321 - What It Takes to Get Featured on Apple Podcasts

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Good morning podcasting Morning
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Today is Wednesday, June 11th,
2025, and today we're digging

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Thanks for being here.
Good morning again, podcasting,

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Morning Chat.
Thank you for being here.

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I am your host, Mark Ronick.
And here on stage with me, a

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full stage, if you will, we have
producer Ashley Feller, Amanda

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Sharp, Dr. Faye, Jonathan
Howard, Sid Meadows and Nick

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Nall back.
Sid, joining us again in the

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morning.
Sid, what's going on with your

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morning plans?
Is everybody leaving you hanging

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in the morning to go on those
morning walks?

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Everybody's a little tired and
so I'm on a meandering walk

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again rather than a power walk.
Just got to get outside and get

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the fresh air and the sunshine
before we walked into a building

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for the rest of the day.
Awesome.

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Well I'm hoping to see you in
your Ask Me About My Podcast

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shirt today.
I hope we see a picture of it.

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Well, you're not I'm.
Sorry.

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Because I washed it and it's too
small and so I said I can't wear

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this.
It gave you man boobs, Sorry.

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Well, that's a good reason not
to.

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What size?
You need to take that part out

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OK.
What size did you actually get

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Sid?
I got the large and my first one

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was a large, but this one I
think I told you in effect, I

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think this size a little
differently, so I'm going to

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reorder the extra large.
Got it.

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Well, OK, let's talk because I
don't want you to have to buy a

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whole other shirt.
Maybe we can get you a new one.

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We'll talk about it.
And if you're interested, maybe

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what we'll do is Ashley, I will
put a link in the show notes

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today to those shirts.
If you're interested in getting

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me an Ask Me About My Podcast
shirt, not only is it a great

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shirt for you to walk around
with so that people can ask you

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about your podcast, but you're
also helping empowered

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Podcasting.
There's a small logo on the

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shirt, on the back of the shirt
that's for the conference.

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And so you would be supporting
us while supporting yourself at

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the same time.
So yeah, please check that out.

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And today, yeah, we're going to
get into all the headlines.

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Before we do, I want to say
hello to Amanda Sharp for her

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chick, her TikTok chicken
update.

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If you follow Amanda on social
media she does talk about other

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things besides her chicks and I
wanted to find out.

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Well, I saw some video yesterday
and it looks like those chickens

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are grown up quickly, Amanda.
They're growing and growing in

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naughty behavior too, but they
love meal worms, so when all

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else fails, I shake the bag and
they follow me wherever I need

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them to, so that's good.
That's awesome.

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No names still because they look
too similar.

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No names.
OK, I'm laughing just because

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this is Amanda in her element,
being able to be a Mama however

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she can.
Yeah.

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Yep, my baby's flying the coop
so I had to get some that have

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to stay in the yard.
Yeah, right.

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I love it.
Well, keep us posted.

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Thanks for the update.
And yeah, follow Amanda Sharp on

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TikTok if you want to see those
chicks growing into chickens.

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And did you figure out yet?
Do you have all males, all

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females?
A mixture?

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Well, I did reach out to the
lady that I bought him from and

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I was like, at what age do you
feel that I'll know for sure if

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they're hens or Roosters?
And she said usually between

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like 8 to 12 weeks is when you
can really start telling.

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So I've got about three more
weeks before I even had that

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milestone to be able to kind of
tell.

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I said, well, I either got 5
Roosters or five hens.

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And she's like, I'll just hope
for hens and I'm like me too,

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but I'll get 5 Roosters.
I've no doubt I'm going to have

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the five Roosters.
I I got to say it, I have an

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assumption of how to tell the
difference, but I don't know

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that I've ever seen the
difference between the two, if

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that makes sense.
Some breeds are very easily like

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as they get older, like the
Roosters typically are far more

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like elegantly feathered and
they're bigger typically and

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they're the ones who grow
obviously where the hens don't

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get as big of Combs and stuff.
But with the Wine dot breed that

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I got, they don't get a big comb
because that's what gets

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frostbite.
And so for winners here in

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Michigan, that's why I chose the
Wine Dots.

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It helps like keep them a little
bit more cold Hardy.

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So this particular breed really
is going to, it'll probably be a

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year before I know what I have,
if I'm being honest.

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But they don't, do they?
I mean, they have something down

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there, right?
No, they don't.

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They don't.
OK, you cannot tell anything

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from an undercarriage.
That's that's what I was kind of

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wondering about.
Gotcha.

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No, no, it's literally like the
appearance of what they visually

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look like compared to each
other.

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Not like you know.
Got it.

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OK, fair.
OK.

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I, I don't know, I was just
curious.

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I, I don't know why.
I mean, 'cause I know generally

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speaking, most birds, usually
the males are a little bigger

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and their feathers are more
vibrant, colorful, bigger,

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whatever.
So I knew those differences, but

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I just was curious if there was
that other difference.

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Yeah, chicks get sexed by their
like feathers from the

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hatcheries, like when they're
sending them the Tractor Supply.

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They're guessing by like based
off of feathers.

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OK.
It's very bizarre.

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Yeah, it is bizarre.
They're basically dinosaurs.

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Let's just go with that.
OK, yes, they do look like

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dinosaurs.
I know Chris says they look like

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dinosaurs.
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OK, we're just real quick.
Speaking of birds, two birds

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when I was in Spain and Portugal
that I saw in the wild for the

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first time up close and
personal.

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One was a stork in in the
Portugal Lisbon area.

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If you drive in certain areas
there are rows and rows of

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storks at the tops of trees, at
the tops of towers that are

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built, gigantic nests and storks
which I've just never seen in

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person like that in the wild.
And the other was Peacocks.

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Peacocks just walk around town
like pigeons, although maybe not

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as many as you would see, but
still they they'll just walk

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around, walk right next to you,
walk right by you.

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They mind their business.
They don't really bother you,

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but it's really interesting to
see that.

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OK, so there you go.
There's a before we get into all

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of our podcast news, just we'll
have to catch up a little bit

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with everybody.
So let's do it.

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Let's dig into the news.
And Dr. often helps me with this

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stuff.
And it looks like we have a few

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minutes before it's time to go
make the eggs for the hubby.

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So first, I like to kick things
off with some podcast data.

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This is as of June 10th from Pod
News.

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The number one podcast on Apple
in the US is The Best People

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with Nicole Wallace and MSNBC
production, which I just don't

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like calling a podcast.
I'm sorry if it's ATV show.

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It's not a podcast, just my
yeah.

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And also, we don't do this often
in the UK.

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I'll say this is in the this is
in honor of Tristan, who's back

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in the audience.
We haven't had here join us a

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lot lately and a a long timer
with the podcasting morning

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chat.
So in honor of Kristen, sorry,

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Tristan, the number one podcast
in the UK on Apple is the War

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Game brought to you by Sky News.
I'll share the number one in

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Spotify because I've heard the
UK but I won't share for US

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because Dr. gives us our top
five S #1 in.

