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Oct 7, 2026 5 min

RSS Feeds Explained: The Boring Superpower Every New Host Must Understand

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Apple Podcasts does not host your show. Neither does Spotify — not in the way beginners mean when they say "host." They *read a feed*: a plain, boring, powerful file your podcast host publishes. If you understand that file, migrations get less scary, "where's my episode?" bugs get diagnosable, and you stop buying mystery tools to fix problems that were always about the pipe. This is The Pod Stack. I'm Jesse — Quail... Resources & tools mentioned: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hOjUFlOwQ8M1lUr5clUK3NUnYiRLiOKTehRcncAtC3A/edit Some links may be affiliate links — if you buy through them, I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Full disclosure on the Resources page. 🧰 This episode's tool pick: RSS.com (podcast hosting & distribution): https://rss.com?via=the-pod-stack Disclosure: this is an affiliate link; The Pod Stack may earn a commission if you sign up, at no extra cost to you.

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