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thenexus6

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z3phon said:
That's a lot of removed silence.



Just checked out Magnus Archives and really liked it. Having never listened to any horror podcasts I really liked the atmosphere they built. Need to check out some more horror ones.
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I see no option for remove silence on my app? Android.
 
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Fireblend

Banned
I just want to let you guys know the latest Reply All episode is amazing and you should all listen to it.

Also, I've really been enjoying the first few episodes of Heavyweight have been pretty good.

It's hard to hate on Gimlet for cancelling Mystery Show when they consistently output such good content.
 
Cindi Mayweather

Cindi Mayweather

Member
I'm just now getting into podcasts due to the Beastcast. Now I've got like 20 podcasts on my Overcast app and I'm completely overwhelmed. How do I listen to all this shit? Almost all of them are two-three hours long. I have dailies like NPR I listen to while I do art but I'm completely overwhelmed. Combined with the amount of tv I'm trying to catch up on and fucking hell. HELP.
 
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More_Badass

Member
Cindi Mayweather said:
I'm just now getting into podcasts due to the Beastcast. Now I've got like 20 podcasts on my Overcast app and I'm completely overwhelmed. How do I listen to all this shit? Almost all of them are two-three hours long. I have dailies like NPR I listen to while I do art but I'm completely overwhelmed. Combined with the amount of tv I'm trying to catch up on and fucking hell. HELP.
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What podcasts are you listening to that are 2-3 hours long? Most I listen to are 15 to 45 minutes, with some lasting an hour or longer, and most are weekly, every other week, or monthly
 
Cindi Mayweather

Cindi Mayweather

Member
More_Badass said:
What podcasts are you listening to that are 2-3 hours long? Most I listen to are 15 to 45 minutes, with some lasting an hour or longer, and most are weekly or every other week
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On my podcast list for this week:

Marc Maron - 1 hr 41 minutes
Waypoint - 1hr
Stuff you missed in history class (what are the best episodes of this?) - 50 minutes
Combat Jack - 1 hr 25 minutes
Filmcast - 1 hr 20 minutes

Stuff like Tfe Read are two hours but it weekly.

NPR daily stuff combined is like three hours I think?

Breaking it down maybe I'm just overwhelmed by the sheer amount more than anything? Yet I want more. Listening to bomb cast as I play DQ Builders demo and it's almost 3 hours. The giant bomb vr stream is six hours.

HELP.
 
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.JayZii

Banned
Listened to a few episodes of the Stuff You Should Know podcast. Still undecided on it, honestly.

I appreciate the varied subject matter and research that goes into the show, but I just can't get over the fact that the hosts sound like sleepy robots speaking in run-on sentences that just kind of trail off. I'll probably get used to them if I listen to a few more.
 
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More_Badass

Member
Cindi Mayweather said:
On my podcast list for this week:

Marc Maron - 1 hr 41 minutes
Waypoint - 1hr
Stuff you missed in history class (what are the best episodes of this?) - 50 minutes
Combat Jack - 1 hr 25 minutes
Filmcast - 1 hr 20 minutes

Stuff like Tfe Read are two hours but it weekly.

NPR daily stuff combined is like three hours I think?

Breaking it down maybe I'm just overwhelmed by the sheer amount more than anything? Yet I want more. Listening to bomb cast as I play DQ Builders demo and it's almost 3 hours. The giant bomb vr stream is six hours.

HELP.
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It can be tough. To be fair, I listen to podcasts almost all day, so I go through like 10-12 hours of series a day.

Really, it comes down to what you listen to. You just have to be more selective and listen for longer on a daily basis if you want to fit more in.
 
Cindi Mayweather

Cindi Mayweather

Member
More_Badass said:
It can be tough. To be fair, I listen to podcasts almost all day, so I go through like 10-12 hours of series a day.

Really, it comes down to what you listen to. You just have to be more selective and listen for longer on a daily basis if you want to fit more in.
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That takes away from music listening time. :(
 
obin_gam

obin_gam

Member
I feel I have to recommend the hilarious anecdotal/talkie The Filip and Fredrik Podcast.
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It's two guys from Sweden that has a history and love relationship with American pop culture and each episode the talk anecdotes from their many travels to the US and other places around the world.
I would suggest starting with the episode You Had To Be There on which they tell the story of when they first arrived in New York and then in LA, coming to terms with the "Americana" way of life.
 