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Spotify.
It's really hard to guess for

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the UK, it's the Joe Rogan
experience.

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And by the way, before we get
into DRS top five lists over the

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last week, 198,353 podcasts
published at least one new

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episode, which is down almost 2
percent 1.9 percent.

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So let's get that consistency
backup folks and keep posting

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your regularly scheduled podcast
episodes.

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Take it away, Dr. There are
three new ones on this chart

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that we have not seen before.
OK, so #5 is Ray Williams

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Johnson True story podcast #4 is
the World within podcast with

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Eddie Pinero.
I think I'm I think I nailed it.

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Pinero #3 #3 is past weekend
with Theo von #2 is Spotify

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presents and number one.
OK, I'll take again, it is a Joe

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Rogan experience.
I didn't even bother giving it a

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timpani didn't need one I.
Know, I know.

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So the random chart of the week
is history and #5 is forbidden.

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History #4 is dark.
History #3 is called this

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friggin guy and they don't use
the word friggin #2 is

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continuously during the number
one.

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The rest is history.
I want to talk a little bit

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about #3.
And what was #3 again?

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I'm using a euphemism.
It's called this friggin guy.

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But they don't use friggin yes.
OK, correct.

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OK, but they don't actually
spell out the bad word either,

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right?
Right, there's an asterisk where

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the you is supposed to be.
And by the way, I have to stop

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you and say I appreciate you
saying asterisk.

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That's a very commonly
mispronounced asterisk is

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sometimes asterisk.
Please push.

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Those applause.
I can't even say how it's

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normally said now because I've
trained myself to say it the

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right way for so long, but yet
people often say that word

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wrong.
Go ahead.

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OK, so this one is kind of
interesting and it's not just

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they don't just talk about guys,
even though it's titled that

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way.
They will talk about women, but

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they name all their episodes.
You know how friends would say

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it's the one with blah, blah,
blah, the one with blah, blah?

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They kind of do that and they'll
this, the current one is if you

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are a Zuckerberg hater, if you
hate anything having to do with

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Meta, you will probably like
this episode because it's what's

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his first name, Zuckerberg.
Mark.

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What's his first name?
Mark.

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Mark Zuckerberg.
Yeah.

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Easy name to remember.
It's spelled, that's why There

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you go.
It's Mark Zuckerberg.

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Everything you didn't know about
this shitty past.

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Yes, I said the word and
everything is everything you

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didn't know about his shitty
past or her shitty past.

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So it's the name of the person
and then the extension.

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It's kind of funny.
I I clicked on it and I got to

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say I had a few laughs on it.
All right.

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Well, we'll have to check that
out then.

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Dr. Thank you.
Appreciate it.

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And also I appreciate that when
you do the top fives, it's not

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just the top five overall.
I I appreciate that you take the

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time to also talk about someone
or some of the people on the

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list.
I think that's helpful.

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I like that.
Thank you.

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I want to thank Dr. for putting
us over the top for explicit

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thanks to Jonathan because now
we don't have two blanks to, you

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know, piss.
And so thanks a lot, Dr. You

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know, we're just, we are just
the most explicit.

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Yeah, Dr. What the?
Thank you, Alex.

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Thank you Dr. appreciate it.
And so all right, Dr. is going

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to go cook some eggs and while
she does this is news, I want to

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keep it going with some news and
good to see fellow Co host

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Dominic here because I had this
written down to bring up today.

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Dominic has some news about his
own podcast.

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Dominic, I think you probably
know where I'm going with this.

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You posted about it yesterday.
Do you mind sharing the news

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with the rest of the community?
Your news with the rest of the

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community.
Thank you, Mark.

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I appreciate that.
Long story short, Mental Health

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Rewritten is currently being
featured on Apple Podcast.

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If you go to Apple podcast and
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Mental Health Rewritten is in
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So it's a super exciting
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I think it just highlights the
importance of of the

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conversations that we're having.
So it's a pretty exciting

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moment.
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Congratulations, Dominic.
And may I ask how did that

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happen?
Was it a surprise?

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Did you apply?
How did you do it?

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How did I mean, look, I know
it's a great quality show.

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I've listened to the first
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I know that it's it's on a
really important topic.

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So these are things I'm sure
Apple looks for.

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No, there was a strategy.
It started three months ago in

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Basically, you do have to apply

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and basically Apple Podcast has
a editorial team that looks, you

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know, that kind of, you know,
see what the show's about is

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that and the other and I had to
get a new type of what they call

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Hero Art created for the feature
it and that's just in case they

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pick the feature.
So basically you apply, you

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create this art based on the
specifications that they asked

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for, because obviously the cover
art for your show and what they

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put in the carousel is
different, right?

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And remember the last time I was
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this may be happening while I
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cover art on the feed looked
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And I was like, I think I may be
getting featured, but I don't, I

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don't want to, you know, jinx it
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Because even when that happens,
even when they change that cover

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art, it's not guaranteed.
Like they're very selective

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about who they feature.
Just super grateful.

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And the marketing team that I
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crafting the pitch and this,
that and the other.

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But even again, like I said, it
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So the fact that they decided
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they were interested, but it
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But I guess they decided, you
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with it.
And so they decided to and so I

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have been looking at Apple
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for the past couple of days to
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Cuz even Tink didn't know it was
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Then yesterday morning it was
right there and there has been a

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bump in listens.
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That's so that was my next.
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That was my.
Next question definitely,

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definitely have noticed a bump
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That's awesome.
Congratulations, Dom.

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I have a question.
I'm in the kitchen, but I do

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have a question.
So you hired a marketing team

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and they wrote up the pitch
right to to Apple, They did.

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Is that something that you could
use as a template in the future

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so you wouldn't have to hire
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If you've seen a lot of the
marketing that I've shared on

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social media and stuff like
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responsible for that, right?
Not just that the Apple Podcast

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feature, there was a cast box
feature.

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There's somebody who written the
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So it's like it wasn't just for
this feature, right?

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But yes, you could do this on
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they have like a team that does
like, you know, these webinars

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on how you get featured on Apple
Podcast, right?

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And I did attend one of those
and stuff like that.

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It's just that it was kind of
like, since I already had hired

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the marketing team and they were
familiar with the process, why

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not let them do it?
Does that make sense?

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But yes, there is a template
where you can do this on your

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own, yes.
Yeah, very cool.

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And I just shared a link from
Apple Podcasts Direct that are,

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I think these are 4 tips to
getting featured on Apple

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Podcast.
And within there, there is a

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link to the application you need
to fill out if you want to be

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featured.
I, I've helped my clients do

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this multiple times and yet to
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So it's cool to to be have
somebody here in the community

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that has successfully done this
with Apple and well deserved

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Dominic.
I appreciate that.

