Topic: Alex Sanfilippo

Daniel J. Lewis has proposed a new "contact" tag for the podcast namespace (GitHub issue 770), developed in consultation with Alex Sanfilippo. This tag provides a structured way to expose email, social handles, and booking information for guests and sponsors, replacing the unstandardized iTunes owner fields. The proposal includes specific roles such as "sponsor pitch," "guest invite," and "interview feedback."

Alex Sanfilippo hosted a virtual town hall on LinkedIn to address the industry-wide issue of guest booking spam. Tom Rossi discussed removing email addresses from RSS feeds as a preventative measure. The group is now working with Daniel J. Lewis to implement a specific booking tag in the podcast namespace to streamline legitimate guest inquiries.