Live podcasts are like smooth cream cheese on a bagel. They easily spread their benefits around. Podcasters who do live events better monetize their show, engender greater loyalty among listeners, polish their skills in front of a live audience where they receive instant feedback, and attract more media attention.
The pandemic took a sledgehammer to that trend in March 2020, and it's taken this long for live podcasting to gain momentum.
That's why it's significant that, following recently sold-out live shows in the US and UK, where they were joined on-stage by Alexa Chung, Alison Roman, Hari Nef, Joe Mande and John Early, the How Long Gone podcast has also announced a new slate of tour dates today.
In May, they will return to Philadelphia, Black's native Atlanta, and Chicago, before appearing as the sole podcast on the lineup of California's 2000s-era indie music festival, Just Like Heaven. Additionally, in August, How Long Gone will head back overseas for another London show. Find the current list of tour dates below and tickets here, on-sale at 10am local time on Friday, March 31st.
That is the other big news for How Long Gone. The Talkhouse podcast network recently made an announcement that "it could not be more thrilled to welcome How Long Gone to its award-winning podcast network."
Hosted by Chris Black and Jason Stewart, How Long Gone has been hailed as "the podcast everyone wants to appear on" (The Guardian) and "a clubhouse for the chattering classes" (The New York Times). It has been described as both "brain-soothing" (British GQ) and "a tricky phenomenon to wrap your head around" (Vulture), delivering its own charming and critical strain of color commentary on all things culture, fashion and fitness.
Since its conception in 2020, How Long Gone has been an independent operation for almost 500 episodes, but through their new deal together, Talkhouse will now handle the series' distribution, ad sales, marketing and podcast-relevant partnerships. Maintaining a frantic clip of three shows per week, and a growing audience of more than half a million monthly listeners, the podcast will continue to welcome an interesting array of guests.
"We're major fans of what Chris and Jason are doing," says Ian Wheeler, Founder of Talkhouse Creative Studio. "We're excited to bring their particular brand of sophistication and nuance to even more fans and, importantly, more sexy as hell brands. We couldn't be more honored to work/build together."
Hosts Chris Black and Jason Stewart added, "We are very excited to partner with Talkhouse. They have a proven track record and great taste, and will allow us to continue avoiding Patreon. Björk, Feist, The New Republic…How Long Gone makes sense."
Listen to all episodes of How Long Gone and subscribe, with new episodes out every Monday/Wednesday/Friday: https://pod.link/HowLongGone
How Long Gone Tour Dates
5/6 - Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live
5/10 - Atlanta, GA - Terminal West
5/11 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
5/13 - Pasadena, CA - Just Like Heaven
8/4 - London, UK - The 100 Club
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