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We're co-hosted by Elsie Escobar today, while Sam is away. Here's more about Elsie:
* The E League Mentorship: https://elsie.link/eleague-podnews
* Multimodalee https://elsie.link/mm-podnews
* The Slight Spiral Dispatch: https://elsie.link/ssd-podnews

Today, we cover monetization workflows, the real trade-offs of video, and why captions and human trust still matter even as AI tooling spreads.

Buzzsprout's Co-Host AI feature tells us we spoke about:
• building sustainable systems for experienced creators and knowing when to pivot or stop
• research on audience loyalty to creators across audio, video, clips, social and newsletters
• practical realities of recording video and why audio often ships faster and cleaner
• when video helps most as promotion rather than a full video podcast
• Riverside’s rebuilt studio and the wider trend of all-in-one creator platforms
• Captivate monetization, campaign management and dynamic insertion for ads or your own promos
• YouTube’s share of TV viewing and what it signals for podcast discovery
• Podcast Show London perspectives on video-first, omnichannel distribution and walled gardens
• AI podcast ethics, audience backlash and the double standard around AI use
• captions improving YouTube performance, accessibility and mute-first consumption
• HLS video measurement questions and what stats can and cannot tell you
• podcast apps, transcripts and why better show notes and highlighting matter
• RSS feed ownership risks and why contracts should protect creators

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