You can never truly predict the outcome of your podcast, and that stands true for Serial, as Adnan Syed was released from prison earlier this week, the focus on season one of a hit podcast from 2014. MacKenzie joins Todd this episode to discuss the effects of a podcast, a bit on the history of the RSS feed, and editing and marketing tactics.

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• Adnan Syed, whose story was the focus of the hit podcast Serial in season one, has been released from prison. Syed’s story was kicked off by Serial and then again thoroughly discussed in the podcast Undisclosed. This is not the first case podcasting has shed light on that had a profound impact in real life, but it is known as the first true crime podcast to bring in millions of new podcast listeners back in 2014.
  
• Apple wants your website address for podcasting (in the EU).
  
• Open podcast prefix project.
  
• RSS 2.0 is 20 years old! View the RSS timeline here.
  
• Spotify has added audio books to their platform.
  

Trial runs. Don’t skimp out and decide it’s unnecessary to test out your equipment, even those that have done this before. Podcast equipment is best tested multiple times and with multiple people.

• Blog Post: How Radio Experience Can Translate to Podcasting – by Meryl Klemow
  
• Getting Started in Podcasting, a webinar – Tuesday September 27th at 4:30pm. Register here.
  

Marking edit points in your recording

Question: What is a good (unorthodox) way that can help you grow your community/listeners? 

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