Today, @justinjackson.ca was on the @podthenorth.bsky.social livestream to talk about Podcasting 2.0, RSS, Podcast Standards Project, HLS video, and more! podthenorth.substack.com/p/what-the-h...

If anyone here is interested in a difficult discussion about the Canadian podcast industry and if it’s actually viable, I had one with @podthenorth.bsky.social on CanCon this week. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...

If you’re serious about growing your podcast into a full blown career, you might need help from someone who knows the industry, has connections, and is able to secure you fair and fruitful deals. Is it time for YOU to get a podcast agent? Read more: podthenorth.substack.com/p/how-to-get...

My newsletter about Canadian podcasting is just 100 people away from 2000 subscribers! AAHH! If you're a Canadian podcaster or content creator, podcast lover, or generally just want to support Canada, you don't wanna miss subscribing to this loaded newsletter (imo)! ➡️ podthenorth.substack.com

I'm convinced that the market of Canadian podcasts FOR Canadian audiences is stuck in a place where their shows simply cant get "big enough" to monetize. The ad industry seems to still be focused on shows hitting 10k+ downloads a month, but our pop. just isnt big enough to hit that on a large scale

@christopherewing.bsky.social would love to invite you to join our show Curious Tourism to discuss sex tourism. What's the best way to get in touch? :)

New episode of Canardian is LIVE on YouTube now! youtu.be/M4Zcc0VJJjk?...

Canadians have played a significant part in the global podcasting ecosystem for a long time, but is the industry only NOW just realizing it? podthenorth.substack.com/p/why-do-pod...

What happens when a Chocolate Factory has a chokehold on a small Canadian hometown? Probably not the Willy Wonka story you'd expect. Don't miss the LIVE stream of Canardian S2E2 featuring the wondeful Kyle Moore, tonight (April 13) at 8PM ET on YouTube! youtu.be/VsC4KZ9JI2A?...

Join Kattie Laur (@podthenorth.bsky.social) on Canardian as she and her guests dish out juicy tales from Canadian hometowns, sourced from community gossip and online whispers. Dive into the delightful drama that makes each town unique!

Shout out to @podthenorth.bsky.social who recognized that the red maple leaf has been in the Toronto Mike'd logo since its launch in 2012. Toronto Mike'd has always been proudly and unapologetically Canadian. 🇨🇦

My podcast gossiping about Canadian hometowns premieres on YouTube TONIGHT at 8PM ET. The beloved, Falen Johnson, joins me to dish on Brantford, my newly-minted hometown. Don't miss it! youtu.be/ejzH5F9whRc?...

Ever heard a story so ridiculously Canadian that you felt seen in a way you never thought possible? "Canardian", the podcast gossiping about Canadian hometowns, is officially back for a second season to do just that, with a LIVE YouTube premier on Sun April 6 at 8PM! youtu.be/T20X-8CBOgg?...

What kind of illness is it where every month you NEED to put out 3000 words on your special interest?

Cree-Métis podcaster and host of The Matriarch Movement, Shayla Oulette Stonechild, is on this season of CBC's #CanadaReads, live streaming all week on YouTube! These debates can get HEATED, so this is my call to the Canadian podcast community to show her some love this week! GO SHAYLA!

If any #Canadian #podcasters need help adding the leaf to their cover art, feel free to message me directly with your artwork, where you'd like the leaf, and I'll get that sorted for you. #LookForTheLeaf 🇨🇦

Looking for more Canadian Podcasts? Look for the Leaf. Right now, Canadian podcasters across the country are in the midst of a grassroots movement to add a classic red maple leaf to their podcast artwork so Canadians can more easily identify homegrown content on podcast platforms.

Canardian, is participating in Podcasthon 2025! Water First, Canada’s leading charity dedicated to working in partnership with Indigenous communities to address local water challenges, joined me to dish on clean drinking water, and North Bay, Ontario! LISTEN: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

Apple Podcasts has a new “Made in Canada” podcast playlist on its browse page! I laid out some ways for Canadian podcasts to take advantage of the "support Canadian" moment, and why maybe it's time for us to put “Made in Canada” in the shownotes. READ IT: open.substack.com/pub/podtheno...

Your girl finally got a library card!

Pod the North is in 'The Daily Good' today, a MUST READ newsletter from The Good Trade about slow living, self care and sustainability. Their content always helps keep me grounded and hopeful. I'm honoured that my Canadian podcast recos are in such good company! join.thegoodtrade.com/d1b6351b/

A reminder to anyone that's signed the Equality in Audio Pact that you signed the Equality in Audio Pact.

