In this episode, I take my first look at the dashboard behind RSS.com.

I continue experimenting out loud. Unscripted. Unpolished. No audience in mind. No plan beyond curiosity.

I walk through exactly what it feels like to launch a brand-new podcast on rss.com from the perspective of someone who simply wants to understand the experience of being a customer.

This episode is less about teaching and more about documenting what I notice as I poke around the platform in real time.

I talk through why this show exists in the first place. It is a sandbox. A place where I can publish random audio files, test workflows, and see how a hosting platform behaves once something goes live.

I share how I named the show, generated a description and artwork using ChatGPT, uploaded my first episode, and what stood out to me during that process.

I also notice a few quirks. Things like how podcast descriptions are labeled as show notes, how audio files are processed after upload, and how distribution unfolds across platforms.

From there, I explore distribution and analytics.

I check where the show appears, confirm it is live on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, and several other apps, and note a few services that either lag or throw errors.

I walk through claiming the show on Apple Podcasts, peek into download stats, and confirm that yes, the only listener so far appears to be me. Which is perfectly fine.

I also take a look at editing tools, transcripts, chapters, podcasting 2.0 features, redirects, analytics, and overall usability.

This episode is essentially a first-impressions walkthrough.

No edits. No cleanup. Just me thinking out loud while exploring rss.com and documenting what I notice along the way.

If you happen to be listening, you found this by accident. And that is kind of the whole point.