Elsie Escobar and Rob Walch

The Feed The Official Libsyn Podcast

The show that takes it beyond how to podcast into keeping you podcasting with podcasting tips and information for the everyday podcaster + taking you inside Libsyn the largest podcast host and distribution network since 2004!

Author

Elsie Escobar and Rob Walch

Category

Technology

Podcast website

thefeed.libsyn.com

Latest episode

Oct 22, 2025

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Episodes

205 Video Podcasts, Search and Instagram Updates 02.11.2021

A summary of the latest Apple event and theMacBook Pro M1 Pro and M1 Max, recap of She Podcasts Live, Instagram updates for podcasters, video podcasting facts, searching in Apple Podcasts - again, bonus stats, focusing on your questions! Of course much, much more! It's time for Afros & Audio! Sign up! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation goin...

204 Mary's Happy Place, Mary's Sad Place 19.10.2021

Covering all the new Spotify Exclusives, Libsyn 4 vs Libsyn 5, Squid Games and what it has to do with podcasting, advice on changing your show name and coming back from a long hiatus, the X-fronts are almost here! And of course stats, this time covering geographic and user agents. Sign up for Dave's webinar all about Apple Podcasts Connect! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to c...

203 Podcasting Hardware, Workflows, and Troubleshooting 05.10.2021

The Shure MV7x, new Apple hardware, when feed tags and categories are useful, YouTube benefits for podcasters, troubleshooting RSS feeds on Google Podcasts, linking to an MP3 vs not, and mean and median download stats! Of course much, much more!!! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com, call 412–573–1934 or leave...

202 Podcasting Workflows, Hardware Tips and Numbers 21.09.2021

Get the scoop on data on CPMs from Advertisecast, workflows for publishing back catalogue to YouTube, what stats you can expect from Facebook Podcasts, tool talk on good quality XLR cables and monitoring headphones and of course we have stats, geographic and user agent! Meet-up! Spots are limited: Podcast Planning: Reach Your 2021 Year-End Goals Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you...

201 Making Your Influence Go Down 07.09.2021

On this episode you'll get the scoop on exactly where GGTOTDTY came from, how to get a network on Apple Podcasts, changes coming to YouTube, the Google Podcasts update, how to make your influence go down, the upcoming Latino Podcasts Non-Listener report, what kind of stats should you expect to get from your show and of course that takes us into the mean and median download stats! Audience feedback...

200 200 24.08.2021

Celebrating our 200th with some of your voices! Plus, Skype recording follow-up, getting recommended by Google Podcast, what's required for real life conferences, more on the Facebook Podcasts experience, what to do when your podcast is pirated and Stats! User agents and geographic. Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@li...

199 All The Podcasting Updates and Recaps 12.08.2021

A round-up of soooo many things! Podcast Movement recap, including the Fireside Chat partnership, all kinds up updates from Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Audacity, Glow. FM part of Spotify Open Access partnership program and Facebook starts emailing podcasters to add their shows, and of course stats! Mean and median numbers! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us...

198 The Podcasting Data You Can't Miss 27.07.2021

Glow.fm + Spotify Open Access! Then on the episode, really awesome brand new podcasting gear, transformative data from the Latino Podcast Listener report, Canva + Libsyn, Pocketcasts & Automattic, Goodpods update Libsyn 5 social sharing? And geographic plus user agent stats Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to contact us and keep the conversation going! Email thefeed@libsyn.com,...

197 It's Libsyn 5 Beta 1.1! 13.07.2021

Our new JioSaavn destination, breaking down the Libsyn 5 Beta 1.1 release, Apple released an update as to why your downloads might be down, LibsynPro stats API, Audacity privacy troubles and a response from Muse, and of course mean and median stats JULY 13: SIGN UP FOR THE LATINO PODCAST LISTENER REPORT → English presentation → Spanish presentation JULY 15: SIGN UP FOR THE FOCUSRITE WEBINAR Audien...

196 Audio Rooms and Antitrust Bills 29.06.2021

Talking about Spotify! Their latest 60 million dollar deal with Alex Cooper from Call Her Daddy and its new Greenroom, then all that we know about Facebook Podcasts aka all that we don't, the Kindle Vella and what it can mean for podcasters, an antitrust bill that could impact podcasting and of course our stats, geographic and user agent! Plus a bunch bunch more. Join the Libsyn Beta Community TOD...

195 You Have A Great Personality For Having A Podcast 15.06.2021

On this episode we fill you in on the closing of Advertisecast, warning you about a serious scam from folks sending out DMCA takedowns for images and in the email they send there is a link that uses java script to infect your computer, keeping you posted on the latest Apple Podcasts emails plus subscriptions and channels are live today! Changing ownership in Apple Podcasts plus of course mean and...

194 How To Profit Your Audience 01.06.2021

Canva integration, MGM studios, Netflix, images not showing up while searching on Google for podcasts, Artwork specs (yep, again,) all kinds of Apple Podcasts stuff including a very interesting word being censored that starts with m, and this time the stats convo is all about Call Her Daddy! Join the beta! beta.libsyn.com/key/libsynbeta Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to conta...

193 Alexa, Play The Podcast 18.05.2021

OMG Audacity was acquired, clarifying more about the Apple Podcasts summary tag, how to get promoted on Amazon Music, podcasting music history, testing a new voice feedback service, stats, geographic and user agent and folks listening to this, we have a segment where we speak to your Amazon smart speaker — over and over and over — so please make sure you're wearing headphones! SIGN UP FOR OUR WEBI...

