), so we were very excited to hear about this online festival starting tomorrow. Note that the link we’ve provided should allow you to attend for free. Enjoy and don’t stop being creative.
Read MoreOn some online forums, fellow podcasters have been discussing how there appear to be more movers and shakers investing time and attention — and almost certainly money — into podcasts. Well, no sooner did that come up than we saw this article in Bloomberg about how N’Jeri Eaton, former executive with a serious storyteller hat…
Read MoreOur move to make more events virtual these days thanks to the pandemic, making them easier to attend, also means it’s easier to forget to attend them. So, for that reason, we wanted to make sure you knew about one of the events we almost missed: the Hear Now Festival, an annual celebration of audio…
Read MoreWe mentioned last month that Brood X, the prodigious cohort of cicadas that emerge every 17 years to mate and be quite loud about it, are coming this year — possibly near you! Now, if you’re recording audio like us, this just might impact your production schedule… and maybe you want to record them on…
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