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On this episode, 4 ways to optimize your request for Apple Podcasts promotion! A Rob soapbox like you’ve never head before! Best practices for opening each episode, the optimal way to treat mouth noises, a bit on chapter marks, the Podcast Hall of Fame is back, geographic stats and the latest acquisitions in podcasting! SIGN UP FOR OUR WEBINAR ALL ABOUT LAUNCHING YOUR PODCAST! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe! We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:36 PROMO 1: The Uncanny Robot 4:04Rob and Elsie conversation A soapbox about censorship – it is an art piece 😏 5:35A play by play on what Apple Podcasts needs to feature your show! Wanting to be featured is never a reason to be featured 30:51 PROMO 2: Midlife Moxie The Ambies has announced their nominees! 32:18 The best practices in podcast openings 34:20 Mouth noises feedback via Steve Stewart 37:11 Apple Podcasts and chapter marks It looks like Facebook Groups now have audio groups kind of like Clubhouse and Twitter Spaces! An amazing charity live stream from the Trek Geeks The Podcast Hall of Fame Inductees have been announced! Sending an embed code link to a webmaster without having to refresh every episode A podcasting competition from Vanderbilt University The reality of getting a large share of the podcast market 54:07 PROMO 3: Mongabay Explores 55:10 Stats: geographic! Where have we been, where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Uncanny Robot PROMO 2: Midlife Moxie PROMO 3: Mongabay Explores Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Four ways to optimize your request for Apple Podcasts promotion Apple Podcasts Promotion Request - form Spotify snaps up podcast measurement and analytics firms Podsights and Chartable Awards: Washington Post’s ‘Post Reports’ Podcast Leads With 4 Nominations RX 9 The industry standard for audio repair Using chapters on Apple Podcasts Twila Dang from Matriarch Digital Media Podcast Movement & Presenting Sponsor Libsyn Reveal the 2022 Podcast Hall of Fame Inductees Excellence in Podcasting Competition underway; students invited to submit applications by April 1 WEBINAR: Launching your podcast in 2022 HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Feed wherever you listen to audio! → Follow via Apple Podcasts → Follow via Google Podcasts → Follow via Spotify → Here’s our RSS feed! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for iOS and Android Call 412–573–1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our Speakpipe Page

Starting off with thoughts on to the JRE/Spotify things, Libsyn has a new Chief Product Officer! Tips on being on mic, question on removing mouth noises, and boy do we go into the weeds into all kinds of tech gear. Responding to the New Libsyn feedback, HBO Max has podcasts, mean and median download stats and so much more! Get signed up for our webinar all about Launching Your Podcast in 2022! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe! We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:06 PROMO 1: Toward A Better Life 3:34 Rob and Elsie conversation The story that has dominated podcasting for the past 2 weeks! You can now find The Feed if you search for it in Apple Podcasts. Finally! What you need to consider as you design your artwork Libsyn has a new Chief Product Officer Troubleshooting audio and microphone issues Anybody has good workflows for removing mouth noises? How to automate sharing the latest podcast episode across multiple websites 29:33 PROMO 2: Shame Piñata Teleprompters, Ecamm Live, Sony ZV-E10, and all the workflows Elsie is currently using pretty awesome headphones, Shure SRH440A Libsyn 5 Feedback Big congrats to celebrating a 400th episode! Anyone else out there? Shout-out The Language of Bromance The best affiliate code ever, and how to sign up for our affiliate program! 47:06 Audio Feedback about our TikTok webinar! Should you have more than 1 YouTube Channels? Google Podcasts has started to send you exactly how many plays you have on that platform HBO Max has podcasts! 57:47 PROMO 3: Outdoor Biz Podcast 58:52 Stats! Mean and median numbers Where have we been and where are we going! Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Toward A Better Life PROMO 2: Shame Piñata PROMO 3: Outdoor Biz Podcast James from The Clean Energy Show Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Podcast Hosting Giant Libsyn Announces New President & Chief Product Officer Glide Gear TMP100 Ecamm Live Sony ZV-E10 Teleprompter Premium FREE Teleprompter software Camlink Sigma 16mm F1.4 Shure SRH440A Liberated Syndication Reports January Podcast Advertising Rates Podcast Advertising Rates from Advertisecast February Webinar! Launching Your Podcast in 2022: What You Need To Know The TikTok Webinar Welcome to Libsyn Webinar HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Feed wherever you listen to audio! → Follow via Apple Podcasts → Follow via Google Podcasts → Follow via Spotify → Here’s our RSS feed! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for iOS and Android Call 412–573–1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our Speakpipe Page

All the deets of the New Libsyn release, including, dark mode, text snippets and OMGosh social media publishing, where did the Apple summary tag go? Video gear updates, Podcash, how to get the best audience stats, geographic and user agent stats! Sign up for our New Libsyn Webinar! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe! We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:54 PROMO 1: Use of Force 3:23 Rob and Elsie conversation The snow came! And did all kinds of things! 7:03 The New Libsyn! What we released! No new user name or password need and there are no additional fees If you need to go back, you can by logging in to Libsyn 4 Dark mode! Canva integration! Text snippets! Fancy stats! The player! 18:46 the new social media publishing 26:28 Supporting the Podcast 2.0 Namespace through the locked tag Permalink, and podcast page updates 32:05 sign up page updates! No. More. Slugs. 34:44 The Apple Summary field was removed and why More advertising tools added to Libsyn 5 37:14 Elsie’s turning 50 and she’s buying video gear to celebrate Talking about Podcash and what do folks have to do when they win? 45:34 Promo 2: The Strokecast 46:19 Where can one get the best listener downloads? Breaking down server side and client side stats 49:06 Where can we find the Instagram Reels webinar (and all the other ones?) Best practices for adding meta data for guests on your podcast Looking back to stats, and why there aren’t IAB stats before July 2019? 55:32 Promo 3: Educational Duct Tape Podcast 56:05 Stats: Geographic and user agent Facebook responds to pre-loading and IAB stats Where have we been and where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Use of Force PROMO 2: Strokecast PROMO 3: Educational Duct Tape Podcast Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Welcome To The New Libsyn If you want Libsyn 4, go here and bookmark! Four.libsyn.com Sony Alpha ZV-E10 eCamm Live TMP100 Podcash [The Reels Webinar]((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiDtRPnpHJA&t=1s) Follow Libsyn on Crowdcast for all upcoming webinars The Libsyn YouTube Channel - subscribe! TikTok and growing your podcast webinar Welcome to the New Libsyn Webinar HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Feed wherever you listen to audio! → Follow via Apple Podcasts → Follow via Google Podcasts → Follow via Spotify → Here’s our RSS feed! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for iOS and Android Call 412–573–1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our Speakpipe Page

