How to get on Close Aside: pitching, format and contact

Should you pitch it?

Guest activity

Sometimes has guests

25% of recent episode titles look like interviews

Episode length

27 min

Median of recent episodes. That is the commitment you would be asking for.

Publishing

Occasional

37 episodes · last 2026-09-27

Language

English

The feed says "en" without a region, so the country is unknown.

Where it's from

Not established

No .uk domain and no region in the feed language. Apple reports the storefront, not the show, so we do not guess.

Reach

40

Percentile among shows you could realistically get on. Not a download count.

Check whether they charge. Some shows sell guest slots rather than booking them, and rates in some fields run to thousands. Nothing in a podcast feed reliably says so, so we do not claim either way. Ask before you write the pitch.

Worth a pitch. This show publishes its own contact, sits outside the national chart, is independently published, and its recent episodes show it books guests.

How this show compares to other culture & arts podcasts

It publishes less often than most Culture & Arts shows, so expect a longer lead time and fewer available slots.

Measured against every culture & arts podcast in the directory that has published in the last year.

	This show	Category average
Episodes featuring a guest	25%	15%
Episodes in the last 90 days	1	11
Typical episode length	27 min	46 min
Episodes published in total	37	156
Reach percentile	40	50

Reach is a percentile among shows you could realistically get booked on, built from chart history, longevity, activity and cadence. It is not a download figure. Nobody outside a show can see those.

What the show says about itself

Andrew tries to speak German, and Ingrid tries to speak English. Sometimes they get it right, and sometimes they're just close aside. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recent episodes

Straight from the feed. The quickest way to judge whether your angle fits.

Ep 31. Mind The Gap
Outtakes Ep 25-30. Wanzenleger
Ep 30. Cooking With Gas
Ep 29. Soz Boz
Ep 28. Alles was Füße hat (with Alex)
Ep 27. You Alright?

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Common questions

Does Close Aside accept guests?

Sometimes has guests. Interviews appear alongside other formats. This is our reading of the show's recent episode titles, not a statement from the show itself.

How do I contact Close Aside?

Yes. Close Aside publishes a contact address in its own RSS feed, and it is the show's own inbox rather than a shared network desk. We hold it and release it to people on a plan. We never invent an address and never send a pitch on your behalf.

How often does Close Aside publish?

It publishes irregularly. There are 37 episodes in the feed. Episodes run about 27 minutes.

Is Close Aside still active?

Yes. It has published within the last 90 days.