The Producer Credit: Who Actually Makes Britain's Biggest Podcasts (and Why the Show Notes Won't Tell You)
Every podcast ends with a name read fast over the outro music. We open up eight British shows and ask what an exec producer, a producer and an assistant producer actually do — and why the credit you don't notice is the one shaping what you hear.
The Chapter Mark: How Britain's Biggest Podcasts Are Building a Second Table of Contents
Episode chapters — those little timestamps tucked under the play button — are quietly becoming the most useful metadata British podcasts ship. Here is how eight of them are using them, and where the craft falls apart.
Hours In, Minutes Out: How Britain's Biggest Podcasts Decide What to Cut
Every podcast you hear is the survivor of a longer conversation. We map the raw-to-finished editing ratios of eight British shows, from The Rest Is Politics to The Infinite Monkey Cage, and what the cuts tell you about the craft.
The Re-Run Engine: How Britain's Biggest Podcasts Mine Their Own Back Catalogue
Holiday weeks, news pegs, members-only drops: the British podcast back catalogue has quietly become a second feed. We map who repeats what, when, and what the choice tells you about a show's health.
The Microphone in the Room: What Britain's Biggest Podcasts Actually Record On
From Shure SM7Bs in Goalhanger's edits to the BBC's heritage Neumanns, the kit choices behind Britain's most-listened-to podcasts reveal a craft most listeners never hear named.
The Host Read: How British Podcasts Turned the Advert Break Into Part of the Show
From Adam Buxton's rambling sponsor riffs to Steven Bartlett's full minute on a mattress, British podcasts have quietly made the host read the bit listeners remember — and the bit advertisers fight over.