The Podcast Show 2024 - Day Two
Day Two
We returned to the Business Design Centre for Day Two and restocked the stickers, pens and business cards out on display that many visitors to our stand the previous day had got from us ready to give out many more to those visitors who would be stopping by our stand on the second day! We also had many people stop by that Dawn knew including Nancy Baughen who organises Crimecon, Naomi Channell and so many others along with Steven Keogh who we'd invited to The Podcast Show, it was great to start Day Two to see so many familiar faces!
Stand Restocked
Stand Ready for Day Two
Nancy from Crimecon visits our Stand
Naomi and others stop by our Stand
More familiar faces stop by our Stand
Steven Keogh pays a visit to our Stand
Beyond the Headlines: Ethical Diving into True Crime Podcast Investigation
It was a bit quieter the second day but that didn't mean we still welcomed many more visitors to our stand! We had people from the show floor and front of house come to talk to us along with many new podcasters wanting help and existing podcasters wanting to see what we could offer and small businesses or freelancers seeing what they could offer! It was getting to the afternoon, and it was time for Dawn to do her very first talk on The Creator Stage hosted by Mary Neves from Spreaker, unfortunately her fellow participant Nules from Ireland Crimes & Mysteries didn't make it to the talk on time, so Dawn and Mary did the talk themselves, where Dawn spoke about her journey with Scottish Murders and how her victim-focused approach is important to her along with great responses from family members who wanted their stores out there as well as talking about those families who'd rather not have their family member's story out there. Dawn also covered how she is getting family members or those who knew victims more involved in the podcast, it was also great to hear great questions from the crowd which included how to better support guests who may need help after sharing their stores and more. It was great to see Dawn do her very first talk, but she did so well and no-one there would have realised it was her first time ever on stage! Mary from Spreaker did a great job supporting her and made sure to help her prepare and was definitely the highlight of not only the day but the whole event for both of us!
Dawn and Mary Rehearse
Introducing Dawn and Mary
Dawn and Mary on Stage
Dawn and Mary Talking
Dawn Talking
Dawn Speaking
Asking a Question
Stage Empty before Next Session
Traitor or Faithful: Uncloaking the Secrets Behind a Landmark Companion Podcast - Josh Adley, Harry Clark, Ed Gamble, Louise Katternhorn, Syeda Irtizaali & Darby Dorras
Harry, winner of series two of The Traitors in the UK, is riding the wave from being on The Traitors and relationships mended as they treated it like a show but did feel nervous seeing the clips from the final. The talkability of the show was critical and had a direct intimate engagement with a podcast. Was led by podcast sensibilities but looked like a television show. They had experimented with visualised podcasts before at BBC. Was integrated from the start and they wanted to do something different and included co funding and everyone wanted show to succeed and give experience of the show. Ed did it and would have done it anyway. Podcast format lends itself well to a show like The Traitors and the audience appreciates it.
Visualised Podcast is not same as television show but was controversial, but it is not constructed like a TV show at all. This had sensibilities of podcast but had some set dressing, it is a subtle difference though. It was a podcast team that worked on the show, it is a group chat like season one and that approach went through the show. The cameras make it look good and they used a podcast set, there was less space behind camera than in front of camera. Audience journey was BBC One, BBC Two and then BBC Sounds for bonus which carried on from the TV part and this content did better in Sounds as people were doing that journey. Audiences had a choice to listen to the whole thing in BBC Sounds. Things were adjusted as they went along. Ed loved the traitors and found took time to loosen up people and took time to chat through it and when got to bonus content they were more relaxed so that content was much better. The reveals worked well for the visualised podcast. Harry wasn't doing audio content, he wanted to say when he would get to the top of the list of people that Ed suspected but Ed didn't watch all of them but could have, but glad he didn't as would have kept saying, what about Harry?
One of the producers would let slip who was coming on next show. Harry felt nervous about being on last show full of people he murdered and betrayed and was like oh my gosh what is going on. They did last episode as-live before episode went out in a theatre - that wasn't planned as an as live finale but was for practical reasons and have moment of cast all together. The VTs of reveals is what audience wanted in season one, they kept things in bounds of castle and included when people left, became clear from engagement people were desperate to find out how people reacted to when they found out who the traitors are. Gave them access to the people as they left. Looks and feels like a friendly chat. Next series, there will be people playing a game but couldn't say anything else!
Introductions
Harry winner of Traitors UK Series Two
Clip of Harry revealing he was a Traitor
Harry Talking
Ed Gamble Talking
Clip of Miles
Stands
We weren't the only ones exhibiting at The Podcast Show there were dozens of other companies including Heil Sound who were our neighbours along with Spotify and Audio Technica but also many more I was able to photograph although I did realise I'd missed a couple including Choppity and Voiceworks but was great to see so many large and small businesses talking about the products and services they offer, many of which would come in handy for new or existing podcasters or even help other small businesses and freelancers!
AdsWizz / Simplecast
AudienceLift
Audi-on
Audible
Audio Technica
Audio UK
Audioboom
Auphonic
Adelicious
BBC Sounds
Blubrry
Bold Bishop
Broadcast Radio
Canon
Carver PR
Cluarantonn
DHD Audio
Dolby
Evergreen Podcasts
Flowsend AI
Framedrop
Heil Sound
Hindenburg Systems
Insanity Group
KOMI
Magellan AI
Morley Radio
Music Radio Collective
Podcast AI
Podcasthon
PodLife Events
Pow PR
PRS
Radio Academy
Reviewed & Cleared
Riverside FM
Shure
Sony Music Entertainment
Soundcast
Sounds Profitable
Studio Cotton
Thinking Ahead
The Podcast Academy
Tileyard Studios
Transperfect
Trint Limited
Trisonic
Triton
UCL
Voices Sound Studio
Vortex
Wondercraft
YourPodcast
Noiser
Supporting Cast
Black Cat
PIXAPRO
Spotify
City University
ai-coustics UG
Captivate Creator Suite
Global
Teardown
The two days were over, we had so many visitors come by our stand to speak to us, the last person to stop by recognised the Scottish Murders podcast as being one his girlfriend listened to and knew a few others who listened to it as well, which was a great way to end the day! We began the teardown of our stand which didn't take as long putting it up and it wasn't long before we were done and ready to leave the Business Design Centre and The Podcast Show 2024, we caught a glimpse of our name on the billboard outside and headed back to the hotel! We were so well looked after during our time at The Podcast Show, with friendly and helpful staff including Tim who was in charge of Health and Safety who helped look after us and others there!
Stand Before Teardown
Stand Halfway Teardown
Stand After Teardown
The Podcast Show Billboard
Journey Home
The following day we took one last look outside and made our way to London King's Cross Station to head back up to Newcastle, it was a very busy train due the Bank Holiday Weekend and we still had the stand rolled up and almost didn't have room for it but were lucky and managed to squeeze it in, before long we were almost back home and the journey was over! Overall, The Podcast Show was an amazing couple of days and a fantastic start for our new business, Cluarantonn, helping us realise that a friendly introduction to the world of podcasting was exactly what people needed, and something that will flourish from there and grow into something amazing in the future!
View Outside Hotel
Lumo at Newcastle Station