1 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:12,240 Welcome to the reboot of the new media 2 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:14,855 show, and it's great to have you here 3 00:00:14,855 --> 00:00:15,994 with me. And 4 00:00:16,454 --> 00:00:17,994 today on the relaunch 5 00:00:18,454 --> 00:00:19,274 of the show, 6 00:00:19,654 --> 00:00:20,795 but we're going to, 7 00:00:21,335 --> 00:00:22,695 be in a little bit of a different 8 00:00:22,695 --> 00:00:23,195 format, 9 00:00:23,654 --> 00:00:26,134 than what the conventional approach has been. I've 10 00:00:26,134 --> 00:00:29,500 got, Rob Walsh, the VP of Libsyn with 11 00:00:29,500 --> 00:00:31,179 me. And so he's, 12 00:00:31,739 --> 00:00:34,140 gonna gonna join me on this journey as 13 00:00:34,140 --> 00:00:35,600 we kind of move to the next 14 00:00:35,899 --> 00:00:37,119 stage of the 15 00:00:37,500 --> 00:00:39,979 the new media show. And so, Rob, welcome 16 00:00:39,979 --> 00:00:41,744 back. I guess the the last time I 17 00:00:41,744 --> 00:00:43,185 did this new media show, you were on 18 00:00:43,185 --> 00:00:44,945 it as well. Thanks, Rob, for having me 19 00:00:44,945 --> 00:00:46,945 on. Appreciate it. It's been a couple of 20 00:00:46,945 --> 00:00:49,984 months since Todd left us, and and it's 21 00:00:49,984 --> 00:00:51,204 been a a process 22 00:00:51,744 --> 00:00:53,284 to rebuild this 23 00:00:53,609 --> 00:00:54,109 show 24 00:00:54,729 --> 00:00:57,530 and to have it, kind of ready for 25 00:00:57,530 --> 00:00:59,049 a relaunch. I mean, at the time, I 26 00:00:59,049 --> 00:01:00,969 didn't really know if I was going to 27 00:01:00,969 --> 00:01:03,369 bring the show back or not. It didn't 28 00:01:03,449 --> 00:01:05,049 I didn't know if it was gonna be 29 00:01:05,049 --> 00:01:07,390 even even possible. So it's 30 00:01:07,704 --> 00:01:08,204 really 31 00:01:08,584 --> 00:01:10,584 a a miracle to some degree that that 32 00:01:10,584 --> 00:01:12,825 we're back doing it here. I'm glad I'm 33 00:01:12,825 --> 00:01:15,625 glad you're relaunching. Yeah. Well, it's great that 34 00:01:15,625 --> 00:01:17,784 it's coming back. And and so what I'm 35 00:01:17,784 --> 00:01:20,204 hoping to do with the show here is 36 00:01:20,344 --> 00:01:22,045 talk about some some 37 00:01:22,519 --> 00:01:25,239 topics that that are top of mind right 38 00:01:25,239 --> 00:01:27,159 now, you know, like the podcast hall theme 39 00:01:27,159 --> 00:01:29,399 and and kind of what what's going on 40 00:01:29,399 --> 00:01:32,920 with the whole video side, AI side, and 41 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:33,739 what that, 42 00:01:34,484 --> 00:01:35,385 how that's impacting 43 00:01:35,924 --> 00:01:39,365 the podcasting space. So, Rob, what's your thought 44 00:01:39,365 --> 00:01:41,045 on the whole hall of fame? Is there 45 00:01:41,045 --> 00:01:43,284 any comments that that they have? It's coming 46 00:01:43,284 --> 00:01:43,685 back. 47 00:01:44,325 --> 00:01:46,585 I'm gonna be having 12 new inductees 48 00:01:47,150 --> 00:01:49,390 They're hopefully gonna be announced here in the 49 00:01:49,390 --> 00:01:49,870 next, 50 00:01:50,189 --> 00:01:53,010 day or so, but it's it's really exciting 51 00:01:53,229 --> 00:01:55,469 to to see that come back as well. 52 00:01:55,469 --> 00:01:57,709 So any thoughts? Yeah. I mean, first, I'm 53 00:01:57,709 --> 00:02:00,510 I'm excited that coming back, I'm always happy 54 00:02:00,510 --> 00:02:01,569 to see the new inductees. 55 00:02:02,034 --> 00:02:03,575 Yeah. You know, 56 00:02:04,114 --> 00:02:06,034 good class from the ones I've seen so 57 00:02:06,034 --> 00:02:06,534 far. 58 00:02:07,474 --> 00:02:10,754 One I'm good friends with. So very happy 59 00:02:10,754 --> 00:02:12,754 for him. I don't know. We'll we'll talk 60 00:02:12,754 --> 00:02:14,514 about names here in a little bit. But, 61 00:02:14,835 --> 00:02:16,930 yeah, I I it it's nice to see 62 00:02:16,930 --> 00:02:18,450 it moving forward. It is nice to see 63 00:02:18,450 --> 00:02:20,610 it being back to a yearly cadence and 64 00:02:20,610 --> 00:02:23,010 and really happy that podcast is, you know, 65 00:02:23,010 --> 00:02:25,170 stepping up and Yeah. Making it part of 66 00:02:25,170 --> 00:02:27,730 of that show. Yeah. I think it's my 67 00:02:27,730 --> 00:02:28,770 personal thought is it's, 68 00:02:29,605 --> 00:02:32,085 it's something that's really important to the medium 69 00:02:32,085 --> 00:02:33,944 to recognize those folks that 70 00:02:34,325 --> 00:02:35,865 had a had a foundational 71 00:02:36,724 --> 00:02:39,205 billing for for this medium that we all 72 00:02:39,205 --> 00:02:41,385 love. And and so it's great to, 73 00:02:42,085 --> 00:02:44,085 always always do this event. It's always a 74 00:02:44,085 --> 00:02:44,825 lot of work. 75 00:02:45,409 --> 00:02:47,909 There's always a lot of, trying to coordinate 76 00:02:48,290 --> 00:02:50,210 people flying in or if they're gonna be 77 00:02:50,210 --> 00:02:52,210 there, if they're gonna do doing doing a 78 00:02:52,210 --> 00:02:52,710 video. 79 00:02:53,169 --> 00:02:53,569 But it's 80 00:02:54,210 --> 00:02:55,889 I would say at the end, it's always 81 00:02:55,889 --> 00:02:58,735 worth it. So and that's that's why we 82 00:02:58,735 --> 00:03:00,514 do it. So well, 83 00:03:00,814 --> 00:03:03,215 let's kinda move on here and talk a 84 00:03:03,215 --> 00:03:05,375 little bit about some of the other topics 85 00:03:05,375 --> 00:03:06,814 that that we're gonna talk about on the 86 00:03:06,814 --> 00:03:09,534 show today. And that's kinda some what can 87 00:03:09,534 --> 00:03:10,194 be oftentimes 88 00:03:10,495 --> 00:03:10,995 controversial 89 00:03:11,294 --> 00:03:11,794 numbers 90 00:03:12,230 --> 00:03:14,710 around ad spend and the business side of 91 00:03:14,710 --> 00:03:16,889 podcasting is one of the things 92 00:03:17,590 --> 00:03:19,909 that, you know, and Rob, you know, chime 93 00:03:19,909 --> 00:03:20,889 in on this too 94 00:03:21,189 --> 00:03:23,449 is is that it it feels like podcasting 95 00:03:23,510 --> 00:03:26,474 has kinda grown up of sorts, and it's 96 00:03:26,555 --> 00:03:28,415 it's now being seen increasingly 97 00:03:29,675 --> 00:03:32,395 as the media now. Right? So we've spent 98 00:03:32,395 --> 00:03:34,175 most of our lives, both of us, 99 00:03:34,715 --> 00:03:36,335 seeing mainstream media 100 00:03:36,795 --> 00:03:40,139 really kinda kinda dominate the media landscape. And 101 00:03:40,139 --> 00:03:42,299 podcasting has always been this kinda like this 102 00:03:42,299 --> 00:03:45,439 rebel upstart, but but now we've kind of 103 00:03:45,739 --> 00:03:47,840 taken over that leading mantle 104 00:03:48,139 --> 00:03:48,799 of sorts 105 00:03:49,180 --> 00:03:51,599 in the podcasting space. And so 106 00:03:51,995 --> 00:03:53,435 what's your thought on that? Is that the 107 00:03:53,435 --> 00:03:54,954 same thing that you're seeing, or is it 108 00:03:54,954 --> 00:03:56,254 just something I'm seeing? 109 00:03:56,715 --> 00:03:58,794 Obviously, something that I'm seeing too. And, you 110 00:03:58,794 --> 00:04:00,954 know, we had an election a year ago 111 00:04:00,954 --> 00:04:02,254 that was dominated 112 00:04:02,634 --> 00:04:04,094 by podcast appearances 113 00:04:04,555 --> 00:04:07,259 and lack thereof. I mean, definitely helped, 114 00:04:09,019 --> 00:04:10,319 determine a present. 115 00:04:11,099 --> 00:04:12,780 And then on top of that, you have 116 00:04:12,780 --> 00:04:16,319 one podcaster who's bigger than all, you know, 117 00:04:16,379 --> 00:04:16,879 CNN, 118 00:04:17,259 --> 00:04:18,319 Fox News, 119 00:04:18,939 --> 00:04:19,439 NewsNation, 120 00:04:20,794 --> 00:04:21,294 MSNBC 121 00:04:21,914 --> 00:04:24,414 combined his audience's longer. So 122 00:04:24,794 --> 00:04:27,675 what is mainstream media when you've got Joe 123 00:04:27,675 --> 00:04:28,574 Rogan, who's 124 00:04:28,875 --> 00:04:30,414 larger than Anderson Cooper? 125 00:04:30,875 --> 00:04:33,594 That's right. Well, and it's probably not even 126 00:04:33,594 --> 00:04:36,220 close, actually. And there's a handful of other 127 00:04:36,220 --> 00:04:37,979 creators, and I've got a list that I'm 128 00:04:37,979 --> 00:04:39,500 gonna share a little bit later in the 129 00:04:39,500 --> 00:04:40,639 show that will kind 130 00:04:40,939 --> 00:04:43,500 of run down what those top 10 shows 131 00:04:43,500 --> 00:04:45,919 are right now at Spotify and even Apple 132 00:04:46,379 --> 00:04:49,519 and YouTube. So, you know, and it's not, 133 00:04:50,115 --> 00:04:52,134 what I think all of us would necessarily 134 00:04:52,754 --> 00:04:55,395 like to see, but it's the, it's the 135 00:04:55,395 --> 00:04:57,395 reality that we see right now, at least 136 00:04:57,395 --> 00:05:00,055 in the numbers that are being shared publicly. 137 00:05:00,514 --> 00:05:01,014 And 138 00:05:01,555 --> 00:05:02,455 which is always 139 00:05:02,835 --> 00:05:04,295 a question mark too, 140 00:05:04,949 --> 00:05:06,629 is that each of those platforms kind of 141 00:05:06,629 --> 00:05:06,949 has, 142 00:05:07,670 --> 00:05:09,829 reasons for doing things. I'll just put it 143 00:05:09,829 --> 00:05:10,949 kindly that way. 144 00:05:11,829 --> 00:05:12,810 So, so anyway, 145 00:05:13,509 --> 00:05:15,990 I don't know, Rob, what's what's the big 146 00:05:15,990 --> 00:05:17,449 things that you're seeing 147 00:05:18,014 --> 00:05:19,774 on the growth side that's really 148 00:05:20,254 --> 00:05:23,535 Advertising side is it's it's more and more 149 00:05:23,535 --> 00:05:25,154 advertisers are coming in. 150 00:05:25,615 --> 00:05:26,514 Yeah. And 151 00:05:27,134 --> 00:05:29,294 we're getting I think we're starting to see 152 00:05:29,294 --> 00:05:29,794 advertisers 153 00:05:30,620 --> 00:05:31,519 change even 154 00:05:32,060 --> 00:05:34,319 on pre produced ads on how they're targeting. 155 00:05:34,860 --> 00:05:36,779 Initially, it was a lot of targeting based 156 00:05:36,779 --> 00:05:39,419 on the demographics of who the listeners are, 157 00:05:39,419 --> 00:05:41,099 but now you're starting to see them go, 158 00:05:41,099 --> 00:05:42,000 wait a second. 159 00:05:42,379 --> 00:05:44,560 Why am I targeting on 160 00:05:45,084 --> 00:05:48,365 demographics when I actually care about psychographics? And 161 00:05:48,365 --> 00:05:49,345 then they're saying, hey, 162 00:05:49,964 --> 00:05:52,125 why don't I, you know, why don't I 163 00:05:52,125 --> 00:05:54,125 just put it all across all these true 164 00:05:54,125 --> 00:05:55,564 crime or why don't I put it across 165 00:05:55,564 --> 00:05:58,399 all these sports podcasts? Doesn't matter what their 166 00:05:58,399 --> 00:06:01,120 demographics are. If they're interested in this topic, 167 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:02,500 they're interested in my product. 168 00:06:02,959 --> 00:06:05,199 And then we're starting to see that shift 169 00:06:05,199 --> 00:06:06,180 come back now. 170 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:09,779 You know, still host red is still dominant, 171 00:06:10,264 --> 00:06:13,805 but programmatic, I thought, a bit was so 172 00:06:14,185 --> 00:06:15,085 more reliant 173 00:06:15,464 --> 00:06:17,305 on they would they were so interested on 174 00:06:17,305 --> 00:06:19,865 the demos. They forgot about well, does it 175 00:06:19,865 --> 00:06:21,785 really matter if that person is a male 176 00:06:21,785 --> 00:06:23,459 or female if they're not gonna buy your 177 00:06:23,459 --> 00:06:26,680 product? So I've seen this year, especially, 178 00:06:27,459 --> 00:06:29,399 more of those would call run of network 179 00:06:29,459 --> 00:06:31,699 type buys where they'll buy across a whole 180 00:06:31,699 --> 00:06:34,759 genre of podcast because they know those people 181 00:06:35,185 --> 00:06:37,764 that listen to it, regardless of gender, regardless 182 00:06:37,904 --> 00:06:40,305 of age, are likely to buy their product 183 00:06:40,305 --> 00:06:42,464 because of the topic they're listening to. Yeah. 184 00:06:42,464 --> 00:06:43,024 It does, 185 00:06:43,664 --> 00:06:45,044 seem like that the advertising 186 00:06:45,425 --> 00:06:45,925 side, 187 00:06:47,024 --> 00:06:49,104 is really moving a little bit closer to 188 00:06:49,104 --> 00:06:49,764 what we've 189 00:06:50,860 --> 00:06:53,500 accepted, I guess, or or seen in the 190 00:06:53,500 --> 00:06:56,459 broadcast media side. Right? For many years. That's 191 00:06:56,459 --> 00:06:58,220 the irony as I look back to the 192 00:06:58,220 --> 00:07:00,620 past is is what we went through this 193 00:07:00,620 --> 00:07:02,620 phase with podcasting, and I think it still 194 00:07:02,620 --> 00:07:03,839 exists today where 195 00:07:04,264 --> 00:07:07,305 where host reads do do very well. It's 196 00:07:07,305 --> 00:07:07,964 been able 197 00:07:08,264 --> 00:07:09,165 to Right. And 198 00:07:10,105 --> 00:07:10,605 advertisers 199 00:07:11,625 --> 00:07:12,685 are really increasingly 200 00:07:12,985 --> 00:07:15,384 starting to think about, well, what's the ROI 201 00:07:15,384 --> 00:07:18,019 on these things? Right? And that's what's causing 202 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:20,800 a little bit of an adjustment in the 203 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:21,300 medium 204 00:07:21,759 --> 00:07:22,659 around expectations 205 00:07:22,959 --> 00:07:26,079 because, you know, they would like to only 206 00:07:26,079 --> 00:07:28,740 work with shows that drive the highest ROI, 207 00:07:28,879 --> 00:07:30,419 right, on their campaigns. 208 00:07:30,914 --> 00:07:33,555 That tends to narrow the the amount of 209 00:07:33,555 --> 00:07:35,814 shows that are being being purchased. 210 00:07:36,194 --> 00:07:38,595 And And are you doing that as well? 211 00:07:38,595 --> 00:07:39,414 Yeah. I mean, 212 00:07:40,034 --> 00:07:42,034 some buyers will like, hey. I only want 213 00:07:42,034 --> 00:07:43,954 shows a 100,000, a 150,000, 214 00:07:43,954 --> 00:07:45,954 or 200,000 per app. Right? Because they don't 215 00:07:45,954 --> 00:07:47,629 wanna deal with shows that are 216 00:07:48,089 --> 00:07:50,750 smaller. But others are realizing that, hey, there's 217 00:07:51,209 --> 00:07:54,490 really actually better ROI oftentimes between shows that 218 00:07:54,490 --> 00:07:56,410 are between $1,015,000 219 00:07:56,410 --> 00:07:57,629 and a 100,000. 