Thoughts & Insights

When YouTube’s Founders saw ‘Me at the zoo’ uploaded to the site in April 2005, you can’t imagine they’d foresee the platform taking on the behemoths of Spotify and Apple for the lion’s share of the podcasting market. 

After months of planning, production and incredible guests popping into our Podcast Labs studio, we’re thrilled to announce the launch of “Off Script” – a brand new audio and video podcast brought to you by entrepreneur, ambassador and innovator, Ty Temel.

We wanted to showcase a few of our episodes that “podcast with purpose” and are helping to make positive changes in the world. Take a listen below…!

Podcast Labs are delighted to announce the launch of brand new podcast “The Pet Perspective” with pet insurance company; Napo.

Podcast Labs are thrilled to welcome Rebecca Kidston onboard as their new “Head of Creative”.

The "It Runs In The Family" podcast hosted by mother and daughter duo, Liz and Leila Willingham has been nominated in the Chartered Institute of Public Relations Excellence Awards.

From the rise of jobfishing, Meta’s moneyshot and leaping into NFTs, the Disconnected podcast continues to explore the impact social media and technology has on our society through regular episode releases.

The UK’s #1 Home & Gardening Podcast, “grow, cook, eat, arrange” with Sarah Raven and Arthur Parkinson has just launched a brand new six-part mini series specifically for budding new gardeners.

Podcast Production and Marketing Agency, Podcast Labs enters a new phase of growth as Kelly Butler steps up as the new MD.

The Talent Talks Podcast, hosted by Martin Smith, Director and Founder of Talent Drive has hosted its third live podcasting event in the heart of central London.

What an incredible month it's been for one of our brand new podcasts! Just two weeks since launching, "The Future of You" podcast by Tracey Follows has been named one of the ‘best new shows in tech’ according to Apple Podcasts and has received an astonishing line up of five star reviews.

Every content platform undergoes a major transformation at least once in its life. Consider how we’ve evolved from silent film to surround sound, from spinning shellac vinyls to streaming anything anytime, and from playing arcade machines to playing Minecraft on the same device you call your mum with.

3,974. I won’t waste your time - you want to know what a ‘good’ number of podcast downloads is? The short answer is just over four thousand. But the long answer will fill you with far more confidence...

The podcast is a format few can ignore these days, with listener numbers consistently up year-on-year and showing no signs of slowing. What’s great about such a dominant platform in its relative infancy, however, is that it’s not too late to stand out by being one of the only brands in your sector to use it well.

Podcast Labs, full service podcast production & marketing agency is expanding to a luxurious new studio space and hiring two new team members as they approach their 2 year anniversary.

None of us hopped on a bicycle in our infancy and started riding around with no hands straight away. Even the great Sir Chris Hoy will have had falls on the path to his well-documented glory. The same should be considered of any podcaster starting their journey. We can’t be expected to perfect the art of podcasting right off the bat, but there are a few common errors that we can learn from in order to create the best content we can.

As we enter a new decade, we find ourselves immersed in a completely digital world. Our lives are flooded with different forms of content, shared across multiple platforms and mixed in with various forms of advertising.

Last night, Apple announced major changes to Apple Podcasts, effective in the next few weeks, that will certainly disrupt podcasting creation and distribution in the long-term.

Podcast Labs teams up with boxing champion Chris Billam-Smith to hunt for the Perfect Athlete with the launch of his brand new podcast.