# Are You Ready for the Shift from RSS to API in Podcasting?

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Podcast: [Ask the Podcast Coach](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-the-podcast-coach-738526)
Published: 2026-05-09T18:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.askthepodcastcoach.com/api-vs-rss
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Send us feedback/questions via Text In this episode we talk about the following: sharing stories about our moms for Mother’s Day, discussing the latest changes with Spotify’s video podcast distribution and the shift from RSS to API models, reflecting on how these changes could impact podcasting’s open ecosystem, and worrying about being locked into certain platforms. We also dive into the increasing use of AI in content creation, how to stand out in a world filled with “AI slop,” and what it ...

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