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• Above: Spotted at the Greater Toronto Area podcaster meetup last week, John and Jennifer from the Canadian Podcast Awards, and Arys Déjan, host of The Who & How Club. They’re preparing for PodCamp Toronto next month.
• There will be a federal election this year in Australia, and the current Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, has chosen his first long-form interview to be on independent podcast News Club from The Squiz.
• The US certainly seems to be locked-on to shows from the Locked On Podcast Network. The company claims 358 million listens and views in 2024; an increase of 20% year-on-year. Podnews understands that the company’s Locked On College Sports channels grew by over 50% on the year; and projected total listens and views in 2025 should be over 400 million.

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