WEBVTT 00:00:00.540 --> 00:00:04.240 From our free daily newsletter, the latest from podnews.net with 00:00:04.240 --> 00:00:05.040 co-host. 00:00:05.040 --> 00:00:10.180 Filling up with fuel is now a great place to also learn more 00:00:10.180 --> 00:00:12.360 about a new podcast. 00:00:12.360 --> 00:00:16.790 Purple Daily, a Minnesota Vikings podcast from Gamut Podcast 00:00:16.790 --> 00:00:17.440 Network, 00:00:17.440 --> 00:00:21.280 will now accompany you as you fill up your car at Regional Gas 00:00:21.280 --> 00:00:23.220 Station's Quick Trip in the area. 00:00:23.220 --> 00:00:26.790 As you fill up, you get a 30-second taster on the gas pump 00:00:26.790 --> 00:00:27.440 screen. 00:00:27.440 --> 00:00:30.780 We'll link to a video of the whole thing in our show notes today. 00:00:30.780 --> 00:00:34.700 If you're hosting on Substack, Guardian Investigation has 00:00:34.700 --> 00:00:38.280 revealed some concerning other publications on the platform. 00:00:38.280 --> 00:00:42.710 The Age of Audio movie is to get an East Coast premiere on 00:00:42.710 --> 00:00:44.440 February the 25th 00:00:44.440 --> 00:00:48.890 in Kevin Smith's Smodcastle Cinemas in Atlantic Highlands in New 00:00:48.890 --> 00:00:49.600 Jersey. 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:52.210 If you're looking for a great documentary that traces the 00:00:52.210 --> 00:00:54.880 history of our medium, you'll be wanting that one. 00:00:55.600 --> 00:00:58.920 AIR, the Association of Independence in Radio, which, yes, 00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:01.260 includes podcast professionals as well, 00:01:01.260 --> 00:01:04.280 is offering a free three-month membership. 00:01:04.280 --> 00:01:08.520 If you join AIR using code BETTERTogether26, you'll see it in 00:01:08.520 --> 00:01:10.060 our show notes today, 00:01:10.060 --> 00:01:12.660 it's usually $100 for the year. 00:01:12.660 --> 00:01:16.230 And if you're already a member, there's even a code for you to 00:01:16.230 --> 00:01:18.180 save $20 on your renewal. 00:01:18.180 --> 00:01:21.450 The organisation includes job alerts, discounts on tools and 00:01:21.450 --> 00:01:22.260 mentoring. 00:01:22.880 --> 00:01:27.860 And a thing we all missed, an online symposium from the MECCSA 00:01:27.860 --> 00:01:31.160 Radio and Audio Studies Group last Friday. 00:01:31.160 --> 00:01:35.710 Speaking was Siobhan McHugh talking about the so-called pivot to 00:01:35.710 --> 00:01:36.200 video 00:01:36.200 --> 00:01:41.160 and why audio stories can generate empathy, insight and emotion, 00:01:41.160 --> 00:01:45.360 reverberations that endure long beyond the prescriptive video 00:01:45.360 --> 00:01:46.260 podcast. 00:01:47.260 --> 00:01:51.270 In People News in London, Platform Media has announced Rhianna 00:01:51.270 --> 00:01:54.340 Coleman as the company's first director of strategy. 00:01:54.340 --> 00:01:57.840 She's previously worked with YMU and Spotify. 00:01:58.780 --> 00:02:02.140 It's a Monday, so time for some tech stuff with RSS.com. 00:02:02.140 --> 00:02:06.210 And the command line tool FFmpeg is the little hidden workhorse 00:02:06.210 --> 00:02:07.500 of podcasting. 00:02:07.500 --> 00:02:10.720 And chances are that your podcast host is using it to convert 00:02:10.720 --> 00:02:11.640 audio files. 00:02:11.640 --> 00:02:15.010 But it's capable of much more than just turning a mistakenly 00:02:15.010 --> 00:02:17.120 uploaded WAV file into an MP3. 