Hello! Welcome back to GU Cast.
Fiveyearsoldandcounting!Yesthat’sright,GUCastrecently celebratedourfifthbirthdayandwillpublishour200thepisodethis month!Wehaveseenamazingyearonyeargrowthinouraudienceand aredelightedtosharesomeofthatdatawithyouinthisnewsletter.
Wearesoverygratefultoallofouramazingpodcastguestsoverthe yearswhohavebeensogenerouswiththeirtimeinsharingtheir knowledgeinGUOncology,andhelpingusinourMissiontoimprove outcomesforGUOncologypatientsthroughthepowerofeducation.
Wearealsoverygratefultoourloyalinternationalaudiencefortheir support,andforgivingusgreatfeedbackandideasforcontent.
Finally,wecouldnotsustainthetypeofprofessionalproductionand growthwehavedeliveredinthepastcoupleofyearswithoutthe supportofourPartners.OurPartnershipProgramhasgonefrom strengthtostrengthandweareverygratefulforallthishasdoneto enabletheongoingsuccessofGUCast.
Declan and Renu
Skyrocketing reach!!
GU Cast continues to grow at an incredible pace across our audio and video platforms. Search GU Cast anywhere and we are there!
Apple Podcasts remains our most popular audio platform, followed closely by Spotify. Our Youtube channel continues to grow fastest of all, driven by the huge popularity of our short form videos.
Global leaders
In podcasting
Top Geographies
Our three largest audience regions are Australia/Asia Pacific, North America, and Europe. We also have a very large audience in China which is not well captured on these metrics, and we are very grateful to our Gold partners, Bayer China, who promote translated episodes of the podcast in China.
Top ranked on all platforms
4.9 stars on Spotify 4.7 stars on Apple Podcasts
Listen Score: 32
Global ranking: Top 5% A Listen Score of 32 means GU Cast is in the Top 5% of ALL podcasts worldwide! And top ranked of all Urology/GU Oncology podcasts.
Incredibly popular episode looking at the run down of EAU prostate cancer guidelines update in 2024. So popular we did another one in 2025!
We talk a lot about prostate cancer But our audiences also love renal cell cancer sciences! Great episode with some terrific learning points.
Having international guests in the studio is absolutely wonderful. We talked about BCR and the EMBARK trial with Steve recently.
Intraoperative margin assessment is going to be the next big thing! We spoke about how NeuroSAFE can help more men maintain erections after surgery. Radiation cystitis is often a dreaded outcome of radiotherapy. We spoke with experts at Guy’s Hospital to learn about cutting edge research.
Short form videos
Taking social media by storm
Short form videos across different platforms from Tik Tok, Instagram, Youtube and beyond have increased the reach of GU Cast. Popular videos reach over 3000 views and are widely shared across audience’s individual online presences. We plan to continue creating high impact shorts for the ease of our audience.
In the last 30 days (14/06 - 13/07/2025):
Mostviewed reel reached 3000views!
Top 5 Geographies
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As popular as this was on audio, it was on video! An absolute classic of a listen that we will likely revisit regularly.
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We are big theranostics fans here in Melbourne. We discuss LuPSMA in the mHSPC setting in the UpfrontPSMA trial published in Lancet Oncology.
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With Arun Azad and Elena Castro in the studio talking about all the hot topics in prostate cancer with an Olympics flavour!
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YouTube audience also loves this video! What an insightful discussion with Steve that not all biochemical recurrences are the same.
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Surgical RCTs are always popular! Great chat with Jeremy Teoh from Hong Kong about the benefits of en bloc TURBT.
Thank you to our Partners
Our GU Cast Partnership Program continues to expand since its launch in 2023, and we are very grateful to everyone who has come on board to support our educational goals. We have been particularly pleased with the engagement on our Themed Podcasts, which provide high quality education content of mutual interest.
| GU Cast Journal Club
The GU Cast Journal Club came about with the vision for sharing the latest in GU Oncology, and hosted by trainees, for trainees. We hope this is not just an opportunity for building the next generation of leaders in this space, but also a great learning opportunity for all. Thank you to MSD for sponsoring the project
| Conference Highlights CHINA
Our conference highlights could not be possible without the support of our sponsors, in particular Bayer China. As part of the highlights, we are able to provide a flavour of the meeting and some great discussions with key opinion leaders in the field who attend
Some of our Partners have promoted these podcasts through flyers and eNewsletters which is a great way of increasing reach, acknowledging the collaboration between Partners and Gu Cast
GU Cast takes off in China
A thriving partnership
With support from our Gold Partners Bayer China, we were delighted to announce our new China Editor, Professor Yao Zhu, and to post the first of our quarterly GU Cast China Podcasts in April 2024. Featuring Yao Zhu and a selection of top Chinese experts, we focus on hot topics in GU Oncology in China.