New public domain work, more podcasting acquisitions, adding video or not to your podcasting workflow, we have an affiliate program, yas! What you need to start a podcast in 2022, the power of host read ads, ad insertion best practices, from promo codes to insertion points, and of course stats! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe! We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:34 PROMO 1: The Fluent Show 4:06 Rob and Elsie conversation It’s a new year! And Rob gives us the scoop on his 19th calendar year as an indie podcaster Have you changed your copyright field yet? New public domain works Captivate was acquired by Global at the end of 2021 and Whooshkaa was acquired by Spotify 12:33 AUDIO FEEDBACK - Creating video to support your podcast, it’s sucking the joy out! Thoughts on adding video production to your current audio podcast, is it worth it? Japanese language podcast and YouTube - tags fail to send over, why? We have an affiliate program! Yas! 21:20 PROMO 2: Video Fuzzy What do you need to Start a Podcast in 2022? Host read ads are not gone and are very much available for advertisers in our space! The Libsyn Blog has been very active with all the recaps for 2021 Rob’s tip on purposely customizing your show’s background color 30:11 AUDIO FEEDBACK: Carey Green and some extra audio files? Best practices for publishing archived episodes for the holidays Would it be better to release every other week all year round or take off more time at the beginning or end of the year? Spotify and Google Podcasts currently do not support video files - MP4 files will not show up there Ad insertion best practices, from promo codes to insertion points Is it best to promote the entire podcast, a series or an episode? Advertisecast team reported their monthly Podcast Advertising Rates 48:18 PROMO 3: The Unstarving Musician 49:02 Stats! Mean and Median Where have we been and where are we going! Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: The Fluent Show PROMO 2: Video Fuzzy’s 78th installment PROMO 3: Unstarving Musician Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Public Domain Date Ten Notable Pre–1923 Recordings The National Jukebox List of Books in the public domain for 1926 Become a Libsyn Affiliate Don’t Bid Farewell to Podcast Promo Codes Quite Yet Libsyn’s 2021 Year in Review The Feed 2021 Recap and Look Back A Big Call-Out to The Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts of 2021! Apple Podcasts Tips: Customize Your Show Artwork Advertisecast Advertising Rates Rob on the Outdoor Biz Podcast Rob on Mind of A Mentor Super Podcast Growth Hacks for TikTok! HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Feed wherever you listen to audio! → Follow via Apple Podcasts → Follow via Google Podcasts → Follow via Spotify → Here’s our RSS feed! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for iOS and Android Call 412–573–1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our Speakpipe Page

Testing Audio Hijack to record everything, streamlining creating chapter marks for your MP3 easily, discussion of our “way back” podcasting gear, dealing with a massive tech fail, all time download stats vs episode stats, browser stats vs podcast app stats and which ones are the most important, and MORE stats! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe! We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:56 PROMO 1: Fighting Through WW2 4:38 Rob and Elsie conversation Will Rob test out Audio Hijack during the holiday season? A very interesting way to get some possible ears on your podcast - viral tweet? Breaking down testing a video podcasting strategy More insight into Forecast, MP3s and adding markers to create instant chapter marks! Salesforce+ and Pivot The Podcast Academy is looking for applicants to their Board of Governors A bit of a rememberance of our very first podcasting gear Reminder about holiday shut-downs All time podcast stats vs episode stats, which one is more important with the bonus of how to easily get them from Libsyn 5 Squadcast is having a scavenger hunt! Elsie shares a harrowing story from SPL, how they dealt with it and what tools they used 49:19 PROMO 2: Childless Not By Choice Chrome stats aka browser stats vs podcast app download stats Advertisecast team reported their monthly Podcast Advertising Rates 55:52 PROMO 3: The MandaLore Stats: all of them! Mean, median and geographic Where have we been and where are we going Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Fighting Through WW2 PROMO 2: Childless Not By Choice PROMO 3: The MandaLore Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Rogue Amoeba CEO Paul Kafasis discusses Audio Hijack, Fission, and Audio on the MAC: Part 1 Paul Kafasis on Farrago, Loopback, and creative uses for Rogue Amoeba’s products: Part 2 End Times tweet Forecast Pivot to Video—Vox Media Brings Its Podcast to Salesforce+ Board of Governors Job Description 2022 The Podcast Academy Board of Governor’s Application Podcasting Equipment Wish List Squadcast Scavenger Hunt Podcast Advertising Rates 2021 HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Feed wherever you listen to audio! → Follow via Apple Podcasts → Follow via Google Podcasts → Follow via Spotify → Here’s our RSS feed! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for iOS and Android Call 412–573–1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our Speakpipe Page

