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Buzzcast
Bussrpout co-founder Kevin Finn, head of marketing Alban Brooke, and head of content Travis Albritton break down podcasting news, share tips, and share updates on their hosting platform.
The format is lighthearted, well-edited, and informative. There are occasional interview episodes with people in the industry that have valuable insight. It’s a generously-made podcast, with little in the way of advertising, but which delivers useful discussions in an often playful way.

Feedback with EarBuds
Arielle Nissenblatt’s Earbuds Podcast Collective newsletter has been an industry mainstay for the last few years. Feedback adds an audio dimension, with Arielle delivering the week’s podcast recommendations as picked by the guest curator, along with a podcast she’s spotlighting that week.
Each episode also features an interview. Sometimes this is with the guest curator, which allows them both to talk through the recommendations. More often – at least historically – the conversations are with follow podcasters or people within the industry that can lend a helpful perspective.
Mark’s thoughts
1 year, 1 month agoIt took me two goes to get into TAZ. I gave it a shot some time in 2017 and couldn’t get past the first couple of episodes, then decided to give it another go in 2019 and blitzed through them at lightning speed.
By the time I’d finished, they were partway into Amnesty,, their second major campaign. I’d enjoyed this second season but found myself drifting off and not identifying with all the characters quite so much as with the first campaign, retroactively named Balance.
2020’s Graduation saw Griffin’s brother Travis take the wheel for an arc that had some fun elements, but I think suffered from feeling a little too much like a chance for Travis to do lots of different voices.
Griffin struck a balance (no pun intended) with non-player-characters that might have come innately to him, but which served the game well. It also lacked much actual DnD content, and the heart that was present in the first two seasons.
That said, Justin is always a highlight as he brings wonderful characters to the table. His Firbolg was hilarious but also full of heart.
There’s no way to say it without being condescending. Travis gave it a good shot.
After a fairly short break, TAZ returned with Ethersea, and with Griffin back at the wheel. As I’d felt TAZ had gone off the boil and I don’t really like stories set in and around water – just like some people don’t like fantasy or sci-fi – I initially gave it a miss, but then mainlined episodes on a long train journey.
Ethersea is proving to be a return to form, with big bold characters, lots of jokes, and plenty of action. Griffin has also pretty much perfected the cliffhanger as an art form.