# Rob Greenlee: Human-Hosted in an AI World

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Podcast: [The Sound Off Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sound-off-podcast-1108125)
Published: 2026-06-08T17:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://art19.com/shows/sound-off-podcast-series/episodes/9baa4082-df7a-485c-b03f-ff9b5ccd0910
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## Resource

I welcome back Rob Greenlee for a discussion about how podcasting is changing under the weight of new media, big platforms, and AI. Rob and I talk about how the real battle lines are drawn around who controls distribution and audience, as companies like YouTube and Spotify push proprietary ecosystems while RSS still quietly powers most of my downloads. We look back at the early days of video podcasting, why big media walked away from video in RSS, and how HLS video might reconnect audio and video so listeners can move seamlessly between car, phone, and TV. Rob and I also dig into how AI is reshaping production—from tools like Descript that automate editing and repurposing, to the emerging world of AI hosts and cloned voices. Throughout, we keep coming back to what matters most in podcasting: trust, transparency, and being clear about how we use AI with our audiences. For a complete summary about what Rob belives in the current status of podcasting - please check out his website. Please sign up for the SOUNDING OFF Newsletter. All the things that went unsaid on the show. Also we added the Sound Off Podcast to the The Open Podcast Prefix Project (OP3) A free and open-source podcast prefix analytics service committed to open data and listener privacy. You can be a nosey parker by checking out our downloads here. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

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