“When I saw the podcast on the menu on Netflix, I knew it was over.” Veteran podcaster and comedian Marc Maron said this during a live taping with kara swisher Monday night, part of Tribeca Festival: Opening Day of the Podcast Stage. Maron reflects the mood surrounding the industry’s undeniable pivot to video, which has
Keir Starmer described Tuesday’s warning shot by a Russian warship at a British yacht sailing across the Channel as ‘extremely worrying and reckless’. Russia’s Defense Ministry said the yacht was on a ‘dangerous course’ and made several attempts to contact it – a claim denied by the retired couple aboard the 40ft long yacht. Nosheen
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Podcasts in Canada now reach more Canadians than ever before, reporting the largest single-year increase of 46% in listeners per month, according to Triton Digital’s fourth annual Canadian Podcast Report. (For English-speaking Canadians, that number is 49%.) Data shows that YouTube is the most used podcast platform in the country; Apple
Rate, Review, Share apple podcast And join the conversation over email. TODAY ON THE PODCAST: Lionel Messi has become the first man to appear in six World Cups and marked the occasion with a spectacular hat-trick against Algeria. Elsewhere… France started slowly against Senegal, but a few changes and perhaps some strong words from Didier
We’re raiding the Guardian’s long-read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years gone by, along with new introductions from the writers. From this week, 2018: He fought for the Iranian revolution – and then for Saddam Hussein. America and Britain had once condemned him. But now his opposition to Tehran has made him
Keir Starmer announced on Monday that he wants to ban under-16s from social media. He said parents were demanding more control. But his kids…well, his kids have other ideas. “For example, Snapchat is one of the best things that happened to me,” tells a 13-year-old. Helen Pidd. “I don’t think adults understand, it’s how we
Donald Trump urged Russia to “make a deal” with Ukraine at a meeting of G7 leaders on Tuesday, seeking to put the conflict back on the top of the agenda. European leaders are hoping to hold Trump’s attention long enough to talk to him about Ukraine, as the US president is more focused on the
Since Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine four years ago, Vladimir Putin has made an unspoken pact with his people. The war may continue but life for everyday Russians – especially in big cities – will continue as normal. But now, as a Russian affairs reporter pjotr sawyer Let us tell you, that treaty is being
It has been a decade since Batley and a Spanish MP were murdered by a far-right extremist. His sister Kim Leadbeater, who took over his parliamentary seat, shows what lessons still need to be learned. Jo Cox was the Labor MP for Batley and Spain, where she grew up and where she had known all