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Some podcasts have relatively short ads at unpredictable times. I listen to those 90% of the time. Some podcasts do live reads that are predictably 3-4 minutes
by dionidium 9y ago
Some podcasts have relatively short ads at unpredictable times. I listen to those 90% of the time. Some podcasts do live reads that are predictably 3-4 minutes long, which feels like an eternity, especially when they're doing the same ads they did last week. I skip those every time.
- wickawic 9y agoIt seems like many podcasts also have an unspoken agreement with the listener about ads and make them easy to skip. Two popular podcasts come to mind: WTF with Marc Maron: always plays a guitar riff after the ad, which is easy to hear when skipping MBMBAM: has a “shoutout” section (listeners sending messages to each other) immediately after the ads, so if you skip into it you don’t really care if you miss a minute or two.
- floren 9y agoMBMBAM does sponsor ads (read by the hosts), then the shoutout section which I hate, and then usually two ads by other podcasts in the network. Once the sponsor ads start, I can then simply skip ahead until I hear an unfamiliar voice, then more carefully jump forward until I get back to the show. This is pretty much essential for me, because both the shoutouts (jumbotrons) and the plugs for other podcasts are written with the "OMG QUIRKY!" knob turned up to 11 and I just can't handle it. Edit: The Greatest Generation (Star Trek podcast) is on the same network and has a somewhat similar format, except they don't do the ads until they're almost done. They talk about the episode, then do sponsor ads and shoutouts, then they do one of two options: "Drunk Shimoda" segment followed by ads for other podcasts, or vice versa. I assume this is to prevent over-zealous ad skipping but really it doesn't take much effort.