{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Vol. I, No. 3. Talk Radio and Podcasts.","description":"First Official Loyal Fan David joins to discuss talk radio and podcasts. Kyle rants about inferior podcatchers, show notes, and Spotify\u2019s attempt to destroy podcasting, and calls upon listeners to boycott Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and especially Spotify. N.B.: If you are using an inferior podcatcher, like Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Spotify, the following \u201cshow notes\u201d will be truncated, missing links, missing formatting, or otherwise mangled. Please switch to a decent podcatcher or see this issue\u2019s notes at http:\/\/www.sisyphiansociety.org\/proceedings\/v01n003. N.B.: For disclaimers, rules, and prefaces, see Vol. I, No. 1. N.B.: The Society might earn a commission for purchases using \u201cbuy on...\u201d links below. Learn more. Minutes of the Meeting. For corrections to this issue, see errata of future issues. The meeting of the Sisyphian Society was held on Tuesday, 30 June 2020, remotely, the co-chairs pro tempore being in the chairs and the secretary being present. 0:02:02 Announced guest will be joining at this meeting. 0:02:45 Meeting called to order. 0:02:47 Noted this issue will be half \u201cfun\u201d. 0:04:09 Discussed experimenting with hosting a guest and with increasing length of meetings. Complained about those who complain about long podcast installments. 0:07:11 Granted indulgence to friends and family members. Called for correspondence. Invited listeners to pull hair and move heads. 0:09:37 Discussed experimenting with less-frequent publication. 0:10:30 Refreshments. Called for Dunkin\u2019 Donuts to sponsor Proceedings. 0:11:59 Addressed ongoing audio problems. Kyle requested listeners publicly shame Matt. 0:13:30 Errata. 0:13:36 Vol. I, No. 1. Introduction.. 0:13:40 \u201cI\u2019ll eat my own hat\u201d should have been \u201cI\u2019ll eat my hat.\u201d Thanks to Mr. A. 0:14:18 Kyle called Proceedings a \u201cshow\u201d. 0:14:35 Vol. I, No. 2. Correspondence, Scooby-Doo, and Humor.. 0:14:38 Personal correspondence to Kyle from Tyler gave slight compliment, recommended elimination of errata section, and complimented Kyle\u2019s microphone. Tyler made into token \u201caverage listener\u201d. Mentioned avocado-only diet, which had been mentioned briefly in Vol. I, No. 1. Warned average people against listening. Reminded about timestamps. Adopted Tyler Compromise. 0:19:48 Forgot to call meeting to order. Requested gavels. 0:20:09 \u201cI edit it way too much\u201d should have been \u201cI edited it way too much\u201d. 0:20:39 \u201clip smacking\u201d should have been \u201ctongue clicking\u201d. 0:20:53 Noted that throat clearing is intentional. 0:21:09 Noted that overuse of \u201cnow\u201d is intentional. 0:21:19 \u201clow stakes for myself\u201d should have been \u201clow expectations for myself\u201d. 0:21:28 Matt called issue an \u201cepisode\u201d. 0:21:33 Hysterical laughter. Kyle suggested releasing full laughter as benefit for patrons. 0:22:19 First Official Loyal Fan David joined meeting at this point. Discussed slogan of Nebraska, Davidic longitudinal window, Matt\u2019s unfounded mockery of Kyle\u2019s international mindset, slogan of Ottawa. Kyle noted attempts to find meeting for Best Friend George to join, mentioning Reddit and 4chan. David corrected an error, noting \u201ccasual schizophrenia\u201d should have been \u201ccasual schizophrenia\u201d. Kyle corrected David\u2019s correction, noting \u201ccasual schizophrenia\u201d should have been \u201ccausal schizophrenia\u201d, and \u201ccausal schizophrenia\u201d should have been \u201ccasual schizophrenia\u201d. Personal correspondence to Kyle from David complimented Proceedings and its hosts. 0:31:44 Kyle apologized for possibly implying beardedness to be David\u2019s defining character trait. 0:32:53 Kyle apologized for distraction by agenda. 0:34:29 \u201cnational code\u201d should have been \u201ccountry calling code\u201d or \u201ccountry dial-in code\u201d. Noted that, from now on, will frequently intentionally omit that digit, for fear of confounding Americans. 