Latest Digital decay Podcast Episodes

Episode 5: RSS Resuscitations

Preserve This Podcast - May 16, 2019 09:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
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...

Ep5: RSS Resuscitations

Preserve This Podcast - May 16, 2019 07:03 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
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...

Ep4: Metadata Meta-awareness

Preserve This Podcast - May 02, 2019 09:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
Metadata makes podcast files accessible. Follow Kaytlin Bailey, host of the Oldest Profession podcast, as she tries to make little-known histories of sex work accessible, now and in the future. We will cover MP3 ID3 tags, episode descriptions, transcripts, and how machine learning will affect pod...

Episode 3: Back it up

Preserve This Podcast - April 18, 2019 09:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
Get ready for the digital storage showdown! Nearly everyone has a hard drive horror story. If you listen to this podcast, you won’t be one of them. In this episode we work with Amanda McLoughlin and Eric Silver, two indie podcasters working with the Multitude production collective. We go over the...

Ep3: Back it up

Preserve This Podcast - April 18, 2019 07:01 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
Get ready for the digital storage showdown! Nearly everyone has a hard drive horror story. If you listen to this podcast, you won’t be one of them. In this episode we work with Amanda McLoughlin and Eric Silver, two indie podcasters working with the Multitude production collective. We go over the...

Episode 2: Get Organized

Preserve This Podcast - April 04, 2019 09:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
The first step in preserving a podcast is to get organized! For this episode we work with Dan Weissman, the producer of a podcast called An Arm and a Leg, on organizing his files. We cover folder structures, file naming conventions, and the challenges of navigating digital oceans of stuff. Find o...

Ep2: Get Organized

Preserve This Podcast - April 04, 2019 07:01 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
The first step in preserving a podcast is to get organized! For this episode we work with Dan Weissman, the producer of a podcast called An Arm and a Leg, on organizing his files. We cover folder structures, file naming conventions, and the challenges of navigating digital oceans of stuff. Find ...

Episode 1: Time to Take Notice

Preserve This Podcast - March 21, 2019 09:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
Alice Y. Hom is an oral historian who is trying to turn the interviews she’s collected into a new podcast, called Historically Queer. But even though Alice has devoted her life to preserving overlooked pieces of history, she has no idea how to preserve her podcast. Find out more, download our zin...

Ep1: Time to Take Notice

Preserve This Podcast - March 21, 2019 07:01 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
Alice Y. Hom is an oral historian who is trying to turn the interviews she’s collected into a new podcast, called Historically Queer. But even though Alice has devoted her life to preserving overlooked pieces of history, she has no idea how to preserve her podcast. Find out more, download our zi...

Prologue: Podcasts are Disappearing

Preserve This Podcast - February 21, 2019 09:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
“The Podsucker” is a machine that Jason Scott built in his basement 15 years ago. Jason was trying to capture all the podcasts -- before they disappear. Preserve This Podcast is a series about how podcasts are disappearing. And what podcasters can do to save them. Follow along with our podcast pr...