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173 Do Your Homework 07/28/2020

173 Do Your Homework Update on the Gaana Destination, and now Audible/Amazon Music! We answer FAQs, Gimlet being sued and how that could affect the rest of us, the RIAA and all those DMCA takedown notices to podcasters, episodes only going to the web player, do Apple chart positions really matter? Podcaster Bingo and this time we have geographic, user agent and bonus language stats! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:10 PROMO 1: I Shake My Head At Lisa and Sam 4:09 Rob and Elsie Conversation Gaana follow up and guess what? Now we have Audible/Amazon Music! And you must add your destinations, now, we’re waiting A bit of follow up on the Stitcher Sirius deal 12:11 Audio feedback from Civilla Well, Gimlet got sued or is being sued and what that means to all of us! The RIAA has come out guns a blazing - watch out Spotify has some new fancy charts going on, did you get an announcement? 25:55 Audio feedback from Alain There’s no way to get unified subscriber & download counts So chart trackers? Not worth it Shout out to Monica! How to be a success? We have thoughts 37:28 Audio feedback all about Eastern Standard Time Podcast Listener Bingo! What exactly is the mean and the median? 43:21 PROMO 2: Beyond 6 Seconds Stats, geographic, user agent and language stats Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us feedback :) HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. If you dug this episode head on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE The Feed App for and (you can send feedback straight from within the app) Call 412 573 1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our ! /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/15391103

172 Hey, It's Tom! 07/14/2020

172 Hey, It's Tom! We discuss Gaana, Stitcher sold to Sirius XM, follow up on show ownership + contracts, the Zoom H8, the evil of podcast attribution, the 300 episode limit in Apple Podcasts, and The Latino Podcast Listener Report data with special guest Tom Webster from Edison Research and of course stats! sign up! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:08 PROMO 1: Mongabay Explorers 3:38 Rob and Elsie Conversation We have a new Destination! Say hello to Gaana So, Sirius XM purchased Stitcher from Scripps How do you get that whole, “more by this network” underneath the other podcast suggestions in Apple Podcasts? Google is not indexing ID3 Tags Following up on the conversation about Show Ownership from Ep 271 Oh, oh! We have a new piece of hardware! Say hello to the Zoom H8 (and we know some podcasters that would be willing to test it..hint, hint) Some podcast listeners do set their apps to download all your episodes 33:17 PROMO 2: Young Legends We are a naming names of a company that was misleading podcasters about podcast art creation! Our listeners made a difference! Thank you Descript and Bob Wood! When your listener’s information is shared without their consent. This is not good Follow up on another podcast call-in service, this one for Canada Shout outs to those that listened to the show in one sitting! Worst email of the week, and this time it has to do with DMCA takedown requests Dreampath vs Dream Path 49:49 We have a guest join the show! Say hello to Tom Webster 1:22:17 PROMO 3: Grognostics Podcast 1:22:52 Stats! Median and mean numbers! 1:29:50 Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us feedback :) HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. If you dug this episode head on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE The Feed App for and (you can send feedback straight from within the app) Call 412 573 1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our ! /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/15203336

171 Double The Robs 06/30/2020

171 Double The Robs BTS of how Rob G ended up as Chairperson of The Podcast Academy, and you won’t believe it! Levelator updated for Catalina, SiriusXM acquires Simplecast, Spotify signs more exclusive deals, Skype/eCamm Call Recorder issues, call in number services for your show, does episode level artwork matter? Episodic vs serial podcast stats, Twitter audio, advanced stats, this time geographic and user agent and oh so much more! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:36 PROMO 1: Jeep Talk Show 3:12 Rob and Elsie Conversation We have a guest! Double Rob time! Levelator was updated for Catalina. It’s a miracle! Sirius XM acquires Simplecast Stitcher for sale? Spotify keeps on signing more exclusive podcasts + some BTS from Rob G on being at Podcast One when Snookie did her show Guess what? User agents for all Apple Podcasts stuff is now ALL ONE. SSL certificate updates More Skype troubleshooting and eCamm Call Recorder - help? 19:03 Diving into all things call-in numbers for your podcast Rob W has things to say about WWDC 2020 and exactly how many times podcasts were mentioned and what that means 28:52 Some extra data on how many podcasts use the serial vs episodic Elsie’s daughter was featured on Ochenta Stories! Twitter is rolling out an audio functionality - woah Castro got an update and Elsie is happy 47:48 PROMO 2: Books and Ideas 48:35. All about episode level artwork with tons of incredible tips as to why or why not use it Podcast Academy talk time! Rob G goes all in giving us insight into the why of The Podcast Academy So, podcaster IP issues Mini podcast soap box from Rob W about the first podcast about podcasting 1:38:14 PROMO 3: Weird Darkness 1:39:10 It’s stats time! Yas! User agent info Where have we been? And where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us feedback :) HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. If you dug this episode head on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE The Feed App for and (you can send feedback straight from within the app) Call 412 573 1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our ! /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/15030785

170 One Star Power 06/16/2020

170 One Star Power A round-up of cancelled podcasting conferences, embed player specific download numbers, the Rodecaster Pro firmware update, Zencaster has a new update, the best one star review ever, the Podcast Academy is opening up, Apple pulling podcast apps from China, first steps to start a podcast, getting your show on IMDB, a discussion on subscription models and podcasting tech coverage fail, once again…And stats! This time it’s median and mean plus an update on pandemic impact numbers Latinx! Have you submitted your show for the Latin Podcast Awards? We'd be happy cover the registration for the first 10 people! Send an email with the headline "Libsyn Scholar" to: Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 5:16 PROMO 1: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID–19 5:52 Rob and Elsie Conversation Elsie got some new gear and she does a test Conferences are cancelling! Unique player episode download numbers Rodecaster Pro firmware update 2.1 Zencastr also had a big update 29:51 Weird Darkness got a pretty fantastic one star review The Podcast Academy is opening up Apple pulling podcast apps from the China App Store Facebook ads used to promote your show leading directly to Apple Podcasts and Spotify? Update on Rob and Nashville Start a podcast must have steps Submitting into IMDB The Podcast Awards submissions are open 1:02:02 PROMO 2: Graying Rainbows Launch a podcast in 30 days? 1:10:43 PROMO 3: Strokecast Ep 96 Stats! Median and mean Where we’ve been and where are we going Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us feedback :) HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. If you dug this episode head on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE The Feed App for and (you can send feedback straight from within the app) Call 412 573 1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our ! /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/14850188

