How to see all the latest of my fave podcasts in one place (no iTunes)?
July 24, 2017 3:33 PM Subscribe
I love listening to podcasts on my computer but often they are available on different platforms and it's hard to check each one. My preferred platform is SoundCloud -- I like that I can "follow" my favorite podcasts and they just show up on my feed when I go to the SoundCloud homepage. But I have podcasts I enjoy that are on Stitcher, AudioBoom, Art19, some are self-hosted, etc. It's hard to keep track of them all, and I absolutely hate using iTunes.
I just want to see a feed of all the latest episodes of the podcasts I like.
Some parameters: I don't use apps or my phone to listen to podcasts. I just play them on my computer, and then I may or may not use a wireless speaker so I can listen from anywhere in my house. I'd prefer some sort of web-based solution, although a Windows 7 desktop app would be fine, but I'm not interested in anything for my cell phone or an iPod. I also really like just streaming the podcasts, not downloading them.
Is there a good solution I can set up to automate checking for new podcasts for me? Are RSS feeds still a thing? Have we come up with something better than RSS feeds by now, which I remember were a thing like a decade ago? I'm looking for a 2017 solution to this problem and I want something that is really simple and will just work automatically once I set it up. Thanks!
I just want to see a feed of all the latest episodes of the podcasts I like.
Some parameters: I don't use apps or my phone to listen to podcasts. I just play them on my computer, and then I may or may not use a wireless speaker so I can listen from anywhere in my house. I'd prefer some sort of web-based solution, although a Windows 7 desktop app would be fine, but I'm not interested in anything for my cell phone or an iPod. I also really like just streaming the podcasts, not downloading them.
Is there a good solution I can set up to automate checking for new podcasts for me? Are RSS feeds still a thing? Have we come up with something better than RSS feeds by now, which I remember were a thing like a decade ago? I'm looking for a 2017 solution to this problem and I want something that is really simple and will just work automatically once I set it up. Thanks!
Also possibly relevant is that Soundcloud is running out of money.
posted by grobstein at 7:33 PM on July 24, 2017
posted by grobstein at 7:33 PM on July 24, 2017
Similar to PocketCasts, Overcast also has a web interface. It's pretty bare bones and now that i think about it you may need to have the app to add podcasts. (Or not -- i've never actually tried...) Might be worth looking into though.
posted by cgg at 8:51 PM on July 24, 2017
posted by cgg at 8:51 PM on July 24, 2017
Best answer: There are several desktop podcast apps. The search term you're looking for is 'podcatcher'. I used to use Miro back in the day, no idea what it's like now.
posted by Happy Dave at 5:35 AM on July 25, 2017
posted by Happy Dave at 5:35 AM on July 25, 2017
Response by poster: "Podcatcher" was the term I was looking for, apparently, although I've also seen "podcast manager" and "podcast aggregator" used. I found a Chrome extension called podStation that is free and does what I want it to do: It checks for new episodes of the podcasts I subscribed to and shows them to me in a feed by most recent, and I don't need a phone app to use it. It also has a built-in player too, which is nice. Seems to be (almost) exactly what I wanted.
posted by AppleTurnover at 1:55 PM on August 3, 2017
posted by AppleTurnover at 1:55 PM on August 3, 2017
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posted by Mo Nickels at 4:12 PM on July 24, 2017