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<p>Podcasts have become the soundtrack to our private lives, with Apple’s platform alone hosting some 47m episodes as of March 2021. Stock picture</p>

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Maeve Higgins: We're all in thrall to the one-way intimacy of podcasts

I make them and listen to them — and yet, I feel a strange ambivalence about podcasts and their proliferation in our private lives

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Scene of the crime: RTÉ podcast looks at Irish 'serial killer' in London

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Wexford author delves into Ireland’s criminal underbelly

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Podcast Corner: The 2 Johnnies and Joe Rogan prove most popular in 2019

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The definite list of everything you missed this year

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Why audiobooks have never been so popular

'The New Thing party I’ve just arrived at unnoticed, is the audiobook'

Regular readers of this column will know that, when it comes to the New Thing, I’m generally late to the party.

Sun, 20 Oct, 2019

Podcast Corner: Cork city gears up for inaugural Podcast Festival

THE inaugural Cork Podcast Festival takes place in various venues on October 11-13.

Mon, 30 Sep, 2019

Podcast Corner: Big hitters have attracted millions of listeners

Three of the most talked about podcast series of recent years are also ones that leave you feeling conflicted afterwards, wondering, really, if they even should have been made and published.

Mon, 12 Aug, 2019

37% of people listen to a podcast once a month

One in three Irish people listen to a podcast every month, according to a new study.

Mon, 24 Jun, 2019

Audio startup aims to read out out the newspaper business news on the go

In a world where news content is proliferating, time-poor workers face a common struggle

Sun, 02 Jun, 2019

Plea by Sophie’s son to locals is entirely understandable, but unfair

How sad it was to watch the son of Sophie Toscan du Plantier speak of the murder of his mother last weekend in Goleen.

Fri, 24 May, 2019

Great gifts for dads who like their gadgets

Noel Campion suggests some top tech gift options ahead of Father’s Day.

Fri, 15 Jun, 2018

JK Rowling’s digital publishing firm Pottermore to conjure up some first-time profit

Pottermore, JK Rowling’s digital publishing company, expects to turn a profit in its current fiscal year, buoyed by rising sales of audio books and new ebooks that build on the nearly 20-year-old Harry Potter franchise, the company has said.

Wed, 23 Nov, 2016

More time spent sorting digital entertainment than packing suitcases

British holidaymakers spend more time sorting out digital entertainment for a trip than they do on packing their suitcase, a survey shows.

Mon, 08 Aug, 2016

eStories launches with 80000 audiobooks

TriPlay today launched eStories to offer audiobook fans an alternative to Amazon’s dominance with Audible.

Fri, 15 Jul, 2016

Audible now lets you share audiobook clips

Audible’s latest update allows you to create and share clips from an audiobook. So if you’ve found the perfect teaser, or perhaps a ridiculous narration, now you can share it with friends quickly and easily.

Mon, 04 Jul, 2016

QUIRKY WORLD ... Mother of mouthfuls: Daenerys a tough one to say

ENGLAND: Don Quixote, Daenerys Targaryen — from Game of Thrones — and Oedipus have topped a poll of literary names people struggle to say correctly.

Tue, 13 Oct, 2015

Audio book publishers get in tune with iPods

AUDIO book publishers are rushing in to get their slice of the billion dollar global iPod market.

Tue, 02 May, 2006

Company to start selling Ricky Gervais' podcasts

British comedian Ricky Gervais’ podcast is going commercial.

Tue, 21 Feb, 2006