192 Where Has Podcasting Been? 04.05.2021

Starting off right off the bat with a ton of information and the mind-blowing amount of podcasting news: The Apple Event, subscriptions, Spotify, Facebook, Libsyn 5 & feedback, clarification about tags, keywords, and categories on Apple Podcasts, using the Zoom H2N as an external microphone, and of course mean and median numbers Come hang out with Elsie Escobar and Rob Greenlee in the very first C...

191 Inflection Points 20.04.2021

Recap on acquisitions and of course Glow, iOS 14.5 (again,) listener privacy, Feedburner coming back from the dead? Amazon Music in more countries Shout-outs from Elsie, the RIAA busy with takedown notices and podcasters needing to get DMCA takedown lessons, plus of course stats, geographic and user agent! SIGN UP FOR SOCIAL MEDIA BEST PRACTICES FOR PODCASTERS!   Join the Libsyn Beta Community TOD...

Bonus: Glow! 12.04.2021

Another BONUS episode and another acquisition! Libsyn has acquired Glow. FM and we have Founder Amira Valliani with inside scoop on what it is, who it's for and why Libsyn! LINKS LINKS LINKS! Crowdcast Webinar with Amira from Glow. FM Interested in signing up for Glow? Fill out this form! Glow. FM Refer-o-Matic Glow. FM press release Join the Libsyn Beta Community TODAY! Audience feedback drives t...

190 It's all About Us 06.04.2021

All the Libsyn news! Libsyn 5 beta is released, Libsyn acquires Advertisecast, Samsung Podcasts are in the house 🔥 Plus Apple teams up with Common Sense Media, Audacy, email worst practices, breaking down the steps to DMCA takedown notices, Podstatus, and of course Mean and Median numbers! SIGN UP FOR THE LIBSYN 5 DEMO AND QA WEBINAR! Join the Libsyn Beta Community TODAY! Audience feedback drives...

Bonus: Samsung 25.03.2021

Announcing our new Samsung destination! We are once again a launch partner, this time with Samsung as they bring podcasts under the "Listen" tab in the Samsung Free application! Listen to get the scoop 🎧 LINKS LINKS LINKS! The Samsung blog post! Form to submit your show to Samsung Samsung Free webpage Join the Libsyn Beta Community TODAY! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to em...

189 The Pendulum Swings Back 23.03.2021

More acquisitions, breaking down iOS 14.5 updates, plus a bit of a clarification from Rob, the privacy conversation and when the pendulum swings back, The Feed was listened to in the Arctic! Podcasters on the cover of a magazine, the worth of festivals and awards, stats geographic and user agent plus a bonus recap of The Infinite Dial data! SIGN UP FOR THE LIBSYN 5 DEMO AND QA WEBINAR! Join the Li...

188 Per The Word Subscribe 09.03.2021

Updates! Apple Podcasts 14.5 and what you should expect, The most important information for podcasters from the Spotify event, Podcast Movement submissions are open, CDPA is signed into law and what that means for podcasting, no, Spotify is not bigger than Apple Podcasts, mean and median download numbers + bonus data on the appropriate length for podcast episodes. If you're interested in Podcast B...

187 Acquisitions, Social Audio and Receipts 23.02.2021

So many acquisitions! And this time we get in the game with acquiring Auxbus, chatting about Quilt, Spotify takedowns and patents, Vurbl, podcaster in the news, updates on the Google block tag, and Apple Podcasts podcasting strategy plus download stats, this time geographic and user agent! GET A FREE PODFEST GLOBAL TICKET! Use coupon code libsyn5 for a free entry level pass! Join the Libsyn Beta C...

186 Follow Us! 09.02.2021

Covering iOS beta 14.5 and big changes to Apple Podcasts, a new strategy for promoting our podcast via blog, Stitcher search results, a changing podcast artwork, getting the video of your transcoded audio podcast, data privacy discussion inspired by Tim Cook and stats, this time, mean and median download numbers! Libsyn Meet-up, sign up! Join the Libsyn Beta Community TODAY! Audience feedback driv...

185 Podcast Etiquette 26.01.2021

Podcast etiquette, the power of clean HTML, Hopin acquisition of Streamyard, podcasters with COVID, Apple Spotlight and subscription speculation, clarifications, updated ad insertion tools, the power of Destinations, square vs wide format podcast art, geographic and user agent stats and oh, so much more 🎤 Microphone Upgrade Webinar with Shure Microphones! Join the Libsyn Beta Community TODAY! Aud...

184 Privacy, Acquisitions and The Podcast Index 12.01.2021

Starting off the year with more conversations about privacy, acquisitions of Wondery and Breaker, Clubhouse, lots of feedback from YOU, mean and median download stats and so much more, including a bonus discussion with Rob Greenlee about the Podcast Academy and the Podcast Index! Join the Libsyn Beta Community TODAY! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to email us and keep the con...

183 Viral Goats and Predictions 22.12.2020

The Feed 2020 is over! And we cover Elsie's goat going viral, the iOS 14 privacy update, is there a benefit to doing 'seasons?' The Golden Crane Awards, Chartable updates, AirPods Max, Elsie & Rob 2021 podcast predictions, plus of course stats, geographic and user agent! Join the Libsyn Beta TODAY! Audience feedback drives the show. We'd love for you to email us and keep the conversation going! Em...

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