Bryan Entzminger

Analyst by day. Podcast editor by night. Usually caffeinated. Husband, father, Jesus-follower all the time. Cohost of The Podcast Gauntlet. Former host of Engaging Missions and former cohost of Podcast Editors Mastermind. npub1pq6thc7anwessvrz29tgr0a24wt0sdcz9tg7zgfgcwqk8h4sckds2e47p9

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2026-06-13 05:08:37 UTC

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Almost feels like there could be a need for 2 tags: one specific for transcripts intended to be used as captions or read along with timestamps and a second for things like web pages, PDFs, text files, and the like.
For myself, I don’t care all that much about VTT vs SRT but I’d choose VTT if I had to make a choice because of the expanded capability.

2026-02-17 02:37:22 UTC

I have never had a podcast host that gives me the kind of analytics data that @npub1fkf…84sp does. I can get date- and time-stamped download information for all episodes at a level of granularity I could only request (and seldom receive) from previous hosts. Without coding an API call or a message to Suport. Just a simple CSV export. Makes the #analyst (and the #podcaster) in me very happy. Thanks Podhome!

2026-02-06 15:22:27 UTC

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I don’t really follow news that much so I’ve never really given the app much or my time.

2026-02-06 15:16:42 UTC

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I didn’t realize Apple had gotten into the chumbox ad space. Wow. Just wow.

2025-12-31 04:43:27 UTC

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I just discovered that a couple weeks ago and it’s been super helpful for me in a couple of specific use-cases.

2025-12-12 14:26:52 UTC

@npub13cg…ck4q @npub1thg…zq23 I think I’m missing James’s side of the recoding for today’s Podnews Weekly.

2025-12-11 19:38:26 UTC

You know those "Podcast Promoters?" Yeah, we all have opinions about them. But what if we actually try out the service?
I did that and shared my findings in the most recent episode of @npub1dqj…gw54.
https://badpodcastpitches.com/follow-subscribe/

2025-10-22 18:35:04 UTC

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Reading the feeds could miss a tag until at least one feed adds it. But it seems more likely to be accurate in my opinion.

2025-10-22 18:00:33 UTC

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I was just thinking about something like this yesterday. I didn’t remember that you already had it.
I would love to see this also as a matrix of selectable filters so that podcasters could quickly search for a host based on features offered. Ideally, based on tags available in the RSS feeds rather than what’s listed at podcastsapps.com, since I think that’s still a manual update.

2025-10-09 21:06:25 UTC

It’s kind of a “throw away” show to learn how to do some new things. But I can’t just make it - I have to publish too. And for some reason, some people are downloading it too :-)
https://serve.podhome.fm/achievement/eb845ebf-f8f0-4d7c-5f8a-08de0776d4db

2025-10-04 21:35:28 UTC

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That was a great idea.

2025-09-30 19:14:48 UTC

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Thanks again Sam. Always happy to inadvertently break something :-)

2025-09-30 19:01:35 UTC

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Thanks for that Sam. I tried that yesterday and again today, but the status on the show page is still “Finished” and “Ended” on the episode page. I’m guessing there must also be something on the Podhome side, though I’m not sure what it would be since the episodes did play in Podcasr Guru and the new Podhome app when I tested there.

2025-09-30 18:39:07 UTC

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Thanks for that.
@npub1fkf…84sp Wondering if this is related to the issue I had yesterday where the RSS feed didn’t update due to an errant character. Is there a way for me to manually trigger the podping?

2025-09-29 19:02:09 UTC

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My money is on user error :-)

2025-09-29 18:14:59 UTC

@npub1thg…zq23 I have a “throw away” show I’ve been using to recording live with Podhome. (Bad Podcast Pitches)
I record live and publish the final using the same episde. I’ve noticed that the episode tends to remain in “Ended” status in TrueFans rather than converting to a listenable download/stream after I publish the final. Wondering if there’s something I need to look at on my end to get it to work correctly in TrueFans.
/cc @npub1fkf…84sp

2025-09-25 16:37:57 UTC

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For sure. I didn’t find their analysis to be deep enough to answer those questions and they are in the back of my head too. However, closing 2 factories at the same time (and overall 9% capacity reduction) is a significant concern for the workforce and potential leading indicator of struggles to come.

2025-09-25 16:08:48 UTC

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Wow.

2025-09-22 17:51:51 UTC

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For me - I don’t think so. I’m not super interested in paywall content, though I see the value.
I was thinking more from the perspective of a competitive feature set vs. Captivate and Buzzsprout, which I think are kind of leading the pack in this on the media hosting side right now.

