This Month
With $70 this duo grew Australia’s biggest media brand for young women
Six years on, 30-year-olds Zara McDonald and Michelle Andrews have built a burgeoning company without any external investment.
- Lauren Sams
July
This managing director caught a 300kg marlin – and threw it back
During the week, Henrik Isaksson runs the local arm of podcasting giant Acast. On the weekend, he’s into casting of a very different kind.
- Michael Bailey
April
Got a small audience? This start-up could help you monetise it
Kindling is figuring out what AI tools can help podcasters and YouTubers “supercharge” their content, and find someone willing to pay for it.
- John Davidson
February
The 4½-hour podcast you’re missing out on
Spotify says Gen Z want shorter podcast episodes and more lighthearted content, but that hasn’t stopped others listening to 4.5-hour epics featuring Ken Henry.
- Gus McCubbing
January
Donald Trump sparks a true-crime podcast boom
The former US president has created his own genre.
- Benjamin Mullin
December 2023
Spotify lays off 1500 staff after podcast spending spree
It’s a gloomy end to the year for employees at the music streaming giant, as 17 per cent of the company has been shown the door.
- Adam Satariano
August 2023
Is it OK to enjoy a podcast by people involved in a workplace scandal?
A new offering from hosts who lost their jobs on a top rating show present their potential audience with a moral dilemma.
- Rachael Bolton
June 2023
The podcast with the story behind the stories you never read
For anyone who is fascinated by the world of media – or who just wants to know more about the stories that never made it to the world – this is a must-listen.
- Lauren Sams
March 2023
Female Founders: a new podcast series
Hear some of Australia’s top women entrepreneurs explain how they turned a simple idea into a successful business.
February 2023
Podcasts now make $82.5m in ads - but it could be double
Podcast advertising is now worth $82.5 million a year, new figures show, but insiders expect that revenue to rise much further.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
What Bill Gates regrets and the best piece of advice he’s received
White Lotus and Drive to Survive are among the billionaire’s favourite streaming shows.
- Paul Smith
January 2023
The great podcasting market correction
Last year, the medium achieved one of the ultimate signifiers of middle age — a realisation that the best days of its high-spirited youth may now be behind it.
- Ashley Carman and Lucas Shaw
December 2022
What podcasts these entrepreneurs will be listening to in 2023
The listening habits of Australian founders also reveal a focus of philosophy, relationships, cybercrime and how to be a good parent.
- Tess Bennett
What our top CEOs watched, read and listened to
Stories of fighter planes, corporate disasters, against-the-odds victories and Indigenous culture inspired Australia’s top business leaders in 2022.
- James Thomson and Tony Boyd
October 2022
When fake Steve Jobs and fake Joe Rogan made a podcast
It may be a marketing stunt, but this AI-created episode shows how far voice synthesis technology has come.
- Theo Chapman
May 2022
The Watergate podcast that ‘Gaslit’ is based on
In Slow Burn, Leon Neyfakh tells the story of the 20th century’s biggest political scandal from the perspective of the fascinating bit players – and it’s a wilder and stranger story than you can imagine.
- Fiona Buffini
March 2022
If you like music, you need to listen to this
The Strong Songs podcast takes listeners on a deep dive inside some of the greatest tunes ever recorded.
- Matt Teffer
- Exclusive
- Media & marketing
Andrew Bragg jumps into podcasting with Finder founder
The Liberal senator believes the podcast will help him engage with a new audience and talk to leaders in tech ‘on the detail that matters’.
- Miranda Ward
February 2022
Michael Lewis stars in new podcast ‘Other People’s Money’
The famed financial author is revisiting Liar’s Poker, the groundbreaking 1989 book that launched his writing career.
- Andrew Ross Sorkin
January 2022
Who is Joe Rogan – the podcaster who can tell Spotify what to do
When Neil Young picked a fight with the massively popular host there was only one outcome.
- Mick Brown
