Is Audio Live-Streaming the Future of Podcasts? with Calvin Jiang of Castbox

On this episode, I welcome Calvin Jiang from Castbox — a podcast distribution platform headquartered in the U.S. and China with over 30 million registered users and available in over 175 countries and 70+ languages.Calvin is Partner and Head of Investor Relations at Castbox, and we talk about the future of podcasting as he has some bold predictions about the future of his industry.Some of the takeaways you will hear include what language is a big upcoming market, how Twitch for Audio also known as live-streaming might be the next big money maker, and how the China podcast market differs from the rest of the world not to mention what Calvin thinks of Spotify’s foray into podcasting.Yes, this is podcast inception – a podcast talking about podcasts on a podcast platform. Castboxhttp://www.castbox.fmiVooxhttps://us.ivoox.com/en/GVR Podcast Market Reporthttps://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/podcast-marketLast Podcast on the Left Patreon page, has 12K subscribers earning roughly 67K per monthhttps://www.patreon.com/lastpodcastontheleftInvesting in the Podcast Ecosystem in 2019https://a16z.com/2019/05/23/podcast-ecosystem-investing-2019Will Audio Live-streaming Take off in Americahttps://techcrunch.com/2019/12/20/will-audio-livestreaming-take-off-in-america Spotify needed a huge podcast, and it just bought one of the biggesthttps://www.theverge.com/2020/2/5/21124201/bill-simmons-the-ringer-spotify-acquistion-podcast-purchaseMatthew Ball on AudioTechhttps://www.matthewball.vc/all/audiotech Web Summithttp://www.websummit.comRISEhttp://www.riseconf.com