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I tried to address this in my question. Of all the examples I can think of, the ads are embedded in the downloadable episode MP3. Is there additional advertisement revenue going to the podcast creators from the third-party sites?

The web page the podcast is embedded in likely contains a significant set of "ads" (of various types) that either directly produce revenue, or "increase engagement" (supposedly) to then further cause more ads to be seen.

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