Here’s the top podcast news reported by Mediaweek for this week.
The Atlantic’s Hannah Rosin pulls no punches
One of America’s most distinctive and daring voices, The Atlantic’s Hanna Rosin, is headed to Sydney, and she’s not coming quietly.
Ahead of her appearance as keynote speaker at the 2025 Women in Media National Conference on Friday, 15 August, Rosin sat down with Mediaweek’s Newsmakers podcast for a conversation that pulls no punches: on masculinity in crisis, gender roles in reverse, journalism under pressure, and what it means to stay soft in a hardening world.
The Atlantic’s Hanna Rosin
Mushroom podcasts gets a boost from suppression orders lift
An interim suppression order prohibiting Australian media from reporting on any evidentiary rulings made in pre-trial hearings and during Erin Patterson’s trial has been lifted.
The Guardian’s justice and courts reporter Nino Bucci tells Reged Ahmad how the court heard Patterson’s estranged husband suspected she had been trying to poison him, too
Acast and Equity Mates extend partnership in new multi-year deal
Acast has signed a new multi-year agreement with finance podcast publisher Equity Mates Media, extending a partnership that began in 2021.
Founded in 2017 by Bryce Leske and Alec Renehan, Equity Mates has grown from a single podcast into a network of six shows, including Equity Mates Investing, Get Started Investing, Headlines by Equity Mates, Basis Points, Crypto Curious and Talk Money To Me.
Sarla Fernando’s uncomfortable story of growth
In a captivating episode of “Uncomfortable Growth Uncut,” Rowena Millward sits down with the inspiring Sarla Fernando, whose incredible journey of turning struggles into strengths offers profound insights.
With a charming smile that radiates goodwill, Sarla shares wisdom gained through her past corporate roles (most recently as Executive Manager, Customer Communications Advisory at Commonwealth Bank) and broader life.
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