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June 2, 2023

The Interview #96 | Adam Curry - Untethered

The Interview #96 | Adam Curry - Untethered
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The Interview Podcast

I traveled 1,200 miles to be in studio with Adam Curry (Podfather, co-host of No Agenda, producer of Tina on Curry and The Keeper, ) for episode 96! What an incredible treat to talk with the man who invented this podcasting idea and it’s next decentralized iteration, Podcasting 2.0.

We talk faith, community, “15 min. cities”, legacy, among other things… Enjoy!

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Adam Curry

Podfather

Crackpot – Host of The No Agenda Show

Adam’s nickname for the show is the Crackpot. That’s not just because he occasionally smokes some weed, it’s because Adam believes in his ideas and follows through on them, no matter how crazy they sound. With the radio skills that he developed during his younger years working as a Dutch radio host and an MTV VJ in the USA, all of his podcasts are professional produced while being live recorded on the internet.
Many people know Adam as the Podfather because he was the first one to publish a podcast, The Daily Source Code, on the internet after he worked with Dave Winer to create the podcast specification, which later became known as the iTunes Podcast Specification, based on RSS. The interpretation of what a podcast is has changed dramatically over the years. Back then the term podcast was only used to refer to feed-based podcasts that implemented the podcast specification, but that’s generally not the case anymore. These days a podcast is just a series of video or audio shows published anywhere on the internet. You’d think that would make Adam happy, but he actually isn’t happy with it at all. You’re holding your podcast wrong, so he started the PodcastIndex initiative to change that. Making sure people can listen to podcasts published through the open podcasting ecosystem ensures free speech can thrive on the internet, and he’s teaching people more about it in his Podcasting 2.0 podcast.
Together with Tina the Keeper, Adam lives in the beautiful Texas Hill Country, an area that reflects his beliefs in free speech and… Read More