Libsyn says the average one-hour show works out to 30 MB, so you'd be able to post one episode per month under this plan.Īnchor is free. Libsyn, for instance, charges $5 monthly and allows 50 megabytes of storage, which is the amount of new content you can upload each calendar month. In the early days of podcasting, to get a show onto major podcast platforms like Apple Podcasts required an laborious method of submitting, including going out and finding a place to 'host,' or store the recording of, your show. Before we get into gear, we want to start at the end, with publishing, because that's what's changed dramatically, for the better. If you’ve distributed your show far and wide (to Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, etc.) you can’t drop Spotify songs into your show.The family plan: Spotify upgrades Family plan subscription, rolls out parental controls for music serviceĪpple Arcade: This is what will make the subscription service a winner This feature is only available for shows that are published on Spotify exclusively. Many of our podcasters have wanted to use popular songs as their intro, with a short voiceover introducing the show. You can’t lay any other audio (like your own voice) over the track. You can only drop entire songs into your podcast.

The drag-and-drop function is incredibly convenient.Īs I experimented with this new feature, I discovered a few things which were disappointing. It’s rare for a song to be absent from their library. Podcasters have been clamoring for music for a long time, and this new feature scratches that itch. Here are the pros of this new feature as I see it: That’s the basic process, but like everything else in life it has its pros and cons. You can click the button with the plus sign or simply drag-and-drop the song into your show.

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