Russell Brand’s New Show Rises ‘Above the Noise’
Above the Noise with Russell Brand launched its first episode and the show is an exclusive from the Luminary Network. Each week, comedian and actor Russell Brand guides the listener through meditation techniques to disconnect from the outside world and rise Above the Noise.
New: ‘Badlands’ from Jake Brennan
Jake Brennan Productions of Disgraceland announced a new spin-off series with Amazon Music called Badlands. The first season, Hollywoodland, will explore famous deaths like Marilyn Monroe and Bruce Lee. All ten episodes will premiere on May 5th.
Fashion Couple Find What Works For Them
Cloud10 and iHeartMedia released the first two episodes of the new podcast Works for Us with Rachel Zoe and Rodger Berman. In 'Works' Rachel Zoe, a fashion designer, and her husband Rodger Berman talk about what makes relationships work and what doesn't.
The Fall Guy and the Pool Boy
Wondery released the first two episodes of their series In God We Lust, centered around the Jerry Falwell Jr. pool boy scandal. It's hosted by Brooke Siffrinn and Aricia Skidmore-Williams
Curiouscast Bulks Up Network
Corus Entertainment's podcast network Curiouscast welcomed fiction podcast Marsfall to their network, launched the second season in the "Rising" series with China Rising, and started their first original fiction podcast Escaping Denver.
What Led to the Iraq War?
Slow Burn Season 5 from Slate released their first episode called "The Exile" focusing on Ahmad Chalabi, the exiled Iraqi politician who pushed the United States to invade Iraq on March 19, 2003, with the goal of removing Saddam Hussein.
Glass Entertainment Partners with Wondery
From Deadline, Glass Entertainment Group is partnering with Wondery on one new, and one existing show as well as promoting two executives to roles in their podcast division in production, and strategy and development
PodPopuli Makes Podcasting Memories for Seniors
PodPopuli, a full-service retail podcast studio with three locations in Florida, Ohio, and Arizona announced their Posterity Podcasts program in their Florida location to create 8-episode podcast series to allow seniors to tell their stories.
iHeart Scores with the NFL
iHeartMedia announced a partnership with the NFL to launch the NFL’s podcast network and distribute their existing podcasts, as well as co-producing and distributing two dozen new original podcasts which will be in progress this summer before kickoff.
New: Final Days on Earth
PodcastOne announced the launch of their latest true-crime podcast Final Days on Earth. Hosted by CBS News journalist Claire St. Amant, it's about a cold-case investigation of a college wrestler who went missing after a party and the questions this raised.