On BeyondPodcasting episode 5, Allan Tépper converses with James Cridland, Radio futurologist and editor of podnews.net, aka “the James Bond of both conventional radio and the new radio”. They both celebrate the arrival of Google Podcasts and discuss:

* International cultural and linguistic issues

* Secure RSS feeds

* Forced HTTPS on websites since 2014 or earlier

* Allan Tépper’s Medium article about 5 reasons to remove WWW from your website

* Silent dots

* Confusion between the two different types of the billion number: the short scale (9 zeros) and the long scale (12 zeros)

* Which is the correct side of the street to drive and why

Audio hardware and software used:

* RØDE M5 microphone (Amazon — B&H) reviewed here, used by Allan Tépper.

* Shure A81WS enormous windscreen/pop filter (Amazon — B&H) covered in many articles and used in countless US presidential inaugurations.

* Tascam US–2X2 preamp/A-D converter interface (Amazon — B&H) to be reviewed soon, used by Allan Tépper.

* Cleanfeed.net (reviewed here) used to link Allan and James and record them at 48 kHz on separate tracks.

* RØDE Podcaster microphone (Amazon — B&H) used by James.

* Auphonic.com used by Allan Tépper and James Cridland

* Hindenburg Journalist Pro multitrack editor (reviewed and covered in many articles) used by Allan Tépper.

* Izotope RX6 Advanced (review pending, B&H retail price —