The hosts advocate for the "podcast:contact" tag, which would standardize how listeners find contact information for shows. They call for a formal pull request on GitHub, noting that Daniel J. Lewis is currently focused on integrating Stripe splits.
Daniel J Lewis comes up in 5 chapters across 4 episodes of Podcasting 2.0, from May 2026 to August 2026.
The hosts advocate for the "podcast:contact" tag, which would standardize how listeners find contact information for shows. They call for a formal pull request on GitHub, noting that Daniel J. Lewis is currently focused on integrating Stripe splits.
Daniel J. Lewis joins the discussion via the "boardroom" chat to explain how podcasters can connect their own Stripe accounts to individual podcast apps. This model would allow apps to take a platform fee automatically while sending the majority of the payment directly to the creator.
James Cridland and Daniel J. Lewis engaged in a public discussion regarding the technical standards for the podcast transcript tag. The consensus reached suggests that full support for the tag should be defined by the VTT format. The hosts appreciate the clarity this brings to developers and publishers within the Podcasting 2.0 ecosystem.
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."
The episode title "Slopjacked!" is coined after a joke about AI forgeries of Daniel J. Lewis's voice. A final mention is made of the "Nontopical" podcast by Daniel and his son. The hosts warn listeners not to look up "slop jacking" on Urban Dictionary before signing off and directing listeners to podcastindex.org.
