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Or you can just search any podcast episodes: https://www.listennotes.com

Nowadays I don’t subscribe to any podcasts. I just find interesting episodes and add to playlist — like pocket/instapaper — episode-centric, instead of podcast-centric. https://www.listennotes.com/listen/

And if you want to build an app, you can use podcast api: https://www.listennotes.com/api/

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I have a thesis that the download-orientation of podcasting has held it back. Just stream, like every other medium.

The download-orientation is exactly what makes it popular for anyone without unlimited mobile data.

That said, I don’t know of any current podcast app that doesn’t handle streaming if that’s what you want.

Doubt it. Audio is tiny compared to video and many/most have virtually unlimited data.

They sort of have streaming but tend to be more oriented around "subscribing" which is unnecessary and frictiony, IMO.

Every decent podcast player lets you stream as easy as downloading. Why I don't use the streaming is that when I go through a tunnel on the train I don't want the stream to stop. Same on a plane or underground.

The only reason I listen to podcasts is because I can download them so I can listen to them without my phone/where there is no good connection.

How do you find interesting episodes? That sounds like a lot more work than finding interesting podcasts.

There are different ways. search is one of them. You can compare this with finding interesting articles to read.

For example, I want to binge listen to all podcast episodes of a person, eg kevin systrom https://lnns.co/Ut_qSy6-TwP

You can take a look at my playlist https://lnns.co/8OfbFlditV2

When you build a recommendation engine at episode level

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