Elsie Escobar is a ten-year-plus veteran in the podcast industry and an inductee to the Academy of Podcasters Hall of Fame. She is also Libsyn’s Community Expert; running the community via social media and producing The Feed: The Official Libsyn podcast.
She also co-founded She Podcasts, a podcast, a podcasting community for women and non-binary people that has over 20 thousand members, a woman-centered podcasting conference She Podcasts Live, and a membership community called The She Podcasts Super Squad.
Her thing is driving dialogue in the podcasting industry focusing on podcasts’ impact on society, diversity, and culture as well as their power to drive social change.
In this episode, Elsie shares what Libsyn 5 is, the difference between Libsyn as you’ve known it (Libsyn 4) and the new Libsyn 5, why it’s important to remember Libsyn 5 is still technically in Beta as of the release of this episode, what Glow.fm is, how it relates to Libsyn and could become a huge benefit for Libsyn users, what the She Podcasts Super Squad is, and more.
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