169 The Indie Vernacular 06/03/2020

169 The Indie Vernacular A Special Intro. Joe Rogan/Spotify deal, Call Her Daddy, Apple and podcasting, public raw podcasting data, issues with pandemic-centric titles - yes AGAIN - its a total thing, feedback about We Are Podcasts, and we have the latest podcasting stats, this time focusing on COVID stats only - plus, of course, a lot more. Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :00 Special Intro 2:13 The show begins 3:45 PROMO 1: I Know Dino 4:15 Rob and Elsie Conversation Podcast Addict was added back The Joe Rogan section Indie vs Inde Oh! Call Her Daddy Apple is looking for an exec to lead Apple articles speculating on response to Spotify Why does Libsyn not offer national ranking of podcasts in raw data format Audacity 2.4.0 Release A podcaster signed a book deal! What about the words ‘Corona’ or ‘Pandemic’? Does a player play count as a download? 46:34 PROMO 2: The Strokecast Ep 98 Easy editing editing via text? Some issues happening with eCamm Call Recorder and Skype Either use seasons, or don’t use seasons in Apple Podcasts 57:38 Audio feedback from We Are Podcasts Follow up on Launchyoo The Podcast Academy has released their board of governors When can you see your Apple Podcasts consumption stats? The Worst Email of The Week FTP update! Remember! 1:12:46 PROMO 3: Brain Science Podcast COVID–19 stats Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us feedback :) HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. If you dug this episode head on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE The Feed App for and (you can send feedback straight from within the app) Call 412 573 1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our ! /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/14684102

168 Pre-obituaries and Takedowns 05/19/2020

168 Pre-obituaries and Takedowns Update on the Google Podcasts Manager, the new Libsyn Support Widget, PodcastOne acquired by LiveXLive, Luminary cash troubles, the pre-obituary of Google Play Music, Podcast Addict removed from the Google Play App store and so much more! Including geographic, user agent stats and an update on pandemic downloads Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 2:18 PROMO 1: I Know Dino 2:47 Rob and Elsie Conversation Google Podcast Manager is doing great! Interesting Google Podcasts stats and distribution insights with a side of Spotify We have a new support widget Apple sent an email! They’re in more countries! PodcastsOne was acquired by LiveXLive Luminary’s troubles How long can an podcast episode be? Do podcast listeners want more or less content? Meet the Maonocaster, it’s like a Rodecaster Pro but smaller A tip from Rob about your Apple Podcasts URL Google Play Music’s pre-obituary 3 interesting social media sites that might interest podcasters 45:41 PROMO 2: Social Media Lab FTP is changing on Libsyn! Interesting tool that can get you your episode titles and descriptions Podcast Movement is moving to October Optimizing the way you show up on Apple Podcasts Congrats to the show Bubble 54:38UPDATE! Podcast Addict kicked out of the Google Play App Store Worst emails of the week Are our stats written down anywhere? 1:07:21PROMO 3: Legends From The Pacific Stats, stats, stats: geographic, user agent and pandemic trends Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us feedback :) use code libsyn50 for 50% off! HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. If you dug this episode head on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE The Feed App for and (you can send feedback straight from within the app) Call 412 573 1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our ! /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/14480294

167 Cleanfeed With A Side of Google Podcasts 05/05/2020

167 Cleanfeed With A Side of Google Podcasts Tons of details on all things Google Podcasts Manager! It’s like Apple Podcasts connect but of course Google. Then, we move on to jobs in podcasting, so much about feedback about Cleanfeed, some very interesting Facebook updates, Libsyn player automation, what if someone uses YOUR podcast name, a massive breakdown of the podfader types and of course we’ve got a crazy amount of stats! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 3:04 PROMO 1: Sailing in the Mediterranean and Beyond 3:34 Rob and Elsie conversation Announcement of Google Podcasts Manager! What it is, what it gives you and how it it different than Apple Podcasts analytics 9:46 Apple is hiring for all kinds of podcasting positions 13:56 Cleanfeed audio feedback from Carey Green Emails about Cleanfeed 18:08 Cleanfeed audio feedback from CG Thoughts and processes about remote recording There’s a new kid in town 27:35 Facebook updates about charging for online events and listening to Faceboook Lives 30:58 PROMO 2: The Naturist Living Show New version of Podcast Addict now with reviews Custom automation for the libsyn players Face ID and masks 39:55 What if someone is using the name of your show? How do you go about dealing with it? A show appearing twice on some apps 49:43 Podfading - the key main groups UK data from Rajar on internet delivery audio services via Neil! 57:38 PROMO 3: The Europe Desk Stats, stats, stats: mean and median 59:52 COVID–19 libsyn stats Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us feedback :) HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. If you dug this episode head on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE The Feed App for and (you can send feedback straight from within the app) Call 412 573 1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our ! /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/14291987

166 We Are Reviewing For Good 04/22/2020

166 We Are Reviewing For Good Covering, #Reviews4Good, the iPhone SE and podcasters, COVID–19 episode takedown updates AGAIN, ad buyer data, update on the Podcast Discovery survey, and of course stats stats stats! Geographic and user agent! Plus many, many more in between topics. Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 2:57 PROMO 1: The Football History Dude 3:27 Rob and Elsie conversation Elsie has a new piece of tech! Podchaser’s initiative #Reviews4Good, and we’re joining in! The iPhone SE announced and why that affects podcasters Update on episodes being taken down because of COVID–19 16:36 PROMO 2: Podcasting Tips From The Front Porch Why are not all episodes showing up on the Google Podcasts feed? How to deal with the drastic difference in levels when using classical music in a podcast Problems with a MacBook Pro 2015 and Skype, help? Have any of you used Cleanfeed to record your podcast? Is there a way to only have your podcast show up on Apple Podcasts and nowhere else? Where have YOU been? The goats and Zoom get a shout-out! Worst email of the week! We promise you won’t believe it More data, insight and analysis from the Podcast Discovery Survey Rob makes a Google Play Music correction A MILLION DOWNLOADS IN APPLE PODCASTS 44:27 PROMO 3: Controller Disconnected Stats! Country, user agent and pandemic download numbers Apple’s Mobility Trend Reports Where have we been and where are we going Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us feedback :) HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. If you dug this episode head on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE The Feed App for and (you can send feedback straight from within the app) Call 412 573 1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our ! /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/14091287