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Jhoan

Member
obin_gam said:
I feel I have to recommend the hilarious anecdotal/talkie The Filip and Fredrik Podcast.

It's two guys from Sweden that has a history and love relationship with American pop culture and each episode the talk anecdotes from their many travels to the US and other places around the world.
I would suggest starting with the episode You Had To Be There on which they tell the story of when they first arrived in New York and then in LA, coming to terms with the "Americana" way of life.
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I gave the episode a download. Looking forward to hearing about what Swedes think about NYC since I'm always fascinated by how people see stuff that we native New Yorkers take for granted or don't notice. Their most recent episode on Japan sounds hilarious.

I'll make a recommendation:

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I just discovered A Phone Call With Paul yesterday by way of Junot Díaz sharing the most recent episode that he was in on Facebook. Basically the premise is that host Paul has given a phone call to all kinds of famous writers ranging from Neil Gaiman to Jhumpa Lahiri in the middle of whatever it is that they're doing right that moment.

Paul is a human literary book who cites lines from books and famous writers left and right. It's worth a check if you're into fiction books or what have you. Will give a listen to past episodes so I subscribed. I would recommend starting with the Díaz episode then going from there.

A few impressions on some podcasts that I checked out by way of this thread:

Invisibilia-Fantastic series. I've listened to a few episodes and I'm in love with it. The clothes one was pretty fascinating and eye opening as I felt bad for the guy who continues wearing his sunglasses all day and even to sleep.

Israel Story-I listened to the bus episode so far and I like the fact that the host is self-aware of the This American Life comparisons since remarkably similar. There's was even a Torey Malatia shout out in the end of the episode. It's pretty damn solid stuff all around. Will listen to more episodes.
 
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rubes7844

Banned
All my favorite true crime podcasts have gone the way going with commercials that interrupt the story. All the same fucking ads too.
 
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More_Badass

Member
rubes7844 said:
All my favorite true crime podcasts have gone the way going with commercials that interrupt the story. All the same fucking ads too.
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It is kind of funny how the entire medium has like the same 5-10 sponsors

My Brother My Brother And Me, and Hello From The Magic Tavern have had unusual sponsors, a kinky online store and Cards Against Humanity respectively
 
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rubes7844

Banned
More_Badass said:
It is kind of funny how the entire medium has like the same 5-10 sponsors

My Brother My Brother And Me, and Hello From The Magic Tavern have had unusual sponsors, a kinky online store and Cards Against Humanity respectively
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True crime garage is shilling for Bras and psychics
 
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More_Badass

Member
My favorites this batch

PsychTech/Headshots - Same hosts for both, with backgrounds in psychology, biomedical engineering, and game design. Discuss relevant topics and Black Mirror in the former, current game news through a psychology lens in the latter
History om Fire - Takes an episode or two to get used to the accent, but it's great history tales.
Twilight Histories - History (and alt histories) told through a "You are here" perspective
Checkpoints - Great interviews with developers about games that had impacts on their lives
Backseat Rider - NBC reporter turned Lyft driver interviews his various passengers about a different theme each episode

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Educational
History on Fire
Futility Closet
Inward Empire
Twilight Histories

Science
PsychTech

True Crime
Offshore

Gaming
Headshots
Checkpoints
My Favorite Game
Quality Control

Serials
Mabel
The Behemoth

Misc.
Video Death Loop
Raw Material
Mike And Kyle Talk About COPS
Backseat Rider
HumaNature
Ranking The Kingdom
Make Dad Read Comics
 
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Jhoan

Member
More_Badass said:
It is kind of funny how the entire medium has like the same 5-10 sponsors

My Brother My Brother And Me, and Hello From The Magic Tavern have had unusual sponsors, a kinky online store and Cards Against Humanity respectively
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When you've heard it one podcast, you've heard them all. Risk! (the storytelling show) has kinky online stores as sponsors. I like the fact that Bill Burr ribs on sponsors or completely eviscerates them sometimes. Does anyone even use psychic services these days?

Will check out Backseat Rider since it sounds fascinating. I currently have 41 podcasts in my rotation but only listen to half of them. I might have to do some house cleaning and delete past episodes.
 
