Mastodawn

I am a podcast literalist. Existing in other formats in parallel is fine, but if it doesn't have an RSS feed with enclosures, it's straight up not a podcast.

Spotify exclusive? Only on YouTube? Not a podcast.

Podcasting isn't a format or a presentation style. It’s a file delivery mechanism.

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Chris Chapman Nov 24

In a nutshell: can you subscribe to it to Pocket Casts or Overcast?

Y: it's a podcast.
N: it's not a podcast.

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Lisa Gaudette

@retrohistories I've been reading Chokepoint Capitalism and one thing it mentioned is how podcasting is one of the few things left that still has many players at all points of the market (and hence not a "chokepoint") - different listening apps, different publishing platforms, etc. Of course Spotfiy would love to take that over...