220 00:07:57,689 --> 00:08:00,329 Those those audiences tend to be much more 221 00:08:00,329 --> 00:08:02,175 loyal to to the hosts 222 00:08:02,574 --> 00:08:04,175 than some of the ones that are, you 223 00:08:04,175 --> 00:08:06,974 know, bigger shows. I'm not gonna name names, 224 00:08:06,974 --> 00:08:08,894 but bigger shows that are up there that 225 00:08:08,894 --> 00:08:10,354 never listen to this 226 00:08:10,735 --> 00:08:12,435 a voice mail message, never, 227 00:08:13,534 --> 00:08:15,534 reply to the audience, never interact with the 228 00:08:15,534 --> 00:08:17,509 audience. But the shows that are 25, 229 00:08:17,509 --> 00:08:20,069 50 k, they tend to still be interacting 230 00:08:20,069 --> 00:08:22,149 with their audience and pull them a better 231 00:08:22,149 --> 00:08:23,990 rapport with that audience. Yeah. And it does 232 00:08:23,990 --> 00:08:26,069 seem like more and more shows are taking 233 00:08:26,069 --> 00:08:26,569 their, 234 00:08:27,029 --> 00:08:30,490 their platform or their content to private communities 235 00:08:30,709 --> 00:08:31,849 increasingly too. 236 00:08:32,205 --> 00:08:35,404 It's usually around bonus content, but Substack. I've 237 00:08:35,404 --> 00:08:37,164 seen a lot of shows going around sub 238 00:08:37,164 --> 00:08:39,565 stack. Yeah. That's a that's a great example, 239 00:08:39,565 --> 00:08:42,065 but there's other ones too, like, you screen, 240 00:08:42,764 --> 00:08:45,085 dot TV is another one that we're seeing 241 00:08:45,085 --> 00:08:45,585 people 242 00:08:46,019 --> 00:08:47,940 post all their videos over there. So you 243 00:08:47,940 --> 00:08:50,340 could conceivably have an audio show that's only 244 00:08:50,340 --> 00:08:50,840 available 245 00:08:51,300 --> 00:08:53,860 publicly and then do all your video over 246 00:08:53,860 --> 00:08:57,060 in these these more private communities, right, that 247 00:08:57,060 --> 00:08:59,235 you can build a paid relationship with 248 00:09:00,034 --> 00:09:01,254 with a particular show. 249 00:09:01,794 --> 00:09:04,274 But Rob, before we dive too much further 250 00:09:04,274 --> 00:09:05,794 into this, because we have a lot of 251 00:09:05,794 --> 00:09:07,714 data that we wanna share on the show 252 00:09:07,714 --> 00:09:09,634 today too, that I'm gonna pull up on 253 00:09:09,634 --> 00:09:12,595 the screen around the ad spend market, in 254 00:09:12,595 --> 00:09:14,519 The US and globally. But I did wanna 255 00:09:14,519 --> 00:09:17,240 share that the the New Media Show has 256 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:20,600 a new website. So if you are seeing 257 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:22,840 this live so let me bring it up 258 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:24,600 on the screen here. So if you wanted 259 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:25,500 to go to 260 00:09:26,475 --> 00:09:28,095 newmediashow.com, 261 00:09:28,315 --> 00:09:30,715 you can actually get all of the older 262 00:09:30,715 --> 00:09:31,695 older episodes 263 00:09:32,154 --> 00:09:34,654 of which there's probably close to 600 264 00:09:34,794 --> 00:09:37,115 up in here right now. And if you 265 00:09:37,115 --> 00:09:39,995 missed the the episode that Rob and I 266 00:09:39,995 --> 00:09:40,679 both did 267 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:42,940 to to remember Todd Cochran, 268 00:09:43,879 --> 00:09:46,279 that's all up here too, and there's audio 269 00:09:46,279 --> 00:09:49,159 and and video players that are on that 270 00:09:49,159 --> 00:09:51,480 post as well. Those are now in the 271 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:54,495 RSS feeds, the older RSS feeds that didn't 272 00:09:54,495 --> 00:09:57,715 get updated originally with that episode. So 273 00:09:58,095 --> 00:10:00,095 so we've been able to restore the whole 274 00:10:00,095 --> 00:10:00,595 show 275 00:10:01,134 --> 00:10:03,215 and get all of the archives in here 276 00:10:03,215 --> 00:10:05,394 too. So all of the the new episodes 277 00:10:05,455 --> 00:10:07,295 will be published in here just like this. 278 00:10:07,295 --> 00:10:09,870 And so this will be a good kind 279 00:10:09,870 --> 00:10:10,610 of landing, 280 00:10:11,389 --> 00:10:11,889 location 281 00:10:13,070 --> 00:10:15,790 for for the show going forward. And so 282 00:10:15,790 --> 00:10:18,110 so but it's still gonna be available and 283 00:10:18,110 --> 00:10:20,830 streamed live out to all of the social 284 00:10:20,830 --> 00:10:21,330 platforms. 285 00:10:22,065 --> 00:10:24,644 I am tapping into Todd's old, 286 00:10:25,184 --> 00:10:26,485 old link through 287 00:10:26,945 --> 00:10:27,445 Restream. 288 00:10:28,065 --> 00:10:30,144 Hopefully, it's working. I'm not really sure if 289 00:10:30,144 --> 00:10:32,304 it is, but I'll find out after the 290 00:10:32,304 --> 00:10:32,804 show, 291 00:10:33,345 --> 00:10:35,264 to try and capture as many, 292 00:10:36,330 --> 00:10:39,210 potential listening points for this show as well. 293 00:10:39,210 --> 00:10:41,210 But I'm sure some of them aren't gonna 294 00:10:41,210 --> 00:10:42,090 work, but, 295 00:10:42,570 --> 00:10:44,170 I'm hoping that some of them will, and 296 00:10:44,170 --> 00:10:46,889 it'll capture people that have probably not seen 297 00:10:46,889 --> 00:10:48,410 the show in a long time. I wonder 298 00:10:48,410 --> 00:10:50,605 what happened to it. Right. So and then, 299 00:10:51,164 --> 00:10:53,345 so I just wanted to show that there's 300 00:10:53,644 --> 00:10:55,884 ways that you you can actually go back 301 00:10:55,884 --> 00:10:58,204 in here. And I mean, well, first of 302 00:10:58,204 --> 00:11:00,225 all, you can go on and and subscribe 303 00:11:01,084 --> 00:11:03,184 to Apple Podcasts or Spotify 304 00:11:03,950 --> 00:11:07,090 and get access to to the content there 305 00:11:07,470 --> 00:11:09,309 and get it on your phone. And then 306 00:11:09,309 --> 00:11:13,629 also there's a complete list by by, month 307 00:11:13,629 --> 00:11:14,370 and year 308 00:11:14,830 --> 00:11:17,325 of all the past past episodes. If you 309 00:11:17,325 --> 00:11:19,325 wanted to go into a deep dive of 310 00:11:19,325 --> 00:11:21,884 seeing what one of the early episodes of 311 00:11:21,884 --> 00:11:23,725 this series is, you can see how long 312 00:11:23,725 --> 00:11:25,024 that list is. It's about, 313 00:11:25,404 --> 00:11:27,965 like I said, close to 600 episodes. So 314 00:11:27,965 --> 00:11:29,804 if you have lots of extra time in 315 00:11:29,804 --> 00:11:31,740 your life, which probably most people don't. 316 00:11:32,620 --> 00:11:34,399 So this is a little bit more personal, 317 00:11:34,700 --> 00:11:35,200 Rob. 318 00:11:35,659 --> 00:11:37,679 It's it it it, like, shows us parallel 319 00:11:37,820 --> 00:11:39,279 with with each other. I know 320 00:11:39,659 --> 00:11:40,559 the the past 321 00:11:40,940 --> 00:11:41,440 show, 322 00:11:42,299 --> 00:11:44,834 had us in various sizes and things like 323 00:11:44,834 --> 00:11:46,834 that, but I just love the that this 324 00:11:46,834 --> 00:11:49,315 parallel look. Now granted, I can flip back 325 00:11:49,315 --> 00:11:50,454 and forth to 326 00:11:50,754 --> 00:11:53,394 to me and then you and in that 327 00:11:53,394 --> 00:11:55,154 that concept, which is terrific. But, 328 00:11:56,195 --> 00:11:58,514 And for those that are watching after and 329 00:11:58,514 --> 00:12:01,460 don't realize, we're using StreamYard. So Yeah. Right. 330 00:12:01,460 --> 00:12:02,919 And need what service. 331 00:12:03,379 --> 00:12:05,940 So what we're doing here is hopefully will 332 00:12:05,940 --> 00:12:06,679 work well 333 00:12:07,220 --> 00:12:09,379 on the audio side and and the video 334 00:12:09,379 --> 00:12:11,700 side is my goal always. So anything we 335 00:12:11,700 --> 00:12:14,274 bring up on the screen, you know, we're 336 00:12:14,274 --> 00:12:16,514 gonna talk about. So it isn't so much, 337 00:12:16,754 --> 00:12:19,235 that it's only being created for the video 338 00:12:19,235 --> 00:12:21,394 of consumers of this because that's the other 339 00:12:21,394 --> 00:12:23,174 thing that I've learned over the last, 340 00:12:23,554 --> 00:12:26,375 couple of years is that is that increasingly 341 00:12:26,595 --> 00:12:30,089 people are looking for an audio version and 342 00:12:30,389 --> 00:12:30,889 potentially 343 00:12:31,509 --> 00:12:34,230 as an option, a video word. So there 344 00:12:34,230 --> 00:12:35,669 are people out there that like to watch 345 00:12:35,669 --> 00:12:38,889 video, which are typically a smaller subset. 346 00:12:39,589 --> 00:12:42,014 I think the the numbers that Todd shared 347 00:12:42,014 --> 00:12:43,855 with me in the past, because we've been 348 00:12:43,855 --> 00:12:45,855 doing this as a live show for thirteen 349 00:12:45,855 --> 00:12:48,574 years, is that it's like 10 to 20% 350 00:12:48,574 --> 00:12:51,294 of the audience watches the video side. That's 351 00:12:51,294 --> 00:12:52,815 not what we did. Score a lot of 352 00:12:52,815 --> 00:12:55,315 show. Oh, it is. Right. Some shows, 353 00:12:55,694 --> 00:12:57,820 the ratio is 20 to one. I mean, 354 00:12:57,820 --> 00:12:58,879 while the podcast 355 00:12:59,259 --> 00:13:01,019 that we see is 20 to one ratio 356 00:13:01,019 --> 00:13:02,159 of audio to video. 357 00:13:02,700 --> 00:13:04,860 Yeah. And that's why I care about them, 358 00:13:04,860 --> 00:13:06,720 the actual production of this and 359 00:13:07,500 --> 00:13:10,139 and how it's how it's presented. Is it 360 00:13:10,139 --> 00:13:10,639 visually, 361 00:13:11,100 --> 00:13:12,959 you know, enticing? I was a little bit, 362 00:13:14,035 --> 00:13:16,035 a little disappointed because I was trying to 363 00:13:16,035 --> 00:13:18,915 shoot for four k here with with what 364 00:13:18,915 --> 00:13:21,735 I'm trying to do, but the technology platforms 365 00:13:21,795 --> 00:13:23,634 are still not quite there yet to four 366 00:13:23,634 --> 00:13:26,035 k. Now, granted, YouTube is playing in that 367 00:13:26,035 --> 00:13:27,254 four k market 368 00:13:27,779 --> 00:13:29,940 pretty deeply, but most of the content that 369 00:13:29,940 --> 00:13:30,759 gets published, 370 00:13:31,299 --> 00:13:32,820 or I just say all of it, that's 371 00:13:32,820 --> 00:13:35,480 four k gets published as a direct upload. 372 00:13:35,860 --> 00:13:37,559 There isn't any four k. Yeah. 373 00:13:38,019 --> 00:13:40,500 Yeah. Any live streams that are going into 374 00:13:40,500 --> 00:13:42,200 YouTube that are four k today, 375 00:13:42,865 --> 00:13:45,985 they default it, and and so does so 376 00:13:45,985 --> 00:13:48,245 does StreamYard as far as I know. So, 377 00:13:48,944 --> 00:13:51,284 so anyway, just a little bit of background 378 00:13:51,584 --> 00:13:52,865 background story. But, 379 00:13:55,024 --> 00:13:55,345 let's 380 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:57,899 is there any thoughts, 381 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:02,299 Rob, on Todd's passing that you've had subsequent 382 00:14:02,679 --> 00:14:03,179 to 383 00:14:03,879 --> 00:14:04,360 to, 384 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:08,279 the your remembrance episode that that we might 385 00:14:08,279 --> 00:14:09,225 wanna talk about? 386 00:14:10,105 --> 00:14:11,084 No. I mean, since, 387 00:14:12,345 --> 00:14:13,784 you know, I saw you at the funeral 388 00:14:13,784 --> 00:14:16,345 and and and it was great turnout and 389 00:14:16,345 --> 00:14:18,345 it was great seeing folks there. I'm a 390 00:14:18,345 --> 00:14:20,184 horrible reason to see them, but it it 391 00:14:20,184 --> 00:14:21,944 was really nice to see that turnout for 392 00:14:21,944 --> 00:14:22,444 Todd. 393 00:14:24,059 --> 00:14:26,620 Yeah. Yeah. It just it's still very sad. 394 00:14:26,620 --> 00:14:27,899 I think and I always said it was 395 00:14:27,980 --> 00:14:29,899 it's gonna hit me more, like, when I 396 00:14:29,899 --> 00:14:31,820 get to podcast, when I'm there and you 397 00:14:31,820 --> 00:14:33,580 see the bluebird Right. Blankens. You won't see 398 00:14:33,580 --> 00:14:35,120 Todd. And I think that's 399 00:14:35,580 --> 00:14:37,179 I think that's gonna be more of the 400 00:14:37,179 --> 00:14:38,480 reality of the situation, 401 00:14:39,205 --> 00:14:40,644 when it gets home with a lot of 402 00:14:40,644 --> 00:14:42,404 people for that point. You know, they're used 403 00:14:42,404 --> 00:14:44,184 to seeing them there. Those of that. 404 00:14:45,044 --> 00:14:45,865 Yeah. So, 405 00:14:46,404 --> 00:14:47,464 speaking of Podfest, 406 00:14:48,085 --> 00:14:49,845 there's a bunch of stuff that's gonna be 407 00:14:49,845 --> 00:14:50,985 going on down there. 408 00:14:51,690 --> 00:14:53,929 I'm a big, big fan of Podfest and 409 00:14:53,929 --> 00:14:55,769 what they're trying to accomplish down there. That 410 00:14:55,769 --> 00:14:56,830 that that's it. Podfest, 411 00:14:57,769 --> 00:14:58,809 expo.com 412 00:14:58,809 --> 00:15:00,029 if you wanted to go, 413 00:15:01,049 --> 00:15:02,570 check it out if you haven't heard of 414 00:15:02,570 --> 00:15:03,309 it before, 415 00:15:03,929 --> 00:15:04,394 which 416 00:15:04,795 --> 00:15:07,035 I'm always surprised that there are people in 417 00:15:07,035 --> 00:15:08,955 the community that are not aware of that 418 00:15:08,955 --> 00:15:10,075 conference. Mhmm. 419 00:15:10,634 --> 00:15:12,955 And so I I always try and share 420 00:15:12,955 --> 00:15:14,715 it as much as I can. But the 421 00:15:14,715 --> 00:15:16,715 the podcast hall of fame, the twenty twenty 422 00:15:16,715 --> 00:15:18,315 six podcast hall of fame is gonna be 423 00:15:18,315 --> 00:15:18,815 there. 424 00:15:19,769 --> 00:15:20,269 Plus 425 00:15:20,809 --> 00:15:22,730 this new media show is going to be 426 00:15:22,730 --> 00:15:24,190 on stage again, Rob. 427 00:15:24,809 --> 00:15:26,009 So we're gonna do it, 428 00:15:26,409 --> 00:15:28,990 live in front of an audience down there. 429 00:15:29,209 --> 00:15:30,970 And then I'm also gonna do a hall 430 00:15:30,970 --> 00:15:33,049 of fame hall of fame panel down there 431 00:15:33,049 --> 00:15:33,789 too. So 432 00:15:34,134 --> 00:15:36,294 I'm gonna be involved in two sessions down 433 00:15:36,294 --> 00:15:37,815 there, one for the hall of fame and 434 00:15:37,815 --> 00:15:41,095 one for the media show. So I'm gonna 435 00:15:41,095 --> 00:15:43,894 be building out panels down there for that, 436 00:15:43,894 --> 00:15:46,375 and that's coming together right now. But the 437 00:15:46,375 --> 00:15:48,615 big thing that's coming down the path right 438 00:15:48,615 --> 00:15:49,434 now is, 439 00:15:50,509 --> 00:15:51,009 getting 440 00:15:51,389 --> 00:15:52,769 finalized the selection. 441 00:15:53,870 --> 00:15:55,790 What it's looking like is gonna be 12 442 00:15:55,790 --> 00:15:57,950 people that are gonna be inducted into the 443 00:15:57,950 --> 00:16:00,350 podcast hall of fame. It could be 11. 444 00:16:00,350 --> 00:16:02,910 So there's always a couple of stragglers that 445 00:16:02,910 --> 00:16:03,570 are still 446 00:16:04,934 --> 00:16:07,014 trying to decide if they're gonna be there 447 00:16:07,014 --> 00:16:09,034 in person or if they're 448 00:16:09,495 --> 00:16:12,154 even going to accept the award. And 449 00:16:12,615 --> 00:16:13,754 that may not be 450 00:16:14,294 --> 00:16:16,075 commonly known out there, but, 451 00:16:16,940 --> 00:16:18,700 as Rob, as you know, that there are 452 00:16:18,700 --> 00:16:21,500 people that have decided to not accept the 453 00:16:21,500 --> 00:16:22,639 hall of fame induction, 454 00:16:23,500 --> 00:16:25,740 which may come as a surprise to some 455 00:16:25,740 --> 00:16:26,639 people. But, 456 00:16:27,659 --> 00:16:29,659 I mean, I would think that everybody would 457 00:16:29,659 --> 00:16:32,205 want to be be inducted, but there's there's 458 00:16:32,205 --> 00:16:34,945 a bunch of reasons that I hear sometimes, 459 00:16:35,725 --> 00:16:37,105 of why that doesn't happen. 