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!

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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

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