iHeartRadio embed tools, and Apple Podcast Chart manipulators

It’s been a long weekend in the US and Canada. Welcome back!

• People are still offering to manipulate the Apple Podcasts Chart. Some podcasters are being threatened by negative reviews if podcasters don’t buy their “service”. (We’d like to see examples.)

• If you’re on iHeartRadio, you can embed your podcast into any website you like (and no, you don’t have to log in to listen). Here are their instructions.

  
  Aug 5 2023: This broken link now points to the Internet Archive.

• What’s exciting about podcasts? Here’s an uplifting list of what excites Sara DaSilva.

  
  Aug 5 2023: This broken link now points to the Internet Archive.

• Scott Flashheart posts an expletive-laden set of tips to create a good podcast, and a lot of animated GIFs.

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• Diversity Council Australia have launched The Art of Inclusion - “flipping the script on who we include, who we don’t, and how we can do better - in everything from gender, race, mental health and disability, through to the inclusion of LGBTQI+ and Indigenous communities.”. The press release highlights media misinformation. (Whooshkaa)

• Got iHeartRadio? You can now hear Podnews on it, every day.