165 Is it an I or a Y? 04/08/2020

165 Is it an I or a Y? In this episode, the new redesigned Google Podcasts app and it’s in iOS, more clarification on Google Play Music, more on pandemic titles best practices, what if you want your podcast out of a specific podcast app, what do you do? Cool Ad Stitching functionality in Libsyn Pro. Should you use Zoom to podcast? Oi vs Oy, Podcast Discoverability Survey results and of course Stats stats stats! This time covering the latest mean and median numbers. Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 2:52 PROMO 1: Beyond Westworld 3:31 Rob and Elsie conversation Google Podcasts has been redesigned and now there’s an iOS App A great interview with Zack by Rene Ritchie What’s up with Google Play Music, is it dead? What happens if you keyword spam our podcast or podcast episode titles with pandemic words We have examples! 24:37 PROMO 2: .NET Core Podcast Rob earns more reputation points on the Apple Support forums, this time about podcast artwork specs It was MeWe What to do if you want to be removed from a podcast app LibsynPro and fancy Ad Stitching tools Zoom to record? It’s the Oi vs Oy segment! 38:44 Moxie audio feedback 39:31 Craig audio feedback Social media wisdom via Elsie The Podcast Discoverability survey results and thoughts Libsyn and Shopify? 54:30 PROMO 3: Trek Profiles Stats, stats, stats! Mean and median Where have we been? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us feedback :) HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. If you dug this episode head on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE The Feed App for and (you can send feedback straight from within the app) Call 412 573 1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our ! /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/13897355

164 The Episode Talking About 'It' 03/25/2020

164 The Episode Talking About 'It' Communication from the president of Libsyn, Laurie Simms. Tips for remote recording. How the pandemic is affecting downloads - with some actual data. What is happening to podcast advertising during this time. Why your audience is the most important thing ever. Apple releases all kinds of new toys. Shows being taken off Spotify. The difference between listens and downloads. And oh goodness all kinds of stats! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 3:04 PROMO 1: Fighting Through 3:40 Rob and Elsie conversation Coronavirus email from Laurie Going from live to remote recording? Rob and Elsie quick-tips Download numbers going down and YouTube doesn’t want you to make money with 14:48 COVID–19 - audio feedback from Jon from Professor Slots Insight into download numbers during this time Anything we can glean from 2008 This is when connecting with your audience is of the upmost importance! New update to Libsyn is here! Apple announced the new 4th generations iPads plus, new keyboard with trackpad Can you use music performed by the US Marine Band? 36:40 A show on Spotify taken down NOT because of copyright music infringement from Stéphane 41:34 PROMO 2: The Celtic Myth Podshow Samson Q2U, H6, double enders, and Headliner integration The Google Play destination deprecated and it has nothing to do with Google Podcasts A celebration of 200 episodes with 1 star reviews Chartable integration and a possible swell in downloads? Focus on telling your audience to subscribe and listen to your show in Apple Podcasts vs asking for reviews Where have YOU been? Fish Nerds was on the NY Times! What is a download and what is a listen? 1:05:15 PROMO 3: Sleepy Time Tales Recounting the Infinite Dial Stats Advanced stats update! Agregator apps! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us feedback :) Where is Libsyn Going? (In Real Life) HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. If you dug this episode head on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE The Feed App for and (you can send feedback straight from within the app) Call 412 573 1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our ! /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/13700249

163 Headliner, VBR and It's Private 03/12/2020

163 Headliner, VBR and It's Private The new Libsyn release which includes Headliner integration, yipeee (ya’ll people are really digging it), discussing the PRX privacy summit, the podcast academy, all kinds of feedback and of course stats stats stats! The latest mean, median, user agent and geographic! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 1:35 PROMO 1: The Renaissance Festival Podcast 2:08 Rob and Elsie conversation Right into Libsyn 4.23 Release - Headliner support! And so much more Apple is once again kicking a bunch of folks out of Apple Podcasts, we tell you why Why you need a podcast host that supports byte-range request and don’t use your podcast on Google Drive Nope, you cannot just publish to Apple Podcasts 19:20 Auphonic and ID3 Tags question from Kit No way to change the episodes Apple Podcasts suggests you listen to Prompting Spotify to play the most recent episode first Feedburner has added an engineer! The PRX Privacy summit was private! And a discussion about the Podcast Academy 35:17 PROMO 2: Tabs and Spaces Why so many peeps using VBR instead of CBR Looks like Spotify trailers are looking good! Why are all my episodes after 100 missing? A new Discoverability podcast survey 55:04 PROMO 3: Think Energy Apple Podcasts has crossed more than 900,000 podcasts! Mean and media numbers Geographic and user agents Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us feedback :) Where is Libsyn Going? (In Real Life) HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. If you dug this episode head on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE The Feed App for and (you can send feedback straight from within the app) Call 412 573 1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our ! /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/13518557