460 00:16:38,205 --> 00:16:39,045 But it's 461 00:16:39,485 --> 00:16:42,045 there can be all sorts of issues that 462 00:16:42,045 --> 00:16:43,565 can come up, but it it it it's 463 00:16:43,565 --> 00:16:45,725 also can be a personal choice type of 464 00:16:45,725 --> 00:16:48,669 situation too. We don't force people to get 465 00:16:48,669 --> 00:16:51,549 inducted into the whole thing. So, so it's 466 00:16:51,549 --> 00:16:53,710 a much more kind of cooperative thing because 467 00:16:53,710 --> 00:16:55,389 that's the environment that I want to create 468 00:16:55,389 --> 00:16:57,870 with the whole thing is that people that, 469 00:16:57,870 --> 00:17:00,450 you know, get inducted want to be there. 470 00:17:00,745 --> 00:17:02,985 And because it it really aligns with the 471 00:17:02,985 --> 00:17:04,904 values of the whole whole of fame and 472 00:17:04,904 --> 00:17:06,984 the purpose of it. And what we're trying 473 00:17:06,984 --> 00:17:09,005 to accomplish with it is we want people 474 00:17:09,464 --> 00:17:11,644 that are inducted into it that really, 475 00:17:12,664 --> 00:17:13,164 have 476 00:17:13,785 --> 00:17:16,319 a a kind of a persona of, 477 00:17:16,799 --> 00:17:19,700 of really giving back, right, to the podcasting 478 00:17:19,759 --> 00:17:21,299 space and building community 479 00:17:22,159 --> 00:17:24,259 and being being a good participant, 480 00:17:25,519 --> 00:17:28,000 in in the medium. And that's that that's 481 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:29,039 why we do it that way. So I 482 00:17:29,039 --> 00:17:31,394 would say probably over half of the inductees 483 00:17:31,454 --> 00:17:34,174 are gonna be there in person. Mhmm. So 484 00:17:34,174 --> 00:17:36,275 that's that's always a terrific outcome. 485 00:17:36,654 --> 00:17:38,734 The first reaction from some people is is 486 00:17:38,734 --> 00:17:40,654 that, you know, well, I can't make it, 487 00:17:40,654 --> 00:17:42,815 but as they kinda move down the path 488 00:17:42,815 --> 00:17:44,095 and they think about it a little bit 489 00:17:44,095 --> 00:17:46,275 more, they oftentimes come back and say, well, 490 00:17:46,380 --> 00:17:47,279 I'll be there. Absolutely. 491 00:17:48,299 --> 00:17:50,539 So so it's always a good good kind 492 00:17:50,539 --> 00:17:52,720 of move that, that happens 493 00:17:53,339 --> 00:17:54,960 over time. So I wanted to show 494 00:17:55,660 --> 00:17:57,920 next the the hall of fame, 495 00:18:00,465 --> 00:18:02,785 website. So if you wanted to go check 496 00:18:02,785 --> 00:18:03,445 it out, 497 00:18:04,065 --> 00:18:06,305 I think I just disconnected it. So let 498 00:18:06,305 --> 00:18:07,605 me go in and 499 00:18:08,065 --> 00:18:09,285 reconnect it again. 500 00:18:10,545 --> 00:18:11,045 And 501 00:18:11,659 --> 00:18:14,220 so all the information about the hall of 502 00:18:14,220 --> 00:18:15,039 fame is 503 00:18:15,419 --> 00:18:16,720 is on this page, 504 00:18:17,099 --> 00:18:17,819 and it's at, 505 00:18:18,460 --> 00:18:20,079 podcasthall.com. 506 00:18:20,619 --> 00:18:22,240 If you wanted to go 507 00:18:22,700 --> 00:18:25,394 go check it out, it's got last year's 508 00:18:25,394 --> 00:18:27,475 full bulk of your phone. Is that because 509 00:18:27,475 --> 00:18:30,535 Todd registered podcasthalloffame.com? 510 00:18:32,275 --> 00:18:33,575 I believe he did 511 00:18:34,275 --> 00:18:34,775 when 512 00:18:35,075 --> 00:18:36,695 yeah. Right. I think he was 513 00:18:37,075 --> 00:18:38,355 He was always quick to, 514 00:18:39,210 --> 00:18:41,049 register if you had your domain names around 515 00:18:41,049 --> 00:18:43,210 town. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. He tends to wanna 516 00:18:43,210 --> 00:18:43,690 do that. 517 00:18:45,849 --> 00:18:47,789 But I I believe he did a redirect 518 00:18:47,849 --> 00:18:50,909 on this too. So I think he redirected 519 00:18:51,049 --> 00:18:53,404 the traffic to this one. So if you 520 00:18:53,404 --> 00:18:55,964 did type in podcasthalloffame.com, 521 00:18:55,964 --> 00:18:58,144 I think it does get redirected to this. 522 00:18:59,244 --> 00:19:01,025 So and I think yeah. 523 00:19:01,325 --> 00:19:03,805 There's actually three domain names, but but I 524 00:19:03,805 --> 00:19:05,884 tend to focus just on one. Podcast hall 525 00:19:05,884 --> 00:19:09,640 is short and sweet and it and it 526 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:12,519 says it all to some degree, but having 527 00:19:12,519 --> 00:19:15,740 that podcast halloffame address is great too. But 528 00:19:16,839 --> 00:19:18,380 so what's on this page 529 00:19:18,759 --> 00:19:21,259 is a link to the ceremony. 530 00:19:21,984 --> 00:19:22,964 So if you wanted 531 00:19:23,825 --> 00:19:25,284 to come to Podfest 532 00:19:25,825 --> 00:19:26,325 and 533 00:19:27,105 --> 00:19:29,825 attend the ceremony in person, you can do 534 00:19:29,825 --> 00:19:32,784 do that. And there's in person tickets that 535 00:19:32,784 --> 00:19:33,444 are available, 536 00:19:34,589 --> 00:19:36,369 right here that you can click on. 537 00:19:37,390 --> 00:19:39,630 But but the event will be produced into 538 00:19:39,630 --> 00:19:40,849 a full video, 539 00:19:41,309 --> 00:19:43,470 so so you'll be able to watch it, 540 00:19:43,869 --> 00:19:45,630 I believe that's gonna come out on the 541 00:19:45,630 --> 00:19:48,355 eighteenth. So it'll be a couple days after 542 00:19:48,355 --> 00:19:48,855 the 543 00:19:49,394 --> 00:19:51,634 the in person's ceremony. Hopefully, we can get 544 00:19:51,634 --> 00:19:52,115 it out, 545 00:19:52,914 --> 00:19:53,974 in that time frame 546 00:19:54,355 --> 00:19:57,154 ready to go. And so so and then 547 00:19:57,154 --> 00:19:59,734 also what's there too is all of the 548 00:20:00,115 --> 00:20:00,934 past inductees. 549 00:20:01,859 --> 00:20:03,779 And, hopefully, here in the next day or 550 00:20:03,779 --> 00:20:05,160 so, we will have 551 00:20:05,619 --> 00:20:06,759 our our new inductees 552 00:20:07,140 --> 00:20:08,200 listed in here. 553 00:20:08,819 --> 00:20:09,799 And so 554 00:20:10,180 --> 00:20:11,400 last year's inductees 555 00:20:11,859 --> 00:20:14,579 are listed in here and all the prior 556 00:20:14,579 --> 00:20:15,480 years too. 557 00:20:16,304 --> 00:20:18,224 So if you wanted to go and and 558 00:20:18,224 --> 00:20:21,024 check out what the past has been for 559 00:20:21,024 --> 00:20:22,944 the hall of fame, it's it's all right 560 00:20:22,944 --> 00:20:24,704 there. And if you wanted to go and 561 00:20:24,704 --> 00:20:25,684 watch some 562 00:20:26,704 --> 00:20:27,284 some past 563 00:20:28,625 --> 00:20:30,005 videos of past 564 00:20:31,299 --> 00:20:33,779 ceremonies from the past. You can see Dave 565 00:20:33,779 --> 00:20:36,660 Jackson there. You know, his induction back in 566 00:20:36,660 --> 00:20:37,480 2018 567 00:20:38,099 --> 00:20:39,000 and the full 568 00:20:39,539 --> 00:20:40,440 2017 569 00:20:40,580 --> 00:20:41,080 induction, 570 00:20:41,859 --> 00:20:43,755 which at the time was part, 571 00:20:44,634 --> 00:20:45,275 part of, 572 00:20:45,674 --> 00:20:46,575 podcast movement. 573 00:20:47,835 --> 00:20:50,075 And that's when I got inducted was on 574 00:20:50,075 --> 00:20:50,234 the 575 00:20:50,875 --> 00:20:52,015 in 2017. 576 00:20:52,795 --> 00:20:54,795 What was different about the hall of fame 577 00:20:54,795 --> 00:20:56,795 back then is that it was combined with 578 00:20:56,795 --> 00:20:58,095 a podcast awards. 579 00:20:58,639 --> 00:21:00,899 So the hall of famers were sprinkled 580 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:01,940 amongst, 581 00:21:04,319 --> 00:21:07,139 you know, podcast award winners. So 582 00:21:07,599 --> 00:21:09,200 which is different than the hall of fame 583 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:10,259 today, which is 584 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:11,940 just the hall of fame. 585 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:13,220 So 586 00:21:13,644 --> 00:21:15,724 it's not it doesn't currently have, 587 00:21:16,204 --> 00:21:16,704 a 588 00:21:17,085 --> 00:21:19,724 awards, like a podcast awards kind of piece 589 00:21:19,724 --> 00:21:20,384 to it. 590 00:21:21,404 --> 00:21:23,404 So so anyway, and also I wanted to 591 00:21:23,404 --> 00:21:24,224 thank Podfest 592 00:21:24,525 --> 00:21:28,620 for for giving us a venue and and 593 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:31,640 and really supporting the the event. And and 594 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:34,200 the Bluberry platform has come through this year 595 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:34,940 with a 596 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:35,900 sponsorship 597 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:38,140 of the Hall of Fame. And and hopefully 598 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:38,759 we'll have, 599 00:21:39,585 --> 00:21:41,984 a a few more sponsors before the event 600 00:21:41,984 --> 00:21:42,484 happens. 601 00:21:43,424 --> 00:21:44,065 And then, 602 00:21:44,944 --> 00:21:46,964 Pod News is kind of our 603 00:21:47,424 --> 00:21:49,444 our our media partner. So 604 00:21:50,384 --> 00:21:51,524 so, anyway, let's, 605 00:21:52,144 --> 00:21:53,125 hop out of that 606 00:21:53,984 --> 00:21:54,484 and 607 00:21:56,339 --> 00:21:59,240 come back, and we can continue our conversation, 608 00:21:59,460 --> 00:21:59,960 Rob. 609 00:22:00,819 --> 00:22:01,319 So 610 00:22:02,019 --> 00:22:04,920 so anyway, let's let's go ahead and kinda 611 00:22:05,059 --> 00:22:06,200 move on from that. 612 00:22:06,500 --> 00:22:07,000 And, 613 00:22:08,180 --> 00:22:08,680 well, 614 00:22:09,220 --> 00:22:10,119 let me tease 615 00:22:10,795 --> 00:22:12,255 a few of the inductees. 616 00:22:12,875 --> 00:22:14,714 Actually, I've got it in the show notes 617 00:22:14,714 --> 00:22:16,954 here, so we might as well share that 618 00:22:16,954 --> 00:22:21,055 this has not been publicly released yet, but 619 00:22:21,115 --> 00:22:21,994 the names that I'm 620 00:22:22,759 --> 00:22:23,820 I have here, 621 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:27,160 have already agreed to be inducted in the 622 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:28,920 hall of fame. There's a couple of names 623 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:29,660 that are 624 00:22:30,279 --> 00:22:31,740 potentially missing here, 625 00:22:32,360 --> 00:22:33,259 that haven't, 626 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:35,019 officially confirmed. 627 00:22:35,945 --> 00:22:37,565 So I won't mention them. 628 00:22:38,184 --> 00:22:38,585 Okay. 629 00:22:39,224 --> 00:22:41,224 And the first one, and and I know, 630 00:22:41,224 --> 00:22:43,065 Rob, you're a big fan of, is Dan 631 00:22:43,065 --> 00:22:44,365 Carlin. Yes. 632 00:22:45,144 --> 00:22:46,285 Hardcore history. 633 00:22:47,704 --> 00:22:49,785 He's telling me there's a new episode coming 634 00:22:49,785 --> 00:22:51,329 out the end of this month. We'll see. 635 00:22:51,329 --> 00:22:51,730 We'll see if it makes 636 00:22:52,609 --> 00:22:54,769 It's funny. I think, well, we think we're 637 00:22:54,769 --> 00:22:56,609 gonna cut the episode down. It'll only be 638 00:22:56,609 --> 00:22:58,369 four hours long so we can Oh, is 639 00:22:58,369 --> 00:23:00,149 that all? Okay. Right. 640 00:23:00,529 --> 00:23:01,029 Right. 641 00:23:01,329 --> 00:23:03,329 Well, now he knows if he's a hall 642 00:23:03,329 --> 00:23:05,169 of famer, so maybe he'll mention that as 643 00:23:05,169 --> 00:23:08,714 part of his history. Oh, come on. So 644 00:23:09,414 --> 00:23:11,434 and then the next one is Paul Culligan, 645 00:23:13,095 --> 00:23:15,575 who's been around this medium. I met Paul 646 00:23:15,654 --> 00:23:19,894 We met him at at Gnome Decks, 2005 647 00:23:19,894 --> 00:23:21,914 or '6. It was one of the two. 648 00:23:21,930 --> 00:23:23,630 But, yes, we met him at Gnomedek. 649 00:23:24,250 --> 00:23:26,250 Yeah. At first met Paul back when I 650 00:23:26,250 --> 00:23:28,890 was working for Microsoft on the on the 651 00:23:28,890 --> 00:23:29,789 Zoom. So 652 00:23:30,090 --> 00:23:32,170 and then another one who comes out of 653 00:23:32,170 --> 00:23:34,970 the the video podcasting era, but has a 654 00:23:34,970 --> 00:23:35,470 strong 655 00:23:35,994 --> 00:23:36,494 connection 656 00:23:37,115 --> 00:23:37,615 with, 657 00:23:39,034 --> 00:23:40,654 like CNET radio and 658 00:23:41,115 --> 00:23:44,734 and other other kind of tech related, 659 00:23:45,355 --> 00:23:48,990 podcasting platforms is Veronica Belmont. And that may 660 00:23:49,289 --> 00:23:51,390 be a a new name to many people 661 00:23:51,450 --> 00:23:53,309 because she hasn't been really 662 00:23:53,690 --> 00:23:55,869 plugged into the podcast side of things 663 00:23:56,250 --> 00:23:58,409 or my community standpoint over the years, but 664 00:23:58,409 --> 00:24:00,650 I've known her for for many, many years 665 00:24:00,650 --> 00:24:02,809 now, and she had huge impact on the 666 00:24:02,809 --> 00:24:03,964 early years of hypnosis. 667 00:24:04,904 --> 00:24:08,204 Yep. And and we're also gonna do 668 00:24:08,585 --> 00:24:11,964 a a memorial induction of Dan Miller, 669 00:24:13,065 --> 00:24:13,565 who, 670 00:24:14,345 --> 00:24:16,605 we're gonna be lucky to have Dave Ramsey 671 00:24:16,904 --> 00:24:18,534 is going to induct 672 00:24:19,079 --> 00:24:21,819 Dan Miller on on stage in Orlando. 673 00:24:22,679 --> 00:24:23,179 So, 674 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:25,980 and I know, Rob, I 675 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:27,319 I you know, 676 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:31,079 Dave well. I'm sure. Yep. And and and 677 00:24:31,079 --> 00:24:31,579 Dan. 678 00:24:32,044 --> 00:24:34,044 You know, Dan was down where I live 679 00:24:34,044 --> 00:24:35,804 now. He was in this area, the Franklin 680 00:24:35,804 --> 00:24:36,704 Brentwood area, 681 00:24:37,005 --> 00:24:39,724 and and he had a mastermind group and 682 00:24:39,724 --> 00:24:41,484 Dave was part of that group. And there's 683 00:24:41,484 --> 00:24:43,585 a lot of people came out of Dan's 684 00:24:43,644 --> 00:24:44,765 mastermind group. 685 00:24:46,079 --> 00:24:47,619 Definitely big influence. 686 00:24:48,559 --> 00:24:49,779 Yeah. I talked to, 687 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:54,079 Dave Dave Ramsey today about about the induction, 688 00:24:54,079 --> 00:24:56,980 and he's he's he's willing to do anything. 