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Our team just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who joined us for the ECHO Podcast Summit. From our incredible speakers, partners, and panelists to every single person who showed up ready to learn. This wouldn’t be possible without you!

Seeing so many creators, storytellers, and industry leaders come together in one space reminded us exactly why this community matters.

Thank you for being part of something so special. Until next year.✨

Thanks to Amazon Music, for giving 10 independent creators the chance to attend for Echo Podcast Summit free.

Big thanks to Amazon Music for backing the next wave of talent.

Canadaland Politics LIVE from Halifax

Becky Druhan has been somewhat of a firebomb in Nova Scotia politics this past year, abruptly quitting the NS Progressive Conservative Party over what she called “a difference of principles.”

She became an independent, but now she wants to lead a devastated party to go head-to-head with… her former boss. What the hell is she thinking? What does she know that we don’t?

Host Noor Azrieh will ask her in a live sit-down interview at the Echo Podcast Festival in Halifax

If you think it’ll be awkward, don’t worry, we'll break the tension with comedian Clare Belford, staff writer for This Hour Has 22 Minutes.

All are welcome. VIP & Canadaland supporters get in for free.

We're excited to be welcoming Amazon Music back as an official sponsor of Halifax's Echo Podcast Summit 2026 Afterparty!!!

Amazon Music’s support allows Echo to host conversations that matter to the podcasting industry.

We’re proud to have Acast on board as the lead sponsor of Echo Podcast Summit 2026.

This year, Echo is all about community: how it’s built, how it deepens, and how it evolves as creators and audiences move across more and more spaces.

Heather Gordon, Managing Director, and Yael Strasberg, Creator Network Director at Acast Canada, will also be bringing that conversation to the stage with a panel on How Communities Migrate Across Platforms. It’s exactly the kind of discussion podcasting needs right now. Because audiences are no longer just listeners. They’re followers, commenters, subscribers, attendees, members, and advocates, often all at once.

And from Acast’s perspective, that shift changes the business model too. The future is not just about monetizing a single podcast feed, but about selling and supporting creators across channels, from audio to social to YouTube, and into the next phase of podcast video.

Acast’s work across hosting, monetization, distribution, and audience growth makes them a natural partner for this year’s summit, and we’re delighted to have them helping shape the conversation in Halifax.

Thank you to all of our silver sponsors for supporting Echo Podcast Summit 2026.

At its core, podcasting is about connection. Not just audiences and downloads, but relationships, conversations, and the communities that grow around shared ideas. That’s why we’re so pleased to have so many amazing supporters this year.

We’re proud to have so much help bring Echo 2026 to life.



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