Steven Bartlett is shaking up the podcast world again, and this time with FlightCast, a new platform built to simplify podcast production, analytics, and growth. This is just one of the big headlines we’re exploring today. We’re also talking about his latest experiment: bringing Diary of a CEO to the big screen. Would you pay to watch a podcast in theaters? Stick around as we dig into what this could mean for creators and cover the rest of this week’s podcast news.

Episode Highlights: 

[02:15 ] Highlighting Phil's Award-Nominated Podcast

[05:57 ] Podcast Data and Trends

[09:20 ] Top Podcasts on Spotify and Apple

[10:17 ] Comedy Fiction Podcast Rankings

[14:24 ] Upcoming Podcasting Events

[18:12 ] AI in Podcasting: ChatGPT and Spotify Integration

[30:15 ] Podcasting News Bites

[32:19 ] Diary of a CEO Hits the Big Screen

[45:02 ] Flight Cast: A New Era for Video Podcasting

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Vote for Nice Genes: 

https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting#/2025/brand-storytelling/genre/science-education

Speke Fest Night of the Living Pod:

https://podnews.net/event/speke-fest-night-of-the-living-pod

Campfire 2025:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/campfire-2025-registration-1352693365269

Latinas in Podcasting: 

https://podnews.net/event/2025-latinas-in-podcasting-virtual-summit-2

For The Record: 

https://newsroom.spotify.com/2025-10-06/spotify-personalized-prompts-chatgpt

Beamly rebrands as podcastpage.io

https://podnews.net/press-release/beamly-launch

Flight Cast: 

https://podnews.net/press-release/flightcast-launch

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