689 00:24:57,119 --> 00:24:59,059 He was a very close friend, 690 00:25:00,725 --> 00:25:02,884 of of Dan's for, like, four years, I 691 00:25:02,884 --> 00:25:03,705 guess. So, 692 00:25:04,725 --> 00:25:06,005 he he's gotta be there, 693 00:25:07,125 --> 00:25:08,025 with an impassionate, 694 00:25:08,805 --> 00:25:09,305 presentation 695 00:25:09,684 --> 00:25:11,065 to to induct Dan. 696 00:25:11,445 --> 00:25:14,424 I have never seen a better public speaker 697 00:25:14,484 --> 00:25:15,705 than Dave Ramsey. 698 00:25:16,210 --> 00:25:18,450 Okay. Cool. He, He's great to talk on 699 00:25:18,450 --> 00:25:20,049 the phone with too. So Yeah. I mean, 700 00:25:20,049 --> 00:25:22,070 I've seen him speak a couple times live. 701 00:25:22,610 --> 00:25:25,910 Unbelievable speaker. Yeah. Yeah. Well, he's 702 00:25:26,289 --> 00:25:29,170 he's got a unbelievable network too that's been 703 00:25:29,170 --> 00:25:30,630 very successful. Right? 704 00:25:31,414 --> 00:25:33,335 And the next one that probably won't be 705 00:25:33,335 --> 00:25:35,815 too much of a big surprise to to 706 00:25:35,815 --> 00:25:37,674 to many people is James Cridland. 707 00:25:39,174 --> 00:25:41,194 So so, you know, I know. 708 00:25:43,095 --> 00:25:44,855 But he has had a huge impact on 709 00:25:44,855 --> 00:25:47,069 the podcasting space, and he got lots and 710 00:25:47,069 --> 00:25:48,049 lots of votes, 711 00:25:48,589 --> 00:25:51,089 in the the process. And all these 712 00:25:51,470 --> 00:25:52,990 people that I mentioned here, 713 00:25:53,390 --> 00:25:56,029 have have gone through a voting process. So 714 00:25:56,029 --> 00:25:57,169 we've had, like, 715 00:25:58,269 --> 00:25:59,250 50 plus, 716 00:26:00,029 --> 00:26:03,315 people that have voted to to select this 717 00:26:03,315 --> 00:26:06,294 from a group of probably close to 200, 718 00:26:06,674 --> 00:26:07,174 nominees. 719 00:26:10,115 --> 00:26:12,755 That list can grow, but that comes with 720 00:26:12,755 --> 00:26:16,934 some inherent challenges too. Mhmm. So, Lucas, 721 00:26:17,839 --> 00:26:19,759 I got some comments from some of the 722 00:26:19,759 --> 00:26:21,140 voters saying that the 723 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:22,740 the list was too long 724 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:25,279 to be able to It was. I I 725 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:26,720 there was a quite a few names on 726 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:27,920 there. I was like, who? I had to 727 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:29,680 look up. Like, who is this? Because I'm 728 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:31,700 the one that always know people's name. 729 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:32,740 I didn't. 730 00:26:33,285 --> 00:26:34,725 You did a lot better job than when 731 00:26:34,725 --> 00:26:36,085 I was earning it. I'll just say that. 732 00:26:36,085 --> 00:26:36,985 Much more organized. 733 00:26:37,644 --> 00:26:40,085 I for like, I'd email people going, here's 734 00:26:40,085 --> 00:26:41,684 the list to choose from. Send me back 735 00:26:41,684 --> 00:26:42,505 a few names. 736 00:26:42,805 --> 00:26:44,904 Well, that worked as well. But, 737 00:26:45,765 --> 00:26:47,365 but, yeah, I tried to include 738 00:26:48,660 --> 00:26:50,259 tried to follow through with a promise that 739 00:26:50,259 --> 00:26:52,180 I made up on stage last year is 740 00:26:52,180 --> 00:26:54,519 to include some international folks 741 00:26:55,059 --> 00:26:55,880 in the 742 00:26:56,259 --> 00:26:56,920 the list 743 00:26:57,220 --> 00:26:57,880 of potential, 744 00:26:59,299 --> 00:26:59,799 inductees, 745 00:27:00,100 --> 00:27:02,100 and I did that. So it's not a 746 00:27:02,100 --> 00:27:04,325 huge percentage of the list, but I'm trying 747 00:27:04,325 --> 00:27:05,865 to phase into it solely, 748 00:27:06,805 --> 00:27:09,065 to get, you know, some folks, 749 00:27:09,605 --> 00:27:10,105 recognized. 750 00:27:11,765 --> 00:27:12,265 And 751 00:27:12,565 --> 00:27:13,525 one of them is, 752 00:27:14,164 --> 00:27:16,265 who's outside of The US is Mark Esquith. 753 00:27:16,630 --> 00:27:19,029 He's gonna be inducted this year. He's gonna 754 00:27:19,029 --> 00:27:20,730 be there in person, he told me today. 755 00:27:21,269 --> 00:27:24,230 So I'm excited for that. And another one 756 00:27:24,230 --> 00:27:26,390 that may be a surprise to many people 757 00:27:26,390 --> 00:27:28,470 that, don't go back to the early years 758 00:27:28,470 --> 00:27:29,849 of podcasting is 759 00:27:30,274 --> 00:27:31,174 Julie Samuels 760 00:27:31,794 --> 00:27:35,474 from the Electronic Frontier Foundation organization. And the 761 00:27:35,474 --> 00:27:36,774 whole Adam Corolla 762 00:27:37,154 --> 00:27:39,954 fighting the patent troll. Patent troll in the 763 00:27:39,954 --> 00:27:40,694 early years. 764 00:27:41,794 --> 00:27:44,039 She had a significant impact, and and a 765 00:27:44,039 --> 00:27:46,440 lot of people will realize this and hopefully 766 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:47,880 she'll talk about it a lot at the 767 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:48,700 hall of fame 768 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:50,460 around that whole process, 769 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:52,880 that the industry went through. And there was 770 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:54,360 a lot of fear and there was a 771 00:27:54,360 --> 00:27:56,200 lot of concern. A lot of people were, 772 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:58,534 is it time to bail on podcasting because 773 00:27:58,534 --> 00:28:01,115 of this patent holder that was trying to 774 00:28:01,414 --> 00:28:04,234 sue people? And they did sue a few 775 00:28:04,294 --> 00:28:05,034 big companies. 776 00:28:05,414 --> 00:28:05,914 And, 777 00:28:06,375 --> 00:28:08,534 and but in the end, they were able 778 00:28:08,534 --> 00:28:11,309 to to kind of put down Yeah. 779 00:28:12,250 --> 00:28:14,330 It was beaten down with no chance of 780 00:28:14,330 --> 00:28:16,890 coming back. So it was EFF did a 781 00:28:16,890 --> 00:28:18,809 great job on that. I I worked with 782 00:28:18,809 --> 00:28:21,230 them when they were going through that AdRoll 783 00:28:21,369 --> 00:28:21,869 issue. 784 00:28:22,914 --> 00:28:24,035 We were we were part of that. We 785 00:28:24,035 --> 00:28:25,954 were hosting Adam Carle at the time. And 786 00:28:25,954 --> 00:28:27,875 then I I remember being on calls with 787 00:28:27,875 --> 00:28:29,875 Julie and and the EFS and, 788 00:28:30,434 --> 00:28:31,634 Apple. Yeah. 789 00:28:32,194 --> 00:28:34,994 I can't be any happier for the EFS. 790 00:28:34,994 --> 00:28:36,934 I joined an EFS member 791 00:28:37,394 --> 00:28:38,720 back then and still 792 00:28:39,099 --> 00:28:41,259 am. Lots of people did back then. Yeah. 793 00:28:41,259 --> 00:28:43,759 And lots of people stepped up and donated 794 00:28:44,059 --> 00:28:47,099 Mhmm. To the legal defense fund. I know 795 00:28:47,099 --> 00:28:48,619 I did too. I know a bunch of 796 00:28:48,619 --> 00:28:49,419 people did, 797 00:28:50,220 --> 00:28:51,615 to try and fight back 798 00:28:52,255 --> 00:28:54,335 against this troll that was trying to take 799 00:28:54,335 --> 00:28:55,234 down podcasting. 800 00:28:55,535 --> 00:28:57,214 And it was really a patent that wasn't 801 00:28:57,214 --> 00:28:59,855 really grounded in what podcasting was anyway, so 802 00:28:59,855 --> 00:29:01,934 it was really kind of a silly, silly 803 00:29:01,934 --> 00:29:03,855 thing that they were trying to do. So 804 00:29:03,855 --> 00:29:05,474 the next one is Kerry Hoffman, 805 00:29:05,789 --> 00:29:08,210 who is a long time CEO of BRX, 806 00:29:08,670 --> 00:29:10,289 has been a been a big 807 00:29:10,590 --> 00:29:13,330 impact on the podcast medium for many years. 808 00:29:14,190 --> 00:29:16,830 So I'm excited to have her inducted as 809 00:29:16,830 --> 00:29:17,809 well. And 810 00:29:18,184 --> 00:29:19,404 Ariel Nissenblatt, 811 00:29:19,865 --> 00:29:21,384 is is our one. 812 00:29:22,025 --> 00:29:23,244 She's a more 813 00:29:23,545 --> 00:29:25,865 recent podcaster, but but, 814 00:29:26,345 --> 00:29:28,345 is more out of the modern era of 815 00:29:28,345 --> 00:29:31,065 podcasting, which I was excited to to see. 816 00:29:31,065 --> 00:29:33,559 And I I would say that she's probably 817 00:29:34,099 --> 00:29:36,839 one of, or if not the best candidate 818 00:29:36,980 --> 00:29:39,779 for this induction at this age for her. 819 00:29:39,779 --> 00:29:41,779 So so I think it's terrific. And then 820 00:29:41,779 --> 00:29:43,700 the the last one I can announce here 821 00:29:43,700 --> 00:29:46,259 at this point is, Sarah VanMozel. You know, 822 00:29:46,259 --> 00:29:47,720 you and I both know about 823 00:29:48,345 --> 00:29:51,384 Sarah's impact, which has been wide ranging and 824 00:29:51,384 --> 00:29:53,304 massive. I don't know if you wanna share 825 00:29:53,304 --> 00:29:55,304 share a little bit about her. No. She's 826 00:29:55,304 --> 00:29:57,384 been key player in the space. I'm very 827 00:29:57,384 --> 00:29:59,384 happy for her, and and I was glad 828 00:29:59,384 --> 00:30:00,825 to see her name listed as one of 829 00:30:00,825 --> 00:30:01,625 the ones I got, 830 00:30:02,184 --> 00:30:04,740 in this group. So there are hopefully, Sarah 831 00:30:04,740 --> 00:30:06,500 will be one that shows up. Say hi. 832 00:30:06,820 --> 00:30:08,340 But, yeah, I don't know how many of 833 00:30:08,340 --> 00:30:10,019 these have said they're gonna show versus how 834 00:30:10,019 --> 00:30:11,640 many said they're gonna send in videos. 835 00:30:11,940 --> 00:30:13,700 Like I said, a little bit less than 836 00:30:13,700 --> 00:30:16,600 half are going to, but I'm not gonna 837 00:30:16,660 --> 00:30:18,974 say because they may change their mind, which 838 00:30:18,974 --> 00:30:21,054 I've already seen happen today. So I'm I'm 839 00:30:21,054 --> 00:30:22,974 happy to see that. So but it should 840 00:30:22,974 --> 00:30:24,575 be great. And if you can make it 841 00:30:24,575 --> 00:30:25,234 to podfest 842 00:30:25,775 --> 00:30:27,075 expo dot com, 843 00:30:27,855 --> 00:30:30,575 it starts on the January 15. I know 844 00:30:30,575 --> 00:30:33,299 it's coming up, pretty quickly, but it's a 845 00:30:33,299 --> 00:30:36,420 significant event from a creator perspective. And I 846 00:30:36,420 --> 00:30:38,579 think that's the thing to think about it. 847 00:30:38,579 --> 00:30:40,579 As we've seen what what was happened with 848 00:30:40,579 --> 00:30:42,579 podcast movement and things like that, I think 849 00:30:42,579 --> 00:30:45,394 it's it's kind of a a good alternative, 850 00:30:46,654 --> 00:30:49,215 conference if you wanna wanna support a conference. 851 00:30:49,215 --> 00:30:52,255 I'm not against podcast movement, and those guys 852 00:30:52,255 --> 00:30:54,734 are doing terrific stuff over there as well. 853 00:30:54,734 --> 00:30:57,234 But to have an outlet for indie podcasters, 854 00:30:58,059 --> 00:30:59,519 that's really the events, 855 00:31:00,220 --> 00:31:02,220 right now. But I think over time, it's 856 00:31:02,220 --> 00:31:04,619 gonna become a little bit more professionalized too 857 00:31:04,619 --> 00:31:06,640 just because of the evolution of the industry. 858 00:31:07,099 --> 00:31:09,599 I get I hope everyone that was inducted 859 00:31:09,820 --> 00:31:12,380 has the ability, again, timing wise. Maybe not 860 00:31:12,380 --> 00:31:15,134 everybody can. But hopefully, from their schedule, it 861 00:31:15,134 --> 00:31:17,454 allows them to come down. And being inducted 862 00:31:17,454 --> 00:31:18,974 in person, you know, having not through it, 863 00:31:18,974 --> 00:31:21,394 it it's something they'll remember forever. And, 864 00:31:22,095 --> 00:31:23,615 I, you know, I feel sorry for those 865 00:31:23,615 --> 00:31:25,054 that that just sent in the video. I 866 00:31:25,054 --> 00:31:27,509 think they miss out on on part of 867 00:31:27,509 --> 00:31:29,670 the the feel of it then. And it's 868 00:31:29,670 --> 00:31:31,269 great to see the people that show up 869 00:31:31,269 --> 00:31:33,109 there and are there to support you, 870 00:31:33,830 --> 00:31:36,309 when you get inducted. So, and I hope 871 00:31:36,309 --> 00:31:37,830 I hope everyone's able to make it. I 872 00:31:37,830 --> 00:31:40,150 understand, you know, some people are have to 873 00:31:40,150 --> 00:31:42,009 travel halfway around the world literally, 874 00:31:42,625 --> 00:31:43,444 to make it. 875 00:31:44,785 --> 00:31:46,625 Well, like, Mark Asquith is a good example 876 00:31:46,625 --> 00:31:49,105 of that. I was I was nervous about 877 00:31:49,105 --> 00:31:51,365 inducting people outside of The US because, 878 00:31:51,904 --> 00:31:54,224 just the travel aspect of it, right, to 879 00:31:54,224 --> 00:31:55,285 be there in person. 880 00:31:55,690 --> 00:31:57,369 But I I was happy to hear that, 881 00:31:57,690 --> 00:31:59,289 he's gonna do everything he can to be 882 00:31:59,289 --> 00:32:01,850 there. So Yeah. So global global, give him 883 00:32:01,850 --> 00:32:03,130 the give him the tickets, get him out 884 00:32:03,130 --> 00:32:05,289 there. Uh-huh. It's gonna fit out right. Well, 885 00:32:05,289 --> 00:32:07,529 I think that's gonna happen. So so that 886 00:32:07,609 --> 00:32:10,055 that'd be fantastic. So, yes, I wanted to 887 00:32:10,055 --> 00:32:12,994 say big thank you to, to Blueberry Podcasting 888 00:32:13,454 --> 00:32:16,414 and the Hall of Fame for, for being 889 00:32:16,414 --> 00:32:19,154 a supporter of the show and, and also, 890 00:32:19,535 --> 00:32:21,154 being just a terrific 891 00:32:21,539 --> 00:32:24,420 company that that supported, you know, podcast that 892 00:32:24,420 --> 00:32:27,220 supports this show, and I just appreciate it. 893 00:32:27,220 --> 00:32:27,539 Let's, 894 00:32:28,180 --> 00:32:31,320 jump in and talk about YouTube and Spotify 895 00:32:31,539 --> 00:32:34,180 and what they're doing in podcasting. The there 896 00:32:34,180 --> 00:32:35,720 are some trend reports 897 00:32:36,034 --> 00:32:38,835 that are out there, top podcast lists. So 898 00:32:38,835 --> 00:32:40,194 I wanted to pull those up on the 899 00:32:40,194 --> 00:32:42,355 screen. And so we we can all kinda 900 00:32:42,355 --> 00:32:44,054 take a look at this and see 901 00:32:44,355 --> 00:32:47,634 what's actually going on here with this. And 902 00:32:47,875 --> 00:32:50,319 I'll get everyone a hint. There's, like, three 903 00:32:50,319 --> 00:32:53,859 top twenty twenty five lists when Apple, Spotify, 904 00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:56,240 YouTube. Guess who's at the top of every 905 00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:58,640 one of those three? Yeah. I know. It's 906 00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:02,179 actually not very surprising. So this is the 907 00:33:02,319 --> 00:33:05,505 the top list in The US from YouTube. 