On this episode, Spotify’s CFO Paul Vogel sits down with Global Head of Public Affairs Dustee Jenkins to discuss the company’s second quarter earnings report, and we look back at some of the highlights from the past three months.

Jessica Cordova Kramer and Stephanie Wittels Wachs joined forces to create Last Day, a podcast that examines some of the biggest threats facing society today: drugs, gun violence and suicide. Its success led to the creation of Lemonada Media, a 60-strong team that has produced a range of award-winning podcasts, all delivered with an uplifting mission to “turn lemons into lemonade, one podcast at a time.” In this episode of Mic Check, hear how the pair approach their craft.

It’s official: FC Barcelona, one of the world’s most successful football clubs, and Spotify, the planet’s leading audio platform, have teamed up both on and off the pitch to the benefit of artists, creators, and fans of football and music. Hear from insiders about the finer points of the partnership on this episode of For the Record.

From the invention of the microphone to the earliest radio broadcasts to today’s streaming, fiction stories delivered audibly have been entertaining people for over 100 years. On this episode, we dive into the exciting world of fiction podcasts and explore trends in sonic storytelling–and we go on an audio adventure of our own.