Libsyn Board of Directors updates, Apple Podcasts feed refresh and new marketing tools, it’s awards season for podcasting, more on the chapter mark discussion, the latest on Clubhouse, geographic and user agent stats and so many other bits of podcasting knowledge! TIME-SENSITIVE CONTENT SIGN UP BY DECEMBER 5 FOR THIS SOCIAL PROMOTIONAL TOOLS BETA PROJECT! Plan your Podcast with me! Meet-up Libsyn Holiday Game Afternoon SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 4:07 PROMO 1: Based on a True Story 4:33 Rob and Elsie conversation And you thought we had a bunch of press releases last time! Samsung! Patrick Dolan is now part of the Board of Directors Brian Kirby is new Chairman of the Board The Apple Podcasts Team went sent an email about RSS Feed Refresh and new tools for creators Holiday hours for Libsyn Support! Golden Crane and Ambies nominations are open Is it possible to embed a web player into an email? Some tips for optimizing your podcast in Apple Podcasts search 31:10 PROMO 2: Plant Based Briefing Do you have to put your podcast on all the platforms? You can add chapters to an MP3 Talking about Clubhouse Shout-out to Hearts of Dulcimer 50:54 PROMO 3: The A & P Professor 51:30 Stats: geographic and user agents Where have we been and where are we going Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Based on a True Story PROMO 2: Plant Based Briefing PROMO 3: The A & P Professor Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Notion Liberated Syndication Announces Launch of Distribution Partnership with Samsung to Bring Its Podcasts to Samsung Galaxy Devices Liberated Syndication Announces Patrick Dolan Appointed to Board of Directors Liberated Syndication Appoints Brian Kibby as Chairman of the Board of Directors Apple Podcasts Shares Tips On Growing Your Podcast Promote Your Podcast: Apple Podcasts Resources Rob on Twitter promoting with the new Apple Podcasts tools Libsyn Holiday Support Hours Apply to the Golden Crane Awards Apply to the Ambies Podcast Awards Clubhouse is more exclusive than ever, no one is on it Hearts of Dulcimer Plan your Podcast with me! Meet-up Libsyn Holiday Game Afternoon HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Feed wherever you listen to audio! → Follow via Apple Podcasts → Follow via Google Podcasts → Follow via Spotify → Here’s our RSS feed! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for iOS and Android Call 412–573–1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our Speakpipe Page

Libsyn has a new CEO! Are Google Podcasts moving to YouTube Podcasts? What’s changed regarding automatic downloads with iOS 14.5 or later, video podcast insights! Tips for remaining anonymous doing your podcast and some super surprising numbers for our mean and median download stat numbers! SIGN UP FOR OUR WEBINAR: IG Reels: Content Creation and Metrics for Podcasters Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe! We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:22 PROMO 1: 3:48 Rob and Elsie conversation Pretty busy week for PR coming from Libsyn New CEO! PODGO acquisition! Advertisecast CPM for October! Someone got Rob’s reference from episode 205 - Elsie still has no idea what it is Is Google Podcasts moving to YouTube podcasts? We got the answer from the source What exactly has changed regarding automatic downloads with iOS 14.5 or later Thoughts on chapter and graphics added to an episode audio file 22:42 PROMO 2: The Business Side Of Music Elsie corrects herself and gives appropriate credit About sharing your Apple ID with a 3rd party service Ah yes, The FB source HTML issues in my show notes! VBR strikes again How can a podcaster remain anonymous? 50:26 PROMO 3: Legends From The Pacific 51:08 Stats: mean and median Where have we been Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Video Fuzzy PROMO 2: Business Side of Music PROMO 3: Legends From The Pacific Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Liberated Syndication Announces Bradley Tirpak as CEO Liberated Syndication Announces Acquisition of PODGO Liberated Syndication Reports October Podcast Advertising Rates Tae’s podcasts: here and here IG Reels: Content Creation and Metrics for Podcasters HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Feed wherever you listen to audio! → Follow via Apple Podcasts → Follow via Google Podcasts → Follow via Spotify → Here’s our RSS feed! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for iOS and Android Call 412–573–1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our Speakpipe Page

A summary of the latest Apple event and theMacBook Pro M1 Pro and M1 Max, recap of She Podcasts Live, Instagram updates for podcasters, video podcasting facts, searching in Apple Podcasts - again, bonus stats, focusing on your questions! Of course much, much more! It’s time for Afros & Audio! Sign up! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe! We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE! Quick Episode Summary Intro Rob and Elsie conversation Welcome back, Elsie! Will Rob we buying a new MacBook Pro M1? And more Apple discussion She Podcasts Live feedback On social media news, you can now add a link to your Instagram Stories! If you are launching a podcast soon or for one of your clients, you need to submit your show by around December 13 Video and Spotify Podcast apps that support video You can podcast without electricity Keywords What exactly is searchable in podcasts in Apple Podcasts? Mort Sahl passed at the age of 94 - our condolences When a podcast stops playing when the computer falls asleep STATS! Bonus Total 30 day downloads vs 30 day episode downloads Clicks vs downloads Where have we been? Where are we going? Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Instagram’s link stickers are rolling out to everyone Play More Pods Spotify opens access to video podcast publishing to Anchor creators Some Tips on Content Creation and File Preparation Elsie’s IG Highlight: She Podcasts Live Part 1 Elsie’s IG Highlight: She Podcasts Live Part 2 Podcast Apps that Support Video Podcasts Tips for Podcasting With Unreliable Electricity Mort Sahl on the Carson Podcast Media Usage Distribution in the Top 1 Million Sites What Websites Are Using to Push Out Audio, Video How a Pittsburgh company helped make Joe Rogan the king of all podcasters How a Female-Focused Podcast Community Grew to 20,000 Members Where Libsyn is going Afros & Audio Podcast Movement Evolutions HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Feed wherever you listen to audio! → Follow via Apple Podcasts → Follow via Google Podcasts → Follow via Spotify → Here’s our RSS feed! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for iOS and Android Call 412–573–1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our Speakpipe Page

