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		<title>PC20-273-2026-10-02</title>
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		<dateModified>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 19:17:55 GMT</dateModified>
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		<ownerName>Adam Curry</ownerName>
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		<outline text="&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Podcasting 2.0 October 2nd 2026 Episode 273 - &amp;quot;Advertising is The Horse and Buggies of Podcasting&amp;quot;&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;">
			<outline text="Dave set a bandwidth record and then found out where 40 terabytes of it went. Our guest from last week went home and proposed Podcasting 3.0 and 4.0 — and the board has already answered him. Everlit invented a tag for Hearst, an app developer is fixing the docs, and Apple has quietly turned its front page into an algorithm. And Adam built a robot."/>
			<outline text="On the docket: 65 terabytes and the Linode leak, &amp;quot;Podcasting 3.0&amp;quot; and why we build instead of market, Sam says the Bitcoin micropayment window has closed (the same week x402 adds Lightning), roles for person, a music index in the block tag, Everlit&amp;#x27;s homemade trailerType, Apple drops country curation, Podcast Robot puts the Index inside your AI assistant, and a Podnews Weekly Review on measurement, scores and the IAB&amp;#x27;s definition of a download."/>
			<outline text="&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;The only board meeting that is cheaper than a gallon of Diesel, but only barely&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;"/>
			<outline text="I&amp;#x27;m Adam Curry in the Heart of the Texas Hill Country"/>
			<outline text="And in Alabama, the man who pushes out 65 terabytes a month, and then just goes for a walk -- &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Say hello to my Friend on the other End — Dave Jones!&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;"/>
			<outline text="Download the mp3" type="link" url="https://op3.dev/e/mp3s.nashownotes.com/PC20-273-2026-10-02-Final.mp3"/>
			<outline text="Podcast Feed" type="link" url="http://mp3s.nashownotes.com/pc20rss.xml"/>
			<outline text="PodcastIndex.org" type="link" url="http://PodcastIndex.org"/>
			<outline text="Preservepodcasting.com" type="link" url="http://Preservepodcasting.com"/>
			<outline text="Check out the podcasting 2.0 apps and services newpodcastapps.com" type="link" url="http://newpodcastapps.com"/>
			<outline text="&amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Support us with your Time Talent and Treasure&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;" type="link" url="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=m0z6N1K047lEsGvPDr3KMumKYHlUHRAdwPNY645UB0LR9fGf_OtpVByzHId7TEFYo9nXNS5aF33Zdjn9&amp;fromUL=true&amp;country.x=US&amp;locale.x=en_US"/>
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		<outline text="One topic only today - Big changes coming to podcast discovery!" created="Fri, 02 Oct 2026 19:17:27 GMT"/>
		<outline text="Positioning">
			<outline text="The Podcast Index is here to preserve, protect and extend the open, independent podcasting ecosystem."/>
			<outline text="We do this by enabling developers to have access to an open, categorized index that will always be available for free, for any use."/>
			<outline text="Try a new podcast app today and see how much better the experience can be." type="link" url="http://newpodcastapps.com/"/>
			<outline text="What is &amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Value4Value&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;? - Read all about it at Value4Value.info"/>
			<outline text="V4V Stats" type="link" url="https://stats.podcastindex.org/v4v"/>
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		<outline text="&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;ShowNotes&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;" _expanded="true">
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			<outline text="05 - 🤖 PODCAST ROBOT — ADAM&amp;#x27;S MCP SERVER FOR THE INDEX" _expanded="true">
				<outline text="Discovery"/>
				<outline text="New Tag adoption" _expanded="true">
					<outline text="podroll trailer peson location etc"/>
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				<outline text="AEO - Ask Engine Optimization"/>
				<outline text="AI Assistants - Robots - Muse"/>
				<outline text="podcastindexrobot.com — Podcast Robot, part of Podcast Index" type="link" url="https://podcastindexrobot.com/"/>
				<outline text="&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;What it says it is:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;quot;Podcast Robot is a plug-in for AI assistants like Claude, ChatGPT or your own agent. Once connected, your assistant can &amp;lt;b&amp;gt;see every podcast in the world through Podcast Index&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;… plus the live signals that say when something new drops or a show goes live. &amp;lt;b&amp;gt;No account, no key, nothing to install.&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; Your podcast app stays your podcast app: Podcast Robot hands you links that open right in it.&amp;quot;"/>
				<outline text="&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;The asks it handles:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;quot;What&amp;#x27;s new in my shows?&amp;quot; · &amp;quot;Find the part where they talk about X&amp;quot; (transcript search, link to the moment) · &amp;quot;Who was that guest? Where else is she?&amp;quot; (podcast:person) · &amp;quot;Surprise me&amp;quot; / what other podcasters recommend (podroll) · &amp;quot;What&amp;#x27;s made in Austin?&amp;quot; (&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;18,000 shows carry location&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;) · &amp;quot;How do I support this show?&amp;quot; (funding / Value4Value)."/>
				<outline text="&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Let it keep watch:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;quot;Tell me when [show] goes live&amp;quot; · &amp;quot;Watch for any episode where [person] is a guest&amp;quot; — it tells the assistant to check only what changed, so one check costs one or two calls. The page is honest: hosted assistants schedule hourly at best (ChatGPT, Claude Routines, &amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Dots&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;); a true every-15-minutes needs your own agent, &amp;lt;b&amp;gt;such as Muse&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;."/>
				<outline text="&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;💡 For podcasters: &amp;quot;grade my feed&amp;quot;&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; — Podcast Robot &amp;quot;tells you which Podcasting 2.0 tags you are missing and &amp;lt;b&amp;gt;what each one would let assistants do for your listeners&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;.&amp;quot; &amp;lt;b&amp;gt;That is an answer to Sam&amp;#x27;s marketing thread in section 01:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; not a version number, a reason — every tag is now something an assistant can do."/>
				<outline text="Its links out use podcast-platform-links (GitHub)" type="link" url="https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-platform-links"/>
				<outline text="csb&amp;#x27;s prediction this morning: &amp;quot;AC today on Podcasting 2.0 will say: Podcast player app developers, please abandon your apps because future of Podcasting are: &amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Always-On AI Agents&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;.&amp;quot; The page says the opposite: &amp;lt;b&amp;gt;your podcast app stays your podcast app.&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;"/>
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