We open this week with an update about the How I Saved My Podcast and Hobby Podcaster Profile segments. In the Better Podnering this week topics include: Stephen abandons testing the Zoom PodTrak P8 SP has some earth shattering comments about the RE320 Why it might make sense to have a dedicated podcast machine Spotify is discontinuing the Music+Talk feature Spotify is removing the creator tools Mackie DLZ Creator XS For this week's media host segment, we give our review of Podbean. Finally, in this week's Better Podback, we recap a recent chat in our Discord about Podcasting 2.0 and Stephen recaps the distinction that he found that makes him of the opinion Apple is not yet supporting Podcasting 2.0 with their transcripts feature. Find full episode information including links referenced in this episode at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/285 If you want to follow us elsewhere, you can find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/betterpodcasting, you can follow us on all of our socials at https://www.betterpodcasting.com/contact or email podcast@betterpodcasting.com. The full back catalog can be found at https://www.betterpodcasting.com. Want to join in to some geeky chatter? Check out the BEST geek community around on the GonnaGeek Discord Server at http://www.betterpodcasting.com/discord/ This podcast was recorded on Tuesday, February 13, 2024.  We usually stream live to GonnaGeek.com/Live on Wednesdays. Audio/Video Production by Stephen Jondrew of GonnaGeek Productions, proudly Canadian. Timestamps: 00:00 - Opening/Intro 02:00 - How I Saved My Podcast 02:55 - Hobby Podcaster Profile 03:57 - Zoom PodTrak P8: Stephen's (lack of) test 09:39 - SP's earth-shattering RE320 comment 16:55 - Perhaps a dedicated podcast machine is the best answer? 28:00 - Spotify change 1: Music+Talk going away 32:30 - Spotify change 2: Creator tools going away 40:40 - Mackie DLZ Creator XS 49:30 - Podbean Review: Introduction 52:05 - Podbean Review: Why we're ignoring the free tier 52:45 - Podbean Review: Highlights 1:01:35 - Podbean Review: Neutral observations 1:06:40 - Podbean Review: Shortcomings 1:15:10 - Podbean Review: Summary 1:17:35 - Better Podback: Podcasting 2.0 1:23:10 - Ending/Outro