Who is the Soapy the libsyn mascot? iHeartMedia, Spotify, Voxnest and Megaphone news, Stitcher issues, more fun new gear from Zoom, search in Audible, pro-privacy former presidential candidate fails at podcasting privacy and of course, the latest in geographic and user agent with a bonus of Q3 breakdowns of Apple Podcasts’ top categories!

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Quick Episode Summary

• :13 Intro
• 3:20 PROMO 1: Notnerd
• 3:51 Rob and Elsie Conversation
• Congrats to President Elects and Happy 16th Birthday to Libsyn
• Audio feedback from Kamuela asking about Soapy!
• iHeartMedia buys Voxnest
• Spotify buys Megaphone
• What do you when you’re podcast consultant quotes download number results that are awfully high?
• Oh no! Stitcher had some issues with their URLs
• Terry’s audio feedback on Gaana and Amazon Music
• Apple seems to have dropped support for a couple of iTunes feed tags
• Fun new toys from Zoom - again
• PROMO 2: Memories With A Beat
• Feedback on the experience of sharing podcasts from Audible
• Elsie has some thoughts about how search in Audible works at the moment
• An update on exporting stats from the Libsyn stat page
• Do NOT make your trailer episode a 2 1/2 minute song because Spotify will kick you out
• Audio feedback - Terry asks about Alexa
• Some support for episode artwork!
• Worst email of the week all about Spotify not owning podcasting
• Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang gets called out for not taking responsibility to protect his podcast audience’s privacy
• PROMO 3: The Freelance Roadtrip
• Stats! Geographic and user agent
• Q3 2020 Breakdowns by Apple Podcasts Top Categories
• Where have we been?
• Where are we going?

Featured Podcast Promos + Audio

• PROMO 1: Notnerd
• PROMO 2: Memories With A Beat
• PROMO 3: The Freelance Roadtrip
• Kamuela from Legends of The Pacific
• Terry from VideoFuzzy
• Terry from The Discovering America Podcast

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 :)
• Now You Can Embed an Apple Podcasts Player For Your Website!
• iHeartMedia, Inc. (IHRT) Q3 2020 Earnings Call Transcript
• Zoom F2 and F2-BT: field recorders that can fit in your pocket
• The Zoom F2 Field Recorder : Introduction
• Andrew Yang takes lead in California data privacy measure

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