2013: Part 2 Growing Globalization of Podcasts and Electric Cars

06/19/13 • 95 min

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013. This episode is part 2 of a series on the growing globalization of Podcasts and what that means for podcasting’s future. This week, I have an extensive interview with Nicole Simon, Author, Social Media and Podcast Consultant at nicole-simon.eu from Berlin, Germany. She can also be found on Twitter here @nicolesimon . I also present an update on my 2 year ownership experience of an 100% Electric 2011 Nissan Leaf. CNET TV Top 5 Electric Cars is also discussed in this episode — read more from CNET here . Links:
DropCam.com
Paladin Please feel free to give me feedback on this show to: rob at robgreenlee dotcom or twitter @robgreenlee . Leave some of your thoughts here in the comments and I will respond to them in next week episode.

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2013: Growing Globalization of Podcasts

Tuesday, June 11th, 2013. This episode is focused on the growing globalization of podcasts and what that means for podcasting’s future. As you can see, I stay focused on my passion and that is the medium of “Podcasting” for another week. Interview guest is Karin Hoegh, Podcast Consultant at Podconsult.dk from Copenhagen, Denmark. The below ranking chart gives a glimpse into the future of podcasts and maybe all on-demand media consumption over the next 5-10 years. Here is a Top 10 Ranked List of the Most Spoken Languages around the World:

Mandarin – 1 Billion + (Chinese)
English – 508 Million + (New Zealand, U.S., Australia, England, Zimbabwe, Caribbean, Hong Kong, South Africa, Canada and more)
Hindustani – 500 Million + (India)
Spanish – 400 Million + (Spain, Mexico, Cuba and most South and Central American countries)
Russian – 300 Million (Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, US to name a few)
Arabic – 250 Million + (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Egypt)
Bengali – 215 Million – (Bangladesh mostly, but many other countries have these speakers)
Portuguese – 200 Million – (Brazil, Macau, Angola, Venezuela, and Mozambique)
Malay-Indonesian – 175 Million – (Malaysia and Indonesia)1
French – 135 Million – (France, Belgium, Canada, Rwanda, Cameroon, and Haiti)

Here is a download referrer ranked list by country breakout of the top countries consuming podcasts over the past few months. This data is from the largest podcast hosting provider in the world – Libsyn.

United States
United Kingdom
Canada
China
Australia
Japan
Korea, Republic of
Germany
Spain
Mexico
France
Sweden
Russian Federation
Singapore
Brazil
Saudi Arabia
Italy
Netherlands
Thailand
India

China has broken into the top 5. The other languages represented in the above Top 20 country download referrer list, that are not included in the Top 10 Most Spoken Languages are Japanese, Korean, German, Swedish, Italian, Thai, and Dutch. The current largest languages not represented in the Top 20 country list are Malay-Indonesian and Bengali. Links: http://www.vloggerfair.com http://thebuglepodcast.com Please feel free to give me feedback on this show to: rob at robgreenlee dotcom or twitter @robgreenlee . Leave some of your thoughts here in the comments and I will respond to them in next week episode.

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2013: YouTubeization of Video Podcasting

Tuesday, June 25th, 2013. This episode topic is about “The YouTubeization of Video Podcasting” and the birth of an animal pet video podcasting star “Lil Bub” the cat that has achieved 212,000 YouTube views within only 4 days release of the Premiere episode of “Lil Bub’s Big Show”. I am seeing many new video podcasts coming from Revision 3 that are redistributing successful YouTube shows as podcasts. I also visit my backyard greenhouse to get an Aquaponics farming update. My custom built system is up and operational now with flowing water and leafy plants already growing. Hear my visit to the greenhouse to get the dramatic water flow play by play. Links:
My Backyard Aquaponics System Tour – Watch Video
Lil Bub – https://revision3.com/lilbub
Always On – http://cnettv.cnet.com/always-on/ Episode length: 20 min MP3 Recorded: 6-25-2013 Please feel free to give me feedback on this show to: rob at robgreenlee dotcom or twitter @robgreenlee . Leave some of your thoughts here in the comments and I will respond to them in next week episode.