Jonathan Gill

Everything Jonathan Gill said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

Y COMBINATOR Opinion

Gill: The podcast ecosystem is not ready for subscription content

“From our view, the podcast ecosystem at large is not really ready for subscription content”

Jonathan Gill May 15, 2019 ▶ 0:39 Monetizing Podcasts and Newsletters - Chris Best of Substack and Jonathan Gill of Backtracks · Y Combinator

Y COMBINATOR Disclosure

Gill: Publishers avoid Backtracks because it filters out fraud

“We have people not use us because we detect fraud, we remove things like that”

Jonathan Gill May 15, 2019 ▶ 4:43 Monetizing Podcasts and Newsletters - Chris Best of Substack and Jonathan Gill of Backtracks · Y Combinator

Y COMBINATOR Opinion

Gill: Podcasting and newsletters are the last channels for free speech

“Podcasting, and even, I probably say newsletters, it's one of the last ways to get direct free speech from someone's mind out into the world, and people will say things in a podcast that they couldn't Print or they can do something in a newsletter they couldn'…”

Jonathan Gill May 15, 2019 ▶ 17:27 Monetizing Podcasts and Newsletters - Chris Best of Substack and Jonathan Gill of Backtracks · Y Combinator

Y COMBINATOR Assertion Supported

Gill: Chinese professors quit to make millions podcasting

“There's been, ah, basically professors that have quit their teaching positions to be full-time podcasters because they quite literally make millions of dollars podcasting.”

Jonathan Gill May 15, 2019 ▶ 29:36 Monetizing Podcasts and Newsletters - Chris Best of Substack and Jonathan Gill of Backtracks · Y Combinator

Y COMBINATOR Prediction Not checkable as stated

Gill: Future professors will monetize like branded sports stars

“Imagine professors as the sports stars of the future where, oh yeah, what are you wearing? What are you sponsored by? But that sort of means of monetization and where, where it's going for educational content. We think that that personal brand will become more…”

Jonathan Gill May 15, 2019 ▶ 30:14 Monetizing Podcasts and Newsletters - Chris Best of Substack and Jonathan Gill of Backtracks · Y Combinator

Y COMBINATOR Assertion Supported

Gill: China's paid audio market exceeds the US market

“The ecosystem for podcasting and paid for content in China is much greater than even the U.S. Market.”

Jonathan Gill May 15, 2019 ▶ 1:57 Monetizing Podcasts and Newsletters - Chris Best of Substack and Jonathan Gill of Backtracks · Y Combinator

Y COMBINATOR Insight

Gill: Metric-driven podcast production risks losing the medium's magic

“Metric driven content production that's very professionally done sometimes loses the magic of podcasting.”

Jonathan Gill May 15, 2019 ▶ 18:57 Monetizing Podcasts and Newsletters - Chris Best of Substack and Jonathan Gill of Backtracks · Y Combinator

Y COMBINATOR Assertion Contradicted

Gill: Audio recall lasts 36% longer than visual media

“People actually do remember what they hear. Yeah. 36 to 39% longer than what they see and what they read, which is actually a video advertiser, like, hidden piece of research”

Jonathan Gill May 15, 2019 ▶ 35:07 Monetizing Podcasts and Newsletters - Chris Best of Substack and Jonathan Gill of Backtracks · Y Combinator

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Jonathan's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
Y COMBINATORLEDGER	Cofounder & CEO, Backtracks	1	8	67% 2/3	full record on the Y Combinator Startup Podcast →