{"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":"Podcast Predictions For 2026 - AI slop, video and more","slug":"podcast-predictions-for-2026-ai-slop-video-and-more","published_at":"2026-01-09T02:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/podnews-weekly-review-1333070/podcast-predictions-for-2026-ai-slop-video-and-more","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/podnews-weekly-review-1333070","url":"https://op3.dev/e/www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/episodes/18478220-podcast-predictions-for-2026-ai-slop-video-and-more.mp3","audio_url":"https://op3.dev/e/www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/episodes/18478220-podcast-predictions-for-2026-ai-slop-video-and-more.mp3","summary":"Send James and Sam a message or voicemail We share five predictions each for 2026, from defining what a podcast is to why time spent listening will replace reach as the industry’s favorite metric. We weigh video’s upside against its risks for audio, call out AI slop, and back open RSS as the backbone of growth. We're back next week with our usual show. Please support us at weekly.podnews.net and click the support button Start podcasting, keep podcasting with Buzzsprout.com Support the show ...","meta_description":"Send James and Sam a message or voicemail We share five predictions each for 2026, from defining what a podcast is to why time spent listening will replac…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2875,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/podnews-weekly-review-1333070/episodes/podcast-predictions-for-2026-ai-slop-video-and-more/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/podcast-predictions-for-2026-ai-slop-video-and-more.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}