0:35:07 Kyle had said \u201cwe should make a couple quick announcements\u201d but then made only one. Suggested this was possibly not an error. 0:35:24 Kyle called Proceedings a \u201cshow\u201d. 0:35:29 Should have mentioned Chris is also musician. Called again for musicians to re-record theme song. 0:36:08 Clarified that Scooby-Doo Fandom wiki is titled Scoobypedia. 0:36:34 \u201cinterject quick\u201d should have been \u201cinterject quickly\u201d. 0:36:39 With reference to Looney Tunes, \u201cEmmys\u201d should have been \u201cAcademy Awards\u201d. 0:37:06 \u201c\u2018list of fun topics\u2019\u201d should have been \u201clist of \u2018fun\u2019 topics\u201d. 0:37:19 \u201cin all the . . . the early Western tradition\u201d should have been \u201cin all the . . . the good and correct parts of the Western tradition\u201d. 0:38:12 Listener corrected \u201cthat\u2019ll learn \u2019em\u201d, but Society noted that intentional errors not to be corrected. 0:38:42 Kyle spent too long responding to George\u2019s voicemail message. In future, will either respond to listener questions more briefly or add listener questions to list to be addressed at future meeting. 0:39:20 Minutes of the last meeting were approved. 0:39:36 Updates. 0:39:47 The \u00e6 ligature is often called ay ee. Traditional name is ash. 0:40:01 Listeners have not updated Scoobypedia, despite Kyle\u2019s request in Vol. I, No. 2. Bodes ill for success of Society\u2019s crowdsourcing aspirations. 0:40:19 Kyle noted he can endorse one more Scooby-Doo-related thing. 0:40:37 Asked whether Society\u2019s website is still \u201cinvisible\u201d to Google. 0:40:47 Announcements. 0:40:54 Proceedings is now in Apple Podcasts directory. 0:41:05 Received first rating and review in Apple Podcasts, from ninjavideo. Assumed this is the Ask a Ninja guy. Called for more ratings and reviews on Apple Podcasts. (See Support for instructions.) 0:43:35 Google invisibilization, cont. Search term sisyphian still invisibilized. Search term sisyphian society not invisibilized. Society\u2019s website appears on third page of Google results for sisyphian society. Set goal of appearing first in search results. 0:44:06 Tyler asked about inclusion in Google Podcasts directory. Proceedings is now in Google Podcasts. 0:44:16 Proceedings is now in Spotify. 0:44:25 Vol. I, No. 1 enjoys 92 unique downloads. No. 2 possesses an illuminating 63 downloads. 0:45:30 Treasurer\u2019s report: Continuing to drown in debt and desperately need donations. 0:45:42 General Correspondence. 0:45:44 Kyle thanked those who left unofficial personal correspondence via Facebook. 0:45:49 Listener sent in clip. Time constraints required it be postponed. 0:45:55 Due to time constraints, passed over email message, text message, and telephone call from listeners, hopefully to be addressed at future meeting. 0:46:12 Voicemail message from Sugar Bear\u2019s grandma issued retort to Matt for willing participation in exposing her ignorance of computers and of podcast titles in Vol. I, No. 1. Related email message from Kyle\u2019s mom expressed jealousy at mentions of grandma. 0:49:47 Text message from Kyle\u2019s grandma complained about lack of chocolate-related discussion in Vol. I, No. 2. 0:50:53 Voicemail message from Matt inquired into Kyle\u2019s MIDI-keyboard playing. One kudo granted to Matt. 0:53:07 Called for correspondence. 0:53:20 Main discussion, on talk radio and podcasts. 0:54:16 Discussed talk radio. Mentioned NPR, This American Life, The Moth Radio Hour. David regaled Society with story about man [Herman Pitcock] hoarding earthly treasure and meeting demise. Mentioned RadioLab, Adventures in Odyssey, Coast to Coast AM, Nineteen Eighty-Four. 01:05:00 Discussed podcasts. Mentioned Parable of the Prodigal Son, \u1f10\u03ba\u03b2\u03ac\u03bb\u03bb\u03c9, iPod, PlayStation 2, iTunes Store, LimeWire, BearShare, peer-to-peer file-sharing software, technical definition of podcasts, \u201cCNN for GEICO interns\u201d podcast, RSS, RSS feed readers, playing Proceedings on Society\u2019s website, podcatchers, podcast directories. 