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- Should you censor swear-words? The Bugle, satirical news podcast and “audio newspaper for a visual world”, published its listener survey for 2025. Among the findings - the show currently bleeps out swear-words; but the survey suggests 53.3% would support removing the bleeps.
- British Airways has pulled a paid sponsorship of Louis Theroux’s podcasts. Theroux chose, as a guest, the frontman of Bobby Vylan, a punk duo who led anti-Israel chants at the Glastonbury music festival. The airline says it was politically sensitive. Earlier this year, Theroux released a television documentary interviewing both Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank and members of the Israeli settler movement.
- NPR has launched a weekly podcast recommendation newsletter. It’s called Pod Club and shares highlights from across the NPR network. The curated picks are a mix of NPR's well-known shows like This American Life and newer podcasts like KQED’s Close All Tabs. You can subscribe here or see more recommendation newsletters.
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