Each episode is sub-titled in Mandarin and hosted on local podcast sites thanks to our Gold Partners, Bayer China.
We have also recorded a number of episodes on site in Shanghai in our magnificent studio.
Live events
Cameras and action!
Live events have become a popular extension of manypopularpodcasts around theworld. Ourfirst live event inAugust 2023 was a GU Cast debate at theANZUPAnnual Meeting supported byourSilverPartner MSD. Declan and Renu did battle on the topic of adjuvant immunotherapyforrenal cell carcinoma (Renuwon of course)!
Overthe pastyearwe have done further highvalue live events including a Friday evening dinnerevent forJohnson&Johnson featuring two international guests, and a webinaron intensification of hormonal therapysupported byMundipharmawhich we hosted from ourstudio.
The live event format allowed audience to engage directlywith ourfacultyand case presentations.All of these events allow great engagement forthe audience, and of course are subsequentlyposted as podcasts forthosewho could not get there in person.
Couldyoureducational event benefit from adding a GU Cast Live Event experience? Get in touchwewould love to chat! Please note that live events onlyavailable to Platinum and Gold Partners
Meet David
Growing team, new partnerships
As GU Cast continues to serve the wider GU oncology community through an educational viewpoint, there has been a need to expand the team. David is a resident doctor in Melbourne, and an incoming PhD candidate/research fellow at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre We’ve invited David on board to be the new GU Cast branding and partnerships manager. If you have any concerns regarding partnerships or opportunities, please do not hesitate to contact him. He is eager to help!
Supporting the next generation
APCCC 2024 | Scholarships
We rewarded three of our avid audience with all-expenses paid Travel Grant to attend the APCCC in Switzerland. Alice, Sean and Christian flew from Australia and Canada to enjoy the world’s best prostate cancer meeting in Switzerland.
More to come in this space!
Accessible education
GU Cast is now recognised for CPD
GU Cast is now a certified learning provider by the Australian medical Association. This means that our GU Cast audience can claim CPD points in recognition of the high educational value of our content. Whether out for a run, ride, or posturing around the kitchen, pop earphones in earn and some CPD! Our partners understands the significance of GU Cast being a certified learning provider and reaching a wider audience.
European Urology Podcasts
EU and EUO!
GU Cast have also been privileged to workwith the European Urology familyof journals to create two dedicated podcasts, both produced from ourstudio in Melbourne, and workingwith international colleagues to highlight keypapers from the world’s top urologyjournals.
Declan isAssociate Editorand Digital Media Editorof European Urology, and host the European Urology podcast,while Renu fulfils the same rolewith European UrologyOncology, also hosting a dedicated podcast for that journal.
These have beenverysuccessful and give furthera greatvisibilityto GU Cast through the powerful reach of the EuropeanAssociation of Urology.
GU Cast 2025
Some of our favourite moments in the last year!
GU Cast is all about capturing the key moments in urology through podcasting and videography while having tonnes of fun!
USANZ with Laura Bukavina
Renu with Alicia Morgan
Hard at work in the studio
Histolog with Andrew Ryan Declan at PROSPECT24
Ketan Badani in Melb!
And some more!
EAU25 with Sarah Psutka
“Don’t dabble in mHSPC!”
Oliver Sartor in the studio
Behind the scenes
Louise Kostos on PCF Webinar!
With the quokkas USANZ25!!!
Old stomping grounds!
GU Cast 5th birthday party!
Robot chat with Declan Cahill
What’s next in store?
The last five years have been an incredible journey for GU Cast. We have learnt so much and continue to grow year on year. In the short term, we plan on rolling out CPD officially, along with a new GU Cast website and the first Journal Club episode launching in August. We are are planning to debut a new series called GU Cast explainer. We are looking forward to hosting more live events in the future!
We are constantly committed to providing the highest quality GU oncology education in an accessible and engaging manner.
Onwards and upwards!!
