The idea that podcasts were always meant to be "audio only" is just not true.
Here's Steve Jobs demoing video podcasts in iTunes/iPod back in 2005:
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Hard technical problems don't necessarily translate into profitable businesses.
"People sometimes mistake hard problems (in the computer science sense) for valuable problems(in the business sense)."
â Ryan King, CZI Science
John SpurlockRE: https://podcastindex.social/@js/116296287122335618
...and just like that - @transistor wins this one đ
All of the HLS episodes sent to Apple Podcasts are _also_ in the corresponding RSS feeds using podcast:alternateEnclosure for both of these @stephenrobles shows
https://feeds.transistor.fm/primary-technology
https://feeds.transistor.fm/mots
Transistor.fmApple Podcasts now supports HLS video streaming (iOS 26.4, out today).
Here's @mijustin's demo (featuring podcasts by @stephenrobles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNXcVroUQZE
We also support HLS streaming in `alternateEnclosure` tag.
New: watch video podcasts in Apple Podcasts iOS 26.4 (2026)
Remi Mercier@mijustin Funnily enough, I *can't* listen to an audio podcast for the life of me, but I will hapilly sit in front of my laptop watching video podcasts for *hours*.
Something about being forced to completely engage with it, while when listening to audio, I just do something else and don't focus on it.
I've started posting some of my candid observations about the podcast ecosystem here:
The Digg reboot has failed. (Although they're regrouping to try again)
Building anything social in 2026 is hard because sophisticated AI bots quickly overwhelm the site with fake posts.
James CridlandLooks like Apple have been busy adding more partners to Apple's new video experience, coming soon. Congrats @alberto and @mijustin among others.
Partners are now: Acast, Art19, Omny Studio, Simplecast, Transistor, Audiomeans, PodBean, Captivate, RSS and Podigee.
That's essentially all the big hosts covered now, excepting Spotify for Creators and Megaphone (28.7%), Spreaker (13.8%), Buzzsprout (7.2%) and Libsyn (2.7%). (Shares are share of episodes published in Feb, from Livewire).
Today, @mijustin was on the Pod the North to talk about Podcasting 2.0, RSS, Podcast Standards Project, HLS video, and more!
https://podthenorth.substack.com/p/what-the-heck-is-podcasting-20-ft
What the heck is Podcasting 2.0? (ft. Justin Jackson, Transistor.fm)
A recording from Kattie Laur's live video
Years before YouTube became popular, tens of thousands of people watched video podcasts: TWiT, Diggnation, Totally Rad Show, Tiki Bar TV, G4 Tech TV, The Onion TV, Boing Boing TVâŚ