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Thank you.
One thing I will say is that

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timing, timing is important as
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If you're, if you're topic is
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being like, you know, celebrated
each month or something like,

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or, you know, during a
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think the thinking was they
wanted to get it in for mental

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health awareness month.
But I mean, June is men's mental

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health awareness month, so it
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Yep, hosted by a guy too.
So that makes sense, right?

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Yeah.
I love it.

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I love it.
Thank you, Dominic.

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Yeah, I think that's a great
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I don't know if it's on that
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tip.
If your content has to do with a

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particular themed month, right?
That could be Black History

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Month, Men's and Mental Health
Awareness Month, a month for

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autism awareness, those types of
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If you have shows that focus on
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to plan ahead.
Like like Dominic said, took him

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three months for this whole
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So think about that, too.
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And you never know, that could
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Yeah.
Nick, you had something.

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Go ahead.
Congratulations to Nick.

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That's freaking awesome.
I was curious the timing.

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You started this three months
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How long did it take from when
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to when now you just found out
that you got the feature?

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You mean as far as like starting
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application?
I'm sorry.

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When you actually submitted.
To Apple.

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Oh, it was.
April.

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It was April, I think we did it
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what was that like 2 weeks ago

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that that cover art had changed
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silence, heard nothing, right.
But they do say, you know, if

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you want it whenever you want to
submit it, submit it with a,

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with at least what, 8 weeks in
advance or something like that.

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intentional and very proactive

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in that regards.
So we submitted it in April,

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probably with the hopes for it
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So like from April, let's say
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obviously this is June when I
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So I mean, I guess that's still
kind of works about 8 weeks, two

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months, I guess.
When did you launch your first

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podcast episode for that show?
May 4th, Submit this.

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So the so May 14th was the full,

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first full episode, but the
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30th.
So there was the very least

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there was something on the feed
to kind of give them an idea of

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what it is.
Now, to be fair, I don't know if

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they listen to it.
I don't know if they listen to

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it, but I think that's where the
pitch is so important, right?

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You have to have a compelling
pitch because I don't think the

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editorial team actually listens
to it.

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Which is kind of weird, don't
you think?

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It is, but I get it because I
mean, they have a lot of

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submissions.
True, they have a lot of

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submissions, right.
So I I kind of get it and the

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fact that I'm not a celebrity
because let's be honest,

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celebrities usually get those
kind of slots when it comes to

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that carousel and feature.
But I think the topic was on

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point and, you know, relevant
and I think the style of show

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because there's not many
narrative mental health shows

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running around here.
So I think that kind of, you

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know, set it apart a little bit
and kind of gave us a shot, I

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think.
Yeah, absolutely.

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I see Amanda has something to go
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Amanda.
I just want to say like

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congratulations again.
I think this is the equivalent

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if I was to open up a magazine
like on a newsstand and see my

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Betty Dominic in it as featured.
Like I just, I just want

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everyone to understand like the
significance of how special this

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is.
I think this is a huge deal.

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I mean, don't you, Mark?
Yeah, that's why I brought it up

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there has.
To be so many submissions, so

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many podcasts and our Dominic
got it.

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And Dominic, I know you put so
much time and effort to your

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podcast, so it's so deserved.
So congratulations.

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And to those, oh, go ahead.
No, I just want to say thank you

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and I appreciate you, Amanda.
I appreciate you, Mark, and I

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appreciate this community for
always being supportive of my

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work and just encouraging and
sharing and being a part of it

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and all the things I'm, I'm
super excited to have Dan on the

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show in the next couple of days
and highlighting that it was a

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small kind of delay because some
new data from the CDC kind of

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popped up.
I was like, I cannot leave this

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out.
But but, but no, I, I am super

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grateful to this community and I
think that having that support,

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having that community is
definitely part of the reason

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why things like this are able to
happen for me and for all of us

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for sure.
So I want to make sure I said

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that.
But thank you, Amanda.

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I really appreciate those words
and receive them.

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Yeah, you're welcome, Dominic.
On behalf of the community,

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you're welcome.
And on behalf of the community,

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thank you for always sharing
with us, sharing these

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milestones, and sharing the
process with us because we are

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learning from you as much as
you're getting support from us.

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So thank you for always showing
up whenever you can here in the

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podcasting, morning chat and
outside, also still connecting

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with the community.
We appreciate you.

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And by the way, Amanda mentioned
magazines.

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For those of you who don't know,
magazines are actual pieces of

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paper that are bound together.
It's kind of like a website, but

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it's in a hard copy form.
Listen, I still get magazines

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mailed to me.
I shouldn't surprise anyone.

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But it doesn't, not at all.
Not thank you Amanda, just

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teasing, just having some fun.
OK, let's keep going with some

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news, shall we?
I'm hitting the right button

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this time.
OK, so also we haven't talked

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about events coming up and I
also have a clip to play for you

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in just a moment.
First this one, I don't often

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talk about paid events except
for in person events like say

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podcast movement pod fest,
empowered podcasting, but online

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paid stuff I don't talk about
often.

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But this one caught my it's
called the art of dialogue

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editing by Radio Boot Camp.
It is hosted by Michael Raphael.

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He's a Peabody award-winning
producer engineer whose credits

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include The New Yorker, Radio
Hour, Studio 360, Radiolab and

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more.
He's hosting this August 7th.

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Hey my birthday from 1:00 PM to
3:00 PM Eastern Time.

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It's a limited size class.
It's, I think it's for 15

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participants will share the link
in the show notes for you and

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what it is.
It's, I think that the reason

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why it's important to me to
share with you is because I

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think when it comes to content
editing, not editing out the

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umm's and ah's or the spaces and
breaths and all that.

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I mean, actually, how do you
know what to cut out of an

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episode?
Because the truth of the matter

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is, is we can and many of us do
play the entire interview from

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start to finish, right?
We want to get in our heads.

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We think it's important to get
every question and every answer

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out to the world.
But I think the truth is is that

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some of those interviews can be
edited.

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Some of it isn't necessary
information.

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Some of it might slow the
showdown.

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Some of it might do better at
toward the end of the episode

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instead of at the beginning when
you actually recorded it because

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of just the way that it flows.
And it's tough for us sometimes

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to be able to know when and
where to make those cuts.

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That's what this is all about.
So I think content editing and

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education in that can do us as
podcasters, especially

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independent podcasters, a lot of
good.

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So that is, again, August 7th,
1:00 PM Eastern.

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We will share a link in the show
notes or you can go to

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radiobootcamp.org and learn more
about it and many of their other

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paid classes that they offer.
Also, protect the next event.

450
00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:24,480
Protect your podcast with easy,
affordable legal strategies

451
00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:29,320
hosted by Gordon Firemark, who
we brought up last Friday.

452
00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:34,360
I'm going to play a clip which
he happened to put out as a

453
00:26:34,360 --> 00:26:37,960
short form video the day, I
think it was Friday that we

454
00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:43,600
talked about naming your podcast
and the challenges if somebody

455
00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:45,640
else has the rights to that
name.