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Sch1sm

Member
Got a favour to ask of you guys. A friend wants to get into podcasts, but we've got nowhere near the same tastes.

Anyone in here listen/can recommend any podcasts that's fall under philosophy or self help?
 
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Fantomas

Member
Anyone with some good political podcasts to recommend? I don't listen to many but I kinda want to now that, well, you know.

And it's been a while since I've thrown out a recommendation, so here's one I've enjoyed listening to so far. The Nickelodeon Animation Podcast, a podcast featuring interviews with some of the great minds behind classic and current Nickelodeon animated series like Hey Arnold, Rugrats, Doug, etc. and also some interviews with voice actors as well. I'd recommend it to anyone that has nostalgia for those old 90s Nick shows or just anyone that's interested in how animated cable television series were produced back then.
 
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Brakke

Banned
"Political" is a pretty broad term. You want news, analysis, gossip? The "Current Events" section of the OP is a good place to start.

Broadly, I'd recommend Slate's Political Gabfest; On The Media; maybe Vox's The Weeds (I only just added that one, not sure yet if I like it or not); The Axe Files is a really good interview show usually with political operators but often with politicians, too; FiveThirtyEight Elections is good (gets into political reporting in addition to just the polling/modeling talk) but it's probably ending in a few weeks; Keepin' It 1600 on The Ringer's network is an unabashedly Democrat pod (run by former Obama staffers) that can get a little inside the beltway / gossipy but the hosts are good; Slate's Whistlestop is maybe my favorite pod right now, but that's political / campaign history.

Pretty much all of those are left-leaning or at least strongly anti-Trump. But it should give you a start. Personally I get most of my right-leaning media in text form but I'd love to see some worthy right-inflected podcasts recommended here if anybody has any?

Also shout out to poor Jacob Weisberg who I guess is on the hook to produce several hundred more episodes of the Trumpcast.
 
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Fantomas

Member
Brakke said:
"Political" is a pretty broad term. You want news, analysis, gossip? The "Current Events" section of the OP is a good place to start.

Broadly, I'd recommend Slate's Political Gabfest; On The Media; maybe Vox's The Weeds (I only just added that one, not sure yet if I like it or not); The Axe Files is a really good interview show usually with political operators but often with politicians, too; FiveThirtyEight Elections is good (gets into political reporting in addition to just the polling/modeling talk) but it's probably ending in a few weeks; Keepin' It 1600 on The Ringer's network is an unabashedly Democrat pod (run by former Obama staffers) that can get a little inside the beltway / gossipy but the hosts are good; Slate's Whistlestop is maybe my favorite pod right now, but that's political / campaign history.

Pretty much all of those are left-leaning or at least strongly anti-Trump. But it should give you a start. Personally I get most of my right-leaning media in text form but I'd love to see some worthy right-inflected podcasts recommended here if anybody has any?

Also shout out to poor Jacob Weisberg who I guess is on the hook to produce several hundred more episodes of the Trumpcast.
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Thanks, yeah I realize now that I was being a bit broad, but news and analysis were pretty much what I was looking for. All of those sound good to me. I'll check some of them out for sure.

And yeah I agree, it would be nice if anyone knows of any respectable right-leaning podcasts out there to recommend too.
 
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Fancolors

Member
Cindi Mayweather said:
On my podcast list for this week:

Marc Maron - 1 hr 41 minutes
Waypoint - 1hr
Stuff you missed in history class (what are the best episodes of this?) - 50 minutes
Combat Jack - 1 hr 25 minutes
Filmcast - 1 hr 20 minutes

Stuff like Tfe Read are two hours but it weekly.

NPR daily stuff combined is like three hours I think?

Breaking it down maybe I'm just overwhelmed by the sheer amount more than anything? Yet I want more. Listening to bomb cast as I play DQ Builders demo and it's almost 3 hours. The giant bomb vr stream is six hours.

HELP.
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You can listen to podcasts at 1.5x to 2x speed if you want to fit even more stuff in.

1.5x works fine to me, anything more sounds like gibberish to me.
 
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jon bones

hot hot hanuman-on-man action
More_Badass said:
Creator said more episodes are coming, but they had a baby recently, so understandly things had been kind of crazy
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yeah, it seems like it's always released sporadically.

i'm cool with it, i'll take my time enjoying these episodes. the production values are quite good, so it seems worth the wait.
 
