Preserve This Podcast is an Andrew W. Mellon grant-funded project hosted by the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) to help podcasters protect their work against the threats of digital decay.
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episode 5: Ep5: RSS Resuscitations
Podcasts rely on RSS feeds for distribution. But what happens when podcasters stop paying for RSS hosting? How can we keep podcasts accessible? In this episode, Molly Schwartz and Sarah Nguyen explore options for free self-hosting for the Preserve This Podcast podcast. Featuring Dave Winer, Jason Scott, Elsie Escobar, and Brad Smith.
Find out more, download our zine, and RSVP to our traveling workshops at preservethispodcast.org.
- The Rise and Demise of RSS by Sinclair Target
- Who owns your podcast? (Or, why you might want to rethink your show’s RSS feed) by Dan Misener
- How Many of the 540,000 Podcasts Have "Podfaded?" by Amplifi Media
- So Long Google Reader, and Thanks for the Memories By Austin Considine and Derek Mead
- If RSS ain't broke... by Steve Gillmor
- Elsie Escobar Twitter @TheElsieEscobar
- Libsyn - podcast hosting platform
- Brad Smith Twitter @brad
- Simplecast - podcast hosting platform
- Jason Scott Twitter @textfiles
- Internet Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Creative Commons license
- Dave Winer Twitter @davewiner
- GitHub
- Producer + host, Molly Schwartz Twitter @mollyfication
- Archivist, Dana Gerber-Margie Twitter @theaudiosignal
- Archivist, Mary Kidd Twitter @kiddarchivist
- Project coordinator, Sarah Nguyen Twitter @snewyuen
Featuring music by:
- Blue Dot Sessions
- Breakmaster Cylinder
- Dalton Harts