Google removes/adds podcasts; Tom Rossi on Buzzsprout subscriptions; Sean Glynn on Novel; Jordan Harbinger

Special Guests: 


Tom Rossi

Sean Glynn

Jordan Harbinger 



Show Notes


Google tells us that Google Podcasts carousel links in Google
Search (which the company said will go away at the end of this
week) are being replaced with a new feature. 


Over a thousand Buzzsprout podcasts are using the
subscriptions feature, according to Buzzcast. It was announced in
late January. 


UK podcast company Novel has secured a £5mn ($6.2mn) Series A
investment round. The investment will be used to accelerate
growth with strategic partners, and to establish the company’s
own network of originals.


Dan Misener from Bumper says, 54% of the Apple Podcasts top
200 had trailers, and 50% of the Spotify top 200 did too.


What makes a chart-topping podcast? Rephonic says that top
shows tend to be weekly; tend to skew male in audience.


Dave Jones has added a new Podcast Index API output of feed
and episode value blocks.


Cloudflare announced Wildebeest, an open-source,
easy-to-deploy ActivityPub and Mastodon-compatible server


Hindenburg 2.0 is launching shortly.


Podverse (New Version) supports value-for-value streaming for
videos.



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(0:00) 10 Feb
(1:16) Google and podcasts
(7:37) Interview: Tom Rossi from Buzzsprout
(20:57) Interview: Sean Glynn from Novel
(32:40) Trailers
(36:32) What makes a #1?
(38:35) Interview: Jordan Harbinger
(43:25) YouTube and Freakonomics
(45:29) People News
(46:57) The Tech Stuff
(1:05:14) Announcing Podnews Live
(1:07:07) Boostagram Corner
(1:10:30) Sam and James's week


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