Starting off right off the bat with a ton of information and the mind-blowing amount of podcasting news: The Apple Event, subscriptions, Spotify, Facebook, Libsyn 5 & feedback, clarification about tags, keywords, and categories on Apple Podcasts, using the Zoom H2N as an external microphone, and of course mean and median numbers

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Quick Episode Summary

• :13 Intro
• 3:15 PROMO 1: Thrive Sister Thrive!
• 3:43 Rob and Elsie Conversation
• 6:03 Getting to it, the Apple Event and podcasting!
• 7:53 What about those Apple Podcasts subscriptions?
• And the trouble?
• iPad Pros, pretty iMacs and such
• 25:51 Spotify and Facebook
• 31:13 Spotify subscriptions!
• “Will we be able to distribute our podcasts to Facebook?”
• 44:05 A bit of an update about Libsyn 5
• Getting 3 hosts and guests on the individual episodes that they are on
• Search traffic has dropped 40% for Joe Rogan since his Spotify exclusive began
• 53:36 PROMO 2: The Salty Yak Podcast
• Where has podcasting been? In movies and commercials!
• What about those tags and keywords?
• 58:35 Clarification about categories, and will they give you more exposure?
• Getting your show back on Spotify
• 1:01:43 Using an H2N to podcast - Elsie tips!
• Timecodes and dynamic ad insertions
• 1:10:46 PROMO 3: The Radio Vagabond
• 1:11:18 Stats: mean and median
• Where have we been?
• Where are we going?

Featured Podcast Promos + Audio

• PROMO 1: Thrive Sister Thrive!
• PROMO 2: The Salty Yak Podcast
• PROMO 3: The Radio Vagabond

Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro!

Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie

• Leave us voice feedback!
• The Apple 2021 Event
• Share, Explore, and Discover Music and Podcasts via Spotify in the Facebook App
• Spotify launches podcast subscriptions, but you can’t subscribe in-app
• Facebook is building its own in-app podcast player
• Be Heard: Bringing Social Audio Experiences to Facebook
• What Radio Broadcasters Need to Know About Facebook and Apple’s Podcasting Announcements
• Apple Podcasts Hosts and Guests
• Google Searches for ‘Joe Rogan’ Have Dropped 40% Since His Spotify Exclusive Began
• HUMIRA Commercial: ‘Remission Is Possible’ (2021)
• The Libsyn 5 where you can see Elsie using the H2N with the 3 year old bangs
• The LibsynPod on Clubhouse!
• Libsyn 5 Update Webinar!

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