162 Scaring Clearnet Boomer Normies 02/25/2020

162 Scaring Clearnet Boomer Normies On this episode Apple hiring all kinds of positions, and you get the scoop, Spotify announced some podcasting cool updates on their app, Spotify says their podcast service is not a music distribution tool, and some are getting their show pulled, Audio Hijack vs eCamm Call Recorder, which one is better? Discussing The Podcast Academy + Golden Mic, Castro feedback, IAB vs unique download numbers and of course stats, this time, geographic and user agents. Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 3:27 Rob and Elsie conversation All kinds of job opportunities for Apple in podcasting! Spotify is now featuring trailers Spotify does not want you to use their podcast feature to bootleg music - not cool Wanna know what happens when Spotify removes your show for music copyright violation? We got you Does Spotify have a chance of becoming podcasting’s gatekeeper? 22:43 Audio Hijack vs eCamm Call Recorder, audio feedback from Ginger Campbell YouTube destination is working again! Discussing the Golden Mics and The Podcast Academy We got some Castro feedback! Media Monitors has a new podcast survey 45:26 1 star review from Jack! Audio feedback Getting Google home mini to play episodes by number Private podcasting solutions Matchmaker for finding podcast guests! 53:31CinemaVoz at Podfest, audio feedback from Hilda Thank you, from Gene 58:24 What is the difference between IAB stats and unique? 1:08:19 PROMO 3: Tomorrow’s Legend 1:08:51 Stats, stats, stats, geographic, user agents Where have we been? And where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us feedback :) Where is Libsyn Going? (In Real Life) HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. If you dug this episode head on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE The Feed App for and (you can send feedback straight from within the app) Call 412 573 1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our ! /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/13296737

161 No, That's Editing 02/11/2020

161 No, That's Editing Breaking down the Apple email in early February, where you should look for your Spotify stats, Castro’s new promoted podcasts feature! What are good download numbers after you launch? What does being at the top of the Apple Podcasts really mean? listens vs downloads, a really bad one star review, chatting about the IAB Privacy and Compliance Unit and of course stats! It’s mean and median number time! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 4:07 PROMO 1: Daily Detroit 4:36 Rob and Elsie conversation Oh goodie! An email from Apple! We have content! Show availability and content updates Spotify acquiring Ringer Tips on updating Spotify RSS set-up Elsie shares her love for Castro and the new promoted podcasts! Pay for Castro Premium - it will make Elsie happy Podcast Movement speaker submissions are open Congrats Podchaser How many downloads is a good number to have after launching? 34:42 PROMO 2: Active Travel Adventures podcast What does it take to get to the Apple Podcasts charts? How did Forbes get those revenue numbers for the top earning podcasts? Rob had another answer recommended by the Apple Podcasts team! More reputations points If you are not planning on using a service, don’t use their prefix Rob gets to brag about his upload speeds The worst 1 star review ever The worst phone call of the week And yet another JADA (Just Another Discovery Article) Least expensive/most accurate transcription service or software? Rob shares a great article about licensing music or lack thereof in podcasting Chatting about the IAB Privacy and Compliance Unit 1:09:46 PROMO 3: Narco Mindset Podcast Stats: mean and median number Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us feedback :) Where is Libsyn Going? (In Real Life) HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. If you dug this episode head on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE The Feed App for and (you can send feedback straight from within the app) Call 412 573 1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our ! /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/13108724

160 Seven Reputation Points and Lawsplaining 01/28/2020

160 Seven Reputation Points and Lawsplaining Apple creating podcasts to support their TV+ offerings, the Music Modernization Act, more into Google Podcasts and your podcast website, Rob’s new Facebook policies, DMCA takedown notices, geographic and user agent stats and we finish off with a discussion all about the whole Spotify is bigger than Apple Podcasts narrative out there! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 3:54 PROMO 1: Disney Chat With Pixie Dust Fan 4:21 Rob and Elsie Conversation Elsie is using a cool new app called TripMode Go Chiefs! Bloomberg says that Apple is discussing making original podcasts related to programs on TV+ A bit into Elsie’s post production We’re correcting something we said in the past episode about public domain recordings and we find out about the Music Modernization Act Do we have any suggestions on where one can look for podcasts that are looking for hosts? Trying to clarify more info on Google Podcasts and podcast websites Don’t use wav files for podcasting, use MP3s Rebranding a show and keeping the same feed Rob has a new policy about Facebook Rob got 7 reputation points from the Apple Podcast community from the Apple Team! 46:50 PROMO 2: CherryPickin’ The issues that arise when your podcast’s name is too basic Congrats Jim Harold! Worst Email of The Week and it’s all about DMCA takedown notices Yep, our stats are Libsyn only shows 59:26 PROMO 3: Hot Flashes and Cool Topics Stats: geographic and and user agent stats Spotify, Apple Podcasts and all those articles Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us feedback :) Where is Libsyn Going? (In Real Life) HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. If you dug this episode head on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE The Feed App for and (you can send feedback straight from within the app) Call 412 573 1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our ! /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/12911630

159 Ready For 2020? 01/14/2020

159 Ready For 2020? Elsie has a new toy (and she’d love your help with it,) updating your copyright, what’s available via public domain, not everyone is getting the Apple emails from Apple Podcasts, Google gives us some key insights into getting your podcast website ready for 2020, Spotify brings their own streaming ad insertion technology, how to manage new types of content on your podcast feed and what to do when you hit 300 podcasts, we got feedback on using the new MacBook Pros internal speakers, all kinds of predict the future posts about the podcasting industry, the worst email of the week and of course stats! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 2:20 PROMO 1: The Steaming Cup 2:43 Rob and Elsie Conversation Guess what Elsie got? And can she find a new workflow to podcast? Have you changed your copyright notice? It’s your yearly reminder Oh! New public domain works available for podcasters to use! With a few caveats Not everyone is getting the Apple emails related to Apple Podcasts Details from Google on optimizing your website for Google Podcasts Issues that some podcasters are concerned about because of Spotify bringing streaming ad insertion technology to the platform Want to ad a new type of content to your feed? How should you number it? 31:04 PROMO 2: Master Your Story 31:57 Stacey asks about what happens when you get more than 300 episodes into your show! Feedback on the MacBook Pros built in speakers and Rob’s AM sound Non-linked to commentary on the future of podcasting What are the rules on using clips from films on a podcast? What exactly is square artwork and it’s hip to be squared Why podcasting needs IAB v2 53:38 PROMO 3: Art Ink Stats! Mean and median! Rob shares his post from The Podcast Business Journal And where will be going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us feedback :) Where is Libsyn Going? (In Real Life) HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. If you dug this episode head on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE The Feed App for and (you can send feedback straight from within the app) Call 412 573 1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our ! /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/12732533