456
00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:49,600
And so I'm going to play this
clip because it just happened to

457
00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:52,800
come out that same day.
I figured that was fate saying

458
00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:55,960
we we need to play it here also
on the show before I do,

459
00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:58,400
Dominic, I saw your hand was up.
Did you want to mention

460
00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:01,200
something about content editing?
Oh, yeah, I was just going to

461
00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:05,640
say I would highly suggest
anybody to consider that course

462
00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:08,200
or class, if you will, because
that's it.

463
00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:10,480
That that's the hallmark of the
work that I do.

464
00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:13,840
It's it's like putting a piece
of a puzzle together and they

465
00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:15,680
rearranging it and stuff like
that.

466
00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:18,560
So and it makes fool for more
compelling content.

467
00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:22,000
I believe I'm biased obviously,
but you know, but definitely

468
00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:25,440
would suggest anybody consider
to consider that class for sure.

469
00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:26,880
Yeah.
Thank you, Dominic.

470
00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:30,360
And all right, so yeah, I'm
going to play that clip for you

471
00:27:30,360 --> 00:27:35,080
from Gordon Firemark, and we'll
link to his video version of

472
00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:36,440
this as well.
Here we go.

473
00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:39,200
Hey, it's Gordon Firemark.
If you think a registered

474
00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:42,320
trademark is just a box to
check, you're missing the point.

475
00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:44,560
A registered trademark gives you
power.

476
00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:46,640
It tells the world this brand is
yours.

477
00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:49,320
It gives you the legal
presumption of ownership, the

478
00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:52,640
exclusive right to use your name
in connection with your work,

479
00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:56,640
the ability to license it, to
enforce it, to build serious

480
00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:59,360
brand value.
Not a registered trademark.

481
00:27:59,360 --> 00:28:01,440
You're exposed.
Anyone could copy you.

482
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:04,440
They could undercut you, even
try to hijack your online

483
00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:07,320
identity with a registered
trademark, even try to hijack

484
00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:10,600
your online identity with a
registered trademark.

485
00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:13,000
You're in control.
So take the first step.

486
00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:15,680
Download the free trademark
registration guide over at

487
00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:19,480
podcast trademark.com and let's
get you protected.

488
00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:22,840
Thank you, Gordon Firemark.
By the way, I did find that old

489
00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:27,440
episode we referenced on Friday
when we had Gordon join us live

490
00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:32,360
and we asked all sorts of legal
questions and the specifically

491
00:28:32,360 --> 00:28:34,760
for content creators,
podcasters, etcetera.

492
00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:39,920
I did find it and I'll probably
release that as an episode in

493
00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:42,840
the next week or so.
Just kept got to figure out the

494
00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:45,000
timing of it.
But I do want to make sure that

495
00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:47,480
more people get to hear that
interview because there was a

496
00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:50,800
lot of great information,
including information on trade

497
00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:53,960
marking your podcast name.
So we will share that.

498
00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:57,800
And if you want to support
Gordon, he also, like I said,

499
00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:01,200
he's got his his event coming up
here soon.

500
00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:05,840
This will be June 19th, 10:00 AM
Pacific Time.

501
00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:10,080
Protect your podcast with easy,
affordable legal strategies.

502
00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:13,320
He's breaking down affordable
ways to get your show legally

503
00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:16,000
protected and professionally
structured without needing to

504
00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:20,640
hire a lawyer and without the
usual confusion that comes with

505
00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:23,880
this kind of stuff.
So check that out Also.

506
00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:28,120
By the way, New England
Podcasters Group has a June meet

507
00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:32,840
up that's coming this Saturday,
the 14th, 12:00 PM Eastern Time

508
00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:35,160
in Westford, Mass.
Just look up New England

509
00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:39,640
Podcasters Group on Google or
wherever you search for things.

510
00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:42,760
You'll find more info there and
of course in the show notes.

511
00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:46,120
And also business and Podcasting
network event for female

512
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entrepreneurs hosted by Female
Entrepreneurs Business and

513
00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:52,760
Podcasting Society.
This is a free event happening

514
00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:55,800
Tuesday, the 24th, 11:00 AM
Eastern.

515
00:29:56,000 --> 00:30:01,040
It's an online event so anybody
can attend.

516
00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:04,480
And of course, Empowered
podcasting to happen September

517
00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:10,200
26th through the 28th at the
Hyatt Centric Charlotte, NC.

518
00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:13,880
This is for you, independent
podcasters, DIY podcasters,

519
00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:18,200
people that are really taking on
the brunt of the podcasting

520
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:22,120
responsibilities and wants to
learn more, grow more and

521
00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:24,800
collaborate more with fellow
podcasters.

522
00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:28,840
Come join us at
empoweredpodcasting.com.

523
00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:31,680
Get your ticket.
You still have time to apply to

524
00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:35,480
be a speaker.
Deadline is this Friday and we

525
00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:38,560
would love to have you attend in
some way, shape or form.

526
00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:41,600
And again, thank you to
everybody for hearing me out

527
00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:46,640
yesterday, hearing me share some
challenges that I've got me a

528
00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:49,560
little frustrated this, the fact
that I haven't been able to

529
00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:55,000
close a sponsor yet, no matter
how much effort we've put into

530
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:57,240
it, for how long we've been
putting into it.

531
00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:00,640
We've got some things on the
horizon, but it's been a

532
00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:03,280
challenge for sure.
And I could, I could use a

533
00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:07,320
sponsor or two and I could use
your attendance as well, which

534
00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:10,760
is really the most important
thing as far as I'm concerned is

535
00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:14,320
I want bodies there.
I can figure out the rest of it

536
00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:17,880
later, so thank you for hearing
me out and offering your

537
00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:20,840
insights and advice yesterday.
Appreciate it.

538
00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:25,480
Also, DRI, know you're back from
cooking your breakfast for the

539
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:27,840
hubby.
With that, do you want to share

540
00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:30,160
some awards award news?
Sure.

541
00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:32,600
Yeah, we've got some award news
now.

542
00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:36,640
The True Crime Awards took place
the other night and including

543
00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:41,320
nine podcast awards.
The winner of the podcast of the

544
00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:45,280
year went to a podcast called
Kill List, and that's from

545
00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:48,960
Wondery and Novel.
And we've got a list from pod

546
00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:51,600
news of the of all the podcast
winners.

547
00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:53,960
So you can go ahead and and get
that list.

548
00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:59,560
And also, comedy comes out on
top as Spotify holds its first

549
00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:03,560
ever podcast awards.
Now the thing about this one,

550
00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:08,280
I'm confused about the location
of where they held this award

551
00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:09,200
show, but that's.
OK.

552
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:10,680
It was in Mexico.
Spotify.

553
00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:15,920
Yeah, yeah, In Mexico, and I
think it was based, all the

554
00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:21,040
awards were just focused on
South American podcasts the way

555
00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:22,880
I understand.
Well then that's not confusing

556
00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:24,400
to me then.
Sorry about that, I missed that

557
00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:25,360
part.
OK.