Covering all the new Spotify Exclusives, Libsyn 4 vs Libsyn 5, Squid Games and what it has to do with podcasting, advice on changing your show name and coming back from a long hiatus, the X-fronts are almost here! And of course stats, this time covering geographic and user agents. Sign up for Dave's webinar all about Apple Podcasts Connect! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe! We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 02:54 PROMO 1: The Language of Bromance 03:33 Rob and Dave conversation More podcast exclusive news for Spotify! Last Podcast on The Left Oh! Gimlet’s Heavyweight as well! Spotify will closed for a wellness week and what you need to know if you want your show into Spotify 08:11 You can use both Libsyn 4 and Libsyn 5, they are not exclusive: snippets, Canva and oh so much more SQUID GAMES talk and how it applies to podcasting The X-fronts! And Libsyn / Advertisecast are the Presenting Sponsor Welcome Jonathan Charak, our new CFO Changing your podcast name and what you should consider before you do it Top strategy of what to do when you come back to podcasting after a long break 26:18 PROMO 2: Based on a True Story Stats spike, what’s going on? Facebook Podcasts sends a bit of info into all the deets about podcasts on Facebook Creative ways to market your podcast at launch 38:09 What is the definition of success for your podcast? 39:43 The worst email of the week, and i’ts about monetization Why did they leave us? The latest CPM rates from Advertisecast 47:47 audio feedback about the Paris Podcast Conference How you can best represent your podcast numbers 53:19 PROMO 3: Making Conversations Count 53:56 Stats: geographic and user agent! Where have we been? And where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1:The Language of Bromance PROMO 2: Based on a True Story PROMO 3:Making Conversations Count Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Spotify is closed Nov. 1–5 to give employees a “Wellness Week” and what that means for you “Squid Game” becomes Netflix’s biggest series launch with “111 million fans” The X-Fronts PR Announcing new Libsyn CFO Jonathan Charak How to Successfully Take a Break From and Come Back To Your Podcast Podcasts on Facebook Quick Start Guide Liberated Syndication Reports September Podcast Advertising Rates Rob Walch: Putting Podcast Into Perspective Spotlight: Women in Podcasting – Kathleen Russo, Elsie Escobar & Espree Devora Get your tickets for Podfest Origins!!! Podcast Movement Evolutions Apple Podcasts Connect with Dave Jackson Podcast Conferences and Libsyn → Podfest Origins → Afros & Audio Get 20% off using coupon code AFAULIBSYN21 → Podcast Movement Evolutions HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Feed wherever you listen to audio! → Follow via Apple Podcasts → Follow via Google Podcasts → Follow via Spotify → Here’s our RSS feed! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for iOS and Android Call 412–573–1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our Speakpipe Page

The Shure MV7x, new Apple hardware, when feed tags and categories are useful, YouTube benefits for podcasters, troubleshooting RSS feeds on Google Podcasts, linking to an MP3 vs not, and mean and median download stats! Of course much, much more!!! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe! We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:55 PROMO 1: Remake This Movie Right 4:28 Rob and Elsie conversation Elsie is using the newly released Shure MV7x! Get the scoop all about it! Breakdown of the new Apple hardware: iPhone 13s and iPad Mini Apple Podcasts tip slash trick for background color customization per show basis In some apps the keyword/category tags are useful - example Player.FM Troubleshooting when your podcast’s RSS feed has stopped updating on Google Podcasts Elsie breaks down how she created a special networking workshop for September How to add the episode number to your episode so that it doesn’t duplicate in Podcast Apps (a Libsyn tip) The only murders in the building podcast update! What are the benefits of having a YouTube an up to date channel? Is there a search benefit? 55:46 PROMO 2: Night Owl Theater Linking to an MP3 when sharing an episode or not? (Libsyn tip) Why and how to change RSS feed from Apple Podcasts A discussion about Spotify and Apple Podcasts again 1:24:22 PROMO 3: Dharmic Evolution 1:24:52 Stats! Mean and median numbers! Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Remake This Movie Right PROMO 2: Night Owl Theater PROMO 3: Dharmic Evolution Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! International Podcast Day Get your She Podcasts Live Virtual Ticket! Shure MV7x The She Podcasts episode featuring Elsie’s child! 332 Goats and Reels [Setting up cross-posting to YouTube from Libsyn](https://support.libsyn.com/knowledgebase/youtube/](https://support.libsyn.com/knowledgebase/youtube/) Inside Podcasting Podcast Business Journal Podfest Messenger Spotify podcast listener numbers will surpass Apple’s this year Global podcast growth and trends from Omny Studio Elsie on Between Two Mics Episode 30. SPECIAL EDITION: Podcast pioneer Elsie Escobar Where Libsyn is going She Podcasts Live! Afros & Audio Podcast Movement Evolutions HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Feed wherever you listen to audio! → Follow via Apple Podcasts → Follow via Google Podcasts → Follow via Spotify → Here’s our RSS feed! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for iOS and Android Call 412–573–1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our Speakpipe Page

Get the scoop on data on CPMs from Advertisecast, workflows for publishing back catalogue to YouTube, what stats you can expect from Facebook Podcasts, tool talk on good quality XLR cables and monitoring headphones and of course we have stats, geographic and user agent! Meet-up! Spots are limited: Podcast Planning: Reach Your 2021 Year-End Goals Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe! We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:52 PROMO 1: Yoga With Clara 3:24 Rob and Elsie conversation Quick catch up  7:35 Audio feedback from Michael Some words from Rob Apple had a September event! What does that mean for podcasters? Condolences to Norm MacDonald’s family and loved ones Advertisecast released some numbers about average prices for CPM’s in the industry Is there a way to bulk upload a podcast back catalogue to YouTube Google is only showing the latest 500 episodes, how can I fix this? Congratulations to Chris Hill and the Motley Fool Money team for hitting 2000 episodes for more than one podcast! NAB was cancelled Clarifying what shows up in your download stats from Facebook: there is a difference between cross-posting via Libsyn and the native Facebook podcast support Seems like there are some delays with podcasts updating in Facebook podcasts 31:05 PROMO 2: Audio Fuzzy Hot Pod was acquired by Vox Media! A tip on some not cheap monitoring headphones What are some good quality XLR cables? Folks! YouTube has a podcast! Samsung Free is expanding to more countries Where were YOU? The Mandalore podcast was at the Calgary Expo 48:30 PROMO 3: B Squad Hotrod 49:00 Stats: Geographic and User Agent Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Yoga With Clara PROMO 2: Audio Fuzzy PROMO 3: B Squad Hotrod Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! The September Apple Event 2021 Liberated Syndication Reports August Podcast Advertising Rates Repost: Norm Macdonald from 2011] The Verge enters agreement to acquire Hot Pod 1 Foot - AES/EBU Digital Audio Cable CUSTOM MADE By WORLDS BEST CABLES – using Mogami 3080 wire and Neutrik NC3MXX-B & NC3FXX-B Gold XLR Plugs YouTube Launches First Podcast, Exploring How Online Creators Have Found Success Watch the Latino Podcast (non) Listener Report Meet-up! Spots are limited: Podcast Planning: Reach Your 2021 Year-End Goals Where Libsyn is going She Podcasts Live! Afros & Audio Podcast Movement Evolutions HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Feed wherever you listen to audio! → Follow via Apple Podcasts → Follow via Google Podcasts → Follow via Spotify → Here’s our RSS feed! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for iOS and Android Call 412–573–1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our Speakpipe Page