158 Prepends, Privacy and Raw Growth 12/23/2019

158 Prepends, Privacy and Raw Growth In this episode, listen to what the podcasting ready microphones of the new 2019 MacBook Pro sound like. And staying on that same topic, we discuss the mics we use and the processing workflow for the show. We also cover the latest Apple News including their new hire, plus the latest email sent out to podcasters. We answer and comment on a very interesting question what would be the impact and slowdown for indie podcasters if there’s an economic downturn? And lastly Rob dives into nuanced discussion about protecting the privacy of podcast listeners. And some fun stats about raw percentage growth… Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 3:09 PROMO 1: Dot To Dot 3:54 Rob and Elsie conversation Quick Star Wars chat - ZERO SPOILERS Call to KC podcasters for a panel at Planet Comicon! Our first email, we think that it’s a compliment ;) This is what we use to record the show plus our editing workflow Rob has a new MacBook Pro and he’s found out some stuff about Leveling his audio There is a new podcast app in town! We have not had a chance to test it out, will you? The most downloaded episodes of 2019 for The Feed and for Today in iOS More hires from Apple for their podcast business And podcasters got an email from Apple letting us know about Alexa, marketing podcasts and a holiday submission schedule 32:00 PROMO 2: All Aboard The Dream Train The father son podcasting microphone skit on SNL is true Thoughts on podcast advertising companies demanding podcasters move to the hosts that they want in order for them to work with them Podcasters can now qualify to win a pulitzer prize! MP3 vs M4A RadioPublic is now offering a PRO offering and it’s gorgeous! What should you do if there’s an economic downturn in podcasting? What if an ad agency gives you an ad that contains copyrighted music, what should you do? Worst email of the week! And it’s over 20! Inside Podcasting covers our new prepend within Libsyn Rob on privacy 1:05:05 PROMO 3: The Blacklist Exposed Stats! Raw growth! Where have we been? Elsie’s been on What Works, Rob’s been on Bloomberg Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us feedback :) Where is Libsyn Going? (In Real Life) HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. If you dug this episode head on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE The Feed App for and (you can send feedback straight from within the app) Call 412 573 1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our ! /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/12507401

157 I Stand For Pethics 12/11/2019

157 I Stand For Pethics Sending congrats and discussing Apple’s top podcasts of 2019, why podcasts are headed for disaster, pre-fixes on Libsyn, the coalition to expand RSS, mean and median stats and so much more, including soapboxes from both Rob and Elsie! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 2:43 PROMO 1: Night Work Pod 3:13 Rob and Elsie Conversation Oh man, when spaghetti at the wall doesn’t work, it sucks 8:06 Audio feedback about using Overcast to share audio clips via Kevin A new app that Elsie found with automatic transcriptions for video Congrats to Dave Ramsey and Joe Rogan There is something in common that these top podcasts have, we discuss Rob is getting a new computer and he needs to use a new program to level out his audio! Shout out from Tony from Sci-fi talk - thank you ♥ Are podcasts a disaster waiting to happen? New update to Libsyn! Podcasters will be able to add in a prefix to their show Rob Soapbox again, it’s all about privacy 32:48 Audio Feedback from Marc about time codes Discussing a podcasters lauded for his “stupid podcast” 39:43 PROMO 2: WW 1 Digger History Podcast Rob Greenlee and Todd Cochrane want to form a coalition to expand RSS Some things to look for when your show falls from the Apple Podcasts Have you made sure to distribute your show everywhere from within your Libsyn account? 47:49 PROMO 3: Gotham Variety Stats! Mean and median Where have we been: Podcast Movement Sessions and Inside Podcasting Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us feedback :) Where is Libsyn Going? (In Real Life) HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. If you dug this episode head on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE The Feed App for and (you can send feedback straight from within the app) Call 412 573 1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our ! /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/12365735

156 Spotify Passthrough Update and Other Things 11/24/2019

156 Spotify Passthrough Update and Other Things We discuss the Apple email sent in mid November, deconstructing the email that we (Libsyn) sent out to make sure you get all the must know info! BIG thoughts on how to use consumption rate data, demographic vs psychographic info, teaser promos, show notes vs blog posts and oh so much more! OH and of course stats stats stats, this time user agent and geographic! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 3:24 PROMO 1: Creatively Complicated Straight into discussing the Apple email sent out in mid November 14:47 The Libsyn Team sent out an email about the Spotify passthrough and we break down into a mass of details Should you still claim your podcast in Spotify? What to do with episode consumption rates 28:37Voicemail from Neil asking all sorts of questions about demographics, teaser promos and shownotes vs blog posts 38:40 PROMO 2: The MandaLore Rob discusses the new Macbook Pro with the fancy microphones What to use to share large files with your team Thoughts on Apple making some ‘podcasting’ content hires Worst email of the week 48:30 Voice feedback from Robin about Libsyn and accessibility BossJock Jr update A discussion about the Hollywood Reporter article on Spotify and podcasting Shout-out to Marco for mentioning us on ATP! 55:38 PROMO 3: In Clear Focus Stats! User agent and geographic Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us feedback :) Where is Libsyn Going? (In Real Life) HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. If you dug this episode head on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE The Feed App for and (you can send feedback straight from within the app) Call 412 573 1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our ! /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/12157652

