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Find That Pod #297
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🎙️Welcome to the 297th edition of Find That Pod 🎙️
Alright, a few points of order today…
First, I’m going to bring back our referral program, where you can earn rewards by referring other people to become subscribers of this newsletter.
With that in mind, I’d love to get some feedback on the types of rewards you’d like to see. So if you could answer this poll, that would be immensely helpful:
Also this week, make sure to check out these new podcast discovery resources on the FTP blog:
Ok… here are this week’s podcast recommendations:
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What’s Your Map?
From historians, scientists and writers to creative and cultural custodians, people have used maps as a source of knowledge, guidance, and inspiration for centuries. Join award-wining expert Professor Jerry Brotton, as in each episode he invites a guest to share a map close to their heart - and unfurl the ideas, inspirations, and stories behind it. So if you’re fascinated by history, art, adventure, and culture, why not become part of a global community of fellow explores as we ask - What’s your map?
You can view and interact with the maps featured in the show by visiting Oculi-Mundi.com which also houses The Sunderland Collection of antique maps and atlases.
Website | Listen: Episodes.fm | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast | Castro
Not sure where to start? Start with the first episode.
TRUE CRIME

We Came to the Forest
Vienna is working a delivery job when she hears about Cop City, a massive police training facility being built in Atlanta. She decides to join a group of activists attempting to stop construction. When Vienna arrives in the South River Forest, she quickly finds a community, a cause — and a love unlike any other. But the events of one morning shatters everything. Vienna and everyone connected to the forest begin asking themselves a question: what are you willing to die for?
Website | Listen: Episodes.fm | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast | Castro
Not sure where to start? Start with the first episode.
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KIDS & FAMILY

Historical Records
Get ready for an explosive fusion of hip-hop and history, tailor-made for music-loving kids and families. From executive producers Questlove and the Story Pirates comes Historical Records, the show that proves that in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Each week, host Nimene, her in-house crew of hilarious historians, and a team of beat-making raccoons broadcast from a top-secret underground bunker where they learn about the unsung heroes of the past by turning their history into hip-hop.
Website | Listen: Episodes.fm | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast | Castro
Not sure where to start? Start with the this episode: Just the Songs: Keith Haring and Willi Smith
HISTORY

Past Present Future
This bi-weekly History of Ideas podcast is hosted by David Runciman, and explores the history of ideas from politics to philosophy, culture to technology. David talks to historians, novelists, scientists and many others about where the most interesting ideas come from, what they mean, and why they matter. Ideas from the past, questions about the present, shaping the future.
Website | Listen: Episodes.fm | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast | Castro
Not sure where to start? Start with this episode: The History of bad Ideas: Nobel Prizes
ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Frugalpreneur: Building a Business on a Bootstrapped Budget
Welcome to the ultimate podcast for exploring frugal ways to run your new business. The podcast is a healthy mix of discussion about tools, founder interviews, and analysis.
Website | Listen: Episodes.fm | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Overcast | Castro
Not sure where to start? Start with any episode.
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industry news
🎙️ Acoustics in Architecture, how spaces shape the sounds we hear… that’s the title of a fascinating article from The Podcast Host.
🎙️ Does every brand need a podcast? Maybe?
🏆 Spotify releases creator milestone awards, and what do you know all the podcasts you’d expect to be winners actually are.
🎙️ What do the top 20 podcasts tell us about the perfect intro formula?
🐇 The best podcasts to send you down a rabbit hole, according The Guardian.
🤦♀️ Hmmm, boring podcast ads don’t perform as non-boring ones. Who knew?
🎙️ TechRadar writes up a good summary review of the best podcast hosting services available to podcasters now.
🇺🇸 How Kamala Harris’s podcast strategy failed.
🤪 Our friends at EarBuds Podcast Collective have released their Top Podcast Fun Facts of 2024.
📈 Triton Digital have released their third annual U.S. Podcast report. A few insights: YouTube is the top podcast platform with 33% of all listeners, NPR News Now was the top podcast of 2024, and News was the most podcast genre at 25%.
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