The Australian Podcast Awards have announced its 2020 judging panel, a list of global and local industry heavyweights who will together determine the best Australian podcasts of 2020.

ARN’s iHeartPodcast Network, has released new listener data for August from leading podcast technology provider Megaphone.

Seven new entities appear in the Top 100 Podcast Ranker this reporting period, including Please Explain (Nine Publishing), Naked City (Nine Publishing), and The Night Driver (News Corp Australia). 

Stuff You Should Know (ARN/iHeartMedia) remained in the #1 spot as the most downloaded podcast in the country in August.

Acast continues to bolster its local sales capabilities in Australia, announcing six new hires today, including the appointment of Tom Roach as Acast’s local Creative Strategy Lead.
 
This follows Friday’s announcement that Acast and Nova Entertainment had ended their three-year partnership.
 

Nova Entertainment has appointed Rachel Corbett as Head of Podcasts and Digital Content, a key role in NOVA’s strategic investment in digital audio.

Craig Evans was a breakfast radio host who was studying to be a lawyer and then just 5 weeks ago he was told he had testicular cancer.
 
In season two of the podcast This is Me, Craig told host Siobhan of his horror when doctors told him that they would have to remove one of his testicals to save his life.
 

Launching today is How To...Life is NOVA's new advice podcast on #adulting, sharing personal experience and practical tips and advice to help muddled up millennials circumnavigate this whole life thing.

Podcast hosts Claudia Coy, Jenna D'Apice and Nikolina Kharoufeh don't claim to know the answer to every WTF question that comes up but each week they sit down with people who have a little more experience.

ARN’s iHeartPodcast Network Australia has announced a new partnership with the Australian creators of erotic podcast, The Good Bits.

The Good Bits is diverse and sex-positive with each episode telling a different story to inspire desire with fun, flirtation and indulgence and features erotic stories from New York Times bestselling authors Alessandra Torre and Sierra Simone and USA Today bestselling author Stefanie London.

Hosted by Jonathan Lindsay-Tjapaltjarri Hermawan (Jonzy), each week Jam Pakt is one-hour jam packed with music, yarns, special guests and hot topics for people all over Australia, all whilst giving mob a strong voice on the things that matter to them. 
 
Available over three parts, the show is heard on countless community radio stations, is available through the CBAA Community Radio Network and is easily adaptable to any program grid.