Podcasting is Evolving from Apps to Portals

21 May 2026
Talking Podcasts 2 Stage
For 25 years podcasting was fairly simple. Podcasters uploaded their audio content to hosts who downloaded it via RSS to a variety of listening apps. Today podcasting is much more complex. Creators are using audio, video, blogs, events and merch to build community portals and monetise fandom. Many proprietary platforms now offer these portal and monetisation services which traditional hosts and apps need to adopt or die.

In this presentation, Sam will demonstrate the latest podcasting 3.0 features TrueFans are delivering:

Creator Portals - build community and monetise fandom

Co-Listen & Chat - the new Netflix and Chill. Chat in realtime together.

Premium RSS - get your fans to pay you directly for your exclusive content

Streaming - Audio, Video and Live Hosting. Only pay what your fans play.

New Metrics for Play. Listen Time and Watch Time. The download is dead.
Chairperson
Sam Sethi
Sam Sethi, CEO - TrueFans