155 The Issue Is Privacy And Podcasting With a Slice of Birthday Cake 11/10/2019

155 The Issue Is Privacy And Podcasting With a Slice of Birthday Cake We celebrate Libsyn’s 15th bday! Spotify stats passthrough update, more information on guests and hosts features in Apple Podcasts, as well as how to prepare for Apple Podcasts during our upcoming end of year season, a massive Rob soapbox on privacy in podcasting, tips on whether or not you should join a network, don’t have the rights to music? Watch out! Insider info on the new AirPods Pro and of course tons of stats discussion! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 2:51 PROMO 1: Forensic Inservice 3:20 Rob and Elsie Conversation What were Rob and Elsie doing 15 years ago? 7:19 Happy Birthday from Based On A True Story Transitioning from Spotify rehosting to pass through 11:48 Paul Colligan shares some insight into Apple Podcasts hosts and guest features 20:08 PROMO 2: Video Fuzzy It’s that time of year to prepare for Apple Podcasts holiday schedule! 24:41 Happy Birthday from Hope To Recharge Rob soap box about privacy in podcasting 32:33 Happy Birthday from the Bigg Success A bit of an update and explanation about Google Play Music and Google Podcasts Clarifying there is no way to ‘enable’ the option to have guest and host images featured in Apple Podcasts 37:37 Happy Birthday from Jim Harold from The Paranormal Podcast To join a network or not to join a network? 42:32 Happy Birthday from The Engineered Network PEX will now track music in Podcasts via the Podcast Business Journal 46:58 Happy Birthday from The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd Insight into Apple’s AirPods Pro from Rob! Stats from the CEO of Listen Notes 55:38 PROMO 3: Blind Luminations 56:09 Happy Birthday Fighting Through WW2 Stats, mean and median numbers for September through October Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us feedback :) Where is Libsyn Going? (In Real Life) HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. If you dug this episode head on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE The Feed App for and (you can send feedback straight from within the app) Call 412 573 1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our ! /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/11978039

154 Invite To Celebrate And Setting The Podcasting History Record Straight 10/27/2019

154 Invite To Celebrate And Setting The Podcasting History Record Straight Help us celebrate our 15th year anniversary! An invite to be part of our beta for our mobile publishing app (all details in the shownotes.) Apple research enhancements including discovering topics and people. PLUS, show and episode pages display images of hosts and guests. We break it down for you. Setting the podcasting historically narrative straight and an ad insertion technology history lesson. And the latest geographic, Spotify and user agent stats…plus of course a whole lot more! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 3:10 PROMO 1: Femcanic Garage 3:34 Rob and Elsie Conversation 4:44 Krystal has an invitation for you to be part of our mobile publishing app beta! Gotta listen for deets! We are celebrating our 15 year anniversary and we would love your help! Straight up Apple search enhancements that include the guest image specifications Guess where you will get access to all the new things necessary? In Podcasts Connect not your RSS feed. Sometimes your artwork affects Apple Podcasts Levelator does not work with Catalina and it may not ever work Industry news about Luminary 20:55 Promo 2: Causality Having two different streams of content published concurrently on one feed, thoughts on using Apple Podcasts using seasons, is it a good idea? A couple of tips on Apple Podcasts categories 26:55 The libsyn podcast page, and went to use it? A question from Roberto We have a free upcoming webinar all about podcast websites! Uploading an episode and only having it available for people with a link Is it still a download if someone just plays the audio from your website? Where have YOU been: local newspapers Making sure we set the history of podcasting right The history of ad insertion technology, for the record - and it all began in 2005 45:53 Promo 3: Your Money Your Wealth Stats, stats, stats! Geographic, Spotify, and user agent Where have we been! Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us feedback :) Where is Libsyn Going? (In Real Life) HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. If you dug this episode head on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE The Feed App for and (you can send feedback straight from within the app) Call 412 573 1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our ! /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/11798678

153 Talking About Religion and Politics 10/06/2019

153 Talking About Religion and Politics International Podcast Day recap and Libsyn’s latest Q3 growth results, the death of Podcoin, a great resource for recording remote episodes, podcasting words of wisdom for college students, how to count your subscribers, all kinds of new stuff from Spotify including playlists! Y’all seriously, so much more! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 2:48 PROMO 1: Threads From the National Tapestry 3:18 Rob and Elsie Conversation International Podcast Day and incredible Spanish speaking podcasters! Fantastic results for Libsyn Q3! Super cool data from Rob re: some top podcasts Podcoin is dead Pocketcasts is doing some great things What Mongobay Newscast does to get super great audio for their remote interviews A winner in the 2019 Podcast Awards Advice for college students about podcasting 20:53 Thoughts on Himalaya - audio feedback from Civilla Can you measure your subscribers? Update your RSS feed to your show on Spotify Podcast playlists on Spotify! Thoughts on the Descript app 39:53 PROMO 2: The Perfect Stool Downloads vs Streams discussion How long does it take to submit into Apple Podcasts? A now famous answer from Rob on Quora What to do with the 15% bottom half of your show artwork Worst email of the week! Oh! Best email of the week, and it’s a good one! 56:38 PROMO 3: Mr. Media Stats, stats, stats: mean and median numbers Where have we been! Where are we going! Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us feedback :) (apply apply apply!) Where is Libsyn Going? (In Real Life) HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. If you dug this episode head on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE The Feed App for and (you can send feedback straight from within the app) Call 412 573 1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our ! /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/11533136

152 Trademarking Taco Tuesday 09/15/2019

152 Trademarking Taco Tuesday Covering: trademarking Taco Tuesday, plagiarism revisited, remote interview tips, design best practices for your artwork in Apple Podcasts, sealing with explicit content, best practices for using copyrighted music, more insight into IAB vs Uniques, and a double whammy of stats, mean and median, user agent and geographic! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro! 1:35 Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Advent of Computing 6:34 How to get featured on the show! 8:01 Promo 1: the Inappropriate Traveler 8:31 Rob and Elsie Conversation What happens when someone files for a trademark of Taco Tuesday Amazing job opening in Arizona to work for Kim Komando! Plagarism revisited When having connection issues on Skype, what to do? Best designed practices for Apple Podcasts Do check Apple Podcasts to see if your podcast has updated, just not IMMEDIATELY after publishing 29:35 Promo 2: The Nik Ingersoll Show How do you post a trailer to your podcast feed When the nature of a podcast episode is explicit, do you mark it explicit? Do you want Elsie to create a shownotes tutorial? We got an awesome tweet shout-out! Why is Rob saying “run away, run away!” again? An app that has really awesome shownotes….and that’s it So, copyright music, how much can you get away with? An update on some goings on of the YouTube Libsyn destination 55:02* Where have you been from the Celtfather! Being sceptical of the Netflixes of podcasting Clarifying IAB stats and how they compare to Uniques ****1:06:56*** Promo 3: Are You Still Talking? 1:07:35 Stats, mean, median, geographic and user agents 1:23:39 Apple event re-cap Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us feedback :) Where is Libsyn Going? (In Real Life) HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. If you dug this episode head on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE The Feed App for and (you can send feedback straight from within the app) Call 412 573 1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our ! /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/11259230

