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!

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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 MicMe for our awesome intro!

Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie

• Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :)
• Google will start surfacing individual podcast episodes in search results
• Google․com adds powerful podcast search, also coming to Assistant
• Coleman Insights Study Shows Joe Rogan Topping Podcast Listener Awareness
• The Top 7 Creative Business Podcasts You Should Listen to Right Now
• Why a 94-year-old war veteran started a podcast to save democracy
• New Media Show Live @ Podcast Movement 2019 #297

Where is Libsyn Going? (In Real Life)

• She Podcasts Conference
• DragonCon
• Content Marketing World
• Military Influencer Conference

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