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Hey Bretts89, this seems cool! I'm curious, who expressed that they wanted this? It's an interesting place between a MOOC and a podcast, just curious why this intersection was interesting to you?

Did you make it for you? Friends? And is there a reason you picked audio as a medium?

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We looked at the user data around MOOCs and saw completion rates hovering in the single digits. Most people are exploring different classes, universities rather than doing deep dives on full courses. We even spoke with a former administrator at Princeton who helped form their partnership with Coursera and they admitted that MOOCs fall short in catering to this type of learner. We built Podium to cater to the 90% + of learners using MOOCs who want to explore content and listen to what's relevant to them. I had this problem myself which is why I'm passionate about this. Initially audio is the simplest way for professors to DIY record their classes. Capturing video brings a lot more complexity also some legal hurdles with images in slides, access for the blind, etc.

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