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News, Roundups, and Announcements

• Happy Hannukah, Merry Christmas, Joyous Kwanzaa, and Happy New Year, one and all! The last week of the year is always thin, but I'll do my best to scrape up some good news for you.
• ​The Cambridge Geek, patron saint of audio drama RSS feeds and data analysis, has made a gift for all of us! "Sometimes people don't want to put together a whole RSS feed for a single work." Details at the bottom, in Milestones & Debuts.
• ​Podnews shows differences in dynamic advertising for the same podcast, based on location. Ten minutes of ads? It's like they want us to hit the skip button.
• Congratulations to Josie's Lonely Hearts Club, who published an episode per week in 2024!
• Won't somebody please think of the babalyan? Hi-Nay is fundraising for Act 3. You have time for one last good deed in 2024.

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Creator Resources

• ​Maono PD200X Review: Cheap Price, Cheap Sound? by Matthew McLean
• ​NYC audio fiction meetup on Jan 12. Audio fiction creators are welcome to hang out at Threes Brewing Gowanus, 2–5 PM on January 12.
• ​Negotiate Like a Rockstar: Join the Institute for Independent Journalists and the National Writers Union's Freelance Solidarity Project for a collaborative discussion of rate negotiation, a vital skill for freelancers to leverage both individually and collectively. Free, but you must RSVP. 9am Pacific time, 12 noon Eastern.

Opportunities

• ​Content Is Queen's Micro-Grants for Podcasters: deadline is January 3rd.
• ​The Vera List Center for Art and Politics: Matter of Intelligence This opportunity is dense, but your podcast could be a good fit. They provide support for art and/or research projects, focused on exploring the idea of intelligence. Deadline: 6th January.
• ​UK International Radio Drama Festival: deadline is 17th January
• ​Wooden Spoons Call-Out: Your wooden spoon might be a well-loved family heirloom or a simple kitchen companion, a keeper of recipes or a conductor of kitchen symphonies. Share your audio that's 10 minutes or less (or collage, etc.) with small audio art by 15 December. ​

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Milestones & Debuts

• All seven episodes of Dean's Killer Joke are available for your listening pleasure, as of the 17th.
• ​The Audio Fiction Anthology Podcast is The Cambridge Geek's gift to short projects and standalone episodes.
• ​Lonely No More It’s just a message, right? Daubed on walls, trending on socials, appearing in every language in every country all over the world, and always reading the same. Nobody knows where it originated; only that it can’t be ignored. And then – in the blink of an eye – everything changes.
• ​A Paladin’s Bargain ”Retired” paladin Sir Rowan and his partner Garnett sign up to escort a merchant’s wagon on the dangerous road to Gauntlet Station. But the list of problems keeps growing...
• ​Reno Championship Wrestling A dying wrestling territory and its ragtag group of misfits, try to make their way to the top of the wrestling world just ahead of a late 1990s resurgence in popularity.
• Here's a challenge for 2025. When you describe your podcast to me, tell me what's in the story (like these examples above). Don't tell me behind-the-scenes stuff, artist bios, awards, chart positions, how brilliant the producer is or how full-cast, full audio fully realized full monty it is. Give us the story, not the stuff around the story. You Can Do It!

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