Benjamin Bellamy gives a presentation on the importance of open-source software and Podcasting 2.0 for the podcast ecosystem. He discusses how closed platforms can control content creators and audiences. However, podcasting remains decentralized through RSS and open standards like Podcasting 2.0 aim to enhance features while maintaining freedom and control. Open-source solutions offer alternatives to closed platforms and allow creators choice in hosting, monetization, and distribution.

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Take Controlof Podcasting
thanks to Open-Source
and Podcasting 2.0
Benjamin Bellamy

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I am Benjamin Bellamy.
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I ❤️Podcasts.
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I ❤️Open-Source.
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Founder and CEO of Ad Aures.
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Father of Castopod.

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Why is open-source software
essential
in the podcast ecosystem?

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How can
Podcasting 2.0
help you?

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The creator's dilemma
network

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With Web 2.0 came closed silos
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A closed silo is a platform that does not
interact or integrate well with other sites or
platforms.
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Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, Youtube,
SnapChat, Twitch, TikTok…

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What do closed silos provide?
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Hosting, Editing tools, Player
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Index, Search engine, Recommendation
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Monetization
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Audience, Feedback, Social Network

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Closed silos are confortable
user
interface
content
player
discover
content
social
network
user interface
content
monetization
creation
studio
social
network
audience
content creators
content
content
index
content
database

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So what’s the catch?

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Where lies your value?
⊕ Your Content ⊕ Your Audience

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Can you trust closed silos?
…and give them:
⊕ all your content,
⊕ all your audience,
⊜ all your value.

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A closed silo…
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Lends its own
audience
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It can take it back
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The audience is
never really yours
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Takes advantage
from your content
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Uses your content
for its SEO
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Validates your
content

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What influences your content
On the Open Web
(federated network, self hosted…)
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The law
On the Closed Web
(Youtube, Apple, Facebook…)
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The law
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Terms and Conditions
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The pressure to please an ever-changing algorithm
that determines who sees your content
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Economic, political and ideological interests specific
to the platform
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Government pressure on the platform
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Mass reporting of my content by opponents or
competitors
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A bot
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A moderator in a bad mood
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Platform shutting down
From https://louisderrac.com/dossier-la-transformation-alternumerique-des-organisations/

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…and everything can
stop
with the snap of a finger.

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Have we lost the battle?

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Yes.
Thank you for your attention.

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(Just kidding)

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Of course NO.

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Podcasting has a secret power

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Podcasting is decentralised
index #1
app #3
app #2
app #1
index #3
index #2
hosting #1 hosting #2 hosting #3

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(Thank you RSS.)

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Podcasting still allows you…
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To choose your hosting provider
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To select the index you are in
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To pick the monetization solution you prefer
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To speak to your audience through the channel you favor
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To use the listening app you like
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You have the
power
to decide.

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But who is ready to sacrifice
featuresfor control?

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Raise your hands if you are ✋

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Open-Source + Podcasting 2.0
=
Control + Features

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What is “Free Software”?
🄌 The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose.
➊ The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it
does your computing as you wish. Access to the source code is a
precondition for this.
➋ The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor.
➌ The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others.
By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from
your changes. Access to the source code is a precondition for this.

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What Open-Source can bring
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Freedom and control over content
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No proprietary software restrictions, no vendor
“lock-in”
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Encourages innovation and customization
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Full Reversibility
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Community support

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What Podcasting 2.0 can bring
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Enhanced metadata (show notes, chapters…)
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Interactivity with audience without middlemen
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Diverse monetization options
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…and anything you want to add

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Control + Features
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Your content
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Your audience analytics
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Interaction with your audience without
middlemen
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Monetization (subscription, tipping, ads…)

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What is Podcasting 2.0?

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Let’s look back
1993
MP3
2000
RSS+MP3
1995
RSS
2003
RSS→iPod
2005
→ iTunes
1998
ADSL
2007
iPhone
2006
Facebook
2005
Youtube
2013
4G
2002
iPod
1993
Mosaic
1995
Win95
2020
Podcasting 2.0
2017
Mastodon

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2020: Podcasting 2.0
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Initiated by Adam Curry and Dave Jones
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Open Specification
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Collaborative
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Namespace extending Podcast DTD
https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace

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Keeping podcasting free
“Podcasting 2.0 is about
decentralizing, returning to the
idea of free and open-source.”
Dave Jones

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Focused on UX and features
Alternate enclosures, Boostagrams,
Chapters, Episodes, Seasons, Funding,
GUID, Live, Location, Locked, Medium, OP3,
Person, Podping, Sat Streaming, Social
Interact, Soundbite, Transcript, Txt…

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Podcasting 2.0 works
everywhere.

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Everywhere
≠
Closed Silo

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Works everywhere
“Podcasting 2.0 is backward compatible.”
Adam Curry

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Works everywhere
With more than 80 services, indexes, apps

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Interoperability is key
Podcast hosting platforms, directories, apps…

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Works with PodcastIndex.org
“PodcastIndex is a central aggregator that
tries to find every podcast that exists in the
world.
There's no preference to any one over the
other.”
Dave Jones

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Twice as big as Apple Podcasts

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👉️Podcasting 2.0 allows
open-source solutions
to compete
with closed silos.

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How to start using
Podcasting 2.0

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Go to
https:/
/NewPodcastApps.com/

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Instead of telling your listeners:
“Give us ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ on Apple Podcasts”
⭐️
Just say:
“Grab an app from NewPodcastApps.com”

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How to start using
Open-Source

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Listening
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Pocket Casts
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Antenna Pod
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Podverse
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Anytime Podcast Player

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Before recording
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Libre Office
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FreeMind
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Gimp
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Inkscape

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Recording
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Audacity
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Ardour
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Zrythm
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Jisti
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Pure Data

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After recording
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Podcast Generator
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Staticast
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Podlove
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Castopod ( that’s me)
👈️

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Castopod in a nutshell
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Open-source Podcast Hosting (AGPL3)
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Self-hosted or hosted on castopod.com
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Podcasting 2.0 certified
(Chapters, Funding, GUID, Location, Locked,
OP3, Person, Soundbite, Transcript, Social
Interact / ActivityPub built-in social network…)

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Sustainability
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Ad Aures
https://adaures.com/
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NLnet
https://nlnet.nl/project/Castopod/
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Open Collective
https://opencollective.com/castopod
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Paid hosting
https://castopod.com/ hosting by ad aures

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Further Reading…
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The Podfather 2.0, La Saga des Pionniers continue
https://podcastmagazine.fr/boutique/ (Podcast Magazine n°2, en Français)
https://blog.castopod.org/rss/ (Castopod’s blog, in English)
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Podcasting 2.0 is just a vision, and the standards to realize
it.
https://podcasting20.substack.com/p/podcasting-20-is-just-a-vision-and
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What is Podcasting 2.0, and why is it important?
https://origin.fm/blog/podcasting-2point0/
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How podcasting will save the open Web and free speech
https://blog.castopod.org/how-podcasting-will-save-the-open-web-and-free-speech/

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Further listening…
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Podcasting 2.0
https://podcastindex.org/podcast/920666
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Podnews Weekly Review
https://weekly.podnews.net/
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Podnews
https://podnews.net/

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Thank you!
benjamin@castopod.com
@castopod@podlibre.social