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I work for a German podcast hosting company and what's been happening in podcasting in 2018 here in Germany is pure madness. There's been an explosion of differ

I work for a German podcast hosting company and what's been happening in podcasting in 2018 here in Germany is pure madness. There's been an explosion of different companies and producers that have gotten into the space, bringing really high-quality content. Also, Spotify grew into the second largest platform bringing in a lot of fresh air and slowly but steadily eating into and breaking up Apple's monopoly. Now we're all kind of wondering what's gonna happen next after the acquisition of Gimlet and Anchor. If this isn't the Golden Age of podcasts yet, we're sure pretty close.

scrooched_moose 8y ago
Offtopic, but do you know of any good German fiction podcasts? I'm looking for something like LeVar Burton Reads in German. I'm somewhere around B1/B2 and trying to improve a little. I listen to a lot of IQ Wissenschaft und Forschung, but need a bit of variety. I've had a lot of trouble searching due to localization services.
- 0XAFFE 8y ago
  There is https://fyyd.de/charts https://fyyd.de/charts if you want a good overview of the german podcast scape. For fiction maybe something like that https://www1.wdr.de/mediathek/audio/hoerspiel-speicher/wdr_hoerspielspeicher150.html https://www1.wdr.de/mediathek/audio/hoerspiel-speicher/wdr_h... ?
  - scrooched_moose 8y ago
    Even that seems to have localization unless Mike Missanelli - Philly's First FM Sports Station is the 6th most popular podcast in Germany. Everything showing on the charts (for me) is English language. Hörspiel-Speicher looks interesting though, thanks!
    - 0XAFFE 8y ago
      Indeed, I changed my locale to en_US and I got whole other bunch of podcasts. Change your locale to de_DE and it will have all of german podcasts.
- iagooar 8y ago
  I recommend: - Dunkle Heimat - Hummel, Hummel, Mord, Mord - Der nasse Fisch (based on the TV series Babylon Berlin)
dangoor 8y ago
> Spotify grew into the second largest platform bringing in a lot of fresh air and slowly but steadily eating into and breaking up Apple's monopoly. Apple's "monopoly" isn't much of a monopoly at all, though. Apple has been a good citizen of the podcast world, because it's purely a directory that points to normal RSS files. Apple has made no move to provide user-specific analytics or walled-in podcasts. Spotify likely has very different motives.
- saagarjha 8y ago
  Apple also provides curation.

scrooched_moose 8y ago

Offtopic, but do you know of any good German fiction podcasts? I'm looking for something like LeVar Burton Reads in German. I'm somewhere around B1/B2 and trying to improve a little. I listen to a lot of IQ Wissenschaft und Forschung, but need a bit of variety. I've had a lot of trouble searching due to localization services.

0XAFFE 8y ago
There is https://fyyd.de/charts https://fyyd.de/charts if you want a good overview of the german podcast scape. For fiction maybe something like that https://www1.wdr.de/mediathek/audio/hoerspiel-speicher/wdr_hoerspielspeicher150.html https://www1.wdr.de/mediathek/audio/hoerspiel-speicher/wdr_h... ?
- scrooched_moose 8y ago
  Even that seems to have localization unless Mike Missanelli - Philly's First FM Sports Station is the 6th most popular podcast in Germany. Everything showing on the charts (for me) is English language. Hörspiel-Speicher looks interesting though, thanks!
  - 0XAFFE 8y ago
    Indeed, I changed my locale to en_US and I got whole other bunch of podcasts. Change your locale to de_DE and it will have all of german podcasts.
iagooar 8y ago
I recommend: - Dunkle Heimat - Hummel, Hummel, Mord, Mord - Der nasse Fisch (based on the TV series Babylon Berlin)

dangoor 8y ago

> Spotify grew into the second largest platform bringing in a lot of fresh air and slowly but steadily eating into and breaking up Apple's monopoly. Apple's "monopoly" isn't much of a monopoly at all, though. Apple has been a good citizen of the podcast world, because it's purely a directory that points to normal RSS files. Apple has made no move to provide user-specific analytics or walled-in podcasts. Spotify likely has very different motives.

saagarjha 8y ago
Apple also provides curation.