908 00:33:05,565 --> 00:33:07,664 This is based on watch time. 909 00:33:07,965 --> 00:33:10,765 So it's not a subscription list or how 910 00:33:10,765 --> 00:33:13,724 many viewers. This is based on how much 911 00:33:13,724 --> 00:33:16,845 time people spend with a particular show that 912 00:33:16,845 --> 00:33:19,589 they classify as a podcast. And that's better. 913 00:33:19,589 --> 00:33:21,750 Right. Isn't that the best metric though when 914 00:33:21,750 --> 00:33:23,430 you really think about it? Yeah. It is. 915 00:33:23,430 --> 00:33:25,029 Yeah. I mean, okay. So you have a 916 00:33:25,029 --> 00:33:27,269 million people watch a five minute episode, but 917 00:33:27,269 --> 00:33:29,269 if you have 750,000 918 00:33:29,269 --> 00:33:31,130 people watch a two hour episode, 919 00:33:31,465 --> 00:33:32,924 which one is more influential? 920 00:33:33,384 --> 00:33:34,505 I I would go with the one that's 921 00:33:34,505 --> 00:33:37,225 the two hour tour. Right. And and Joe 922 00:33:37,225 --> 00:33:40,025 Rogan comes out number one, right, as is 923 00:33:40,025 --> 00:33:42,184 the show that gets the most watch time. 924 00:33:42,184 --> 00:33:44,569 Probably helps that it's all of his episodes 925 00:33:44,630 --> 00:33:46,549 are at least two hours long, but I 926 00:33:46,549 --> 00:33:48,549 wrestle with that, though. I don't know that 927 00:33:48,549 --> 00:33:50,630 any and every show can pull that off, 928 00:33:50,630 --> 00:33:52,650 though. I don't know what you think, Ralph. 929 00:33:52,869 --> 00:33:54,869 I mean, no. Not a book can pull 930 00:33:54,869 --> 00:33:56,654 that off. I mean, some of these folks 931 00:33:56,654 --> 00:33:58,414 do have, you know, Vaughn's episodes of Long 932 00:33:58,414 --> 00:34:01,615 John Ryan's are longer. Rotten Mangos, they're more 933 00:34:01,615 --> 00:34:02,115 produced, 934 00:34:02,494 --> 00:34:05,055 so but Kill Tony's are longer. Not as 935 00:34:05,055 --> 00:34:07,234 long. When I'm looking through this list, 936 00:34:07,535 --> 00:34:09,775 yeah. But all I would say almost all 937 00:34:09,775 --> 00:34:11,699 of these are longer form content, you know, 938 00:34:11,699 --> 00:34:13,460 greater than thirty minutes. I think any of 939 00:34:13,460 --> 00:34:16,099 these are shorter than don't know the length. 940 00:34:16,099 --> 00:34:17,619 I've never listened to the diary of a 941 00:34:17,619 --> 00:34:18,119 CEO. 942 00:34:18,500 --> 00:34:20,420 But I think Yeah. That's them are pretty 943 00:34:20,420 --> 00:34:22,820 long too. I mean, he I think, Steven 944 00:34:22,820 --> 00:34:26,105 Bartlett goes close to two hours sometimes. He's 945 00:34:26,105 --> 00:34:28,744 actually trying to overtake Joe Rogan. In The 946 00:34:28,744 --> 00:34:30,905 UK, he's number two. Right? I think in 947 00:34:30,905 --> 00:34:32,905 The UK, he was either he was number 948 00:34:32,905 --> 00:34:34,505 two right behind Rogan. This here, you have 949 00:34:34,505 --> 00:34:36,184 The US list. He's actually doing really well 950 00:34:36,184 --> 00:34:38,099 if you think about that. Number two 951 00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:40,320 behind Joe Rogan, and I don't really even 952 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:43,519 know if Kill Tony is actually an audio 953 00:34:43,519 --> 00:34:46,079 podcast too. I don't know for sure. I 954 00:34:46,079 --> 00:34:48,239 believe they do have the audio version available. 955 00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:49,059 Do they? Okay. 956 00:34:50,159 --> 00:34:51,139 They used to. 957 00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:54,505 Let's see. They still do. Oh, okay. That's 958 00:34:54,505 --> 00:34:56,585 a little bit clearer of a of a 959 00:34:56,585 --> 00:34:59,144 clean definition of what a what a podcast 960 00:34:59,144 --> 00:35:00,585 is. It just so happens that they have 961 00:35:00,585 --> 00:35:02,025 a video or Yes. They I mean, they 962 00:35:02,025 --> 00:35:04,025 do because they have a megaphone feed. So, 963 00:35:04,265 --> 00:35:06,105 that that that would have been an Apple 964 00:35:06,105 --> 00:35:08,659 podcast only as audio. So yes. 965 00:35:09,039 --> 00:35:11,920 Number three is Good Mythical Morning. It's the 966 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:13,679 one just after that. I don't know if 967 00:35:13,679 --> 00:35:15,280 they have an RSS feed, but it would 968 00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:17,119 be interesting to see. I would think most 969 00:35:17,119 --> 00:35:19,760 of these do. They're good. Mythical Morning. Yes. 970 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:21,920 So it was yeah. That one does not 971 00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:24,545 have an RSS feed. Oh, it does not. 972 00:35:24,545 --> 00:35:27,025 Okay. That's interesting. Okay. Well, not I'm not 973 00:35:27,025 --> 00:35:29,025 seeing it in Apple Podcast. So I technically 974 00:35:29,025 --> 00:35:31,125 would say that's not a podcast. It's probably 975 00:35:31,344 --> 00:35:33,204 listed in the podcast playlist, 976 00:35:33,744 --> 00:35:35,610 on They must have. Yeah. So it gets 977 00:35:35,610 --> 00:35:37,450 put in a list. Right? There are many 978 00:35:37,450 --> 00:35:39,130 people that I talk with that will tell 979 00:35:39,130 --> 00:35:41,369 you they're a podcaster and then are not 980 00:35:41,369 --> 00:35:42,349 an Apple Podcasts, 981 00:35:42,809 --> 00:35:45,450 only do video, and just happen to do 982 00:35:45,450 --> 00:35:47,130 and do shows that are more than thirty 983 00:35:47,130 --> 00:35:49,425 minutes on YouTube. People at this point now 984 00:35:49,425 --> 00:35:51,105 think if you do a weekly show, longer 985 00:35:51,105 --> 00:35:52,585 than thirty minutes and you're on YouTube, that's 986 00:35:52,585 --> 00:35:54,625 a podcast. I would disagree. I would say 987 00:35:54,625 --> 00:35:56,864 you you really need for that show to 988 00:35:56,864 --> 00:35:59,585 have, the audio version of it available and 989 00:35:59,585 --> 00:36:00,724 and be in a podcast 990 00:36:01,025 --> 00:36:03,329 and overcast and podcast and podcast and other 991 00:36:03,410 --> 00:36:05,170 places. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I think that 992 00:36:05,170 --> 00:36:07,170 that's a fair way to think about it. 993 00:36:07,170 --> 00:36:09,090 I mean, if it's only video and it's 994 00:36:09,090 --> 00:36:12,050 only on YouTube, it's kind of a hard 995 00:36:12,050 --> 00:36:14,050 case to make that it's really a short 996 00:36:14,050 --> 00:36:14,550 podcast. 997 00:36:14,930 --> 00:36:16,805 I think that's the other thing that's going 998 00:36:16,805 --> 00:36:19,285 on in in the industry right now is 999 00:36:19,285 --> 00:36:22,405 this kind of like this confusion about, what 1000 00:36:22,405 --> 00:36:25,385 a podcast is, and it's caused confusion amongst 1001 00:36:25,445 --> 00:36:27,364 people as they as they look at the 1002 00:36:27,364 --> 00:36:29,285 the medium. I would love to see every 1003 00:36:29,285 --> 00:36:31,180 one of these shows in the top 10 1004 00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:34,119 at YouTube top podcasts have an RSS feed 1005 00:36:34,119 --> 00:36:36,280 version of their show. I would think over 1006 00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:38,200 time, they probably will. I think it kind 1007 00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:39,800 of depends on the format of the show 1008 00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:42,519 too. If they because there there are video 1009 00:36:42,519 --> 00:36:44,380 first creators out there, but increasingly, 1010 00:36:44,825 --> 00:36:47,224 even though you're a video first creator, doesn't 1011 00:36:47,224 --> 00:36:49,545 mean that you can't have a audio podcast 1012 00:36:49,545 --> 00:36:51,144 version. Right. And if you would and there 1013 00:36:51,144 --> 00:36:52,825 are quite a few that have made that 1014 00:36:52,825 --> 00:36:55,065 transition. They started video and now have a 1015 00:36:55,065 --> 00:36:57,065 audio podcast starting to do well. 1016 00:36:57,945 --> 00:36:58,559 Bryce Crawford 1017 00:36:59,119 --> 00:37:01,440 started just video and now also has the 1018 00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:03,860 audio. Really, really popular podcast. 1019 00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:07,199 He hugely popular between males between the ages 1020 00:37:07,199 --> 00:37:10,000 of 14, 15, and and 25 that are 1021 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:12,255 in the faith community. And and so anybody 1022 00:37:12,255 --> 00:37:14,014 that is in a youth church group is 1023 00:37:14,014 --> 00:37:15,934 a male will know who Bryce Crawford is, 1024 00:37:16,175 --> 00:37:18,255 and he started Just Video, now has also 1025 00:37:18,255 --> 00:37:20,094 audio. Oh, got it. And then, 1026 00:37:20,494 --> 00:37:23,454 number four is, Rotten Mango. I've never heard 1027 00:37:23,454 --> 00:37:25,454 of that one as a audio podcast. Oh, 1028 00:37:25,454 --> 00:37:25,954 yeah. 1029 00:37:26,269 --> 00:37:28,510 She's yeah. She's got audio. Oh, she does? 1030 00:37:28,510 --> 00:37:29,949 Okay. So if you look at this whole 1031 00:37:29,949 --> 00:37:30,929 list, Medeus 1032 00:37:31,389 --> 00:37:32,369 Touch podcast, 1033 00:37:32,989 --> 00:37:34,050 forty eight hours, 1034 00:37:34,510 --> 00:37:36,109 I don't know if forty eight hours has 1035 00:37:36,109 --> 00:37:38,109 an audio version. What do you think? I'm 1036 00:37:38,109 --> 00:37:40,304 looking that one up. Let's see. I thought 1037 00:37:40,304 --> 00:37:42,465 they did. It might just be yeah. They 1038 00:37:42,465 --> 00:37:43,984 do. They do have an audio version of 1039 00:37:43,984 --> 00:37:46,224 the show. Okay. And then the the Sean 1040 00:37:46,224 --> 00:37:48,224 Ryan show By the way, it is video 1041 00:37:48,224 --> 00:37:50,065 first, but the audio And then the Sean 1042 00:37:50,065 --> 00:37:52,989 Ryan show, which is has a audio version 1043 00:37:52,989 --> 00:37:55,230 as well. Right. Mhmm. It started as audio. 1044 00:37:55,230 --> 00:37:56,349 Yeah. And then Smosh 1045 00:37:56,670 --> 00:37:58,829 As an audio version. Yep. And Yep. The 1046 00:37:58,829 --> 00:38:01,630 Yovan, obviously, definitely an audio version. And so 1047 00:38:01,630 --> 00:38:03,630 does the diary of a CEO. So yeah. 1048 00:38:03,630 --> 00:38:05,309 The real It looks like it's just been 1049 00:38:05,309 --> 00:38:07,324 mythical morning is is the one that I 1050 00:38:07,324 --> 00:38:09,804 would say, if you're gonna be technical, isn't 1051 00:38:09,804 --> 00:38:12,364 truly Right. You're not in the podcast. Yeah. 1052 00:38:12,364 --> 00:38:14,284 You know? Oh, yeah. That's my definition. If 1053 00:38:14,284 --> 00:38:15,644 you're not in Apple Podcast Oh, yeah. Yeah. 1054 00:38:15,644 --> 00:38:16,784 Yeah. If you're not in Apple 1055 00:38:17,085 --> 00:38:19,244 Podcasts, then you're not in all the other 1056 00:38:19,244 --> 00:38:21,389 apps that pull from Apple's public directory. You're 1057 00:38:21,389 --> 00:38:23,889 not in PocketCasts. You're not in PocketCasts and 1058 00:38:24,109 --> 00:38:25,549 and all the others. So it's it's not 1059 00:38:25,549 --> 00:38:27,150 just about being an Apple, it's about being 1060 00:38:27,150 --> 00:38:29,069 an Apple's directory that all the other apps 1061 00:38:29,069 --> 00:38:31,089 pull from. And you can be just video 1062 00:38:31,150 --> 00:38:32,670 in there. Maybe that, you know, you don't 1063 00:38:32,670 --> 00:38:34,349 wanna have an audio version of your show. 1064 00:38:34,349 --> 00:38:36,195 You oh, it doesn't it doesn't not good 1065 00:38:36,195 --> 00:38:36,855 to have 1066 00:38:37,235 --> 00:38:38,835 an audio version of this. It doesn't work. 1067 00:38:38,835 --> 00:38:40,454 You're an artiste. Right? And 1068 00:38:40,994 --> 00:38:42,994 it it has to be video only. We 1069 00:38:42,994 --> 00:38:44,355 can still be an Apple podcast. 1070 00:38:44,835 --> 00:38:47,155 And then the audio will play just in 1071 00:38:47,155 --> 00:38:49,315 Overcast, but it'll still be an Overcast. That's 1072 00:38:49,315 --> 00:38:51,380 what this show does is it has a 1073 00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:54,799 a video RSS feed, that's available. That's something 1074 00:38:54,799 --> 00:38:56,159 that Todd and I have been with this 1075 00:38:56,159 --> 00:38:58,579 show for a very long time and continue 1076 00:38:58,639 --> 00:39:00,799 today. So it is possible to play video 1077 00:39:00,799 --> 00:39:03,219 in Apple Podcasts and a couple other platforms 1078 00:39:03,279 --> 00:39:04,994 too, as far as apps, and things like 1079 00:39:04,994 --> 00:39:06,994 that. It's not a very commonly known thing 1080 00:39:06,994 --> 00:39:09,154 anymore, is it, Rob? But Again, it's still 1081 00:39:09,315 --> 00:39:10,835 and I always say this. There's still more 1082 00:39:10,835 --> 00:39:12,514 time in the day to consume audio than 1083 00:39:12,514 --> 00:39:14,994 there is video. It's cheaper for people around 1084 00:39:14,994 --> 00:39:17,474 the world to stream audio than there is 1085 00:39:17,474 --> 00:39:20,034 video. You know, not everybody has cheap Internet 1086 00:39:20,034 --> 00:39:21,929 access. Yeah, that's true. That's true because it 1087 00:39:21,929 --> 00:39:23,449 takes up a lot of storage and and 1088 00:39:23,449 --> 00:39:26,010 it's usually higher playback bit rate. But if 1089 00:39:26,010 --> 00:39:28,510 you're if you're streaming that video, which oftentimes, 1090 00:39:28,650 --> 00:39:30,250 you know, if you look at these these 1091 00:39:30,250 --> 00:39:32,409 big platforms like the E2 or Spotify or 1092 00:39:32,409 --> 00:39:34,429 whatever, they're playing it via HLS 1093 00:39:34,734 --> 00:39:36,574 streams which can be like a variable bit 1094 00:39:36,574 --> 00:39:39,454 rate playback. So so it can adjust to 1095 00:39:39,454 --> 00:39:40,755 your bandwidth capabilities. 1096 00:39:41,214 --> 00:39:42,974 Up on the screen now, we have the 1097 00:39:42,974 --> 00:39:45,454 Spotify list for the top podcast globally in 1098 00:39:45,454 --> 00:39:46,675 2025. 1099 00:39:46,734 --> 00:39:49,054 This ranks Joe Rogan again number one. Big 1100 00:39:49,054 --> 00:39:51,880 surprise, Oh, man. Yeah. And number two, the 1101 00:39:51,880 --> 00:39:54,840 Diariam CEO, Steven Bartlett. So he's he's in 1102 00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:57,239 both lists. Yep. And Oh, yeah. And Mel 1103 00:39:57,239 --> 00:39:57,739 Robbins, 1104 00:39:58,519 --> 00:40:01,180 is number three. And Caller Daddy, number four. 1105 00:40:01,239 --> 00:40:03,775 Theo Vaughn. Back also on both lists. Right. 