On this episode you’ll get the scoop on exactly where GGTOTDTY came from, how to get a network on Apple Podcasts, changes coming to YouTube, the Google Podcasts update, how to make your influence go down, the upcoming Latino Podcasts Non-Listener report, what kind of stats should you expect to get from your show and of course that takes us into the mean and median download stats! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message on Speakpipe! We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:39 PROMO 1: Tomorrow’s Legends 3:18 Rob and Elsie conversation Recounting exactly where GGTOTDY came from! Thank you Matt! Rob shares his thoughts about Only Murders in the Building and podcasting Why someone can’t find their network in Apple Podcasts, only individual shows Some changes coming to YouTube that might affect podcasters Google Podcasts has rolled out and update! 19:50 PROMO 2: Jack Russell Parents Rob is looking for podcasts hosted on Libsyn to submit to Amazon Music to submit for a Halloween feature A way to to bulk migrate shows that are already on Apple Podcasts to a new Apple ID It looks like Facebook Podcasts have rolled out to Android users! 30:00 Audio feedback from John: Headliner is awesome and promote during Promote Yourself Friday! Seems like if you go behind a paywall, your influence goes down There’s a new app called Shuffle Shout out to Relay.FM and St. Jude - DONATE Check out The International Women’s Podcast Awards! Discussing the Latino Podcaster Non-Listener Report and Elsie co-hosting with Gabe Apple is going to allow direct links from apps to sign up for premium content Facebook Podcast numbers seems to be having an impact on download numbers What are the kind of stats that you should expect to get from your show 1:03:34 PROMO 3: Great Monologues Coaching Call Podcast 1:04:06 Stats - mean and median Where have we been! Featured Podcast Promo + Audio PROMO 1: Tomorrow’s Legends PROMO 2: Jack Russell Parents PROMO 3: Great Monologues Coaching Call Podcast Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! ‘Only Murders in the Building’: A Podcast Parody That Shoots to Kill Create a channel on Apple Podcasts The next phase for searching on YouTube Google Podcasts gets a fresh UI that simplifies sorting through your endless library of episodes Contact Apple via this link Joe Rogan, confined to Spotify, is losing influence Shuffle App Relay FM for St. Jude Donate to St. Jude here Stephen Hackett’s story, September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month] International Women’s Podcast Awards Apple will allow some media apps to link outside the App Store for payments Japan Fair Trade Commission closes App Store investigation Get the Hispanic Living Magazine with the feature of "All Ears: Five Latinas are leading the way in the podcasting world – should be available by September 15, 2021 Where Libsyn is going The Utah Podcast Summit She Podcasts Live! NAB Afros & Audio Podcast Movement Evolutions HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Feed wherever you listen to audio! → Follow via Apple Podcasts → Follow via Google Podcasts → Follow via Spotify → Here’s our RSS feed! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for iOS and Android Call 412–573–1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our Speakpipe Page

Celebrating our 200th with some of your voices! Plus, Skype recording follow-up, getting recommended by Google Podcast, what’s required for real life conferences, more on the Facebook Podcasts experience, what to do when your podcast is pirated and Stats! User agents and geographic. Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message voicelink.fm/thefeed. We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE! Quick Episode Summary :00 Audio: The Paranormal Guy :30 Audio: Guitar Speak Podcast 1:01 Intro 1:50 Audio: Legends of the Pacific 3:49 Audio: Fix It Home Improvement 4:03 Audio: The Jeep Talk Show 4:14 Rob and Elsie conversation Follow up on the native Skype recording We had a webinar with Advertisecast! Google Podcasts sent out the email all about getting recommended on Google Podcasts 23:20 Audio: J. Brown Yoga Talks Podcast 26:01 Both NAB and CES just announced they are requiring you have proof of vaccination to attend their events Feedback on the Facebook Podcasts experience 34:50 Audio: True Crime 49 35:18 What you need to do if your show is pirated or duplicated on Anchor The value of podcasts with evergreen content 49:22 Audio: The Big Seance Podcast 52:14 Watch out for these terms of service Why is there a T on my Libsyn post? 59:09 Audio: Hearts of Gold and and Sensory Strides 1:00:19 Stats! User Agents and geographic! Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Audio Jim Harold, the Paranormal Podcast Guy Mark from The Guitar Speak Podcast Jacy from The Fix It Home Improvement Kamuela from Legends of the Pacific The Jeep Talk Show J. Brown from J. Brown Yoga Talks Podcast True Crime 49 Patrick from Big Seance Sheryl Robinson from Hearts of Gold and Sensory Strides Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Advertisecast Webinar Proof of Vaccination Required to Attend CES 2022 Sample DMCA Take Down Letter Removing Content From Google First Short Form Podcast Platform Snippet Delivers Compelling Stories That Are 20 Minutes or Less My Big 10 Takeaways from Podcast Movement ‘21 Podcast Movement 2021: 10 Lessons To Extend Your Audio Marketing Reach HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Feed wherever you listen to audio! → Follow via Apple Podcasts → Follow via Google Podcasts → Follow via Spotify → Here’s our RSS feed! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for iOS and Android Call 412–573–1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our Speakpipe Page