558
00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:29,920
Spotify held its first ever
podcast awards in Mexico,

559
00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:35,400
attracting 300 plus industry
professionals and nearly 200 top

560
00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:39,200
fan.
Nearly 200 top fans to the live

561
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:42,240
event.
Fans cast nearly 8 million

562
00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:46,080
votes, showing the depth of
engagement with local podcasting

563
00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:48,440
culture.
Oh no, look at this word.

564
00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:53,040
Look, come on, help me out.
You're not Latina, so it's OK if

565
00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:55,080
you can't.
I don't know.

566
00:32:55,080 --> 00:33:01,640
I am not Latino.
It's LACOTOR RISA.

567
00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:09,120
Co Hilo RISA called Theresa.
There you go.

568
00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:11,120
That sounded great, Jonathan.
I don't know if it was right,

569
00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:12,640
but it sounded.
I don't know if it's right,

570
00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:17,680
Yeah.
So, a comedy podcast hosted by

571
00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:24,400
Ricardo Perez and Jose Luis
Slaboski took home the top

572
00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:27,280
honor.
Called the Top of the Podcast,

573
00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:31,080
the awards spotlighted 10
podcast categories based on a

574
00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:35,920
mix of listener data and 2024
critical acclaim.

575
00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:41,360
Spotify reported 19% growth in
podcast listenership in Mexico

576
00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:47,800
over the past year, reaching
27,000,000 listeners in 2024.

577
00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:55,280
Spotify Mexico's head of podcast
Tais Tavaria, and I know the

578
00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:58,600
first name is Tais because
that's my mother's name, said

579
00:33:59,560 --> 00:34:02,920
the award show reflects
Spotify's commitment to

580
00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:07,520
investing in and growing the
local podcast ecosystem.

581
00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:10,239
How about that?
Thank you, Dr. Appreciate that.

582
00:34:10,239 --> 00:34:14,480
Yeah, interesting that Spotify,
that's where they chose to host

583
00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:17,719
their first ever awards.
Not that it's a problem, not

584
00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:21,000
that it, it's just interesting
being that there are lots of

585
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:24,280
countries out there that are
even more into podcasting.

586
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:29,760
But as Dr. reported, it's
certainly on the rise in Mexico

587
00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:33,840
at night with a 19% growth rate
in podcast listenership.

588
00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:37,000
So yeah, then we found that just
interesting and something that

589
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:41,639
we should share with everybody.
Moving into some other news

590
00:34:42,639 --> 00:34:44,840
first, something new from
YouTube.

591
00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:48,600
They're apparently rolling out
more ad inventory inside the

592
00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:51,520
YouTube Music app.
Why does that matter to you?

593
00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:56,360
Because they have a heavy focus
on podcasting in that music app,

594
00:34:56,360 --> 00:35:02,040
and this includes ad pop ads
popping up in the now playing

595
00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:05,680
screen between music videos,
podcasts and songs.

596
00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:09,720
According to Pod News, this
might be tied to a redesign.

597
00:35:09,720 --> 00:35:13,000
YouTube's been testing for a
while now, so if you're seeing

598
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:15,240
more ads show up, that's
probably why.

599
00:35:15,240 --> 00:35:19,240
It's just another move as
YouTube keeps shifting more into

600
00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:25,120
the podcasting world.
I also want to jump into another

601
00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:29,120
headline, Walmart.
I don't know how many people saw

602
00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:33,480
this.
Walmart has their first in store

603
00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:38,840
podcast studios in a location
that's only 10 minutes away from

604
00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:40,640
you.
Dr. Franklin, TN.

605
00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:45,080
I know I want I want you to be
our investigative reporter and

606
00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:47,960
go there and check it out.
I did.

607
00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:50,800
See.
There is a not a well it could

608
00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:55,240
be on YouTube too, but I saw on
TikTok there's a video going

609
00:35:55,240 --> 00:35:57,880
around of a woman who basically
did just that.

610
00:35:57,880 --> 00:36:03,000
She went into with her phone,
went in and recorded the whole

611
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:07,640
studio experience there and it
is quite impressive It's got.

612
00:36:07,720 --> 00:36:12,560
It looks amazing.
Yeah, they've taken over 2200

613
00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:18,920
square feet inside this Walmart
in Franklin, TN 2200 square feet

614
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:22,680
is a significant amount of
space.

615
00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:25,400
And I think that.
Yeah, and it's also.

616
00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:26,720
In Franklin.
Yeah.

617
00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:31,040
Why is that?
Well, Franklin is the higher

618
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:33,040
echelon.
That's where a lot of stars

619
00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:35,160
live.
Franklin is the shit.

620
00:36:35,240 --> 00:36:38,400
So I've already said the word.
That's okay.

621
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:41,800
As we learned yesterday, we
don't have to market explicit,

622
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:45,360
that is PG, PG13 language.
That's OK.

623
00:36:46,240 --> 00:36:47,360
Yeah.
I mean, it might be too many

624
00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:49,080
Times Now though.
That's true.

625
00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:51,960
Go ahead, Dominic.
No, when I worked for the

626
00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:56,120
Meadows, my office was in
Franklin, and so, yeah, yeah.

627
00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:58,120
So I'm very familiar with it.
And she's right, though.

628
00:36:58,120 --> 00:37:02,160
That's where a lot of stars kind
of live, actually, when they

629
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:04,600
work in Nashville.
Like who is Frank Gifford's

630
00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:05,640
wife?
I can't remember.

631
00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:07,360
Kathie Lee.
Yeah, Kathie Lee.

632
00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:09,720
Like.
Literally, I've seen twice

633
00:37:09,720 --> 00:37:11,800
Kathie Lee Gifford just walking
around Franklin.

634
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:13,280
Interesting.
Yeah.

635
00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:14,560
Wow.
Yeah.

636
00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:21,160
So the podcast studios are
definitely celebrity worthy for

637
00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:24,040
lack of a better term.
I again watching that video, I

638
00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:27,200
was thoroughly impressed.
It offers 6 fully equipped

639
00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:31,720
studios tailored for podcasting,
voice over work, audio mixing,

640
00:37:31,720 --> 00:37:37,160
live streaming, video production
and social media content.

641
00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:40,480
It's open daily from 10:00 AM to
7:00 PM Eastern.

642
00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:44,680
It's called Create It Studios.
It's available for hourly

643
00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:47,880
booking and includes free
workshops for beginners and pros

644
00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:50,400
alike.
The grand opening and media

645
00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:55,200
preview occurred May 30th,
featuring pro mentorship from

646
00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:59,200
Grammy and Emmy winning
creatives like Leslie Leslie,

647
00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:04,360
Breath Brathwaite and Steven
Barris, which I've probably

648
00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:07,440
butchered both names and it's
designed to be accessible.