Podcast conference season is here and set to run through to the beginning of the summer. With active dismantling of DEI and a rise in fascism around the world, it's a good time to remember that podcasting is ripe grounds for both social good AND growing destructive rhetoric. 1/2

🚨Advertising Opportunity🚨 The Rover is about to launch a 6-episode investigative podcast into Quebec’s housing crisis. It is an unprecedented look at the crisis using a Serial/Slowburn style storytelling and I believe one of our journalists may have literally chased a cabinet minister (mic in hand).

!!!!!! MY PODCAST IS #6 IN CANADA???? WHAT THE FUCK I’m gonna cry you guys are amazing seriously 😭😭😭 dreams coming true in real time 😭😭😭😭😭💞💞

The White Lotus is back!! @pinatravels.bsky.social and I are recapping the season every Thursday on the Curious Tourism podcast feed, picking our cringiest travel moments and presenting our coveted, "Conciencious Traveler Award" to a character each episode. open.spotify.com/episode/5ktZ...

ICYMI

With Ontario and Federal elections on deck this year, is a "Podcast Election" coming to Canada too? I talked to some of Canadas most notable political podcasters to get their insights on what’s next, and how Canadian podcasters, big and small, can prepare. podthenorth.substack.com/p/hosting-po...

The last thing Canadians want is to be Americans. Every time Trump utters anything about Canada, he only makes Canadians more resolute and anti-American. I have little doubt it’s similar in other countries that are feeling Trump’s wrath.

The National Park Service has removed "T" and all mention of transgender people from the Stonewall National Monument. Trans women were some of the most influential activists behind the Stonewall movement and what followed. 3 articles of clothing laws were why raids happened. Erasure.

I'm looking for current running, non-cis-man led, English speaking podcasts from Manitoba, Quebec, NWT, Yukon, and Nunavut. DROP YOUR LINKS! 🙏

Great tips - also, do not underestimate the importance of your recording space. A $50 mic will sound great in a treated room, but a $500 mic will sound pretty bad in a harsh, bare wall room.

Circuit 05 launches Friday! Sign up for our email newsletter via audioflux.org to get all the deets then. Meanwhile, HINT:

Lastly: Learn how your microphone works, play with it, and practice mic technique. I've noticed that Academics, in particular, have a tendency to really let their voice trail off. Why? Idk! Try changing the closeness of your mic, adjusting gain, and listening back to the dynamics of your voice.

A quick audio checklist to up your indie podcasts audio game easily and effectively. No plug-ins or hard editing required. Editing: ✅️ Each voice is leveled between -6db and -12db. ✅️ Your final mix is leveled between -6db and -12db. 1/2

And people like to pretend that we can create systemic change without directly disrupting current systems, but we absolutely cannot. These systems have to be torn down, and how we care for each other will show what we can build in their place.

@ijeomaoluo.bsky.social just finished this and knowing it came out before things got ✨️worse✨️ I'm so curious if anything has changed for you around the approach for abolitionists in just a year since launch. It's so hard not gravitate toward revenge on oppressors rn. 🫠 Wonderful read, thank you!

One of the best things I ever learned in podcasting and ultimately in life is that you can just end a sentence.

A thread of under appreciated good things in life. I'll go first: The first sip of Dr. Pepper.

What is AI is going to do for podcasts? In the latest issue of Pod the North, I talked to Amanda Cupido about the nuances of Generative AI, and the cultural impact of AI Voice Generation in the global podcast and media industries. ⬇️ podthenorth.substack.com/p/impact-gen...

The month of January welcomed a crazy amount of new Canadian Podcasts and Series' into the world, and so many of them seem like bangers. If you're on the hunt for more Canadian Podcasts, here are 16 to choose from that launched last month alone: www.linkedin.com/pulse/canada...

Big love to @podthenorth.bsky.social for shining a spotlight on the Canadian podcasting scene.

If you're a Canadian podcaster and you're not following my newsletter, Pod the North, to stay in the know on everything in this industry... this is your sign to change all of that!! podthenorth.substack.com

@DougFord, the $200 is nice and all but I'm planning a wedding for this summer so could you round that up to $10K? I proooomise I'll vote for u. 🤞

Yesterday I came across this post. I scrolled to the end of the carousel only to find an immense challenge for people who feel under threat by Trump and everything Trump-adjacent. How is anyone who sees the writing on the wall supposed to lead with respect? Luckily, I'd already heard it in action..

2012 ➡️ 2025. I really just never stopped talking I guess.

Whoops I may have tried to radicalize some youths on a podcast 😬

"It’s crucial that Canada has a healthy tech ecosystem and that Canadians are able to build and innovate." We couldn't agree more, Pod the North. Thanks for naming The BetaKit Podcast one of the seven podcasts every Canadian should subscribe to in 2025.

Are you a Canadian desperate to find some answers about our unpredictable world? These are the top podcasts keeping Canadians informed and connected that every Canadian should subscribe to in 2025 (imo)...