Episode 4
They're Trying to Kill Podcasting!
May 15th, 2026
43 mins 41 secs
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Big tech platforms like YouTube, Spotify, and Apple are undermining traditional podcasting by hosting shows that they market as "podcasts" but which lack open RSS feeds, thereby centralizing control, bypassing the decentralized distribution model, and eroding the free-speech protections that independent RSS-based podcasting was designed to provide.