BTS of how Rob G ended up as Chairperson of The Podcast Academy, and you won’t believe it! Levelator updated for Catalina, SiriusXM acquires Simplecast, Spotify signs more exclusive deals, Skype/eCamm Call Recorder issues, call in number services for your show, does episode level artwork matter? Episodic vs serial podcast stats, Twitter audio, advanced stats, this time geographic and user agent and oh so much more! Audience feedback drives the show. We’d love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com or call 412–573–1934. We’d love to hear from you! Quick Episode Summary :13 Intro 2:36 PROMO 1: Jeep Talk Show 3:12 Rob and Elsie Conversation We have a guest! Double Rob time! Levelator was updated for Catalina. It’s a miracle! Sirius XM acquires Simplecast Stitcher for sale? Spotify keeps on signing more exclusive podcasts + some BTS from Rob G on being at Podcast One when Snookie did her show Guess what? User agents for all Apple Podcasts stuff is now ALL ONE. SSL certificate updates More Skype troubleshooting and eCamm Call Recorder - help? 19:03 Diving into all things call-in numbers for your podcast Rob W has things to say about WWDC 2020 and exactly how many times podcasts were mentioned and what that means 28:52 Some extra data on how many podcasts use the serial vs episodic Elsie’s daughter was featured on Ochenta Stories! Twitter is rolling out an audio functionality - woah Castro got an update and Elsie is happy 47:48 PROMO 2: Books and Ideas 48:35. All about episode level artwork with tons of incredible tips as to why or why not use it Podcast Academy talk time! Rob G goes all in giving us insight into the why of The Podcast Academy So, podcaster IP issues Mini podcast soap box from Rob W about the first podcast about podcasting 1:38:14 PROMO 3: Weird Darkness 1:39:10 It’s stats time! Yas! User agent info Where have we been? And where are we going? Featured Podcast Promos + Audio PROMO 1: The Jeep Talk Show PROMO 2: Books and Ideas PROMO 3: Weird Darkness Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro! Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback :) Latino Podcast Listener Report Levelator Sirius Still Acquires Simplecast Still In Talks With Howard Stern Scripps Exploring Sale of Podcast Service Stitcher Kall8 Speakpipe Sideline Rev Apple Keynote transcript Exclusive: iOS 14 to include overhauled Podcasts app with ‘For You’, bonus content, more Twitter starts rolling out audio tweets on iOS Siri Shortcuts and rich commands come to Castro Podcast Player for iPhone and Apple Watch The Feed in the Libsyn Podcast Directory An introduction to The Podcast Academy – Session 1 An Introduction to The Podcast Academy – Session 2 Tricks Of The Podcasting Masters with Podcasting Hall of Famer Rob Walch Rob on In a Few Minutes - Talking about top 10 WWDC takeaways She Podcasts’ Elsie Escobar: How To “Own Your Expertise” Through Podcasting HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! We’d love it if you could please share #TheFeed with your twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you dug this episode head on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review and subscribe! Ways to subscribe to The Feed: The Official Libsyn Podcast Click here to subscribe via Apple Podcasts Click here to subscribe via RSS You can also subscribe via Stitcher FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions, make comments and create a segment about podcasting for podcasters! Let your voice be heard. Download the FREE The Feed App for iOS and Android (you can send feedback straight from within the app) Call 412 573 1934 Email thefeed@libsyn.com Use our SpeakPipe Page!