2025-09-22 17:05:57 UTC

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I think it depends on what features and if/how they integrate with hosting. Like, what Buzzsprout and Captivate offer is great in terms of tiered offerings like ad free, bonus content, etc. but they don’t offer flexibility in the “pay what it’s worth to you” area other than Showrunner defined options.
I’ll admit that this is still very much tied to integrated hosting in most cases, so maybe not as useful for non-hosting users.

2025-09-22 16:50:10 UTC

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They do. But I interpreted this to be more like a Patreon-style (or Buzzsprout or Captivate or BuyMeACoffee) fiat-based system rather than bitcoin/lightning.

2025-09-22 15:34:09 UTC

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I thought of one other thing I’d love to see - the option for the podcaster to give a split of the income (whether one-time or recurring) to the podcast app that the donation came from. Sort of like an affiliate referral fee for the apps, but turning into MRR for those donations that are recurring.

2025-09-21 13:10:48 UTC

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Depending on the terms, I’m interested. But I’m also in the process of moving my media hosting over to Podhome so I may not be the right person to answer the stand-alone question.
Features I’d be interested in:
- one time or recurring
- podcaster has the option to offer supporters a “choose your own amount”
- integration with some kind of messaging, chat, or comment system (possibly including audio feedback with transcription)
- payout options beyond just PayPal

2025-09-20 03:03:41 UTC

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I think they mentioned on the episode that the video seemed to have stopped recording early.

2025-07-22 21:45:46 UTC

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Just updated today. Everything went well.

2025-07-17 16:34:57 UTC

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Oof. That’s not good news. Has me concerned about updating my node.
I don’t keep enough sats on my node to open channels if something like this happens to me.

2025-06-23 15:03:56 UTC

My first listen on the @npub1xwp…m2fz native app for iOS. Congrats to @npub1thg…zq23 for getting this out there!
https://truefans.fm/springhouse-church-sermons/685917e3e8d5bc26ecae72d3

2025-05-12 00:51:54 UTC

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I was really hoping they’d fix it.

2025-05-09 12:37:21 UTC

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He probably threw the box for that exact microphone against the back wall and tore up the stickers before it was shipped to the Vatican :-)

2025-05-09 11:49:38 UTC

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You might have been right. Could it be this?
https://www.shure.com/en-US/products/microphones/ksm8?variant=KSM8%252FN

2025-05-09 11:47:25 UTC

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however, I can’t find it, so I might be waaaay off.

2025-05-09 11:44:15 UTC

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Looks like Earthworks to me.

2025-01-14 21:16:14 UTC

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Love what you’re doing. Looking forward to the native apps.

2024-11-30 13:27:28 UTC

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Great! However, I don’t see it on my mobile. I tried closing and reopening the app as well as opening in a mobile browser and I’m coming up empty.
https://files.mstdn.plus/media_attachments/files/113/572/134/812/898/017/original/2f6e42288702260e.jpeg

2024-10-22 22:42:57 UTC

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Also, I’m not sure I fully understand the downside of allowing listening without registration. Not being able to send emails and notifications, maybe?
Obviously I’m not an app developer, so maybe I’m too me-focused.

2024-10-22 22:41:27 UTC

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gamification built in.
Like when a user finishes listening to an episode or passes a certain point, a popup of some kind with a new account benefit could be a very natural thing to do.

2024-10-22 22:40:14 UTC

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As a user, I like the idea of being able to at least try an app out before I start sharing PII with and app or platform. Especially with some of the up and coming apps. I delayed trying TrueFans for a while because of the requirement.
However, to your point, some of the most popular apps don’t really allow that.
I think that for an app like TrueFans, allowing users to play without registering could be a real benefit because you already have some…

2024-09-14 01:00:05 UTC

@npub1thg…zq23 RE: TrueFans federation. If someone takes some kind of action (comment, share, etc.) on something federated from TrueFans, will that be fed back to the TrueFans account? And can we (or will we be able to) then respond back in some fashion?

2024-09-13 23:47:21 UTC

@npub1thg…zq23 I was listening live to Podcasting 2.0 in truefans today. Worked great on my phone but wouldn’t play on my computer (MacBook Pro) using Brave. Wondering if there’s some setting I need to look into.

2024-04-04 16:44:16 UTC

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I know that [@samsethi](https://podcastindex.social/@samsethi), [@theDanielJLewis](https://podcastindex.social/@theDanielJLewis) and others are working on cross-app comments. A couple of apps already include this in some fashion. I think there are still a some bugs to work out.
I think listening would still be in an app, comments could be in-app, but potentially pushed to a federated location like Mastodon.
We have now exceeded the limits of my expertise. :-)