Agree - podcasts are hot. Unfortunately the RSS dissemination was captured by Spotify and Apple. Podcast 2.0 lead the way with V4V with apps like Fountain. #Nostr will be the next step in freeing podcasts, leveraging the network effect, being compensated (zaps) and if need be, anon. zap.stream is a great first step in this direction.
Great example of some brilliant Nostr Dev by @Sovereign Engineering Protecting privacy https://njump.me/nevent1qqst9efnnsvf64397d0cjc0ft7mtp95vv7hqsmtx0z5nfslrmt5fhlgpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfdupzp75cf0tahv5z7plpdeaws7ex52nmnwgtwfr2g3m37r844evqrr6jqvzqqqqqqyp2tdec