1106 00:40:03,775 --> 00:40:06,434 Interesting that the Huberman Lab podcast, 1107 00:40:07,375 --> 00:40:07,855 is, 1108 00:40:08,255 --> 00:40:10,094 didn't show up in the YouTube list. I 1109 00:40:10,094 --> 00:40:12,494 thought that that show was a a video 1110 00:40:12,494 --> 00:40:15,054 first program. No. It started as audio. Oh, 1111 00:40:15,054 --> 00:40:16,800 it started as audio, but I think he's 1112 00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:18,400 really put in a lot of effort into 1113 00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:20,079 the video side. Yeah. When he started with 1114 00:40:20,079 --> 00:40:22,480 us, it was audio only in Oh, okay. 1115 00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:23,920 So Or I mean, he made a pad 1116 00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:25,920 video. It was yeah. It was a big 1117 00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:28,160 part of the show was audio early. Okay. 1118 00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:29,519 So he is an example of a show 1119 00:40:29,519 --> 00:40:31,505 that that started out, built a big audience 1120 00:40:31,505 --> 00:40:33,184 on the audio side, and then just add 1121 00:40:33,184 --> 00:40:34,704 video. Okay. And then, 1122 00:40:35,184 --> 00:40:38,305 Crime Junkie, which is obviously a a big 1123 00:40:38,305 --> 00:40:40,545 audio show. Yeah. It's only audio. Right. That 1124 00:40:40,545 --> 00:40:43,184 would be a expensive production, I would imagine, 1125 00:40:43,184 --> 00:40:45,349 on the video side. Kinda like with Dan 1126 00:40:45,349 --> 00:40:46,730 Carlin as a good example. 1127 00:40:47,190 --> 00:40:49,110 Can you imagine if he made a video 1128 00:40:49,110 --> 00:40:51,750 version of his show, Ron? Yeah. He he 1129 00:40:51,750 --> 00:40:53,510 couldn't do it the way he did. You 1130 00:40:53,510 --> 00:40:55,110 know, some shows just will never 1131 00:40:55,590 --> 00:40:58,809 most true crime podcasts won't do video. 1132 00:40:59,264 --> 00:41:01,984 There's again, Rotten Mango is one that is, 1133 00:41:01,984 --> 00:41:04,545 but most the way they record and they 1134 00:41:04,545 --> 00:41:06,545 prep and they do it in sections and 1135 00:41:06,545 --> 00:41:08,784 segments and they build through it, it it's 1136 00:41:08,784 --> 00:41:10,385 hard it'd be hard for them to do 1137 00:41:10,385 --> 00:41:12,819 video and have it be of value. Right? 1138 00:41:12,819 --> 00:41:14,900 You know, sometimes you can do video. Anybody 1139 00:41:14,900 --> 00:41:16,339 could do video. Let me say this. Anybody 1140 00:41:16,339 --> 00:41:18,579 can do video. What at what cost to 1141 00:41:18,579 --> 00:41:21,299 the audio? Yeah. Well, also in what cost 1142 00:41:21,299 --> 00:41:22,119 to the creator's, 1143 00:41:22,500 --> 00:41:25,299 pocketbook? And is there a a a return 1144 00:41:25,299 --> 00:41:27,074 on that? That's the that's the other thing 1145 00:41:27,074 --> 00:41:28,835 that all these creators have to think about 1146 00:41:28,835 --> 00:41:30,835 is they can spend a lot to produce 1147 00:41:30,835 --> 00:41:32,195 video. And I'm seeing a lot of people 1148 00:41:32,195 --> 00:41:34,695 do that on YouTube now. I'm seeing full 1149 00:41:34,914 --> 00:41:36,295 movies and documentaries 1150 00:41:36,594 --> 00:41:38,855 being put together by independent creators, 1151 00:41:39,389 --> 00:41:41,150 that are, you know, at the level of, 1152 00:41:41,150 --> 00:41:42,750 you know, what you would have seen on 1153 00:41:42,750 --> 00:41:45,309 the Discovery Channel or someplace like that. So 1154 00:41:45,309 --> 00:41:47,549 there are people that are investing in creating 1155 00:41:47,549 --> 00:41:50,510 a video experience that, is on par with 1156 00:41:50,510 --> 00:41:52,304 what you would expect from a, you know, 1157 00:41:52,545 --> 00:41:54,224 like a history series or something like that 1158 00:41:54,224 --> 00:41:55,984 that maybe you saw on the History Channel 1159 00:41:55,984 --> 00:41:58,224 or something like that. I see people investing 1160 00:41:58,224 --> 00:42:00,385 a lot of energy in creating content like 1161 00:42:00,385 --> 00:42:02,304 that. I've been pretty impressed by it. Now, 1162 00:42:02,304 --> 00:42:04,769 how many of those are audio versions is 1163 00:42:04,849 --> 00:42:07,269 the other question. Right? They're probably not podcast. 1164 00:42:07,329 --> 00:42:08,530 And, you know, and and you look at 1165 00:42:08,530 --> 00:42:10,289 Apple's top list on some of these too. 1166 00:42:10,289 --> 00:42:12,849 Like, Huberman Labs made the top 10 in 1167 00:42:12,849 --> 00:42:14,929 Apple's list for the year. Prime Junkie made 1168 00:42:14,929 --> 00:42:16,929 the top 10. No audio. That I have 1169 00:42:16,929 --> 00:42:19,974 Apple's here in my document here. But, and 1170 00:42:19,974 --> 00:42:21,594 then the last couple here, 1171 00:42:21,894 --> 00:42:25,255 Modern Wisdom, that is a strong video program 1172 00:42:25,255 --> 00:42:27,175 as well. Obviously, I don't know, are they 1173 00:42:27,175 --> 00:42:29,494 hosting it, Luxe and Drive? Or No. They're 1174 00:42:29,494 --> 00:42:31,494 not. That is a show that I've watched 1175 00:42:31,494 --> 00:42:34,609 many times that, has very good audio quality. 1176 00:42:34,750 --> 00:42:37,389 So they're obviously thinking about their audio quality. 1177 00:42:37,389 --> 00:42:39,710 And that's the other metric here too, is 1178 00:42:39,710 --> 00:42:42,109 that if you're a Vimeo first creator, you 1179 00:42:42,109 --> 00:42:44,750 tend to not think about audio first from 1180 00:42:44,750 --> 00:42:47,744 an audio quality standpoint. And I'm seeing people 1181 00:42:47,965 --> 00:42:49,885 kind of move away from the big boom 1182 00:42:49,885 --> 00:42:50,385 microphones, 1183 00:42:51,085 --> 00:42:53,405 which I would think maybe makes the audio 1184 00:42:53,405 --> 00:42:55,565 less important. This was an issue, I think, 1185 00:42:55,565 --> 00:42:58,445 for broadcast television too, where they everybody on 1186 00:42:58,445 --> 00:42:59,425 broadcast television, 1187 00:42:59,804 --> 00:43:02,570 uses hidden mics or lavaliers or something like 1188 00:43:02,570 --> 00:43:05,210 that, or they use boom mics or that 1189 00:43:05,210 --> 00:43:06,030 kind of stuff. 1190 00:43:06,410 --> 00:43:08,570 It does compromise on the auto quality a 1191 00:43:08,570 --> 00:43:11,150 little bit. So sorry. I'm on the lavalier. 1192 00:43:11,289 --> 00:43:13,050 No. It's okay. I'm your audio. So it 1193 00:43:13,050 --> 00:43:15,135 sounds great. I've got lavaliers here too. I've 1194 00:43:15,135 --> 00:43:16,974 got a shotgun mic here too. I tend 1195 00:43:16,974 --> 00:43:18,894 to not use it very often, but and 1196 00:43:18,894 --> 00:43:21,135 then the the number nine on the list 1197 00:43:21,135 --> 00:43:23,474 is On Purpose with, Jay Shetty, 1198 00:43:23,934 --> 00:43:26,574 which that certainly started out as a strong 1199 00:43:26,574 --> 00:43:29,309 audio podcast. I believe he's doing video, but 1200 00:43:29,309 --> 00:43:31,230 I don't know that I watch Jay Shetty. 1201 00:43:31,230 --> 00:43:32,909 Well, no. I take that back. I think 1202 00:43:32,909 --> 00:43:35,469 I have seen Jay on on YouTube before. 1203 00:43:35,469 --> 00:43:38,190 And then, Tucker Carlson brings out the And 1204 00:43:38,190 --> 00:43:40,269 he was definitely video first. Matter of fact, 1205 00:43:40,269 --> 00:43:43,514 he was video first on Twitter, Eck, before 1206 00:43:43,514 --> 00:43:45,434 the show made it over. But I mean, 1207 00:43:45,434 --> 00:43:47,275 when he came in with his show, the 1208 00:43:47,275 --> 00:43:50,155 Tucker Carlson Show, it initially launched before it 1209 00:43:50,155 --> 00:43:52,715 was on Apple or Spotify or anywhere else. 1210 00:43:52,715 --> 00:43:56,159 It was original episodes were launched on Eck. 1211 00:43:56,319 --> 00:43:58,400 Oh, yeah. Yeah. That's true. I do remember 1212 00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:00,400 that, and he got huge numbers doing this 1213 00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:02,480 too. And, I also know that he has 1214 00:44:02,480 --> 00:44:05,299 a popular audio version too. He's a very 1215 00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:08,414 prolific ad seller into his audio podcast. Let's 1216 00:44:08,414 --> 00:44:09,614 not just put it to you that way. 1217 00:44:09,614 --> 00:44:12,015 He's well monetized on the audio side is 1218 00:44:12,015 --> 00:44:14,015 what I would say. They they learn from 1219 00:44:14,015 --> 00:44:16,255 Alex Jones. Oh, yeah. Right. Yeah. So let 1220 00:44:16,255 --> 00:44:18,015 me scroll down the the list. I don't 1221 00:44:18,015 --> 00:44:19,295 know if this one so I think the 1222 00:44:19,295 --> 00:44:22,175 one up here was globally for Spotify. This 1223 00:44:22,175 --> 00:44:24,150 one the next one on the list is 1224 00:44:24,389 --> 00:44:25,690 Spotify top podcasts, 1225 00:44:26,309 --> 00:44:28,469 in The US. It looks like Joe Rogan 1226 00:44:28,469 --> 00:44:29,369 again, obviously, 1227 00:44:29,909 --> 00:44:32,949 and then Theo Vonn, number two. So Theo 1228 00:44:32,949 --> 00:44:35,029 Vonn is very, very strong in The US, 1229 00:44:35,029 --> 00:44:36,614 but not so much outside of The US. 1230 00:44:36,695 --> 00:44:39,175 Well, it's interesting. Theo is number two here, 1231 00:44:39,175 --> 00:44:41,414 and and he was on the YouTube list, 1232 00:44:41,414 --> 00:44:43,974 but he isn't in Apple's top 10 list. 1233 00:44:43,974 --> 00:44:46,695 Interesting. Mel Robbins is. Mel Robbins is third 1234 00:44:46,695 --> 00:44:48,454 in the Apple list along with this. It 1235 00:44:48,454 --> 00:44:50,569 does make you wonder, Rob, if it's, 1236 00:44:51,010 --> 00:44:52,949 it's kind of an age group demographic 1237 00:44:53,250 --> 00:44:55,250 issue for him because because I know a 1238 00:44:55,250 --> 00:44:57,889 lot of younger people tend to listen to 1239 00:44:57,889 --> 00:45:00,130 Spotify more than they listen to Apple Podcasts. 1240 00:45:00,130 --> 00:45:01,329 So I don't know if that could make 1241 00:45:01,329 --> 00:45:03,170 a difference here. And I think Theo now 1242 00:45:03,170 --> 00:45:05,714 is definitely more video focused. Yeah. I think 1243 00:45:05,714 --> 00:45:06,914 that that has a lot to do with 1244 00:45:06,914 --> 00:45:09,154 it too. Yeah. And caller daddy's out on 1245 00:45:09,154 --> 00:45:11,875 the list. Mel Robin, crime junkie. So it's, 1246 00:45:12,114 --> 00:45:14,275 Sean Ryan that even though it looks like 1247 00:45:14,275 --> 00:45:15,795 the Tucker Carlson show is a little more 1248 00:45:15,795 --> 00:45:16,860 popular in The US, 1249 00:45:17,500 --> 00:45:19,900 and then The Daily pops up there. I 1250 00:45:19,900 --> 00:45:21,660 would have thought that The Daily would have 1251 00:45:21,660 --> 00:45:23,980 been higher on the list than that, but 1252 00:45:23,980 --> 00:45:27,180 that's interesting. And the Huberman Labs show and 1253 00:45:27,420 --> 00:45:29,900 Well, The Daily is number two in Apple's 1254 00:45:29,900 --> 00:45:32,474 list. Gotta remember, this is Spotify. So Spotify's 1255 00:45:32,614 --> 00:45:35,255 list is a little bit different, more recent 1256 00:45:35,255 --> 00:45:37,514 shows. I don't know. So Yeah. And then 1257 00:45:37,735 --> 00:45:38,855 number 10 is, 1258 00:45:39,335 --> 00:45:41,014 Good Hang with Amy Poehler. 1259 00:45:41,335 --> 00:45:43,655 So she's cracked the top 10 in The 1260 00:45:43,655 --> 00:45:46,299 US for top podcast on Spotify. Let's jump 1261 00:45:46,299 --> 00:45:48,619 to talking in the last ten minutes of 1262 00:45:48,619 --> 00:45:50,779 the show or so. Let's talk about what 1263 00:45:50,779 --> 00:45:53,679 the forecasts are looking like for, advertising 1264 00:45:53,980 --> 00:45:56,779 spend globally and in The US. Now there's 1265 00:45:56,779 --> 00:46:00,460 always dueling numbers, isn't there? I go off 1266 00:46:00,460 --> 00:46:01,875 of the numbers from the IAB. 1267 00:46:02,355 --> 00:46:04,755 The IAB numbers to me are are more 1268 00:46:04,755 --> 00:46:06,755 of the gold standard of what's being spent 1269 00:46:06,755 --> 00:46:09,074 because the IAB, well, one, it works with 1270 00:46:09,074 --> 00:46:09,574 PwC, 1271 00:46:10,034 --> 00:46:12,514 this trusted source. And then they go and 1272 00:46:12,514 --> 00:46:14,369 they actually reach out to to all of 1273 00:46:14,369 --> 00:46:16,549 the different ad network and agencies 1274 00:46:16,849 --> 00:46:18,929 in the podcast space and collect that data 1275 00:46:18,929 --> 00:46:20,150 and anonymously 1276 00:46:20,529 --> 00:46:22,849 well, so that it's not nobody knows who 1277 00:46:22,929 --> 00:46:25,429 whose numbers are what. But because of that, 1278 00:46:25,489 --> 00:46:27,510 I tend to think the the the PwC 1279 00:46:27,889 --> 00:46:30,585 IAB numbers are the the gold standard. And 1280 00:46:30,644 --> 00:46:32,724 and they had 2024 1281 00:46:32,724 --> 00:46:34,585 was around 2,400,000,000.0, 1282 00:46:34,885 --> 00:46:36,965 for ads in The US. That's the number 1283 00:46:36,965 --> 00:46:40,265 I go by. So is that, for 2020, 1284 00:46:40,805 --> 00:46:42,690 four? Is that what you 2024. 1285 00:46:42,690 --> 00:46:44,609 '4. Okay. Yeah. You know, the date that 1286 00:46:44,609 --> 00:46:47,349 I pulled here, I pulled from chat GPT. 1287 00:46:47,489 --> 00:46:49,329 It it went and looked at all the 1288 00:46:49,329 --> 00:46:51,730 all the sources, pulled it into create this. 1289 00:46:51,730 --> 00:46:53,569 So it depends on where you pull it, 1290 00:46:53,569 --> 00:46:56,069 how you make the request, and what platforms, 1291 00:46:57,045 --> 00:46:58,964 it's pulling it from because there's a lot 1292 00:46:58,964 --> 00:47:01,605 of difference in different projections that are out 1293 00:47:01,605 --> 00:47:04,425 there. Right. There was definitely a big increase 1294 00:47:04,484 --> 00:47:05,445 in 2024 1295 00:47:05,445 --> 00:47:06,644 versus 2023 1296 00:47:06,644 --> 00:47:07,684 with 2023 1297 00:47:07,684 --> 00:47:09,125 being down. But a lot of people are 1298 00:47:09,125 --> 00:47:12,440 forgetting is twenty twenty three, four, we saw 1299 00:47:12,440 --> 00:47:13,980 the whole iOS 17 1300 00:47:14,359 --> 00:47:16,119 issue and that hit and that caused some 1301 00:47:16,119 --> 00:47:16,619 issues. 1302 00:47:17,159 --> 00:47:20,119 Machine spend shows numbers dropped, especially ones that 1303 00:47:20,119 --> 00:47:22,760 were selling back catalog. 2025, 1304 00:47:22,760 --> 00:47:24,905 from everybody that I've talked with in the 1305 00:47:24,905 --> 00:47:26,984 space, is going it sounds like it's going 1306 00:47:26,984 --> 00:47:28,984 to be a much better year than 2024 1307 00:47:28,984 --> 00:47:31,545 was. So I think we'll see above that 1308 00:47:31,545 --> 00:47:32,925 2,500,000,000, 1309 00:47:33,304 --> 00:47:34,984 number in 2025 1310 00:47:34,984 --> 00:47:38,150 when the IB releases those numbers come July 1311 00:47:38,210 --> 00:47:40,549 or next year. That will be a forecast. 1312 00:47:40,690 --> 00:47:42,389 That'll be more of a precise 1313 00:47:42,690 --> 00:47:45,670 actual number. Right. Yeah. Yeah. It's interesting. The 1314 00:47:45,730 --> 00:47:48,210 resource that you share, with me, Rob, says 1315 00:47:48,210 --> 00:47:49,429 that the North American 1316 00:47:49,730 --> 00:47:52,230 podcast market is projected to reach 1317 00:47:52,545 --> 00:47:55,204 65,760,000,000.00 1318 00:47:55,585 --> 00:47:57,204 by 2033. 