Pod-Alization: Rick Ross On Drink Champs; Dear Chelsea; Libsyn & The News Worthy Podcast

 Rick Ross guests on Drink Champs Podcast this week

This week, the famous singer and music producer gabs away on Drink Champs from Interval Presents. The exclusive audio episode, dropped Friday, May 12, features Ross sharing some of his greatest stories about his music and business.

 In case you didn't know, in Drink Champs, well-known Queens rapper-turned-show-host N.O.R.E. teams up with Miami hip-hop pioneer DJ EFN for a night of boozy conversation and boisterous storytelling. The hosts and guests engage together in a fun, light-hearted conversation - looking back at their paths to success, highlighting their lives, friendships, and iconic moments within their careers.

 Dear Chelsea & Votes And Verdicts

You have to hand it to Chelsea Handler. She's not afraid to try anything. during her career, the New Jersey native has performed on reality TV, hosted her own show on E!, hosted a Netflix comedy talk show, done stand-up comedy, acted in movies, written six best-selling books, and produced several shows.

Now, in Dear Chelsea, she is joined each week by co-host Catherine Law and celebrity guests for conversations centered on love, family issues, sex and more. Each episode takes listeners on a ride from funny and informative to inspirational and heartbreaking – and back again. Listen on Thursdays.

Catch up with iHeartPodcast’s Votes and Verdicts on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for a series that examines the intersection of business, policy and law. Hosted by Elliot Stein, senior financials litigation analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence, the series features conversations between Bloomberg Intelligence's team of litigation and policy analysts and thought leaders discussing legal and policy issues affecting markets and business decisions across many sectors. 

Listen to episode one where Elliot Stein is joined by former Congressman and White House Chief of Staff, Mick Mulvaney, for a discussion of the future of crypto regulation, litigation challenging the CFPB’s constitutionality, the debt ceiling and ESG. Along the way, Mulvaney also talks about his favorite job in Washington and what music he would want if stranded on a desert island. That's a nice thought. Mulvaney stranded on a desert island.

 

Libsyn and The Ear Worthy Podcast announce a deal

Libsyn’s AdvertiseCast, the industry’s largest podcast advertising marketplace that connects advertisers with podcasters, announced a deal with The NewsWorthy®, a daily news podcast that offers a “fast, fair, and fun” look at the top stories hosted by Award-winning journalist Erica Mandy. The NewsWorthy – a longtime Libsyn and AdvertiseCast user – will leverage AdvertiseCast’s full-service advertising platform, including its Automatic Ads solution to augment their host-read program with programmatic ad revenue.

As a CBS reporter in Los Angeles, Erica had a thriving broadcast journalism career ahead of her in the second-largest news market in the country. In 2017, she assessed the news media landscape and determined that there was an opportunity and a strong desire for delivering fair, balanced, and accurate news reports. The veteran journalist recognized both the audiences’ and her own fatigue with talking heads, alarmist headlines, and monotone voices. So, Erica decided to take a career risk by quitting her TV job and making the jump to podcasting with the launch of The NewsWorthy.

The NewsWorthy is packed with politics, technology, business, and entertainment news from a variety of sources – brought together in one convenient place with a fun, concise twist. The 10-minute short-form daily podcast combines Erica’s love for objective news coverage with her energetic, personable delivery style. With millions of downloads, The NewsWorthy helps its listeners take in the most important and interesting stories of the day – all in an unbiased, even-handed, and impartial manner. The podcast has been featured as a 'Best News App' by Fast Company, dubbed 'Best Podcast' by Harper's Bazaar, and listed on Podcast Magazine’s Hot 50 podcast charts.

In this exceedingly polarized and increasingly extremist society, a podcast news program that even attempts news in an "unbiased, even-handed, and impartial manner" must be given extra points for "objectivity optimism."

“With Libsyn as our longstanding hosting partner and AdvertiseCast as our valued advertising platform, I’ve been able to grow The NewsWorthy into a sustainable business and provide credible value to our news-loving listeners on a daily basis,” said Erica Mandy, Creator, Producer, and Host, The NewsWorthy.