A round-up of soooo many things! Podcast Movement recap, including the Fireside Chat partnership, all kinds up updates from Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Audacity, Glow.FM part of Spotify Open Access partnership program and Facebook starts emailing podcasters to add their shows, and of course stats! Mean and median numbers! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message voicelink.fm/thefeed. We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:16 PROMO 1: StarGirl 3:44 Rob and Elsie conversation Skype version 8.74.0.152! And we’re recording as a back up! Recap of the Fireside announcement at Podcast Movement Apple Podcasts update of iOS 14.7 An email from Apple Podcasts sharing all the new analytics It seems that Apple Podcasts have been approving new shows in less than one hour Google Podcasts update! New requirements for recommendation Audacity released their new update 3.0.3 Trevor Moore was killed in a tragic accident Clarification of character limits for shownotes on Apple Podcasts 37:35 PROMO 2: The Andy Brandon Show Glow.FM is a part of the Spotify Open Access partnership program Podcast completion rates percentages Podmatch acquired Poddit Tunein and iHeartMedia partnered on a strategic technology and content distribution deal 8 questions with a successful podcaster Data on content entrepreneurship Recap of Rob’s session at Podcast Movement 1:18:03 PROMO 3: My Modern Met 1:18:32 Stats! Mean and median numbers Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: True Crime 49 PROMO 2: The Andy Brandon Show PROMO 3: My Modern Met Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Liberated Syndication Announces Partnership With Fireside What’s new for Apple Podcasts with iOS 14.7 Audacity Release Notes 3.0.3 Trevor Moore, comedian and co-founder of The Whitest Kids U Know, dead at 41 Glow.fm Announced as a Spotify Open Access Partner The Feed on the Libsyn Podcast Page PodMatch Purchases Poddit.net to Expand Userbase 8 Questions With a Successful Podcaster New Research: The Creator Economy Is Driven by the Content Entrepreneur The Life-Changing Power of Podcasts with Elsie Escobar - YouTube The Life-Changing Power of Podcasts with Elsie Escobar - Audio Podcast Advertising: What You Need to Know? HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Feed wherever you listen to audio! → Follow via Apple Podcasts → Follow via Google Podcasts → Follow via Spotify → Here’s our RSS feed! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for iOS and Android Call 412–573–1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our Speakpipe Page

Glow.fm + Spotify Open Access! Then on the episode, really awesome brand new podcasting gear, transformative data from the Latino Podcast Listener report, Canva + Libsyn, Pocketcasts & Automattic, Goodpods update Libsyn 5 social sharing? And geographic plus user agent stats Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message voicelink.fm/thefeed. We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:44 PROMO 1: StarGirl Rob and Elsie conversation Catching up on Rob’s experience with Summer NAMM Very cool potential gear for podcasters Canva integration! I know you know, but again, good stuff Shout-out to Hosting Advice All the stats from the Latino Podcast Listener Report! Pocketcasts was acquired by Automattic Audioboom is looking to go private 37:51 Headliner integration for LIbsyn 5? Audio feedback Goodpods has a great feature for indie podcasters! The minimum length of a trailer for your podcast 52:35 PROMO 2: Based on a True Story When Spotify does not update your show Scheduling release of episodes to different destinations Rob is asking, any recommendations of apps to use to record conversations on an iPad? Apple recommended another one of Rob’s answers about podcast artwork Making sure when you schedule a tweet it doesn’t get rescheduled on Libsyn 4 1:06:23 When are all the social publishing tools going live for Libsyn 5? Audio feedback from Carey New Department of Justice policies will protect reporters records Shout-out to Kamuela! 1:11:34 PROMO 3: Restaurantopia Stats, geographic and user agent Where have we been and where are we going Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: StarGirl PROMO 2: Based on a True Story PROMO 3: Restaurantopia Robonzo from the Unstarving Musician Carey Green from the Morning Mindset Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Spotify Open Access | Communications Overview Auralex Acoustics Creative Spaces Podcast Sontronics Microphones Podcast Pro from Sontronics Octava Microphones Base4Stands VocalMist Liberated Syndication Announces Canva Partnership Webinar with Libsyn 5 and Canva stuff! How to create Canva art using Libsyn Libsyn Supports Independent Podcast Creators with Hosting Services and Monetization Infrastructure The Latino Podcast Listener Report 2021 Automattic, owner of Tumblr and WordPress.com, buys podcast app Pocket Casts All Active Asset Capital Mulling GBP188.3M Offer for Audioboom Group Indie only Goodpods feature Department of Justice adopts new restrictions on obtaining journalists’ records Podcast Movement 2021 She Podcasts Live 2021 HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Feed wherever you listen to audio! → Follow via Apple Podcasts → Follow via Google Podcasts → Follow via Spotify → Here’s our RSS feed! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for iOS and Android Call 412–573–1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our Speakpipe Page