151 Apple Podcasts Meta Data Best Practices and Are You Ready For Premium Content? 09/01/2019

151 Apple Podcasts Meta Data Best Practices and Are You Ready For Premium Content? We begin by addressing whether or not podcasting has a plagiarism problem, podcast hosts not providing a 301 redirect, when you are ready to start offering premium content, the latest RODEcaster Pro firmware update, getting your Spotify stats, Apple Podcasts metadata best practices, plus our recap of Podcast Movement! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary Plagairism and podcasting, is it a problem :( Kudos to Oprah Magazine for doing their homework Can one activate ID3 tags after an episode is published? What if your RSS feed description gives you issues? The long time issue of podcast hosts not offering 301 redirects Can a podcast be penalized for using click farms? Audio feedback from Neil Acast raising 25 million euro and what that means for building a profitable podcasting business When new companies pose privacy problems and are not GDPR or CCPA compliant When are you ready to start offering Premium content? Is there a benefit to being listed in a sub-category versus the general category in Apple Podcasts RØDECaster Pro Firmware Update! 2.0 baby! Where have you been? Alain Where have you been? Carey Is there a way for me to tell in the Libsyn stats how many are native subscribers versus the number that are being re-directed from an old feed? All kinds of details on how to use the Spotify for Podcasters dashboard Apple Podcasts meta data best practices Stats: breakdown of unique vs IAB certified stats Gene shares some amazind data with us! Podcast Movement 2019 recap Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us feedback :) Where is Libsyn Going? (In Real Life) HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. If you dug this episode head on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE The Feed App for and (you can send feedback straight from within the app) Call 412 573 1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our ! /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/11078726

150 Libsyn is IAB v2 Certified and Women In Podcasting Stats 08/19/2019

150 Libsyn is IAB v2 Certified and Women In Podcasting Stats This is special show, recorded right before Podcast Movement 2019 on August 11, featuring not only my awesome co-host Rob Walch VP of Podcaster Relations at Libsyn, but also, Rob Greenlee VP of Podcasting Partnerships and Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting and also part of our awesome support team! We cover the big news released last week that Libsyn is IAB 2. 0 compliant aka we are certified! Some fantastic Google Podcasts updates , an interesting study from Coleman Insights, leaving Apple Podcasts because of negative ratings, women podcasting stats, plus of course our latest user agent and geographic stats! You will not wanna miss this! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary Special intro with Elsie and her daughter The Rob, Rob, Dave and Elsie conversation Libsyn is IAB v2 certified! And what exactly does that mean? Entercom buys Pineapple Street Media and Cadence 13 and what that means to podcasters Google Podcasts updates directly from the Google Team! A very interesting study from Coleman Insights Can you record a Skype conversation from your iPhone? Folks we need help! The Top 7 Creative Business Podcasts You Should Listen to Right Now There is a difference between your feed categories and Apple Podcasts categories, we clarify a bit So who is the oldest podcaster out there? Jen Briney from Congressional Dish was on C-SPAN! Do negative ratings affect your ranking on Apple Podcasts? You will be surprised by the answer! Rob’s worst email of the week Geographic stats! Country Spotify stats! User agent stats! During our where have we been segment Rob reveals some incredible stats about women in podcasting Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us feedback :) Where is Libsyn Going? (In Real Life) HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. If you dug this episode head on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE The Feed App for and (you can send feedback straight from within the app) Call 412 573 1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our ! /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/10919455

149 Your Mic Is A Lifestyle Choice 08/04/2019

148 New Apple Podcasts Categories and Link Bait Galore 07/28/2019

148 New Apple Podcasts Categories and Link Bait Galore Everything that you know about the new updated Apple Podcasts categories! And how to update yours NOW on the Libsyn interface. Also covering that story from Bloomberg about Apple Podcasts exclusive content strategy and the plethora of derivative articles that spun and spun it, the Onion like article on podcasting by the NYTimes, discussing how the beauty of podcasting is creating a show that is exactly how you want it to be, and stats, this time centering on all the geographic and user agent data, plus plenty of other wonderful and helpful podcasting tips… Mostly inspired by you and your feedback! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro & how you can be featured by Libsyn! 4:09 PROMO 1: The Rideshare Guy 4:42 Rob and Elsie Conversation 6:30 Apple Podcasts updated their categories and how to update them on Libsyn 10:44 That Bloomberg article about the rumor Apple is looking to create exclusive content What Elsie and Rob think is happening with Apple’s alleged podcasting strategy 16:05 There was an INC article furthering the misguided narrative that Apple has done nothing for podcasting 21:18 PROMO 2: Southern Gothic 21:52 There was an Onion piece that accidentally was published in the NY Times about podcasting and Elsie and Rob have thoughts 23:10 When the term podfading began, in 2005 27:56 Peter asks about episode artwork help Pandora only has podcasts on the mobile app, not on the desktop 33:18 Making sure that episodes on Apple Podcasts show up at the exact time that sponsors want Audio promo tips 41:00 Follow up tip for mobile podcasting using the Tascam DR10L with lavs via Dave Creating category custom players for your show! Did we spoil a TV show? Will we make The Feed 24 minutes long? How to circumvent the problem of hitting number 300 55:12 Liz from Ben Franklin’s World toured the Libsyn office and shared her insights Someone did use the NASA audio and images that we mentioned in the last episode! Listen Notes CEO Wenbin shared some cool tip about transcriptions and Listen Notes A podcaster featured on C-SPAN Radio! 1:02:30 PROMO 3: UNAPOLOGETICALLY DIFFERENT 1:05:35 Stats, stats, stats! Geographic and user agent 1:10:58 Where have we been? 1:14:44 Elsie’s new show Sobre Podcasting 1:18:06 Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us feedback :) Where is Libsyn Going? (In Real Life) HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. If you dug this episode head on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE The Feed App for and (you can send feedback straight from within the app) Call 412 573 1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our ! /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/10683680