00:02:17.120 --> 00:02:19.500 It does dynamic compression and EQ. 00:02:19.500 --> 00:02:21.440 It can set ID3 tags. 00:02:21.520 --> 00:02:24.460 It can set the LUFS levels correctly and all manner of other 00:02:24.460 --> 00:02:25.080 things. 00:02:25.080 --> 00:02:29.600 Peter Kern discovers FFAB, which is a graphical front end for 00:02:29.600 --> 00:02:30.840 Mac and Linux, 00:02:30.840 --> 00:02:33.780 which not only lets you fiddle around to your heart's content, 00:02:33.780 --> 00:02:36.850 but also shows you the actual command it uses so you can build 00:02:36.850 --> 00:02:38.260 it into your workflow. 00:02:38.260 --> 00:02:39.760 It's well worth a play. 00:02:39.760 --> 00:02:40.880 FFAB. 00:02:41.120 --> 00:02:42.980 You'll find it linked from our newsletter today. 00:02:42.980 --> 00:02:46.780 Justin Jackson from the Podcast Standards Project wrote an 00:02:46.780 --> 00:02:49.300 update on playing the game on the field, 00:02:49.300 --> 00:02:53.260 asking where the focus of the project should be in 2026 and 00:02:53.260 --> 00:02:54.820 asking for proposals. 00:02:54.820 --> 00:02:58.970 Writing personally, Justin also posted a long piece about what 00:02:58.970 --> 00:03:02.660 podcasting will lose when XSLT goes away. 00:03:03.300 --> 00:03:07.300 XSLT is used by 11% of all podcast RSS feeds out there, 00:03:07.300 --> 00:03:11.270 and it turns the gobbledygook of an RSS feed into a decent viewable 00:03:11.270 --> 00:03:11.920 web page, 00:03:11.920 --> 00:03:15.180 with the result that some podcasters have been just sharing the 00:03:15.180 --> 00:03:15.800 RSS feed, 00:03:15.800 --> 00:03:17.820 given it looks fine to play the show from. 00:03:17.820 --> 00:03:19.300 We'll link to an example today. 00:03:19.300 --> 00:03:21.940 However, XSLT is going away, 00:03:21.940 --> 00:03:24.680 and it's already disappearing from the development versions of 00:03:24.680 --> 00:03:25.500 some browsers. 00:03:26.100 --> 00:03:28.800 And the folks at Antenapod were at FOSDEM, 00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:32.300 the open-source conference in Belgium, last week, 00:03:32.300 --> 00:03:33.740 and they post an update. 00:03:33.740 --> 00:03:35.880 And in podcast news, 00:03:35.880 --> 00:03:37.360 in Alf-splaining, 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:40.800 Ben Baker and John Matthews investigate another edition of the 00:03:40.800 --> 00:03:41.860 1980s sitcom 00:03:41.860 --> 00:03:44.600 with their usual British sideways look. 00:03:44.600 --> 00:03:46.100 What are you saying, Ben and John? 00:03:46.100 --> 00:03:47.800 In today's episode, 00:03:47.800 --> 00:03:51.740 Alf thinks he's seen Elvis Presley and will stop at nothing to 00:03:51.740 --> 00:03:52.460 prove it. 00:03:52.460 --> 00:03:54.860 And in Surviving Trump, 00:03:55.220 --> 00:03:58.660 Rigging the Election Rules examines how the podcast claims 00:03:58.660 --> 00:04:03.600 election infrastructure is rewritten to preserve minority rule, 00:04:03.600 --> 00:04:04.820 gerrymandering, 00:04:04.820 --> 00:04:06.240 census manipulation, 00:04:06.240 --> 00:04:07.800 election integrity laws, 00:04:07.800 --> 00:04:09.740 attacks on the Voting Rights Act, 00:04:09.740 --> 00:04:11.740 threats against election officials, 00:04:11.740 --> 00:04:14.220 centralised certification power, 00:04:14.220 --> 00:04:17.920 and voter intimidation backed by federal force. 00:04:17.920 --> 00:04:22.620 The Cheery Show maps how Trump's second-term administration 00:04:22.620 --> 00:04:26.490 and Project 2025 turn white supremacist and white Christian 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