649
00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:12,320
Located in everyday retail space
to lower barriers to entry for

650
00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:14,880
creators.
It does cost, by the way.

651
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:19,120
I looked into it from what I
found to use the podcast and

652
00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:23,200
Vodcast Studios.
That's studios one and two if

653
00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:27,360
you're interested.
It's $70.00 an hour, or if you

654
00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:32,040
want to rent it for four hours,
half a day, that's $260 total,

655
00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:36,160
and the full 8 hours for the day
is $480.

656
00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:38,680
I think that that's relatively
reasonable, especially for what

657
00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:39,920
you get.
Pretty standard.

658
00:38:40,240 --> 00:38:44,200
Yeah, they, they're really nice
looking studios with high end

659
00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:47,760
equipment.
And if your challenge about

660
00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:50,040
getting started with your
podcast is you don't feel like

661
00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:53,440
you have the space, the
equipment, the look, this is an

662
00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:57,680
option for you if you're in the
Nashville, TN area for sure.

663
00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:01,120
Yeah, you know the comments on
TikTok.

664
00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:02,320
I did.
Anyone else?

665
00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:07,160
Did you see the comments?
OK, so a lot of them were.

666
00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:11,280
I just don't see people going to
Walmart and going into the

667
00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:12,800
studio.
I just don't see it.

668
00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:14,680
Well, I do.
I see it.

669
00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:19,600
I think it's a great idea.
And I think also they don't,

670
00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:23,920
they discount all the tourism
that comes here that might hear

671
00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:27,640
about this studio that is at a
pretty good rate.

672
00:39:27,720 --> 00:39:31,640
I got to say.
And you know, music, Music Row

673
00:39:31,640 --> 00:39:36,160
doesn't really exist like it did
when I came here 25 years ago.

674
00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:39,600
It's not the same Music Row that
it was.

675
00:39:40,040 --> 00:39:44,040
What they had on Music Row now
is in almost everyone's homes.

676
00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:47,560
They call them Little Boutique
studios because the technology

677
00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:49,840
is so good.
Now you can have your own studio

678
00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:52,920
in your own home.
So I miss Music Row the way it

679
00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:57,320
was, but that's another story.
Yeah, and I don't see why it's a

680
00:39:57,320 --> 00:39:59,160
problem.
I think those commenters are

681
00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:02,240
hating just to hate because why
not You're.

682
00:40:02,240 --> 00:40:07,160
Not Nashville.
You can easily, you're going to

683
00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:08,840
go.
If you want to rent a studio,

684
00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:11,840
you got to pick up, get in the
car and go somewhere in most

685
00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:14,280
cases.
So just because you have to walk

686
00:40:14,280 --> 00:40:16,960
through the doors first of
Walmart, I don't think makes any

687
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:20,360
difference because once you walk
through the studio doors there,

688
00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:22,160
you don't feel like you're in
Walmart anymore.

689
00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:23,720
It is.
It feels like a genuine,

690
00:40:23,720 --> 00:40:25,680
professional studio.
It does.

691
00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:28,520
It's very modern, very hip
looking.

692
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:31,720
It's really, it's really
spectacular.

693
00:40:31,720 --> 00:40:37,000
But you we'll put the the link
to the video and Ashley, thank

694
00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:38,280
you for passing that along to
me.

695
00:40:38,280 --> 00:40:39,920
I appreciate it.
Yeah.

696
00:40:39,920 --> 00:40:43,280
And to be continued, maybe we'll
get Dr. to go there for us and

697
00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:46,200
record for us as well.
We'll see.

698
00:40:46,240 --> 00:40:49,360
OK, let's keep it moving with an
announcement from Apple.

699
00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:53,120
They have a handful of updates
that they announced at the WWDC

700
00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:57,320
this past week, several worth
noting for us as podcasters

701
00:40:57,320 --> 00:41:00,840
because these are changes to the
podcast app specifically.

702
00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:05,120
First up, they're adding a new
playback feature called Enhance

703
00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:09,240
Dialogue.
It amplifies just the voices in

704
00:41:09,240 --> 00:41:11,520
an episode, making speech easier
to hear.

705
00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:15,160
Especially helpful for shows
with layered sound design or

706
00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:19,120
inconsistent mic quality.
So inconsistent mic quality in

707
00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:22,320
layman's terms.
That's where if you're listening

708
00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:26,120
to, say, an interview via
podcast, you hear the host ask

709
00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:28,920
the question and then the guest
starts answering and you can

710
00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:31,000
barely hear them.
So you got to turn the dial way

711
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:33,240
up so you can hear the guests
finish their answer.

712
00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:35,960
And then when they're done, you
got to turn it back down because

713
00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:38,960
then the host comes back in
blaring in your ears.

714
00:41:39,240 --> 00:41:42,800
That's the kind of adjustment
that this enhanced dialogue

715
00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:46,640
feature offers.
You'll also be able to save your

716
00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:49,520
preferred playback speed per
show.

717
00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:53,640
So for those of you who say you
enjoy listening to podcast at 2

718
00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:57,160
times speed, but maybe there's
another podcast you listen to

719
00:41:57,160 --> 00:42:00,760
where the host talks really fast
and at 2 times speed, it's hard

720
00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:03,360
to keep up.
Well, you can set just that

721
00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:08,040
speed to say 1.5 if you prefer.
Or maybe it's the reverse,

722
00:42:08,040 --> 00:42:10,240
right?
You hear there's one podcast,

723
00:42:10,240 --> 00:42:13,240
you love the content, but the
host talks a little too slow for

724
00:42:13,240 --> 00:42:15,480
you.
So you hit that speed up, and

725
00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:19,120
that's the only show that you
want it to be speed up.

726
00:42:19,720 --> 00:42:22,520
This gives you that ability to
pick and choose.

727
00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:27,480
Newer Airpods will be able to
record in what Apple's calling

728
00:42:27,480 --> 00:42:32,280
studio, quality audio.
That's especially relevant for

729
00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:34,600
interviews where guests are
using Airpods.

730
00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:39,720
I personally don't recommend
using wireless devices when

731
00:42:39,720 --> 00:42:43,120
you're recording a podcast.
If you've done it, tested it, it

732
00:42:43,120 --> 00:42:45,200
works fine.
Good for you, keep going.

733
00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:50,560
But sometimes it causes things
like delays, which can really

734
00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:54,360
disrupt that chemistry between
you and your guest.

735
00:42:55,120 --> 00:42:59,760
If you're doing it solo and it's
working fine for you, I can see

736
00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:01,880
an argument for that in more
cases.

737
00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:06,120
It's just it can be a challenge.
But regardless, they're saying

738
00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:09,120
that there's going to be an
update to the Airpods that's

739
00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:13,080
going to make recording sound
studio quality.

