Some important news from Amazon Music/Audible, the latest Overcast beta that’s all about privacy, Patreon becoming a unicorn, missing JRE episodes from Spotify, audio version of your episodes on YouTube, an email from Apple, why downloads are just one piece of measurement, Apple Watch no longer being counted by the AIB, our latest mean and median numbers and so much more!

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Quick Episode Summary

• :13 Intro
• 2:24 PROMO 1: Lady Mouth
• 2:58 Rob and Elsie Conversation
• Important news from Amazon
• The new Overcast beta is all about privacy and it’s glorious
• Patreon just raised 100 million in VC funding at a valuation of 1.2 Billion #unicorn
• Looks like Joe Rogan has some missing episodes in Spotify
• Wondering if your episodes publishing to YouTube is worth anything? We have answers
• 23:00 PROMO 2: My Pleasure: The Unofficial Chickfila Podcast
• Apple released search enhancements!
• A great perspective in having your download numbers go down
• What does the Intervenarte Podcast use to create their audiograms?
• What happens when your video podcasts is not encoded appropriately for Apple Podcasts
• Not adding a 301 redirect and only updating in Podcasts Connect will create issues
• Fradulent DMCA takedown notices
• 50:38 Dave Jackson on the Podtrak P4
• Private podcasting solution - Libsyn has one
• Song Exploder is also having issues with the music on their shows (follow up from last episode)
• 55:57 RSS feeds and Google Podcast, audio feedback
• Follow up on Apple Watch stats and the IAB
• 58:56 PROMO 3: The Curiosity & Consciousness
• Stats, stats, stats, mean and median numbers!
• Where have we been?
• Where are we going?
• 1:11:07 Dave Jackson’s review of the Podtrak P4! (The Feed Exclusive)

Featured Podcast Promos + Audio

• PROMO 1: Lady Mouth
• PROMO 2: My Pleasure: The Unofficial Chickfila Podcast
• PROMO 3: The Curiosity & Consciousness

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 :)
• Overcast’s latest beta update tells listeners which podcasts are tracking them
• Patreon, widely used by podcasters and musicians, reaches unicorn status with fundraise
• Why Are These Episodes Of ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ Missing From Spotify?
• Every missing episode from Joe Rogan
• Joe Budden Says He’s Taking His Podcast Off Spotify
• Searching For Non-English Language Podcasts? Now You Can in Apple Podcasts!
• Vegan Meat Company’s Anti-Union Speeches Are Being Scrubbed from the Internet
• Google Podcast Manager
• Apple Watch podcast download counts were too high; now being corrected
• Elsie featured in this article: Latinoamérica vive un ‘boom’ del podcast liderado por México, Perú y Colombia
• How to (Finally) Listen to All Those Podcasts in Your Queue
• Mujer Emprende Latina Lunch and Learn
• Headliner Webinar!
• TeePublic Webinar
• Podcasting Quickstart

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