Building Homes for Audio Drama (feat. Talib Jessia & John Scott Dryden) - The Week's Roundup

From CIA Cats to Community: This Week in Podcasting -This week on Pods Like Us Chronicles, Marv reflects on two long walks, a moving new podcast about cancer, and sits down with two brilliant guests shaping the future of audio drama and scripted podcasting.In this episode:🚶 A seven-mile walk, a heatwave, and an intro built entirely out of numbers🎙️ A powerful recommendation for Bad Blood: Life of a Cancer, Jamie East's raw, honest podcast about his CML diagnosis🗣️ Talib Jasir (founder of Afros in Audio and creator of The Fussings — Until One of Us Is Dead) on launching Down the Road Media, a new directory and creator ecosystem for audio drama🎬 John Scott Dryden (director/EP of Central Intelligence, Goldhawk Productions) previews Season 3, Kim Cattrall, the real Eloise Page, Kelsey Grammer as LBJ, and yes — the CIA's infamous cat-spying project📰 A roundup of the week in podcasting: newsletters from Tony Doe, Dave Campbell, and Stephanie Fuccio, the British Podcast Awards diversity numbers, and this week's Mercury Podcast promptsGuests:Talib Jasir — downtheroad.media · Instagram/LinkedIn: @TalibJasir · Afros and Audio on InstagramJohn Scott Dryden — Director & Executive Producer, Central Intelligence (Goldhawk Productions for BBC); Season 3 launches July 10Also mentioned this week:Bad Blood: Life of a Cancer — Jamie East99% Invisible — em dash episodeDesert Skies & Strange Air — Jared CarterInto the Podverse newsletter — Tony Doe"We Are Not the 51st State of Podcasting" — Dave Campbell's SubstackDaily Tips That May or May Not Help You — Arielle NissenblattWhen There Was Fab (with guest David Guerrero, on his Beatles-in-the-Philippines book)Harry's Home — with Helen Quigley & Hannah PuddefootPodcast Editors Mastermind — filler word tipsPod Mastery: Podcast Insights — Neal Veglio on listener attention & discovery statsPod News Daily — James Cridland (British Podcast Awards, London Podcast Festival, Sept 3–13)Stephanie Fuccio's Substack — podcast titles, ChatGPT vs GeminiSupport the show: Pods Like Us is distributed and sponsored by RSS.com. Find all links and socials at www.themarvzone.org