740
00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:19,520
Also, iPad OS26 will now let you
assign different audio inputs to

741
00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:22,680
different apps if you're
recording or producing from an

742
00:43:22,680 --> 00:43:24,680
iPad.
That kind of control adds real

743
00:43:24,680 --> 00:43:27,480
flexibility.
And there's also a subtle but

744
00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:31,600
what I'm calling a smart change
to Apple Podcasts app.

745
00:43:31,960 --> 00:43:37,160
The Browse tab has been renamed
New Apple's reframing it as a

746
00:43:37,160 --> 00:43:40,680
better way to discover both
trending and fresh content.

747
00:43:40,680 --> 00:43:45,160
So depending on how they how
they surface shows it could

748
00:43:45,160 --> 00:43:48,640
become a more meaningful source
of organic discovery.

749
00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:52,000
And Apple Podcast is also
expanding playback speed

750
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:54,520
options.
In general, you'll be able to

751
00:43:54,520 --> 00:43:57,520
listen anywhere between .5
times.

752
00:43:57,800 --> 00:44:02,280
So if you need to slow it down
even more or up to three times

753
00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:06,360
speed, certainly not a game
changer, but it's good info to

754
00:44:06,360 --> 00:44:09,520
know and to share with your
audience too, if you want them.

755
00:44:09,720 --> 00:44:12,480
If you know that your audience,
the vast majority are using

756
00:44:12,520 --> 00:44:15,640
Apple Podcasts, I think it's a
helpful tip to share with them.

757
00:44:15,640 --> 00:44:19,800
Hey, if this is if I'm going too
fast for you, you can now change

758
00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:24,600
it to .5 speed so you can take
it all in a little bit slower or

759
00:44:24,600 --> 00:44:26,400
the vice versa.
That those are great little

760
00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:29,560
tips, I think, for an audience,
for you to share with your

761
00:44:29,560 --> 00:44:32,600
audience.
And if you fall asleep while

762
00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:37,160
listening with Airpods in
playback, will pause when Apple

763
00:44:37,160 --> 00:44:41,520
detects you've nodded off.
That's an interesting feature.

764
00:44:41,520 --> 00:44:43,520
How does it know you've nodded
off?

765
00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:46,200
What is it paying attention to
your sleep?

766
00:44:46,520 --> 00:44:48,840
Yeah, I guess your, your
breathing patterns, your

767
00:44:48,840 --> 00:44:50,480
snoring.
Interesting.

768
00:44:50,600 --> 00:44:54,760
Your sleep because of your My
watch measures my sleep, so I'm.

769
00:44:55,640 --> 00:44:57,600
Oh, yeah, that's true.
That's true.

770
00:44:57,600 --> 00:44:59,200
Good point.
Good point.

771
00:44:59,600 --> 00:45:03,720
All right, Dr. you have an
update from the Marc Maron story

772
00:45:03,720 --> 00:45:05,760
from last week.
Last week we reported that he

773
00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:08,840
was stepping down.
He announced he's stepping down

774
00:45:08,840 --> 00:45:11,360
this September.
It's number six on our sheet if

775
00:45:11,360 --> 00:45:14,360
you're looking for it.
Dr. Thank you, I was looking for

776
00:45:14,360 --> 00:45:14,800
it.
Thank you.

777
00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:16,120
I appreciate it.
OK.

778
00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:20,600
Marc Maron, creator and host of
the long running WTF podcast

779
00:45:20,600 --> 00:45:25,680
from that went from 2009 to this
year, recently reflected on the

780
00:45:25,680 --> 00:45:31,000
legacy his show helped build.
He acknowledges that both he and

781
00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:37,040
Joe Rogan pushed podcasts to
into mainstream success, success

782
00:45:37,040 --> 00:45:41,360
and effectively revolutionizing
the medium and making it a

783
00:45:41,360 --> 00:45:45,760
viable form for self-expression.
Marin kind of laments that the

784
00:45:45,760 --> 00:45:50,200
same format has been used for
dubious means, propaganda and

785
00:45:50,200 --> 00:45:54,640
pure evil, he says, blaming
himself in part for unleashing

786
00:45:54,640 --> 00:45:59,360
its potential misuse.
He criticizes other podcasters,

787
00:45:59,360 --> 00:46:05,080
especially fellow comedians, for
casually hosting extremist or

788
00:46:05,080 --> 00:46:10,320
white supremacist figures,
humanizing fascism, and contrast

789
00:46:10,320 --> 00:46:12,480
sharply with his own political
stance.

790
00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:17,880
Marin is vocally anti Trump,
while Rogan has provided a

791
00:46:17,880 --> 00:46:21,440
platform to conservative
figures, including Trump, which

792
00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:25,080
Marin suggests influenced the
2024 election.

793
00:46:25,400 --> 00:46:29,560
He underscores A bittersweet
tone, proud of the innovation

794
00:46:29,560 --> 00:46:34,680
his format inspired, but trouble
by how it's been weaponized.

795
00:46:35,120 --> 00:46:38,320
It's interesting, it feels like
he's feeling a little bitter as

796
00:46:38,320 --> 00:46:42,240
he's exiting podcasting, and I'm
not saying he's wrong here by

797
00:46:42,240 --> 00:46:45,720
any stretch, but seems like he's
got a lot of opinions he now

798
00:46:45,720 --> 00:46:51,120
wants to share about the space.
Yeah, it feels like the Tiger's

799
00:46:51,120 --> 00:46:54,800
out of the cage, but he could
say he wants to now, although he

800
00:46:54,920 --> 00:46:56,560
was doing that anyway.
Exactly.

801
00:46:56,560 --> 00:47:00,640
That's that is his style, yeah.
Yeah, but now he's not biting

802
00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:03,320
the hand that feeds him, he's
biting the hand that fed him.

803
00:47:05,680 --> 00:47:08,240
Yeah.
And also, you know, I mean,

804
00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:12,800
look, I, I think that he, people
like him, Joe Rogan did push

805
00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:16,160
podcast into mainstream success,
I suppose.

806
00:47:16,440 --> 00:47:20,080
But you know, they've been doing
it for years and years and

807
00:47:20,080 --> 00:47:22,440
years.
And it's not until more

808
00:47:22,440 --> 00:47:26,920
recently, I, I really think it
was the pandemic that pushed

809
00:47:26,920 --> 00:47:32,440
podcasting into mainstream.
And sure, Joe Rogan and Marc

810
00:47:32,440 --> 00:47:36,200
Maron are some of those
pioneers, but you know, if they

811
00:47:36,200 --> 00:47:40,520
really made that push into
mainstream, I think that would

812
00:47:40,520 --> 00:47:44,160
have happened years before the
pandemic came along.

813
00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:47,080
So I just think that the
pandemic is really what got

814
00:47:47,080 --> 00:47:49,680
things into mainstream.
And of course, 10 or so years

815
00:47:49,680 --> 00:47:54,920
prior to that it it was serial.
I believe that that really

816
00:47:54,920 --> 00:47:59,040
pushed it forward.
And Janae is joining us on

817
00:47:59,040 --> 00:47:59,680
stage.
Let's see.

