{"podcast":{"title":"Podnews Weekly Review","slug":"podnews-weekly-review-1333070","podcast_index_feed_id":1333070,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/1538779.rss","website_url":"https://podnews.net","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/h0w7hpcbjj7237mrrbhi6dshp83v?.jpg","author":"James Cridland and Sam Sethi","episode_count":299,"summary":"The last word in podcasting news. Every Friday, James Cridland and Sam Sethi review the week's top stories from Podnews; and interview some of the biggest names making the news from across the podcast industry. Winner, \"Best Podcasting Podcast\", 2025 Ear Worthy Awards Support the show at https://weekly.podnews.net - or hit the boost button! Sponsored by Buzzsprout: start podcasting - keep podcasting!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T12:22:05.332394+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/podnews-weekly-review-1333070"},"episode":{"title":"Fixing podcasting’s AI slop and spam problem: Alberto Betella from RSS.com","slug":"fixing-podcasting-s-ai-slop-and-spam-problem-alberto-betella-from-rss-com","published_at":"2026-05-01T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/podnews-weekly-review-1333070/fixing-podcasting-s-ai-slop-and-spam-problem-alberto-betella-from-rss-com","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/podnews-weekly-review-1333070","url":"https://op3.dev/e/www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/episodes/19107005-fixing-podcasting-s-ai-slop-and-spam-problem-alberto-betella-from-rss-com.mp3","audio_url":"https://op3.dev/e/www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/episodes/19107005-fixing-podcasting-s-ai-slop-and-spam-problem-alberto-betella-from-rss-com.mp3","summary":"Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Are we sinking under a sea of AI slop? How do we fix it? Sam talks with Alberto Betella to find out. • iHeartMedia and SiriusXM merger chatter and what it could mean for shareholders • Directory spam stats including AI slopcasts and SEO bait shows • Where responsibility sits across podcast hosts, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and the Podcast Index • Alberto Batella on a taxonomy for AI podcasts and why health misinformation raises the sta...","meta_description":"Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Are we sinking under a sea of AI slop? How do we fix it? Sam talks with Alberto Betella to find out. • iHeartMed…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5698,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/podnews-weekly-review-1333070/episodes/fixing-podcasting-s-ai-slop-and-spam-problem-alberto-betella-from-rss-com/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/podnews-weekly-review-1333070/fixing-podcasting-s-ai-slop-and-spam-problem-alberto-betella-from-rss-com.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}