Our new JioSaavn destination, breaking down the Libsyn 5 Beta 1.1 release, Apple released an update as to why your downloads might be down, LibsynPro stats API, Audacity privacy troubles and a response from Muse, and of course mean and median stats JULY 13: SIGN UP FOR THE LATINO PODCAST LISTENER REPORT → English presentation → Spanish presentation JULY 15: SIGN UP FOR THE FOCUSRITE WEBINAR Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message voicelink.fm/thefeed. We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:33 PROMO 1: Childless Not By Choice — Happy Anniversary, Civilla! Rob and Elsie conversation It’s Elsie’s almost 15 year anniversary in podcasting! And Rob’s getting contact high off of something you’d never imagine Into the Libsyn-centric portion of the show! There’s a new Destination in town! JioSaavn Libsyn 5 beta 1.1 and all of the amazing new features including episode snippets, defaults and all time download numbers LibsynPro now has a stats API Notice about download reports being down from Apple Oh no, Audacity issues! Plus an update directly from the source 38:54 PROMO 2: Superman & Lois What if you’re links are not showing up on your shownotes and everyone else’s are? The shows that need to be removed after not being active for 90 days - a clarification It looks like we need to correct the record about the Kindle Vella Thoughts on YouTube marketing (and others) Podbay App now has privacy tracking information listed for shows and there is a new website about privacy and podcasting Libsyn is a sponsor of the Latino Podcaster Listener Report Spotify employees keep getting coverage for being outraged over Joe Rogan 1:06:35 PROMO 3: The Dandy Funhouse 1:07:04 Stats! Mean and Median numbers Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Childless Not By Choice PROMO 2: Superman & Lois PROMO 3: The Dandy Funhouse Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Liberated Syndication Announces Partnership with JioSaavn A notice from Apple about downloads being down Updated draft privacy notice from Audacity Podcast Privacy Rob on Episode 100 of Go Legal Yourself Rob on the Dharmic Evolution Podcast Sign up for the Focusrite Webinar Sign up for the Latino Podcasters Listener Report Sign up for the Make Real Money Podcasting event Podcast Movement 2021 She Podcasts Live 2021 HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Feed wherever you listen to audio! → Follow via Apple Podcasts → Follow via Google Podcasts → Follow via Spotify → Here’s our RSS feed! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for iOS and Android Call 412–573–1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our Speakpipe Page

Talking about Spotify! Their latest 60 million dollar deal with Alex Cooper from Call Her Daddy and its new Greenroom, then all that we know about Facebook Podcasts aka all that we don’t, the Kindle Vella and what it can mean for podcasters, an antitrust bill that could impact podcasting and of course our stats, geographic and user agent! Plus a bunch bunch more. Join the Libsyn Beta Community TODAY! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message voicelink.fm/thefeed. We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:30 PROMO 1: The David Cassidy Connections Podcast Rob and Elsie conversation Apple Channels and Apple Subscriptions are live! No, any plays or downloads on Apple Podcasts premium content will not show up in your podcast host’s analytics Alex Cooper scored a 60 million dollar deal with Spotify Spotify launched Greenroom, yet another audio chatroom! All about Facebook Podcast support and information, which at this point is about zero Amazon Music is launching the Kindle Vella, and it seems super cool Can you use libsyn for hosting files only and use all the advanced features? Podcasters should learn more about ad tech in podcasting PROMO 2: Tomorrow’s Legends Should you use MyLibsyn or Glow.fm, what’s the difference? Yes, Apple Podcasts is still taking new show in for submission Looks like Clubhouse is dying Anchor is no longer autosubmitting the RSS feed to Apple Podcasts An antitrust bill presented to congress if passed could prohibit Apple from pre-installing its own apps on Apple devices What exactly is the Libsyn classic feed? PROMO 3: The Banned Media Podcast Stats, geograhic and user agent Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: The David Cassidy Connections Podcast PROMO 2: Tomorrow’s Legends PROMO 3: The Banned Media Podcast Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! The Podknows channel on Apple Podcasts Which artists have earned the most from Spotify The Drop-In Audio App Clubhouse Is Dying. It Was Fun While It Lasted Evolving Anchor distribution to meet the needs of new creators Kindle Vella House antitrust bill would prevent Apple from pre-installing apps Check out Elsie and her PodUpdates! Podcast Movement She Podcasts Live HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Feed wherever you listen to audio! → Follow via Apple Podcasts → Follow via Google Podcasts → Follow via Spotify → Here’s our RSS feed! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for iOS and Android Call 412–573–1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our Speakpipe Page

On this episode we fill you in on the closing of Advertisecast, warning you about a serious scam from folks sending out DMCA takedowns for images and in the email they send there is a link that uses java script to infect your computer, keeping you posted on the latest Apple Podcasts emails plus subscriptions and channels are live today! Changing ownership in Apple Podcasts plus of course mean and median stats! Join the Libsyn Beta Community TODAY! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave us a message voicelink.fm/thefeed. We’d love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:30 PROMO 1: Strokecast - Episode 132 4:02 Rob and Elsie Conversation Libsyn has closed the Advertisecast deal! WARNING! Scam! Emails and comments on blogs demanding that a copyrighted image be taken down. Beware. Apple sent an email a couple of weeks ago updating folks that subscriptions would be delayed and they’ve been having troubles. Apple sent another email updating everyone that subscriptions will go live June 15 IP addresses are personal data If I change my podcast name will that negatively affect me? 25:49 Audio feedback: Do you HAVE to sign up for the Apple subscription program? Prime day is coming! Get ready! An alternative to feedburner is feed.press 29:46 PROMO 2: Healthcare Disparities in IBD If you want to change ownership in Apple Podcasts Connect from one account to another, you need proof that you own and control the feed Why does the RSS button not work? KaiOS devices are another opportunity for your show to be heard! Worst email of the week A Stranger Things podcast from Netflix Some troubles with Apple Podcasts on a Mac 50:32 PROMO 3: Recovery Coast To Coast Stats: Mean and Median! Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Strokecast Episode 132 PROMO 2: Healthcare Disparities in IBD PROMO 3: Recovery Coast To Coast Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Fake Copyright Infringement Warnings Used to Spread Ransomware Apple Podcasts Connect Disruptions and Apple Podcasts Subscriptions Launching in June Apple Podcasts Subscriptions To Launch on June 15 Digging into Apple’s iCloud Private Relay Stranger Things is getting a companion podcast and Magic: The Gathering cards Women in Podcasting: How To Start A Podcast LIVE via Podbean DEI For Podcasters Audience Value and Growth HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Feed wherever you listen to audio! → Follow via Apple Podcasts → Follow via Google Podcasts → Follow via Spotify → Here’s our RSS feed! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for iOS and Android Call 412–573–1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our Speakpipe Page

