293 Transparency, Trophies, & Technology: Spotify's New Play Numbers, Golden Globes for Podcasts, and the FTC's AI Ad Guidelines

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May 20, 2025 • 69 mins

Yes, your podcast can win a Golden Globe-ish, what you need to know about the FTC and AI podcast ad reads, covering Spotify announcing public plays and how they encountered the wrath of podcasters. iOS 19's new accessibility features, Libsyn's downloads per podcast category! And mean, media and user agents stats are back.

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Quick Episode Summary

(2:08) Spotify update recorded after we recorded the show
(3:17) Rob and Elsie conversation
Bears and trash
(5:55) Welcome to Andy Wright as Libsyn's Vice President of Technology!
(7:12) Practical advice for when using AI voices for your podcast ad reads
(22:41) Woah! The Golden Globes has a podcast category
(29:07) Spotify plays breakdown
(50:34) Big shout-out to the iOS 19 accessibility features
(55:05) Great article by Justin Jackson
(56:25) Libsyn's latest top level podcast category download stats
(58:21) PROMO: Prairie Tales Podcast
(1:00:07) All the stats! Mean, median and user agent
(1:05:37) Where have we been and where are we going

PROMO 1: Prairie Tales - Real Life Stories from the Central Plains

Where have we been and where are we going

Thank you to Nick from MicMe for our awesome intro!

Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie

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