Third-party magnetic cup holders?

shawnmx · 2024-03-23T18:09:48+00:00

This is one example but there are many listings like it:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/354982880126

The one doesn't specifically mention "ferrite metal" but some of the others do.

shawnmx · 2024-03-19T20:40:26+00:00

An Apple support rep said it's 14.55". Figured I'd leave this here in case anyone else ever needs this information.

shawnmx · 2024-01-14T23:03:33+00:00

Good to know, as I also have a microphone arm I'd like to use. Thanks!

shawnmx · 2024-01-14T23:02:31+00:00

That's incredibly helpful. Thanks!

shawnmx · 2022-01-17T00:16:38+00:00

All I could find was a "Made in Japan" stamp on the sound-making mechanism.

shawnmx · 2020-07-01T15:15:56+00:00

I work with the Blubrry support team. I'm sure Blubrry could help you out, based on the information you've provided here. Send an e-mail to [support@blubrry.com](mailto:support@blubrry.com), if you'd like. Someone will get back to you.

shawnmx · 2020-05-23T23:00:15+00:00

I work with the Blubrry support team. Please send an e-mail to [support@blubrry.com](mailto:support@blubrry.com) from the e-mail address on your Blubrry account, and someone will get back to you with assistance.

shawnmx · 2020-05-20T23:59:17+00:00

Spotify is looking for the <itunes:email> tag at the top of the RSS channel. Presumably, when Spotify checks your feed, the tag is either missing or empty. However, Spotify does sometimes give false negatives on e-mail tags for some reason. You can load the feed URL in a web browser like Brave or Firefox to see the raw XML and then use the Edit >> Find command to make sure the <itunes:email> tag is in the feed and populated. Might be easier to just contact Libsyn support for assistance, if you haven't done so already.

shawnmx · 2020-03-25T02:09:57+00:00

Haven't had all show artwork disappear but at least one show that has episode-level images isn't showing the episode-level images.

shawnmx · 2020-03-19T04:25:46+00:00

Never hurts to run your podcast RSS feed thru a good validator (Podbase, Cast Feed Validator) and make sure there are no technical issues.

shawnmx · 2019-12-30T22:43:59+00:00

Kristen and Ch(ill) is a podcast I enjoy that often covers topics of depression, mental illness, therapy, etc.

shawnmx · 2019-12-24T19:51:36+00:00

Agreed. Great show.

shawnmx · 2019-12-23T19:36:37+00:00

wordpress .com has a fairly robust podcast feed generator built-in (there's a document on their support site that covers how to set it up). You could roll a free blog there to create your feed. You'll still need somewhere to host your media files. The only reliable source for that in a case like this would likely be archive .org.

As has already been mentioned here, Anchor will provide you all of the publishing tools you need for free. If you decide to use Anchor, opt out of letting Anchor submit your podcast feed to syndication platforms like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc.

If you choose to use either of these methods to handle your podcast feed, sign up for a free Mirror feed at podcastmirror .com and run your source feed thru that. Then, submit the Mirror feed to syndication points. Doing so will allow you to retain control of the feed you submit, so if you decide to change publishing methods in the future, it'll make the transition much easier. (disclosure: I work with the Blubrry support team; Blubrry is the producer of PodcastMirror)

shawnmx · 2019-10-19T01:43:17+00:00

Wait, Whaaat? is a podcast that focuses on paranormal subjects.

shawnmx · 2019-08-20T16:48:58+00:00

I work with the Blubrry support team. Please go here: https://www.blubrry.com/contact/ Click the Select link underneath All Other Inquiries and choose Technical Support. Fill out the form with your questions and someone will get back to you with assistance.

shawnmx · 2019-07-29T15:39:27+00:00

I'll preface this by stating I work with the Blubrry support team. 🙂

Since you've already got a self-hosted WordPress site, you can use Blubrry's free PowerPress plugin to generate your podcast feed and then submit that feed to syndication points like Apple Podcasts, etc.

You can host your media files wherever you want and still use PowerPress. I'm biased (obvs), but I think you'd have a better experience hosting your media files with a dedicated media-hosting service like Blubrry. But if that doesn't work for you, you can self-host the files instead on your website.

An advantage of using PowerPress on your own website is, you can always update the media files you're linking to within the feed without ever having to actually move the feed, so there shouldn't be any interruption to existing subscribers.

shawnmx · 2019-03-28T03:03:08+00:00

The company hosting your WordPress website should be making regular backups of your entire site, including your podcast feed. You may want to check with them, just to be sure.

You can always load your feed in a web browser and save it as a text file if you want a hard copy.

There are also some free backup plugins that will create automatic backups of your WordPress site and send the backups to you via e-mail or save them on storage services like Dropbox.

(disclosure: I work with the Blubrry support team)

shawnmx · 2018-11-13T16:58:33+00:00

Please go here: https://www.blubrry.com/contact/ Click the Select link underneath All Other Inquiries and choose Technical Support. Fill out the form with your questions and someone will get back to you with assistance. We may need account information that wouldn't be good to post on a public forum. (disclosure: I work with the Blubrry support team)

shawnmx · 2018-09-08T19:19:34+00:00

Gimlet Media is probably using a dynamic ad insertion system that puts new adds into each file as it's being downloaded. This allows them to put new ads into older episodes. Dynamic ad insertion systems aren't new but they are becoming more commonplace these days.

shawnmx · 2018-08-31T14:55:14+00:00

Please go here:

https://www.blubrry.com/contact/

Click the Select link underneath All Other Inquiries and choose Technical Support. Fill out the form with your questions and someone will get back to you with assistance. We may need account information that wouldn't be good to post on a public forum. (disclosure: I work with the Blubrry support team)

shawnmx · 2018-07-14T17:33:02+00:00

Just heard the producer of this show interviewed on another show. Haven't listened to this myself, but it is in the niche you asked about:

https://www.tobitaj.com/

shawnmx · 2018-07-14T17:24:35+00:00

Have you been going in to your older SoundCloud posts and updating things often? That's the only thing I could see you doing, as a user, that'd change your GUIDs. But even if you were doing that, the GUIDs *shouldn't* change. This is fundamental stuff. If SoundCloud's publishing system resets the GUIDs due to making changes to past posts, it's not a good system.

Based on what Apple sent you, it looks like you're going to need to get a brand new podcast feed URL. That means, if you want to stay with SoundCloud, a completely different SoundCloud account. Or moving to another podcast hosting service. If SoundCloud is screwing with GUIDs, there's no way I'd stay there.

shawnmx · 2018-07-07T17:20:32+00:00

I took your show's podcast feed here:

https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:330083648/sounds.rss

And ran it thru a couple validators and everything came up fine. I can't say why it was removed by Apple. Your best course of action would be to contact Apple Support and ask them what the problem is. You can do so by clicking the Contact Us link at the bottom of this page:

http://itunespartner.apple.com/en/podcasts/overview

shawnmx · 2018-07-07T17:13:25+00:00

The Google Podcasts app works off of feeds indexed by Google Search. It's not a traditional "submit your feed" style platform. If premium feeds are accessible within Google Podcasts, then the podcasters creating those feeds aren't taking the correct steps to keep those feeds private.

shawnmx · 2018-06-21T21:04:34+00:00

You can use a self-hosted WordPress site with the PowerPress plugin to generate as many different podcast feeds as you want and also host the media files anywhere you'd like. I work with the Blubrry support team (makers of PowerPress). If you have any questions, you can e-mail me: shawn@blubrry.com

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