Can Anchor be the YouTube of podcasts?

Anchor CEO Michael Mignano discusses the company’s recent acquisition by Spotify, the future of podcasting, and whether Anchor could become the “YouTube for podcasts.” The Verge’s Nilay Patel and Ashley Carman talk to Mignano about the current difficulties the podcast industry faces along with possible solutions for discovery and questioning what to do with the RSS feed.

You can listen to their discussion in its entirety on The Vergecast right now. Below is a lightly edited excerpt from the interview.

Nilay Patel: We live in a world where technology just makes it easier to create every day. That’s what The Verge covers. Then you have to distribute some stuff, which is usually very difficult, and then you have to monetize some stuff,…

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