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More_Badass

Member
jon bones said:
WOW

just gave this a shot last night... 2 episodes in and i am loving it

its like A Story About You: the podcast

great suggestion!
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Yeah it's great. I had been looking for a history podcast like that for a while, and it's even better than I hoped

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Highlights:
Unfictional - Some really fascinating stories and interviews, such as talking with people who serve at launch officers at nuclear missile bunkers
Sounds of the Trail - Great listen if you're into hiking and the outdoors, interviews and discussions with hikers on trails about their stories and experiences
She Explores - Another hiking/outdoors series, talking with women about their experiences on the trail, on the road, and related topics

Educational
Unfictional
About Buildings + Cities
Undone - November 14

True Crime
Crimetown - November 20

Gaming
Bonfireside Chat
Shall We Play A Game?
Glixel

Humor
One Bad Mother

Serials
The Dark Tome
Voices In The Cold
Homecoming - November 16

Misc.
She Explores
Sounds of the Trail
Cthulhu & Friends
Robot Congress
 
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jon bones

hot hot hanuman-on-man action
More_Badass said:
Creator said more episodes are coming, but they had a baby recently, so understandly things had been kind of crazy
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More_Badass said:
Yeah it's great. I had been looking for a history podcast like that for a while, and it's even better than I hoped
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just realized Twilight Histories has a Members-Only site where he's been releasing an episode every month?

i'm going to throw him $5 and see just how many episodes are stored up already
 
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More_Badass

Member
Gimlet's trio of new series (Undone, Homecoming, Crimtown) are all live now
https://gimletmedia.com/news/fallseason/

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Highlights
The Documentary - Diverse stories from BBC World Service, from following Iceland Rescue to life in post-coup Turkey
Ask A Spaceman - Easy-to-digest answers to space-related questions, hosted by a astrophysicist
Codebreaker - A "This American Life"-style series about tech-related topics and various stories
Heavyweight / Strangers - Two different series about personal stories and connections

Educational
BBC's The Documentary
Emperors of Rome
Our Fake History
Tell Me Something I Don’t Know
Milk Street Radio
Reveal

Science
Astronomy Cast
Ask A Spaceman

True Crime
Stranglers

Tech
Codebreaker

Humor
Our Debut Album

Serials
LifeAfter

Current Events
Amicus
NPR Politics

Misc
Nocturne
Heavyweight
Strangers
Death: The Podcast
 
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HamPster PamPster

Member
Talking Simpsons is the podcast I'm enjoying the most these days. Part of it is because they are getting into peak simpsons. The last episode was on Marge vs. The Monorail. Days like this make me wish I had cable so I could watch the Simpsons marathon. I should also check out laser time's other podcasts at some point.

Flipping through this thread this week and I saw someone mention Four Finger Discount, a different Simpsons podcast. I tried it and its pretty good but I prefer Talking Simpsons. Crazy that they're lined up since their last episode was also Marge vs. The Monorail
 
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More_Badass

Member
Highlights
Saga Thing - Podcast tackling a really cool history niche, exploring and reviewing Icelandic sagas
Gravy - An intriguing series that uses the lens of Southern cuisine to explore the history, culture, socioeconomic issues, etc. of the American South
The Lonely Palette - An art history podcast that covers a different painting each episode
True Crime Japan - Another series in a crowded genre taking on a fascinating niche, aka crimes and murders in Japan
Off Screen - A podcast that discusses movie screenplays
This Is Actually Happening - Gripping and personal stories told each episode

Educational
The Rhine
Saga Thing
Giants of History
Gravy
Outside Podcast
The Lonely Palette
The Land of Desire
Historically Black

True Crime
True Crime Japan

Tech
Control Z

Serials
Stray Ami
The Once and Future Nerd

Film
Off Screen

Current Events
More Perfect

Misc
Random Article
This Is Actually Happening
The Intern
Not By Accident
Us & Them
The Sporkful
Campus
Out In The Open
Home of the Brave
Better Off Dead
 
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More_Badass

Member
Added a new section after Educational and Science: Journalism. This section is for podcasts that focus on investigative journalism and/or audio essays/interviews, like Embedded, Reveal, This American Life, and The Documentary

