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All the BBC podcasts are ad-free, but I get them from within the UK. I am not sure if they have ads if served in other countries.

AndrewStephens 7y ago
They do have ads outside the UK but they tend to be less intrusive (only at the start and maybe near the end) than other podcasts.
- JNRowe 7y ago
  For others that are predictable like this, I push my downloads through a script before they hit my player. Back of the envelope zsh example to scrub first and last minute: for f (*.mp3) { mp3splt -d new -o @f $f 1.00 EOF-1.00 } mp3splt¹ doesn't re-encode files, and as such is neither lossy or slow. 1. http://mp3splt.sourceforge.net/ http://mp3splt.sourceforge.net/
JNRowe 7y ago
Hmm, at what point do all the trailers for other shows tip in to the advert category? I wouldn't want to try counting how many times I heard a trailer about 13 Minutes to the Moon last year, which I'm picking on specifically because I actually enjoyed it to make the point that the bucket choice can be very subjective.
- HenryBemis 7y ago
  The Brexitcast doesn't have ads. The Infinite Monkey Cage has a 10-15seconds clip in the end where they promote other science-y podcasts (which I always fast-forward anyway). I also listen to the weekly "SecurityNow", in which out of the 2h there should be at least 10-15mins where Leo reads out his ads. Leo also tries to push SpinRite, but since SR has saved many disks in my lifetime, I gladly listen to that bit (finally we'll have a faster performing version soon-ish).
  - JNRowe 7y ago
    I don't know. Katya pimps nail polish, and Adam pushes pastries disguised as tales of street meetings with prominent leaders. Either that or I'm getting the wrong message from brexitcast. In all seriousness though. You've described excellent examples of what I was trying to get at: it isn't always obvious where to draw the line; useful promotions, acceptable [to the listener] ads, and the point where it becomes just too much.
    - HenryBemis 7y ago
      Even on SecurityNow, majority of ads are irrelevant to me. But thanks to SN add I found out about CrashPlan, Lastpass, and some other useful services. I cannot remember the razor as that Leo used to have every-week-for-months (the one that was acquired by Gillette some months ago)(Harry's or something) it was boring and irrelevant for a cybersecurity audience, I guess they were aiming for the "males with money" attributes of the audience.
- Marsymars 7y ago
  > Hmm, at what point do all the trailers for other shows tip in to the advert category? I'd say at the point where people would get upset if they were paying money for an explicitly ad-free podcast.

AndrewStephens 7y ago

They do have ads outside the UK but they tend to be less intrusive (only at the start and maybe near the end) than other podcasts.

JNRowe 7y ago
For others that are predictable like this, I push my downloads through a script before they hit my player. Back of the envelope zsh example to scrub first and last minute: for f (*.mp3) { mp3splt -d new -o @f $f 1.00 EOF-1.00 } mp3splt¹ doesn't re-encode files, and as such is neither lossy or slow. 1. http://mp3splt.sourceforge.net/ http://mp3splt.sourceforge.net/

JNRowe 7y ago

Hmm, at what point do all the trailers for other shows tip in to the advert category? I wouldn't want to try counting how many times I heard a trailer about 13 Minutes to the Moon last year, which I'm picking on specifically because I actually enjoyed it to make the point that the bucket choice can be very subjective.

HenryBemis 7y ago
The Brexitcast doesn't have ads. The Infinite Monkey Cage has a 10-15seconds clip in the end where they promote other science-y podcasts (which I always fast-forward anyway). I also listen to the weekly "SecurityNow", in which out of the 2h there should be at least 10-15mins where Leo reads out his ads. Leo also tries to push SpinRite, but since SR has saved many disks in my lifetime, I gladly listen to that bit (finally we'll have a faster performing version soon-ish).
- JNRowe 7y ago
  I don't know. Katya pimps nail polish, and Adam pushes pastries disguised as tales of street meetings with prominent leaders. Either that or I'm getting the wrong message from brexitcast. In all seriousness though. You've described excellent examples of what I was trying to get at: it isn't always obvious where to draw the line; useful promotions, acceptable [to the listener] ads, and the point where it becomes just too much.
  - HenryBemis 7y ago
    Even on SecurityNow, majority of ads are irrelevant to me. But thanks to SN add I found out about CrashPlan, Lastpass, and some other useful services. I cannot remember the razor as that Leo used to have every-week-for-months (the one that was acquired by Gillette some months ago)(Harry's or something) it was boring and irrelevant for a cybersecurity audience, I guess they were aiming for the "males with money" attributes of the audience.
Marsymars 7y ago
> Hmm, at what point do all the trailers for other shows tip in to the advert category? I'd say at the point where people would get upset if they were paying money for an explicitly ad-free podcast.