1319 00:47:57,425 --> 00:47:59,664 Yeah. And and I was sharing that as 1320 00:47:59,664 --> 00:48:02,324 an example of what not to believe 1321 00:48:02,704 --> 00:48:04,625 from from AI. We were gonna talk a 1322 00:48:04,625 --> 00:48:06,784 little about AI, and and I wanted to 1323 00:48:06,784 --> 00:48:09,449 do an example. So I just said to, 1324 00:48:09,449 --> 00:48:10,890 well, I won't throw any of the AI's 1325 00:48:10,890 --> 00:48:11,929 on the bus, but I said to one 1326 00:48:11,929 --> 00:48:13,769 of the AI's, what are the three top 1327 00:48:13,769 --> 00:48:15,690 news items in the last two weeks with 1328 00:48:15,690 --> 00:48:17,849 regards to the podcasting space and the business 1329 00:48:17,849 --> 00:48:18,510 of podcasting? 1330 00:48:19,050 --> 00:48:21,449 And it was one about video podcasts, and 1331 00:48:21,449 --> 00:48:23,234 it was one about podcast mergers, he does. 1332 00:48:23,234 --> 00:48:25,154 And then there was one North American podcast 1333 00:48:25,154 --> 00:48:28,114 mark rejected to reach 65,760,000,000 1334 00:48:28,114 --> 00:48:29,315 by 2033, 1335 00:48:29,315 --> 00:48:31,315 and stating that in 2024, 1336 00:48:31,315 --> 00:48:32,594 it was 10,500,000,000.0. 1337 00:48:32,594 --> 00:48:34,835 There is no scenario at all that you'd 1338 00:48:34,835 --> 00:48:36,630 get anywhere close to those numbers. 1339 00:48:37,029 --> 00:48:40,009 And no, those numbers are just completely BS. 1340 00:48:40,710 --> 00:48:42,630 Looking up, there's a couple of unfortunately, there's 1341 00:48:42,630 --> 00:48:44,389 a couple of bad articles out there. And 1342 00:48:44,389 --> 00:48:46,230 I put in I took out the report 1343 00:48:46,230 --> 00:48:48,309 profiles, players, like and I I took their 1344 00:48:48,309 --> 00:48:50,485 names out. Out. NR1, name redacted one, name 1345 00:48:50,485 --> 00:48:52,644 redacted two, because I know one of those 1346 00:48:52,644 --> 00:48:53,864 two that was redacted 1347 00:48:54,164 --> 00:48:56,244 is paying for fake downloads, you know, for 1348 00:48:56,244 --> 00:48:58,324 the whole network. So you can't take anything 1349 00:48:58,324 --> 00:49:00,724 that they say serious. Right. Yeah. Yeah. We 1350 00:49:00,724 --> 00:49:01,619 kicked a bunch of their 1351 00:49:03,619 --> 00:49:03,762 shows off. So I I know for sure 1352 00:49:03,762 --> 00:49:04,519 that one of them, 1353 00:49:04,900 --> 00:49:06,440 no. Numbers are BS. 1354 00:49:07,059 --> 00:49:08,920 And Yeah. And it's best what they're including 1355 00:49:09,059 --> 00:49:10,500 too. I know that there's been a lot 1356 00:49:10,500 --> 00:49:13,539 of people sharing numbers that are maybe trying 1357 00:49:13,539 --> 00:49:14,440 to roll in, 1358 00:49:15,220 --> 00:49:16,360 YouTube numbers 1359 00:49:16,755 --> 00:49:19,635 right now, or they're adding different types of 1360 00:49:19,635 --> 00:49:22,775 advertising that may be somewhat related to podcasting 1361 00:49:23,154 --> 00:49:24,674 into the numbers to make Even if you 1362 00:49:24,674 --> 00:49:27,094 include the number bigger. Even if you included 1363 00:49:27,234 --> 00:49:30,210 the equipment that goes into people's podcast gear, 1364 00:49:30,210 --> 00:49:32,610 the houses that go around their gear, you're 1365 00:49:32,610 --> 00:49:34,130 still not gonna get to the numbers that 1366 00:49:34,210 --> 00:49:35,969 Yeah. It's their the amount of money they 1367 00:49:35,969 --> 00:49:38,769 spent on their office ludio. Right? Yeah. So 1368 00:49:38,769 --> 00:49:40,769 there's lots of ways that you can you 1369 00:49:40,769 --> 00:49:42,869 can spend the these numbers. And, 1370 00:49:43,329 --> 00:49:45,554 but the big takeaway for for me on 1371 00:49:45,554 --> 00:49:47,635 this, and and we talked about this a 1372 00:49:47,635 --> 00:49:49,155 lot in the past on the on the 1373 00:49:49,155 --> 00:49:49,655 show, 1374 00:49:50,034 --> 00:49:51,875 is that the growth in the in this 1375 00:49:51,875 --> 00:49:54,355 side of podcasting has not really been, 1376 00:49:54,675 --> 00:49:56,614 very strong for many years. 1377 00:49:56,994 --> 00:50:00,659 It's been kind of laboring at this $22,000,000,000 1378 00:50:00,659 --> 00:50:01,940 mark for many years. 1379 00:50:02,739 --> 00:50:04,260 And and I know it has a lot 1380 00:50:04,260 --> 00:50:05,480 of people in the industry 1381 00:50:05,860 --> 00:50:08,179 thinking about, well, how can we break through? 1382 00:50:08,179 --> 00:50:10,739 Right? There's a lot of ad budgets that's 1383 00:50:10,739 --> 00:50:12,500 sitting out. If you look at the bottom 1384 00:50:12,500 --> 00:50:14,305 part of this screen too, I don't know 1385 00:50:14,305 --> 00:50:15,824 how accurate this is, but, 1386 00:50:16,224 --> 00:50:19,204 it says that podcasts are only 1% 1387 00:50:19,265 --> 00:50:21,505 of the total US ad spend. I don't 1388 00:50:21,505 --> 00:50:23,425 know how accurate that is. I get maybe 1389 00:50:23,425 --> 00:50:25,184 a little higher than that would be my 1390 00:50:25,184 --> 00:50:27,585 my assessment. But No. I mean, that is 1391 00:50:27,585 --> 00:50:29,019 when I look at when we look in 1392 00:50:29,019 --> 00:50:31,099 the IAB about all the ad dollars that 1393 00:50:31,099 --> 00:50:33,440 are spent in advertising in The US, podcasting 1394 00:50:33,579 --> 00:50:36,299 is still a very small percentage of that. 1395 00:50:36,299 --> 00:50:37,359 And it's growing, 1396 00:50:38,219 --> 00:50:40,155 and it we still feel podcasting 1397 00:50:41,755 --> 00:50:44,315 advertisers have an opportunity. But then on the 1398 00:50:44,315 --> 00:50:46,315 other side, some of those other mediums, if 1399 00:50:46,315 --> 00:50:48,795 you said an an hour of radio, that's 1400 00:50:48,795 --> 00:50:51,275 forty only forty four minutes of content. Right? 1401 00:50:51,275 --> 00:50:54,730 Sixteen minutes of ads. Most audio podcasts that 1402 00:50:54,730 --> 00:50:57,369 are an hour long have less than seven 1403 00:50:57,369 --> 00:50:59,369 or eight minutes of ads in that one 1404 00:50:59,369 --> 00:51:01,710 hour of content. So podcasting still, 1405 00:51:02,170 --> 00:51:04,489 has unless it's true crime, they get a 1406 00:51:04,489 --> 00:51:06,010 little bit more. But for the most part, 1407 00:51:06,010 --> 00:51:07,389 podcasts are underrepresented 1408 00:51:07,690 --> 00:51:09,445 by the amount of ads, and that's a 1409 00:51:09,445 --> 00:51:11,764 positive on why people listen to podcasts. Right? 1410 00:51:11,764 --> 00:51:13,925 Some will tell you that that sixteen minutes 1411 00:51:13,925 --> 00:51:15,684 of ads in an hour is too much, 1412 00:51:15,684 --> 00:51:17,364 and that's why they listen to podcasts. So 1413 00:51:17,364 --> 00:51:19,045 there is a balance that we have to 1414 00:51:19,045 --> 00:51:21,364 go at, and we're not gonna there are 1415 00:51:21,364 --> 00:51:22,804 some that say, hey. The best way to 1416 00:51:22,804 --> 00:51:25,260 grow ad revenue in podcasting is shove in 1417 00:51:25,260 --> 00:51:27,900 more ads. And that happens, unfortunately, for some 1418 00:51:27,900 --> 00:51:30,940 bigger shows when they sign minimum guarantee deals. 1419 00:51:30,940 --> 00:51:32,780 They they can make their minimum guarantee or 1420 00:51:32,780 --> 00:51:34,460 the company that gave them you know, promised 1421 00:51:34,460 --> 00:51:36,744 them the money is to overstuff it with 1422 00:51:36,744 --> 00:51:38,664 that. Still load it up as they say. 1423 00:51:38,664 --> 00:51:39,565 Right? Right. 1424 00:51:40,344 --> 00:51:42,505 Luckily, there's still quite a few podcasts that 1425 00:51:42,505 --> 00:51:44,184 push back on that and say no. That's 1426 00:51:44,184 --> 00:51:45,945 too much. I can't do that to my 1427 00:51:45,945 --> 00:51:47,945 audience, and that's a good thing for the 1428 00:51:47,945 --> 00:51:50,190 space that there's some restraint still. Yeah. You 1429 00:51:50,190 --> 00:51:51,949 know, I think that's the tension though. I 1430 00:51:51,949 --> 00:51:53,949 would say that the industry has really been 1431 00:51:53,949 --> 00:51:55,710 discussing this and I hear on a few 1432 00:51:55,710 --> 00:51:57,550 other podcasts and there there's a lot of 1433 00:51:57,550 --> 00:52:00,030 other podcasts about podcasting now that are really 1434 00:52:00,030 --> 00:52:01,974 drilled in and focused on the business side, 1435 00:52:01,974 --> 00:52:03,894 and I try and listen to those as 1436 00:52:03,894 --> 00:52:04,775 much as I can. 1437 00:52:05,335 --> 00:52:07,414 And and it does give me the impression 1438 00:52:07,414 --> 00:52:09,815 that the advertisers were kinda holding back somewhat, 1439 00:52:09,815 --> 00:52:11,894 and I'm not quite sure that there's a 1440 00:52:11,894 --> 00:52:14,135 good rational reason for that. I I think 1441 00:52:14,135 --> 00:52:15,989 that they think that they're not able to 1442 00:52:15,989 --> 00:52:18,550 get the the detail on the data that 1443 00:52:18,550 --> 00:52:20,150 they would like that they get from the 1444 00:52:20,150 --> 00:52:21,130 streaming services, 1445 00:52:21,989 --> 00:52:23,210 of time spent listening, 1446 00:52:23,590 --> 00:52:25,849 how many of the ads were actually heard, 1447 00:52:25,989 --> 00:52:28,469 what you know, those kind of metrics that 1448 00:52:28,469 --> 00:52:29,929 is difficult in podcasts 1449 00:52:30,405 --> 00:52:32,744 to deliver that level and that granularity 1450 00:52:33,125 --> 00:52:36,005 of detail. I know that the attribution part 1451 00:52:36,005 --> 00:52:38,664 has been, a huge component of the pushback 1452 00:52:38,885 --> 00:52:41,364 as well and getting that accurate and things 1453 00:52:41,364 --> 00:52:42,960 like that. And that's what's really, I think, 1454 00:52:43,039 --> 00:52:45,280 pushing the industry more and more to think 1455 00:52:45,280 --> 00:52:46,099 about HLS, 1456 00:52:46,639 --> 00:52:48,739 as a as a replacement for downloads, 1457 00:52:49,440 --> 00:52:52,239 is to try and cater to what these 1458 00:52:52,239 --> 00:52:52,739 advertisers 1459 00:52:53,119 --> 00:52:54,019 brands are 1460 00:52:54,320 --> 00:52:56,800 are pushing for, which is these deeper levels 1461 00:52:56,800 --> 00:52:59,594 of metrics that are only without Apple support. 1462 00:52:59,594 --> 00:53:02,795 Big platforms. Without Apple support, doesn't. Yeah. That's 1463 00:53:02,795 --> 00:53:05,195 the real run here is is it what's 1464 00:53:05,195 --> 00:53:07,755 ironic about it is that I believe Apple 1465 00:53:07,755 --> 00:53:09,215 was the inventor of HLS, 1466 00:53:09,994 --> 00:53:12,394 on the streaming side, but yet they're not 1467 00:53:12,394 --> 00:53:14,639 embracing it. So, you know, and it's just 1468 00:53:14,639 --> 00:53:16,420 one one of those things that the industry, 1469 00:53:16,800 --> 00:53:19,119 you know, would like to be a more 1470 00:53:19,119 --> 00:53:19,619 commercially 1471 00:53:19,920 --> 00:53:20,420 viable 1472 00:53:20,719 --> 00:53:22,400 media. Right? I mean, if you think about 1473 00:53:22,400 --> 00:53:25,215 how big even the radio advertising market was 1474 00:53:25,454 --> 00:53:28,175 dramatically bigger than the podcast market, even though 1475 00:53:28,175 --> 00:53:30,414 you could make a case that we're as 1476 00:53:30,414 --> 00:53:32,655 bigger on talk I think we're equal to 1477 00:53:32,655 --> 00:53:34,655 your radio. We're bigger than talk radio. We 1478 00:53:34,655 --> 00:53:36,494 crossed that three years ago. Three years ago, 1479 00:53:36,494 --> 00:53:37,775 we we crossed it in The US where 1480 00:53:37,775 --> 00:53:40,469 there's more people listening weekly to podcasts than 1481 00:53:40,469 --> 00:53:43,670 talk radio. Right. But that hasn't equated to 1482 00:53:43,670 --> 00:53:45,449 the same equal revenue 1483 00:53:45,829 --> 00:53:47,670 Oh, no. On the ad spend side, but 1484 00:53:47,670 --> 00:53:49,750 that could get get back to ad loads 1485 00:53:49,750 --> 00:53:51,269 too. You know? And if you look at 1486 00:53:51,269 --> 00:53:52,949 some numbers that I've seen over the last 1487 00:53:52,949 --> 00:53:54,695 couple of years with iHeartRadio, 1488 00:53:55,555 --> 00:53:58,434 a lot of their podcasts have achieved the 1489 00:53:58,434 --> 00:54:01,315 trophy of 16 and ad of ads on 1490 00:54:01,315 --> 00:54:02,055 their podcast. 1491 00:54:02,594 --> 00:54:03,094 Yeah. 1492 00:54:03,394 --> 00:54:05,394 Ass on the trophy you wanna have. But, 1493 00:54:05,394 --> 00:54:07,315 you know, it it fits with your broadcast 1494 00:54:07,315 --> 00:54:09,575 model. Right? So if you're trying to replace 1495 00:54:09,869 --> 00:54:12,429 that revenue, which I think increasingly the the 1496 00:54:12,429 --> 00:54:14,109 radio side would like to do, I can 1497 00:54:14,109 --> 00:54:16,190 see why they went there. Right? And then 1498 00:54:16,190 --> 00:54:18,109 to kind of move in to talk a 1499 00:54:18,109 --> 00:54:19,949 little about AI, you know, 1500 00:54:20,349 --> 00:54:22,269 iHeart is a good example of a platform 1501 00:54:22,269 --> 00:54:23,315 that's incorporating, 1502 00:54:24,014 --> 00:54:25,074 AI generated, 1503 00:54:25,614 --> 00:54:26,335 host reads. 1504 00:54:26,815 --> 00:54:28,734 So I think they're playing around with that 1505 00:54:28,734 --> 00:54:29,234 technology. 1506 00:54:29,534 --> 00:54:31,295 And then here's the thing about AI generated 1507 00:54:31,295 --> 00:54:33,054 host reads. If it doesn't say at the 1508 00:54:33,054 --> 00:54:35,049 beginning of the host read that it is 1509 00:54:35,049 --> 00:54:37,049 AI generated, it is in violation of the 1510 00:54:37,049 --> 00:54:37,549 FTC, 1511 00:54:38,329 --> 00:54:40,730 rules. And the FTC has been very straightforward 1512 00:54:40,730 --> 00:54:42,250 on that, that this is you need to 1513 00:54:42,250 --> 00:54:44,730 state that. And and FTC and you'll be 1514 00:54:44,730 --> 00:54:46,409 like, oh, well, the FTC won't correct. Yeah. 1515 00:54:46,409 --> 00:54:48,170 Ask Paris Hilton how that worked out for 1516 00:54:48,170 --> 00:54:51,295 her. Yeah. Right. Not fully stating things. So 1517 00:54:51,295 --> 00:54:53,715 people that are doing these AI generated ads 1518 00:54:53,775 --> 00:54:55,135 and are not and I don't know if 1519 00:54:55,135 --> 00:54:57,054 iHeart's doing it or not, are not saying 1520 00:54:57,054 --> 00:54:59,775 that announced that they're rolling it out with 1521 00:54:59,775 --> 00:55:00,914 a content platform, 1522 00:55:01,454 --> 00:55:03,614 that that enables it. So Yeah. Yeah. They'll 1523 00:55:03,614 --> 00:55:05,635 actually train on the host's 1524 00:55:05,989 --> 00:55:08,230 voice. Beginning of that ad, it has to 1525 00:55:08,230 --> 00:55:10,869 say, this is an AI generated ad. Uh-huh. 1526 00:55:10,869 --> 00:55:12,630 It has to say that. If it does 1527 00:55:12,630 --> 00:55:14,089 not state that clearly, 1528 00:55:14,389 --> 00:55:14,889 unambiguously, 1529 00:55:15,349 --> 00:55:15,849 upfront, 1530 00:55:16,150 --> 00:55:19,454 they can and will likely get fined. Yeah. 1531 00:55:19,454 --> 00:55:20,974 So and I also think, you know, I'm 1532 00:55:20,974 --> 00:55:23,375 increasingly hearing this, and I'm sure you are 1533 00:55:23,375 --> 00:55:25,715 too, Rob, that, there's people 1534 00:55:26,015 --> 00:55:26,494 like, 1535 00:55:26,894 --> 00:55:28,595 Elon Musk is a good example, 1536 00:55:29,135 --> 00:55:31,454 that have come out publicly here recently to 1537 00:55:31,454 --> 00:55:33,590 state that he thinks that pretty much 1538 00:55:33,970 --> 00:55:36,369 all content will be generated by AI within 1539 00:55:36,369 --> 00:55:38,530 five years. Yeah. I don't see that. That 1540 00:55:38,530 --> 00:55:40,230 may be a forward looking statement, 1541 00:55:40,610 --> 00:55:42,210 of what he would like to see, but 1542 00:55:42,210 --> 00:55:44,130 that may not be what actually comes to 1543 00:55:44,130 --> 00:55:46,610 pass. Not everything that Elon says comes to 1544 00:55:46,610 --> 00:55:47,864 pass. So And 1545 00:55:48,644 --> 00:55:50,325 he he says it from a perspective of 1546 00:55:50,325 --> 00:55:52,965 a company creating AI generated content. Right. Exactly. 