Canva integration, MGM studios, Netflix, images not showing up while searching on Google for podcasts, Artwork specs (yep, again,) all kinds of Apple Podcasts stuff including a very interesting word being censored that starts with m, and this time the stats convo is all about Call Her Daddy! Join the beta! beta.libsyn.com/key/libsynbeta Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message here: https://voicelink.fm/thefeed. We'd love to hear from you!** SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER! https://thefeed.libsyn.com/contact Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 3:08 PROMO 1: Not Just Another Religion and Politics Podcast 3:36 Rob and Elsie Conversation Canva integration! Amazon acquired MGM Studios and what that means for podcasting Netflix is ‘expanding’ it’s podcasting footprint 21:54 Voice feedback about Voicelink.fm from Neal How important is your description to find potential listeners? Why when searching on Google for podcasts, some results come out with images and some without? Artwork specs! Yep, we mention them again and how the wrong specs could possibly cause issues with some podcast apps updating 35:48 PROMO 2: I Love Kentucky IAB stats vs unique download stats Double episodes in Apple Podcasts 42:54 Audio feedback from Jonathan about our meet-up on shownotes! via Voicelink.fm Apple Podcasts, shownotes and iOS 14.6 Good stuff about Apple supporting people with disabilities Apple has expanded their affiliate program to cover podcast subscriptions! Podcasters - hobby vs career Worst email of the week: how to profit from your audience Spotify brought downloaded podcasts to Apple Watch Clubhouse and Twitter Spaces! IAB’s survey of podcast ad revenue There is a word that’s being censored in Apple Podcasts as a verb, not a noun 1:13:35 PROMO 3: The Strokecast Stats EXTRA! No end of the month data yet, as when we recorded the episode it was not the end of the show Talking about Call Her Daddy as number 5 for Podtrac Where have we been? Where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Not Just Another Religion and Politics Podcast PROMO 2: I Love Kentucky PROMO 3: The Strokecast Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Libsyn 5 Update! Webinar Amazon buys MGM for $8.45 billion Streaming Giant Netflix Is Expanding Its Podcasting Footprint Apple previews powerful software updates designed for people with disabilities Apple Introduces Affiliate Program for Podcasts Subscriptions Why A Podcast Is A ‘Hobby’ For Apple And ‘Career’ For Spotify Spotify brings offline listening to the Apple Watch, at last Spaces is here, let’s chat U.S. Podcast Ad Revenues Grew 19% YoY in 2020; set to exceed $1B this year and $2B by 2023 Barstool’s ‘Call Her Daddy’ Returns To Top Five In April. The Call Her Daddy season finale DEI For Podcasters Audience Value and Growth Elsie will be joining the Podcasting, Seriously club in Clubhouse, come hang out with her! You can join the club to check her out on June 9 at 4 pm ET. HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Feed wherever you listen to audio! → Follow via Apple Podcasts → Follow via Google Podcasts → Follow via Spotify → Here’s our RSS feed! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for iOS and Android Call 412–573–1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our Speakpipe Page

OMG Audacity was acquired, clarifying more about the Apple Podcasts summary tag, how to get promoted on Amazon Music, podcasting music history, testing a new voice feedback service, stats, geographic and user agent and folks listening to this, we have a segment where we speak to your Amazon smart speaker — over and over and over — so please make sure you’re wearing headphones! SIGN UP FOR OUR WEBINAR RE: LIBSYN 5! https://www.crowdcast.io/e/l5update Join the beta! beta.libsyn.com/key/libsynbeta Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412-573-1934 or leave us a message here: https://voicelink.fm/thefeed. We'd love to hear from you! SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER! https://thefeed.libsyn.com/contact Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:58 PROMO 1: Your Brain on Facts 3:28 Rob and Elsie Conversation Talking about the Apple Podcasts summary tag and why you should no longer use it Audacity was acquired! WUT? Apple Podcasts has been working around the clock to get the issues cleaned up! Getting a new Apple ID to log into Apple Podcasts Connect A service for your listeners to get your podcast delivered via email - it’s called Blogtrottr 14:44 What do you need to know about podcasting privacy? Audio feedback from Stacy Shout-out to Voicelink.fm Started publishing episodes 2 times a week and podcast downloads went down by a lot - help? 25:30 PROMO 2: Legends From The Pacific How to get your show promoted on the Amazon Music service! Elsie and Rob might turn on your Alexa as they talk through asking Alexa to play a podcast How to figure out how many plays or downloads are coming from the Libsyn player on the website 33:47 Does libsyn also offer website hosting? Audio feedback from Chaplain Jared Spotify adds timestamped podcast sharing! 41:27 A bit of music in podcasting history - audio feedback from Jason Sometimes seasons make podcast episodes disappear Best tweet of the week! Worst email of the week 54:10 PROMO 3: Louisville Cycling Podcast Stats! Geographic and user agent Where have we been? In A Few Minutes and Podcasting for Coaches Where are we going? We Are Podcasts, Libsyn Meet-up and Libsyn Webinars Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: Your Brain On Facts PROMO 2: Legends From The Pacific PROMO 3: Louisville Cycling Podcast Stacy from Diabetes Connection Chaplain Jared from The Christian Meditation Podcast Jason from from Radio BSOTS Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Leave us voice feedback! Audacity has been acquired by Muse Group, which also owns MuseScore and Ultimate Guitar Blogtrottr Voicelink.fm Amazon Music Podcasts Listen On Amazon Music Buttons Spotify adds timestamped podcast sharing and other social features CC Mixter Best tweet of the week from And Now We Drink Rob on Ken Ray’s In A Few Minutes 107: Getting to Know Libsyn 5 and Glow.fm with Elsie Escobar - from Podcasting For Coaches Libsyn 5 Update! Webinar Podcast Episode Notes Deep Dive Meet-up DEI For Podcasters Audience Value and Growth HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share The Feed with your Twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode, head over to Podchaser and kindly leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Feed wherever you listen to audio! → Follow via Apple Podcasts → Follow via Google Podcasts → Follow via Spotify → Here’s our RSS feed! FEEDBACK AND PROMOTION ON THE SHOW You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download The Feed App for iOS and Android Call 412–573–1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our Speakpipe Page