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This Week in Smart Speakers

Alexa, can you get my kid to brush his teeth? (Oh, and Alexa? How exactly can I make money with you?)

Subcast wants to bring podcast publishers and smart-speaker users together

What the rise of the smart speaker might mean for podcasts (and on-demand audio in general)

If podcasts and radio move to smart speakers, who will be directing us what to listen to?

The daily podcaster’s choice: Try to fit in listeners’ crowded mornings or tackle the evening commute?

How will we know when we’ve hit Peak Podcast? And are we there yet?

Apple, podcasting’s dominant (and mostly benign) middleman, is rebooting how it delivers shows

Hot Pod: The three numbers that mark the state of podcasting in 2017

Hot Pod: Smart speakers, TV adaptations, newsier podcasts, and other things to watch for in 2017

Hot Pod: What will happen to the election podcast boom on Nov. 9?

Hot Pod: Is podcasting about food the new dancing about architecture?

Hot Pod: Is there an opening for budding U.K. podcast businesses to challenge the BBC?

Hot Pod: Will the next wave of audio advertising make podcasts sound like (yuck) commercial radio?

Hot Pod: There’s a new (and problematic) way to measure which podcasts are the most popular

Amazon’s next move is giving its Audible original programming to all Prime members

Your favorite podcasts, coming to a TV screen near you?

New podcasts, more existential public radio talk, and progress on intern wages

Can podcasts move beyond talking heads to produce digital-first audio news?

Decoding what makes a podcast a hit on the iTunes charts

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