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Such exciting news! I love Substack and everything the platform stands for. Thanks for the constant improvements and transparent communication. I couldn’t reach people the way I’m able without this platform to help!

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"Is there *any* evidence that I've reached people on Substack?"

*waves from back of room*

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podcast on substack

listeners can engage more

regret won’t follow

a haiku

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More great resources from the Stack. Thanks for all you do. Publishing made intuitive.

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Love this! This is exactly why I joined substack and am now working on prepping to launch my podcast/blog on this platform. Thanks for sharing!

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Are there any plans for charts or substack to highlight podcasts in any way?

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We do have a podcasting category (https://substack.com/discover/category/podcast). What else would you be interested in? Charts like the app store?

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Thanks for pointing out the podcast cateogry. Forgive the question, but can I sort the podcasts by what they cover (eg outdoors, sports, tech)? I don't see that, but I could be off!

Charts like the app store would be cool, the best podcasts in each category and perhaps trending shows?

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You're correct - we don't have podcast sorting by category yet. But this is great feedback, and I will share it with our team!

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Besides this link, how would one find this list of categories? The menu selection and search seams that they could use some more intuitive ways to poke around peoples Stacks; fine tune for better/easier looking around. Overall, you all are building a terrific platform, congrats!

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As substack recapitulates the evolution of many living systems, we sit slackjawed at the dimensional possibilities unfolding even as we chisel these glyphs.

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Woweee, this does sound rather exciting!

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And me! I throw out the occasional podcast. It's one of my favourite features about Substack I even ran a mini series on how to podcast ;-)

https://documentally.substack.com/p/documentally-on-podcasting-ep01?s=w

Keep up the great work. My next podcast will be about how to record edit and upload a podcast using only your phone.

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Sounds good. Growing fast. I'll have to catch up and share more.

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I'm thinking about pulling my podcast over to Substack, but I wonder how that transition will work, and I wonder if Substack will have the analytics, etc., of my existing platform.

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Visiting our podcast FAQ has some of these answers (https://on.substack.com/p/podcastfaq) and you can learn about migrating a podcast here: https://support.substack.com/hc/en-us/articles/360037830571-How-do-I-move-my-podcast-to-Substack-

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we just did this and it was really straightforward. Moved from Pinecast. Stats seem the same or better and the transition of our RSS feed (the redirect) was super smooth. Most annoying thing is Substack seems to have an issue with certain m4a files, so we've had to start bouncing down the pod as an mp3 instead

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👏👏👏

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I am excited to see what this means for my podcast!

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I have seen mention of early access for paid subscribers to podcasts. But I cant find any documentation regarding it (or any settings to enable it.) Is this actually a feature yet? It would be very helpful for growing my paid subscriptions to the Colorado Switchblade. Thanks!

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I'm a super newb, but I'm enjoying the idea of connecting in exactly the kinds of ways you're talking about here. It seems much more interactive than Patreon, and caters to viewers, listeners and readers. Good things afoot!

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How do I get my Substack podcast featured in the next email?!?

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