Trust, Transparency, and the Next 20 Years of Podcasting with RSS.com's Alberto Betella
About this episode
Marv interviews Alberto Betella about the evolution of podcasting and the future of the industry.
From a University Dorm Room to RSS.com : The Alberto Betella Story - Marv sits down with Alberto Betella , co-founder of RSS.com , following a chance meeting at the Podcast Show in London. Alberto traces an origin story that stretches back two decades — from building the open-source Podcast Generator as a university literature student in Italy in 2005, to a serendipitous 2017 email from RSS.com co-founder Ben that led to the launch of RSS.com 's podcast hosting platform in 2018. The conversation ranges widely: the technical and philosophical roots of the RSS feed, why the podcasting industry is unusually collaborative rather than cutthroat, the psychology (and neuroscience) of why listeners trust podcast hosts, the promise and risk of AI in podcast production, why niche shows may outlast viral hits, the future of podcast discovery, and the thorny problem of music licensing in podcasts. The episode closes with a run of listener-submitted questions and Alberto's own podcast recommendations. Key Discussion Points: The origin story: Podcast Generator (2005–2018) How RSS.com came to be Why podcasting's competitors collaborate The psychology of the podcast listener relationship AI in…
More episodes of Pods Like Us
- The Multiverse of Marv: Jamie East, Fake Trailers and a Week in Podcasting - The Week's Roundup
- Building Homes for Audio Drama (feat. Talib Jessia & John Scott Dryden) - The Week's Roundup
- Harry's Home: Writing Alzheimer's with Dignity
- The Week's Roundup: Language Tech, Beatlemania & the Jacob Reed Mystery - Chronicles 5th of July 2026
- Go Far Together: Ana Xavier on Community, Conferences, and Content Repurposing - Bonus Episode
- Season 11 Trailer
Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Pods Like Us podcast page.