147 Exciting Optimus Prime 07/14/2019

147 Exciting Optimus Prime This episode dives into an incremental simplifying release to Libsyn, Spotify allowing direct access to their Spotify-specific performance stats, follow up on wireless recording with the Zoom H6, handling bonus episode numbering, recording quality tips, random podcasts dot com, the fastest podcast hosts and finally mean and median number stats! And there is a lot more in between, so yes, this is a jammed packed one. Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro & how you can be featured by Libsyn! 2:37 PROMO 1: Two Are Gathered In Leadership 4:02 Elsie and Rob Conversation Rob has some feedback for Stranger Things 3 and Amazon Prime Day We have a simplifyng easy release to the Libsyn interface! Spotify feature that allows individual creators to have more direct access to their Spotify-specific performance statistics 25:51 PROMO 2: Two Are Gathered In Leadership People do care about privacy, so watch out podcast businesses based on taking advantage of listeners podcasters What’s the difference between PandoraRSSCrawler and Pandora as a user agent? A better solution available than spending $700 or so on a pro-grade wireless mic system 33:32 AUDIO FEEDBACK about how to number bonus episode numbers on your feed Yes, the description field is going away from iTunes and the Apple Podcasts app You should clear out anything that is in the Summary section as it will be depricated soon Elsie shares some tips on how to continue to write a summary of your episodes and use it for your marketing A rant about excited Covering a bit about recording quality Podcasts appearing in the wrong order in iTunes and how to fix that iTunes not showing all 300 episodes of your show When the audio player is pre-loading 56:57 Why did you leave us segment A tool for discovering new podcasts called Random Podcasts dot Com Wondery received $10 million more in VC funding Podimo raised 6 Million Euros as well Tips for getting your local podcasting group started Why Elsie is a little bit excited about the Bullet App 1:19:07 PROMO 3: Pop Culturally Deprived STATS: Mean and median numbers Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us feedback :) Where is Libsyn Going? (In Real Life) HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. If you dug this episode head on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE The Feed App for and (you can send feedback straight from within the app) Call 412 573 1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our ! /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/10514945

146 Podcasting, Privacy and When To Fire Your Podcasting Agency 06/24/2019

146 Podcasting, Privacy and When To Fire Your Podcasting Agency This episode has follow up on the Apple category announcements and when you can expect to be able to update them, Spotify adding ads to podcasts, NASA makes their entire library copyright free! Using an H6 and a wireless mic, when you need to fire your podcasting agency, Rob soapbox! Privacy vs podcasting! And of course stats! This time it’s all about user agents, and geographic data! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro & how you can be featured by Libsyn! 2:37 PROMO 1: Licensed To Live 3:10 Elsie and Rob Conversation The story of when the roof caved in during the Elsie and Krystal webinar Apple Announcements at WWDC 2019 follow up focusing on when the category changes will happen and what to expect Apple, yet again, cracking down on podcasts that are key word stuffing titles and author tags 11:20 iTunes disappearing is a good thing! Voice feedback from Michael Spotify started putting some ads in front of some podcasts What it takes for your show to advertise on Spotify NASA makes entire media library available copyright free! Apple is once again changing things and it’s affecting podcast rankings Need your help! Using a Zoom H6 with a wireless microphone Omny was just purchased by Triton Digital Where have YOU been? Worst email of the week New and noteworthy is not a thing, really, it’s not 36:57 Why did you leave us, because of a flakey co-host 38:54 PROMO 2: Professor Slots There is no such thing as AIB Compliant, mind Rob soapbox Podcasting and privacy 53:30 PROMO 3: Monster Slots Stats: geographic and user agents Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us feedback :) Where is Libsyn Going? (In Real Life) HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. If you dug this episode head on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE The Feed App for and (you can send feedback straight from within the app) Call 412 573 1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our ! /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/10259453

145 WWDC 2019, Apple Category Changes and iTunes No More? 06/09/2019

145 WWDC 2019, Apple Category Changes and iTunes No More? Starting with WWDC 2019 and the big news that iTunes will never be the same to Apple’s latest email letting all podcasters know that all podcast categories will be changing and exactly how that affects podcasters. We don’t only keep it to Apple, we share the latest podcasting insight from Google I/O last month and so much more! Including the latest mean and median download number stats so that you can get some clear metrics to know where you and your show stand. Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :07 Intro & how you can be featured by Libsyn! 2:42 PROMO 1: Arm Cast 3:08 Elsie and Rob Conversation Elsie’s using a new mic! WWDC redux all about podcasting via Rob Walch: iTunes is not being killed off with a flip of a switch iTunes specific questions from the community! The email from Apple that went to podcasters The email from Apple that went to podcast hosts Passing along Google podcasting news from Google I/O 44:36 PROMO 2: Dear Strategy A question about an app that could check Libsyn stats Have you submitted your show to RADIO.COM ? 47:36 AUDIO FEEDBACK from Kevin about using the new Overcast clip feature Follow up on audio clips and Castro’s new release of sharing audio clips Question about setting up multiple destinations for YouTube The 14th annual People’s Podcast Awards are open! Transcripts strategy talk Streamlining what website pops up when searching Google for your podcast Competitors claiming they have apps when really, they don’t Where have YOU been? Jennifer has been on TV! IAB advertising numbers and what they have to do with a sliver of pepperoni Rob has an article about podcasting and privacy, have you read it? We’d love your feedback! 1:08:10 PROMO 3: Scifi Talk Stats, stats, stats! Mean and median Featured Podcast Promos + Audio Thank you to Nick from for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us feedback :) Where is Libsyn Going? (In Real Life) HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. If you dug this episode head on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE The Feed App for and (you can send feedback straight from within the app) Call 412 573 1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our ! /episode/index/show/thefeed/id/10100807

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