280 Celebrating 20 Years of Libsyn, Legacy and Future in Podcasting

It's our Libsyn 20th Birthday episode extravaganza! We're diving into a mini podcast history journey, packed with your incredible listener voices. We'll also rewind to podcasts' role in the Election (heads up: this drops November 5th morning, so election results are TBD!)

Big media moves alert: Veritone One and Oxford Road have joined forces, creating the podcast ad world's newest powerhouse. Plus, we're geeking out over Apple's latest hardware drops and breaking down Podtrac's fresh metrics announcement.

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Quick Episode Summary

• (0:00) From Emilio from Libsyn
• Intro!
• (2:47) From THE Dave Jackson
• (3:37) Rob and Elsie conversation
• (5:02) What were Rob and Elsie doing 20 years ago?
• (8:47) From Chris
• (9:13) The early podcast iTunes experience
• (11:47) 20 years of Libsyn! A look back
• (20:21) From Ken and G
• (20:37) A mini historical podcasting timeline
• (35:51) From Naomi
• (36:11) A bit of The Feed's origin story
• (42:37) From Sheryl
• (43:00) Looking into the future of podcasting
• (45:56) Political podcasts revisited!
• (1:00:25) From John
• (1:00:41) Veritone One and Oxford Road merge!
• (1:02:28) A bunch of new Apple hardware
• (1:08:15) From Kristin
• (1:09:41) Podtrac stats
• (1:12:51) From Kevin
• (1:13:48) Where have we been and where are we going?

Featured Podcast Promo + Audio

• Emilio from Libsyn
• Dave Jackson from The School of Podcasting
• Chris from Orphaned Signal 
• Ken from the Ken and G Podcast
• Naomi from the Leaving Well Podcast
• John from The Totally Tanked podcast
• Kristin from Podcast Coaching for Kingdom Entrepreneurs
• Kevin from Tuning into SciFi TV

Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro!

Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie

• Leave us voice feedback!
• Engadget Podcast 001 - 10.05.2004 / How-To: Podcasting (get Podcasts and make your own)
• Podcasts: New Twist on Net Audio | WIRED
• Apple Takes Podcasting Mainstream - Apple
• Joe's Thoughts on the Trump Podcast and If Kamala Will Be On - YouTube
• Harris and Trump - Podcast Interviews
• How social media video clippers have become some of the most powerful outlets of the 2024 campaign | CNN Business
• Podcast Ad Giant Forms With Veritone One, Oxford Road Merger - Radio Ink
• The Verge
• Podtrac Expands Podcast Measurement To 30 Countries. | News | podcastnewsdaily.com
• Top Podcasts by Country - NEW - Podtrac
• Video Editing For Podcasters: Descript Edition - YouTube

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