01:16:28 Kyle ranted about how podcast directories and applications handle \u201cshow notes\u201d. Discussed benefits of show notes, criteria of good show notes, transcripts, Security Now and its transcripts, The Changelog and its collaboratively written transcripts. Requested listeners inform Society of the collaboratively written transcripts of Proceedings doubtless underway. Discussed further benefits of show notes, regarding podcast discovery and search-engine optimization, Kyle\u2019s problem with podcast\/MP3 chapters, podcasts confusingly utilizing both show notes and chapters. [Secretary unable to locate David\u2019s show-note-related campaign.] Complained about those who complain about long show notes. Discussed developing a system to pass arbitrary condiments (see Vol. I, No. 1), personal correspondence to Kyle complimenting minutes, link to lifehacking video in Vol. I, No. 1, links to Scooby-Doo-related videos in Vol. I, No. 2, \u201cNo good deed goes unpunished\u201d, Apple Podcasts website, Apple Podcasts\u2019s 4,000-character limit on show notes, RSS Advisory Board\u2019s statement that there is no length limit for RSS elements, article whose author studied lengths of show notes, show notes for Vol. I, No. 1 and for No. 2. Called out Apple. Discussed Apple Podcasts application\u2019s \u201creally stupid\u201d and problematic treatment of show notes and its display of more than 4,000 characters, <br> line breaks, various important functions of italicization, Apple Podcasts application\u2019s inability to utilize timestamps, Apple Podcasts\u2019s \u201csummary\u201d field, Google Podcasts (directory, website, and application), Google Podcasts\u2019s problematic treatment of show notes, Google Podcasts application\u2019s inability to utilize timestamps, Spotify, Spotify\u2019s problematic treatment of show notes, Spotify\u2019s lack of fitness for podcasts, The Verge video on Spotify taking over the podcasting world, Richard Stallman on problems with Spotify, Parks and Recreation on privacy-invading technology companies, Accidental Tech Podcast on Spotify\u2019s potential to wreck podcasting, complaints about YouTube\u2019s control over online video. Called on 43 listeners to boycott Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and especially Spotify. Mentioned other reasons to boycott Spotify; other reasons to boycott Apple, including also Apple\u2019s recent complicity in Chinese censorship and Stallman\u2019s reasons; and other reasons to boycott Google, including Stallman\u2019s reasons. Kyle recommended AntennaPod podcatcher for Android and gPodder podcatcher for desktop and laptop computers. Kyle could not find open-source podcatcher for iOS, so recommended, with caveats, Overcast as perhaps lesser of available evils. Noted new Subscription page added to Society\u2019s website to guide listeners in subscribing to podcast. 1:50:07 Kyle briefly ranted about why there ought to be a definitive guide to various applications\u2019 and directories\u2019 rendering of show notes. Mentioned article with spreadsheet on this topic. Ranted that applications and directories should agree to standard concerning show notes. 1:51:22 Discussed podcast-listening habits and recommendations. Matt listens to only Proceedings. David enjoys only Proceedings. Kyle listens to legions of podcasts and listens daily, but time constraints prohibited him from sharing recommendations. [Rather than note them here in minutes, Kyle will attempt to make those recommendations at future meeting.] [Secretary did not receive anything from Matt about crocheting-miniature-Greek-gods-underwater podcasts.] Mentioned Serial and \u201caudioblogging\u201d. 1:54:05 Time constraints required discussion of audio books be postponed. 1:54:51 Discussed benefits and detriments of podcasts, Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age by Sherry Turkle [buy on Amazon], \u201chow it feels to listen to podcasts\u201d \u201cmeme\u201d, constantly consuming media to avoid facing devil dogs inside oneself. 2:01:05 Next meeting\u2019s topic will be \u201chow to find the best x\u201d. Called for correspondence regarding how listeners find the best products or best ways of doing things. Mentioned Consumer Reports and Wirecutter as examples (for products). 2:03:28 Kyle moved \u201cto thank our guest David\u201d. 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