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Highlights
The Hidden History of Business - An interesting angle for a history podcast, examined through the lens of business and trade
Behind The Knife - A medical podcast that goes into detail about the technical/social/personal aspects of different surgeries and other topics
Spirits - Kind of like "My Favorite Murder" for mythology and folklore: humor, nice chemistry between hosts, and a light laid-back vibe

Educational
Only Human
Twenty-Thousand Hertz
The Hidden History of Business
BBC's Discovery
Behind The Knife
It's About Time
Bedside Rounds

Science
Origin Stories
Two Scientists Walk Into A Bar
Orbital Path
Warm Regards
Science Magazine

Journalism
Off The Blocks
Long Haul

Tech
Exponent

Misc
Outside In
Spirits
Not What You Think
Horizon Line
Sleepover
The Adventures of Memento Mori
Linear Digressions
 
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dr3upmushroom

Banned
Anyone looks for some great laughs should check out the Cave Comedy Radio podcasts.

The Last Podcast on The Left is great and goes into conspiracy theories/ serial killers/paranormal, pretty dark humor and is the funniest podcast I've listened to.
 
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EdibleKnife

Member
Stumbled upon 2 fantastic podcasts recently and couldn't help but bring them to the attention of Podcast Gaf:
Supercontext Podcast - Is probably one of the best media casts I've listened to. It's basically intense dissection of different books, comics, films, TV and music beyond just whether or not it's good or bad or the feelings it stirs but how it was made by our culture and feeds back into that culture, What some of the choices in the media mean, where they come from and the circumstances under which it was created. They've covered stuff from The Dark Knight, to Hannibal to SPECTRE and the comic series East of West. Of course the hosts are 2 40+ white guys but thankfully they are and always attempt to be self-aware, progressive and bring differing insight to what they discuss because some of the things you think they'd like being pop culture nerds are actually things they take alot of issues with. In fact, that self-awareness and progressiveness led them to recommend the other podcast:

Politically Re-Active: Despite it's start this summer, I'm still shocked I never knew this existed. Hosted by W. Kamau Bell and Hari Kondabolu, 2 of my favorite current minority comics discussing politics with guests like the likes of Roanne Gay, Jill Stein, Rachel Maddow and Shaun King.

Side note is that as a budding writer, Supercontext has been insanely insightful in grasping ideas like theme, characterization, & tone more so than alot of podcasts just about the craft since it breaks it down using alot of media I'm familiar with
 
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More_Badass

Member
Supercontext sounds fascinating. I listen too many riffing on bad movie and general TV episode analysis podcasts; this sounds like a nice palette cleanser. Thanks for the heads-up
 
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Cyan

Banned
So I finally updated my iOS recently after putting it off for ages, and holy shit the default Podcasts app is now utter garbage. It's basically unusable.

Any suggestions for actually good podcast apps on iOS? Preferably one that allows me to carry over my downloaded episodes so I can keep the now-archived Hardcore History stuff I have?
 
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More_Badass

Member
Cyan said:
So I finally updated my iOS recently after putting it off for ages, and holy shit the default Podcasts app is now utter garbage. It's basically unusable.

Any suggestions for actually good podcast apps on iOS? Preferably one that allows me to carry over my downloaded episodes so I can keep the now-archived Hardcore History stuff I have?
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I use Pocket Casts. It's my favorite of the apps that I've tried. It gets updated often with improvements and features
 
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tw1164

Member
Cyan said:
So I finally updated my iOS recently after putting it off for ages, and holy shit the default Podcasts app is now utter garbage. It's basically unusable.

Any suggestions for actually good podcast apps on iOS? Preferably one that allows me to carry over my downloaded episodes so I can keep the now-archived Hardcore History stuff I have?
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I use downcast. It's a paid app but worth the few dollars. There's an option to import media, but I've never tried it.
 
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Sch1sm

Member
Cyan said:
So I finally updated my iOS recently after putting it off for ages, and holy shit the default Podcasts app is now utter garbage. It's basically unusable.

Any suggestions for actually good podcast apps on iOS? Preferably one that allows me to carry over my downloaded episodes so I can keep the now-archived Hardcore History stuff I have?
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I use Pocket Casts, as well. Tried for a long time to just use the default, but man, it hurt. I found out after the fact I could export the OPML file containing all my subs (using iTunes, since it isn't within the app on your phone), email it then click the attachment and open it in a new podcasts app.
 
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