Your next podcast might be made using AI

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Stavros Korokithakis used a lot of artificial intelligence tools to make an entirely AI-built podcast. It tells you a relaxing bedtime story (written by AI), with music (composed by AI) and even artwork (drawn by AI).
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Rob Greenlee predicts the future of podcasting… in 2006.

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Podbean has switched all its RSS feeds from unique domains like podcastname.podbean.com/feed.xml to feed.podbean.com/podcastname/feed.xml. This is good news for privacy: domain names are never encrypted, so you can be tracked as a listener to a specific podcast every time your phone checks the RSS feed for a new episode. Libsyn is now the only major podcast host still using unique, trackable domain names for its feeds.
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Podverse has added episode comments to their new website. They’re using the decentralised ActivityPub comments sent in the RSS feed, using the new podcast:socialInteract tag.
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In a recent episode of the New Media Show ▸, Todd Cochrane asked us to mention their podcast in our newsletter. “That would be nice,” he added. Of course we will. Rob Greenlee and Todd Cochrane this week take a look at the latest podcast consumption numbers from the UK. Both have been talking about podcasting since October 2004.

We Interrupt This Broadcast ▸ features Brian Williams as narrator and executive producer. Perhaps because Williams left MSNBC a few days ago, the show has seen a surge of success. The docuseries is planned to have 72 episodes; the first season was released earlier this year, including the Hindenburg disaster and the 2000 Presidential Election. Produced by i4 Media Ventures, it’s represented by Crossover Media Group Sales.

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