Go Podcasting, Apparently
Mercury Podcast Network: plus, too many ads, and what YouTube is doing about AI slop
By James Cridland and Sam Sethi
Ep. 6 · Aired Feb 6, 2026 · 1h 31m · Last boosted Feb 8, 2026
Chapters
Show Notes
Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Sam and James talk with Liam Heffernan of Mercury; and cover all the latest news of the week. • Sony’s AI character podcasts and voice licensing risks • Video discovery leading to audio loyalty and why it matters • IAB’s AI scraping proposal and good bot vs bad bot • Apple’s downloads for transcripts and chapters and host costs • Voice Regen vs Auphonic and Buzzsprout Magic Mastering • YouTube’s AI slop problem and weak enforcement • Apple buying QAI and the future of audio understanding<br...
Nostr Boost Stats
- sats
- 1k
- boost
- 1
- booster
- 1
Other Episodes/Songs This Community Boosts Other show's episodes boosted by people who boosted this episode
Nostr Interactions:
3.3k
rwnashJul 27, 2026
3.3k For JCD
Nostr Interactions:3.3k
rwnashJul 27, 2026
3.3k For JCD
Nostr Interactions:1k
rwnashJun 6, 2026
1k Boosting for your testicles
Nostr Interactions:1k
rwnashMar 9, 2026
1k For JCD
Nostr Interactions:1k
rwnashJan 27, 2026
1k Taffy Donation
Nostr Interactions:1k
rwnashJan 26, 2026
1k Some warming Sats for you Gents
Nostr Interactions:1k
rwnashNov 3, 2025
1k Trinity
Nostr Interactions:1k
rwnashOct 27, 2025
1k Go Podcasting, I think?
Nostr Interactions:1k
rwnashOct 25, 2025
1k Interesting Times!
Nostr Interactions:1k
rwnashSep 15, 2025
1k Hi from Gitmo Nation Protest
Nostr Interactions:1k
rwnashSep 15, 2025
1k You can’t beat CSB 🇵🇱
Nostr Interactions:1k
rwnashAug 15, 2025
1k Happy Belated DSC Birthday 🎁 greetings
Nostr Interactions:1k
rwnashAug 9, 2025
1k Run No Agenda on an Umbrel mun :-)
Nostr Interactions:1k
rwnashJul 19, 2025
1k I need my JCD
Jul 15, 2025
Nostr Interactions:1k
rwnashJul 16, 2025
1k Hope you get your fibre Todd
Nostr Community
Everyone who has boosted Mercury Podcast Network: plus, too many ads, and what YouTube is doing about AI slop on Nostr, ranked by sats sent, all time.
-
Episode Boosts
Every boost sent to this episode, as published to Nostr, newest first.