Quick Episode Summary: Searching podcasts is no good in iTunes Mini itunes player has a mini breakdown New libsyn windows 8 and windows phone 8 apps New Stitcher stats Growing your audience during summer time Featured Podcast Promos 1. Chuck Brown from Hide Your Word 2. Tim Callaway from The Mouse Castle Lounge 3. Dave Jackson and The School of Podcasting   Podcasting articles and media from the last couple of weeks as well as the newest posts on the Libsyn blog The Best Podcast Hosting options Daniel J Lewis from theaudacitytopodcast.com does a fantastic job breaking down podcast hosting for both your website as well as your media hosting. If you ever have someone wondering where to host their media and why, send them over. How John Lee Dumas Earns $18,000 a Month with His Podcast- An interview with Dave Jackson and John Lee Dumas on The School of Podcasting How Ira Glass Gets People to Talk : Ira Glass from This American Life on how he approaches interviews. Great stuff from a master. It’s a short article with a super short video. Women in Podcasting article from @Marinaisgo aka Marina Rose Martinez “Here you can find a compilation of the best and brightest the female podcasting scene has to offer! It’s a list that’s growing all the time.” Why Podcasting Is The Perennial Also-Ran "The problem is you can’t find a podcast to save your life. Ever go through the iTunes podcast directory and look for something? It’s akin to looking for a pair of lost floaties in the Atlantic Ocean. Apple, the 800-pound gorilla of the podcasting marketplace, has an awful search capability. Other podcasting directories languish in obscurity, many simply disappearing for lack of use. Services such as Stitcher help you identify shows you may find interesting, but for niche areas such as bankruptcy law and consumer protection issues it’s just not up to the task. You could go to Google and do a search, but that’s not much help either because the audio content can’t be parsed out by the algorithm (yet). Which means the only way you’re going to get people to listen to your podcast is by leveraging what you’ve already got." Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: The Relationship Marketing and Sales Podcast - David Soler How You Can Be Part of The Libsyn Podcast Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Oh So Pinteresting Cynthia Sanchez The iTunes Mini Player No Longer Plays Enhanced Podcasts- You get a chance to hear Rob Walch address this issue in this segment. His first appearance in the podcast! If you have an article that you’ve found to be inspiring and or chock full of great info about podcasting or even can be applied to podcasting (like the Ira Glass article) send it over! I would love to share it with the community….email thefeed@libyn.com! Windows 8 Apps and Windows Phone 8 Apps for Podcasters + Stitcher Stats in Libsyn Stats! You asked for Rob Walch and so you got him. We discuss: Today in iOs Podcast411 Dan Carlin episode and Danny Pena interview Windows 8 Apps and Windows Phone 8 Apps for Podcasters New Stitcher stats on Libsyn User agents: why they are important and what in the world is AppleCoreMedia A bit of clarification from our conversation: If you use our HTML 5 media player in Safari on an iOS device - it shows up as “AppleCoreMedia” in our stats - However AppleCoreMedia is not just Media Players in Safari - it is also the Podcasts app and other apps as well. If you click on the URL from Safari - and it opens up the mobile quicktime player then it shows up as “safari” in our stats. email Rob@libsyn.com if you have more questions! Libsyn social media community conversations These were the biggest community conversations in our social media channels: What was your first significant investment in ‪#‎podcasting‬? You know, when you knew you were in for the long haul... How do podcasters listen to podcasts? Share your favorite ways to consume podcasts! Best Way To Grow Your Audience! aka The More listeners please! Segment These tips are sea