Transcript
[00:00:19] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox Podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley.
Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress, the people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case, bringing podcasting to Jetpack.
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So on the podcast today we have Rob Pugh and Tony Arcangelini. Rob and Tony are longstanding members of the Automattic team with extensive backgrounds in marketing, product, and software development. They’ve spent years building tools for creators, writers, podcasters, and everyone in between, and now they’re fully immersed in WordPress’s evolving podcasting capabilities.
If you’ve been looking for ways to run your podcast from your own WordPress site, this conversation is for you. Rob and Tony dive into the new Jetpack podcasting features, and why they made the leap from WordPress.com’s basic audio offerings, to a more robust, integrated solution, within Jetpack.
They talk about what makes WordPress and Jetpack such a powerful home for creators. The ability to bring your newsletter, blog, podcast, and all your content and communication under one roof, all while keeping ownership of your data.
We talk through the advantages of keeping your content out of walled gardens like Substack and Patreon, and the value of flexibility, whether that’s adding WooCommerce to sell merch or customising your site’s look.
Rob and