818
00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:02,640
Janae, welcome.
Did you want to comment on what

819
00:48:02,640 --> 00:48:04,000
I'm commenting on?
Janae.

820
00:48:04,680 --> 00:48:10,280
Good morning, everybody.
Yes, I am going to comment a

821
00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:14,560
little bit on that.
So Mark is thinking or Marc

822
00:48:14,560 --> 00:48:21,480
Maron is thinking, WTF did I do
by unleashing these beats,

823
00:48:22,640 --> 00:48:24,840
right?
Maybe you should start a sequel

824
00:48:24,840 --> 00:48:29,160
podcast.
That's WTF did the idea or

825
00:48:29,160 --> 00:48:30,480
Senate.
So yeah, you're right.

826
00:48:30,480 --> 00:48:34,160
There's a combination of things
that stacked that's enabled the

827
00:48:34,160 --> 00:48:36,920
unleashing of podcasts or you
know, be bringing it to

828
00:48:36,920 --> 00:48:39,800
mainstream.
I think pandemic is one of them.

829
00:48:39,800 --> 00:48:43,080
But technology, right?
If you think about technology

830
00:48:43,080 --> 00:48:48,080
being here, being available to
people to get in front of it is

831
00:48:48,080 --> 00:48:51,240
also one of the biggest reason.
Like I started my podcast

832
00:48:51,240 --> 00:48:54,920
recording on the phone.
We're literally doing that, all

833
00:48:54,920 --> 00:48:57,480
of us, as you stood here on
Clubhouse.

834
00:48:57,480 --> 00:49:00,040
So all of those things I think
stacked together.

835
00:49:00,440 --> 00:49:06,600
And then the other thing that
also inspires this is getting

836
00:49:06,600 --> 00:49:10,320
the permission like, hey, I have
a voice and there's a platform

837
00:49:10,320 --> 00:49:12,400
that I can share it, then why
not?

838
00:49:12,400 --> 00:49:15,920
So yeah, it's a combination of
stacking and technology

839
00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:19,480
maturing, podcasts, platform
maturing, YouTube maturing, like

840
00:49:19,480 --> 00:49:22,000
YouTube and podcasting story
around the same time.

841
00:49:22,520 --> 00:49:26,560
So totally makes sense.
And it's almost like, what's

842
00:49:26,560 --> 00:49:29,400
that president?
What's that vice president that

843
00:49:29,400 --> 00:49:31,680
said he invented the Internet?
Al Gore.

844
00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:33,600
Yeah, Al Gore?
Yep, that's right.

845
00:49:35,520 --> 00:49:37,080
But there we go.
Thanks guys.

846
00:49:37,080 --> 00:49:38,280
Yep.
Thank you, Janae.

847
00:49:38,280 --> 00:49:40,360
Appreciate your insights on
that.

848
00:49:40,640 --> 00:49:45,360
I'm looking at the time here and
I will say we're going to do one

849
00:49:45,360 --> 00:49:48,480
more quick story.
Jonathan, I had asked if there

850
00:49:48,480 --> 00:49:52,200
was any social media news you
thought was worth mentioning.

851
00:49:52,200 --> 00:49:54,760
Would you mind sharing with the
group please?

852
00:49:55,000 --> 00:49:59,760
Sure, I will share that Threads
has finally added DMS over the

853
00:49:59,760 --> 00:50:04,160
past month.
I think maybe longer they've

854
00:50:04,160 --> 00:50:08,240
added advertising to Threads as
well as DMSI.

855
00:50:08,760 --> 00:50:11,000
Plan to dive in.
You plan to dive in?

856
00:50:11,240 --> 00:50:16,280
I took a course on threads and
for the past week I've been kind

857
00:50:16,280 --> 00:50:19,200
of building up a little library
of posts and stuff like that.

858
00:50:19,520 --> 00:50:21,240
So yeah, I'm planning to dive
in.

859
00:50:21,520 --> 00:50:24,480
Well, it's good to hear, Dr. I'd
like to see you a little more

860
00:50:24,480 --> 00:50:26,720
active on the social media
platform.

861
00:50:27,040 --> 00:50:28,800
No, I'm terrible.
Me too.

862
00:50:28,840 --> 00:50:30,280
Yeah, I bet.
Yes.

863
00:50:30,360 --> 00:50:33,160
Yeah.
Aren't you part of Jonathan's

864
00:50:33,160 --> 00:50:35,520
community or have been part of
Jonathan's community?

865
00:50:35,600 --> 00:50:38,240
Yeah, you got.
Yeah, All right.

866
00:50:38,240 --> 00:50:39,800
Well, that's another show
entirely.

867
00:50:39,800 --> 00:50:43,000
Yeah, I I did see that the DMS
are coming.

868
00:50:43,600 --> 00:50:45,640
I think I saw.
What else did I see?

869
00:50:45,640 --> 00:50:49,360
Anything else?
You can also now add up to five

870
00:50:49,360 --> 00:50:53,720
bio links on threads as well as
something I saw that happened

871
00:50:53,720 --> 00:50:56,400
recently.
They're advancing their search

872
00:50:56,400 --> 00:51:02,840
tools over there as well.
And oh, you also the ability to

873
00:51:02,840 --> 00:51:08,720
import your X or formerly known
as Twitter following list, you

874
00:51:08,720 --> 00:51:12,720
can migrate it over on threads.
Cool.

875
00:51:12,920 --> 00:51:15,040
Thank you, Jonathan.
Appreciate that and thank you.

876
00:51:15,320 --> 00:51:20,080
Oh, did you have anything else?
Well, just overall the search on

877
00:51:20,160 --> 00:51:25,120
all the the meta products is
being updated to in a lot of it

878
00:51:25,120 --> 00:51:28,600
will include AI, so you'll be
able to find things in a much

879
00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:31,040
more streamlined way.
Oh, very cool, very cool.

880
00:51:31,040 --> 00:51:33,440
Thank you, Jonathan.
And thanks all to all of you

881
00:51:33,440 --> 00:51:37,840
today for participating and or
simply listening to today's

882
00:51:37,840 --> 00:51:40,240
episode.
We have more news to cover.

883
00:51:40,240 --> 00:51:43,240
So tomorrow we've got a mailbag
segment.

884
00:51:43,240 --> 00:51:46,040
We've got more mail to get
through your questions.

885
00:51:46,040 --> 00:51:50,000
And by the way, if you have
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886
00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:57,680
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887
00:51:57,680 --> 00:52:02,200
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888
00:52:02,200 --> 00:52:04,480
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889
00:52:04,480 --> 00:52:08,480
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890
00:52:08,480 --> 00:52:11,800
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891
00:52:11,800 --> 00:52:15,280
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892
00:52:15,440 --> 00:52:18,200
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893
00:52:18,200 --> 00:52:22,480
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894
00:52:23,200 --> 00:52:25,760
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