1547 00:55:53,125 --> 00:55:53,625 AI 1548 00:55:54,325 --> 00:55:56,485 from Grak. Well, it's the same thing that 1549 00:55:56,485 --> 00:55:58,744 that we're hearing from YouTube too, or YouTube 1550 00:55:59,125 --> 00:56:01,125 kind of made this announcement that they're gonna 1551 00:56:01,125 --> 00:56:03,550 go after AI generated content and take it 1552 00:56:03,550 --> 00:56:04,909 down and all that stuff like that. But 1553 00:56:04,909 --> 00:56:06,829 if you really drill into what they did 1554 00:56:06,829 --> 00:56:08,989 say is that they're they're only going after 1555 00:56:08,989 --> 00:56:11,550 certain types of AI generated content that they 1556 00:56:11,550 --> 00:56:13,010 think is not valuable, 1557 00:56:13,309 --> 00:56:15,664 and they want people to use the 1558 00:56:16,285 --> 00:56:18,385 YouTube AI generated content option. 1559 00:56:18,844 --> 00:56:20,605 And I've listened to more than a few, 1560 00:56:20,605 --> 00:56:23,164 probably too many AI generated podcasts, and they 1561 00:56:23,164 --> 00:56:24,844 are heartless, and they are soulless, and you 1562 00:56:24,844 --> 00:56:26,684 can tell. And after you listen to them, 1563 00:56:26,684 --> 00:56:28,545 the best thing they are for is ASMR. 1564 00:56:28,605 --> 00:56:29,529 It's It's a great way to put you 1565 00:56:29,529 --> 00:56:31,289 to sleep. Right, Ro? Yeah. They just I 1566 00:56:31,289 --> 00:56:32,969 mean, they I'm sure they'll get better at 1567 00:56:32,969 --> 00:56:34,969 some point, but there is just some part 1568 00:56:34,969 --> 00:56:37,609 of the emotion that's missing, the spontaneity, the 1569 00:56:37,609 --> 00:56:40,170 mistakes that are missing there. And it's like 1570 00:56:40,170 --> 00:56:42,329 where you see that robot that almost looks 1571 00:56:42,329 --> 00:56:43,849 human but is not quite is the creepiest 1572 00:56:43,849 --> 00:56:44,599 of the 1573 00:56:45,985 --> 00:56:48,465 Perfectly looking, that's okay. But if it's almost 1574 00:56:48,465 --> 00:56:49,824 there, that's where the creep factor is in. 1575 00:56:49,824 --> 00:56:51,744 And that's right now, that's where a lot 1576 00:56:51,744 --> 00:56:53,905 of the AI generated slop, and I'll call 1577 00:56:53,905 --> 00:56:56,065 it AI generated slop, so that that one 1578 00:56:56,065 --> 00:56:57,744 company can be mad. But that's where a 1579 00:56:57,744 --> 00:56:59,985 lot of AI generated slop comes in right 1580 00:56:59,985 --> 00:57:01,960 now. It's it's creepy. And you listen to 1581 00:57:01,960 --> 00:57:05,000 it, and it is there is a tone 1582 00:57:05,000 --> 00:57:07,500 to it that is very unsettling. 1583 00:57:07,880 --> 00:57:09,960 Right. So I've heard some that are fairly 1584 00:57:09,960 --> 00:57:12,599 fairly convincing, but usually you can tell. I 1585 00:57:12,599 --> 00:57:14,519 don't know. It's it's been my experience. I 1586 00:57:14,519 --> 00:57:15,960 don't think it's got to a point where 1587 00:57:15,960 --> 00:57:18,734 it's not easy to tell. Yeah. Some of 1588 00:57:18,734 --> 00:57:20,994 it may get there at some point. Right. 1589 00:57:21,054 --> 00:57:22,414 Some of it's great if you're just trying 1590 00:57:22,414 --> 00:57:24,175 to get some information and you wanna listen, 1591 00:57:24,175 --> 00:57:25,654 you don't have time to read. Right? But 1592 00:57:25,775 --> 00:57:26,014 Yeah. 1593 00:57:26,574 --> 00:57:28,974 Me that's no different than going into a 1594 00:57:28,974 --> 00:57:31,054 blog post and then hitting the pulling down 1595 00:57:31,054 --> 00:57:32,130 on your iPad, and it dictates 1596 00:57:33,650 --> 00:57:35,809 Yeah. And I think that the other use 1597 00:57:35,809 --> 00:57:37,829 that we'll probably likely see is, 1598 00:57:38,289 --> 00:57:40,849 AI will generate content that humans would not. 1599 00:57:40,849 --> 00:57:42,849 Or now granted, you you could put all 1600 00:57:42,849 --> 00:57:45,295 sorts of different kind of measures on that 1601 00:57:45,295 --> 00:57:47,454 of what a a human would not create, 1602 00:57:47,454 --> 00:57:49,775 but I think it's this combination of speed 1603 00:57:49,775 --> 00:57:52,015 to creation is one aspect of it. And 1604 00:57:52,015 --> 00:57:53,454 then also the, 1605 00:57:53,775 --> 00:57:54,914 topics or 1606 00:57:55,215 --> 00:57:56,699 niche niching down 1607 00:57:57,179 --> 00:57:59,440 to a granular level that would be beyond 1608 00:57:59,579 --> 00:58:02,300 any human creator that they would wanna do 1609 00:58:02,300 --> 00:58:02,800 organically. 1610 00:58:03,420 --> 00:58:05,500 And I think that's kinda what the the 1611 00:58:05,500 --> 00:58:06,000 Inception 1612 00:58:06,300 --> 00:58:08,859 AI, platform is is doing. And so they're 1613 00:58:08,859 --> 00:58:10,559 taking, like, one keyword 1614 00:58:10,885 --> 00:58:13,204 and building a whole series of podcasts on 1615 00:58:13,204 --> 00:58:16,005 that one topic keyword. I think I heard 1616 00:58:16,005 --> 00:58:18,825 Janine Wright say that she had a episode 1617 00:58:19,045 --> 00:58:20,025 about the killing, 1618 00:58:20,644 --> 00:58:23,559 or the assassination of Charlie Kirk out and 1619 00:58:23,559 --> 00:58:27,239 published and in the podcast catalog within ten 1620 00:58:27,239 --> 00:58:29,799 minutes of Charlie Kirk getting a sentence. So, 1621 00:58:29,799 --> 00:58:31,799 you know, telling all about it. So, you 1622 00:58:31,799 --> 00:58:34,039 know, that speed to publish is probably what 1623 00:58:34,039 --> 00:58:36,039 we're gonna see too, and that's maybe a 1624 00:58:36,039 --> 00:58:37,739 threat for the the new services. 1625 00:58:38,164 --> 00:58:40,804 That's great because now you have nobody using 1626 00:58:40,804 --> 00:58:42,965 gray matter to fact check things. Right. That 1627 00:58:42,965 --> 00:58:44,804 was the example I gave earlier where Yeah. 1628 00:58:44,885 --> 00:58:46,724 You asked AI about what's going on, and 1629 00:58:46,724 --> 00:58:49,704 they're telling you that there's 5,000,000 global podcasts, 1630 00:58:49,844 --> 00:58:52,359 and there's gonna be a sixty five, seventy 1631 00:58:52,359 --> 00:58:54,519 six billion dollars in the podcast. They had 1632 00:58:54,519 --> 00:58:55,900 space in 2033. 1633 00:58:55,960 --> 00:58:58,280 The numbers are ridiculous, and any gray matter 1634 00:58:58,280 --> 00:59:00,539 put to that would realize that. But, yeah, 1635 00:59:00,599 --> 00:59:02,519 I I didn't. And, Nessa, you're gonna get 1636 00:59:02,519 --> 00:59:04,440 a lot of the slop with where you 1637 00:59:04,440 --> 00:59:06,839 did any any thought process on it. Well, 1638 00:59:06,839 --> 00:59:08,295 that doesn't make any sense. Sense. That doesn't 1639 00:59:08,295 --> 00:59:09,594 hold water. Well, Matt, 1640 00:59:10,135 --> 00:59:12,614 run us here and said, well, welcome back 1641 00:59:12,614 --> 00:59:15,734 to the podcast airwaves, Rob. Sounds like your 1642 00:59:15,734 --> 00:59:18,454 mic source isn't the mic you wanted. Oh, 1643 00:59:18,454 --> 00:59:20,795 I'm not sure. Really? Do I sound bad? 1644 00:59:20,934 --> 00:59:23,789 No. Which Rob? Let me, go in and 1645 00:59:23,789 --> 00:59:24,750 double check my, 1646 00:59:25,469 --> 00:59:27,869 I've selected my Oh, yeah. That definitely changed 1647 00:59:27,869 --> 00:59:29,469 it. Sorry. I have an earbuds in. I 1648 00:59:29,469 --> 00:59:31,550 should have noticed that. My my Rocast was 1649 00:59:31,550 --> 00:59:33,710 so StreamYard was picking up the wrong mic. 1650 00:59:33,710 --> 00:59:35,550 That's interesting. That's what and, you know, that's 1651 00:59:35,550 --> 00:59:36,210 what Adobe, 1652 00:59:36,875 --> 00:59:39,434 sweetener is for. Right. Now my lavalier didn't 1653 00:59:39,434 --> 00:59:41,434 sound so bad after all. Right. So we 1654 00:59:41,434 --> 00:59:43,594 both sound kinda comparable to each other, so 1655 00:59:43,594 --> 00:59:45,594 that'll be good. But, yeah, I didn't I've 1656 00:59:45,594 --> 00:59:47,214 never had to set this, 1657 00:59:47,594 --> 00:59:50,099 to my RodeCaster before. So thank you, Matt, 1658 00:59:50,579 --> 00:59:52,099 for letting us know. I I wish I 1659 00:59:52,099 --> 00:59:53,780 would have known about that earlier. Yeah. That's 1660 00:59:53,780 --> 00:59:55,480 where your guest should have said something, 1661 00:59:55,780 --> 00:59:57,539 but I didn't realize it. So I was 1662 00:59:57,780 --> 01:00:00,340 That's okay. Okay. Yeah. I should always check 1663 01:00:00,340 --> 01:00:02,340 those things before and just make sure it's 1664 01:00:02,340 --> 01:00:04,420 set to the right input. So so anyway 1665 01:00:04,579 --> 01:00:06,114 well, Rob, I think it's 1666 01:00:06,414 --> 01:00:08,414 been great to to do another episode. I 1667 01:00:08,414 --> 01:00:10,335 was hoping to keep it, you know, under 1668 01:00:10,335 --> 01:00:13,214 ninety minutes. So Get two podcasters together. And, 1669 01:00:13,214 --> 01:00:14,974 you know, we're lucky. Yeah. Well, there's a 1670 01:00:14,974 --> 01:00:16,335 lot I put you at Ted. We were 1671 01:00:16,335 --> 01:00:18,255 gonna keep it under sixty. I'm like, well, 1672 01:00:18,255 --> 01:00:20,170 that that was the goal, but as you 1673 01:00:20,170 --> 01:00:21,610 can see, I didn't quite make it. I 1674 01:00:21,610 --> 01:00:23,210 think I put too much content in the 1675 01:00:23,210 --> 01:00:25,690 outline. So I'll learn from that and adjust 1676 01:00:25,690 --> 01:00:27,449 it and just make sure that I check 1677 01:00:27,449 --> 01:00:29,449 my mic input next week because that's the 1678 01:00:29,449 --> 01:00:30,885 big thing I'm trying to do here, 1679 01:00:31,364 --> 01:00:33,465 Rob, is create a a quality program, 1680 01:00:33,844 --> 01:00:36,164 that sounds great on audio, but also looks 1681 01:00:36,164 --> 01:00:38,324 great and has a good video experience too. 1682 01:00:38,324 --> 01:00:40,724 So so that's that's my goal. Yeah. And 1683 01:00:40,724 --> 01:00:42,485 and I will say this to folks. Perfect 1684 01:00:42,485 --> 01:00:44,800 audio does matter. It just has to be 1685 01:00:44,800 --> 01:00:46,000 really it has to be good, but not 1686 01:00:46,000 --> 01:00:48,319 perfect. The all in podcast is better than 1687 01:00:48,319 --> 01:00:51,039 almost number wise than almost any other podcast 1688 01:00:51,039 --> 01:00:53,199 out there, and it's just four guys on 1689 01:00:53,199 --> 01:00:55,599 Zoom. Right. And the audio is on Zoom. 1690 01:00:55,599 --> 01:00:57,644 Okay. But Right. Right. And it's not always 1691 01:00:57,644 --> 01:01:00,285 great audio quality either. So Yeah. Yeah. That's 1692 01:01:00,285 --> 01:01:02,285 true. So But Nick does what he can 1693 01:01:02,285 --> 01:01:03,485 to clean it up. So Nick, if you're 1694 01:01:03,485 --> 01:01:05,405 listening. Yeah. Yes. Off the good work. Do 1695 01:01:05,405 --> 01:01:07,724 they host on on Yes. Oh, they do. 1696 01:01:07,724 --> 01:01:09,485 Okay. That's awesome. That's one of my favorite. 1697 01:01:09,485 --> 01:01:11,269 I listen to every episode. Oh, yeah. Yeah. 1698 01:01:11,329 --> 01:01:12,530 You wanna know about what's going on in 1699 01:01:12,530 --> 01:01:13,349 the tech world? 1700 01:01:13,890 --> 01:01:16,289 Those guys have great insight and cover politics 1701 01:01:16,289 --> 01:01:18,289 and other things. Yeah. No. It's an awesome 1702 01:01:18,289 --> 01:01:20,050 show that they've had. They've really branched out 1703 01:01:20,050 --> 01:01:21,269 into a bunch of different, 1704 01:01:21,570 --> 01:01:24,130 areas too. You know, they're doing live events 1705 01:01:24,130 --> 01:01:26,264 and doing all sorts of stuff. So so 1706 01:01:26,424 --> 01:01:28,264 anyway, Rob, well, thank you for spending time 1707 01:01:28,264 --> 01:01:29,164 with me tonight. 1708 01:01:29,625 --> 01:01:31,545 I I appreciate it, and I'll get this 1709 01:01:31,545 --> 01:01:34,664 episode pushed up to the RSS feeds, and 1710 01:01:34,664 --> 01:01:35,704 we can we can, 1711 01:01:36,264 --> 01:01:39,144 start planning the the next episode. Alright. So 1712 01:01:39,224 --> 01:01:40,269 yeah. So 1713 01:01:40,730 --> 01:01:42,329 go what's that? Thank you for having me 1714 01:01:42,329 --> 01:01:42,829 on. 1715 01:01:43,130 --> 01:01:44,969 No problem. And if be sure to go 1716 01:01:44,969 --> 01:01:46,190 check out the 1717 01:01:46,650 --> 01:01:48,010 the newmediashow.com 1718 01:01:48,010 --> 01:01:48,510 website, 1719 01:01:49,289 --> 01:01:52,650 and follow Rob and I's social channels. We're 1720 01:01:52,650 --> 01:01:53,804 both easy to find. 1721 01:01:54,284 --> 01:01:56,925 Rob also has a podcast. His podcast four 1722 01:01:56,925 --> 01:01:59,405 one one is is back. And I know 1723 01:01:59,405 --> 01:02:01,804 it I was disappointing to hear that the 1724 01:02:01,804 --> 01:02:02,464 the feed, 1725 01:02:03,005 --> 01:02:06,545 is no longer publishing episodes, and and the 1726 01:02:06,760 --> 01:02:09,480 band of you and Elsie got broke up, 1727 01:02:09,480 --> 01:02:11,900 which is an unfortunate outcome for the industry. 1728 01:02:12,039 --> 01:02:14,599 Mhmm. But it's hopefully, we can bring the 1729 01:02:14,599 --> 01:02:17,239 band back together again on this show, and 1730 01:02:17,239 --> 01:02:19,934 try and make something that's helpful to to 1731 01:02:19,934 --> 01:02:22,255 people as as well. And so up next 1732 01:02:22,255 --> 01:02:23,614 at the end of the show, I'm gonna 1733 01:02:23,614 --> 01:02:24,494 play the, 1734 01:02:25,215 --> 01:02:27,954 the not the full episode of the remembering 1735 01:02:28,015 --> 01:02:30,275 of Todd Cochran, but the intro video, 1736 01:02:31,135 --> 01:02:33,160 just so we can kind of honor, 1737 01:02:33,559 --> 01:02:36,599 Todd in this new episode as we kind 1738 01:02:36,599 --> 01:02:38,119 of leave the show. But, 1739 01:02:38,599 --> 01:02:40,760 I hope to be back next week, next 1740 01:02:40,760 --> 01:02:42,539 Wednesday at 6PM Eastern, 1741 01:02:43,159 --> 01:02:45,559 for another episode of the New Media Show. 1742 01:02:45,559 --> 01:02:47,820 So thank you so much. Good night.