In a piece for WOC Podcasters, Madeline Wright shares “behind-the-scenes gems” of podcasting wisdom from executive producing consultant Keisha “TK” Dutes. Dutes, a “powerhouse speaker,” leads production of Hear to Slay with Roxane Gay and Tressie McMillan Cottom.
Audio producers in particular will find creative, actionable solutions to problems like budget constraints and lack of name recognition. “Make things. Make clips. Make stories. Make a show for yourself,” Dutes insists. [Early on] “I had no business making an audio drama but I made two. Try different things. Surprise people. Be consistent.”
For those entering the space, Dutes describes the rewarding process of breaking into podcasting from broadcast radio. “I learned that I could teach, that I could physically edit, and I learned the language of what I was doing,” Dutes says. “Giving a vocabulary to the skills I had was what finally cracked the code for me into this community.”
“Podcasts about news from China, Chinese history, and learning Mandarin are popular among expatriates who come to stay or settle in China,” but what about everyday life? Joey Knotts and Finn Todd of The Beijinger explore 6 podcasts about “the actual experience of living as foreigners in Beijing and Shanghai.”
On How China Works, Brendan Davis and Yingying Li guide their curious audience through a “crash course” of essentials. The first season details “doing business, dating, finance, and even working with the government.” The topic of dating takes center stage in a podcast Knotts and Todd had to mention, Date Night China.
They assume readers “clicked this article and then immediately scrolled down to find” Date Night China, which is entertaining in itself. Nathan Williams (British) and Rachel Weiss (American) “combine their knowledge of the Beijing dating scene,” sharing a “variety of perspectives” with guests.
The India-based podcast production startup Kuku FM has announced a $5.5 million round of funding, reports Avanish Tiwary for Tech in Asia. To meet demand, the company plans to “increase the number of languages [offered] from only Hindi to other vernacular languages such as Telugu, Bengali, Marathi, and Gujarati.”
Plans for the funding round will benefit the 3,000+ creators at Kuku FM with enhanced production and marketing support. The platform, founded in 2018, currently “allows its users to upload original podcasts, as well as to work with professionals to translate well-known books into podcasts.”
“Growing up in a small town of Rajasthan, I have experienced firsthand the impact that easy access to quality content can have on a person,” said said CEO and co-founder Lal Chand Bisu. “With Kuku FM, we are aiming to democratize audio content in languages that are close to the hearts of Indians.”
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