Podcast listenership is growing as people choose screen-free entertainment and find companionship in the conversations. But with hundreds of shows to discover, it can be hard to know where to start. Spotify's acquisition of Podz, a podcast discovery experience, is here to help.

Already gaining steam pre-pandemic, podcast listening has greatly accelerated, giving rise to ‘heavy’ podcast listeners who tune in multiple times a week. Aside from being passionate about audio, this group is also receptive to in-podcast ads, creating opportunities for brands to get their message heard.

NY Times podcast Still Processing provides a space in which cultural figures and works are explored, offering discussion and understanding amid the cancel and call-out context. It encourages listeners to meditate on cultural moments, and form an opinion through considered conversation.

Combining storytelling, poetry, satire, and music, Birds Eye View is a podcast built on a simple but empowering principle: to give marginalised and misunderstood female prisoners at Australia's Darwin Correctional Centre an opportunity to tell their stories in their own words.