Podcast discovery was never broken
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Discovery never really was broken. You've been saying this for many years. The discovery was never broken. Discovery of podcasts happens through word of mouth.
Episode 274: Vibe Cloning (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:11:03 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Summary
Discovery of podcasts happens through word of mouth, and that's really the only way it happens. New tools (MCP servers, podroll) are improvements, but improving discovery is like a couch potato taking magnesium: a fraction of a percent. The thing that's actually broken is podcast advertising.
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Episode 104: A New Dump (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:12:18 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
if there's the word of mouth idea, which is still king within podcasting, like that word of, I feel like that word of mouth idea can be converted into an actual signal that, that apps and an index and everything that we can all pick up on,
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