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One thing I'm surprised doesn't exist yet is "podcast radio stations". Like, I want a podcast DJ to cue up 24 hours worth of programming into a channel and then

One thing I'm surprised doesn't exist yet is "podcast radio stations". Like, I want a podcast DJ to cue up 24 hours worth of programming into a channel and then I can tune in at any time and hear whatever podcast episode is on right now. Don't make me think, don't make me go out and discover new podcasts, just give me a stream of interesting audio content.

celim307 5y ago
What genre? BBC and trance around the world, or even monstercat are similar to what you’re looking for. Indie radio stations do the same and usually have a podcast “episode” per week with curated content
- shalmanese 5y ago
  I'm not talking about brand new content, I want a platform where anyone can sign up and create a "channel" and then queue up a playlist of already existing podcast episodes to play in sequence and I can browse through and hop into different channels and be fed a diet of podcasts previously unfamiliar to me.
  - Cthulhu_ 5y ago
    I'm pretty sure you can create and share playlists of podcasts on spotify, so there's that.
rmason 5y ago
There are already people doing something similar on ClubHouse right now. You can interact with a live audience and fund requests. I think you could also host political talk radio on there if they'd let you do it. Actually I think that may be ClubHouse's future - if it survives.
JBorrow 5y ago
I hate to be that guy but isn't that just... Radio? Isn't what you've described basically BBC Radio 4, or any of the NPR stations?
- shalmanese 5y ago
  No, in the same way that the original Turntable.fm wasn't just radio. Like, say I'm interested in true crime or D&D or behavioural economics, there's a bajillion podcasts out there on each topic and discovery is inefficient and time consuming. Instead of subscribing to podcast creators, I want a DJ to just have an audio stream going on at all times where I can just tune in when I want and it's something interesting being played.
  - kgwgk 5y ago
    Most people won't find very appealing the idea of missing the start of a podcast - and the conclusion if you have to stop listening before it ends.
    - taberiand 5y ago
      Ok, so allow the user to rewind to the start of the current podcast and keep a track of unfinished ones
      - kgwgk 5y ago
        Sure, if we just forget about the "tune in at any time and hear whatever podcast episode is on right now" concept it makes more sense. It becomes just a list.
        ad404b8a372f2b9 5y ago
        In the same sense that a smartphone is just a small computer and dropbox is just a file folder. If you strip all the interesting parts of a concept (here curation, the dj personality, easy instant access, centralization, community, ...) it's going to sound lackluster. Though personally I'd enforce synchronous listening if I ran that kind of service myself. Lots of radios have talk shows and listeners do just fine joining in the middle of a conversation.
        5y ago
p49k 5y ago
You have to license the songs which makes it difficult and expensive. Podcasts don’t qualify for the same type of statutory licensing that online radio stations provide due to predictability of song appearances and ability to replay (radio must be sufficiently shuffled and songs can’t be announced too far in the future). That’s the major difference from normal podcasting. Some public radio stations have licensed these kinds of programs but they are often geofenced based on IP address.
eli 5y ago
https://www.di.fm/ https://www.di.fm/ Has DJ shows and had been doing internet radio for a very long time
- dylan604 5y ago
  Those are not podcasts though. The original comment was wanting a radio like stream of varying podcasts on topics having nothing to do with EDM.
derin 5y ago
This is NPR One, no? That's why I've been using it - it gives you a nice steady stream of NPR's programming and outside podcasts, randomly sampled at first, which in time starts preferring your favored content (which it learns by you "liking" content). https://one.npr.org/ https://one.npr.org/ Been listening to it for years, it's great stuff!
- outside1234 5y ago
  How did I have no idea this exists?!? Thank you for the pointer.
  - koolba 5y ago
    They used to include a blurb about it on all NPR podcasts. I think they removed it because local stations were complaing that they were diverting their listeners away from the local station to a centralized app. So it’s been more low key since then.
bhauer 5y ago
Back in the day (1998), that was called Shoutcast. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHOUTcast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHOUTcast
- runawaybottle 5y ago
  Shoutcast also had streaming porn.
throwawayboise 5y ago
If you're into funk, hip-hop, R&B, check out the radio stream on https://www.wefunkradio.com/ https://www.wefunkradio.com/
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imstate 5y ago
Above and Beyond Group Therapy already does this, but it's a weekly 2 hour mix
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celim307 5y ago

What genre? BBC and trance around the world, or even monstercat are similar to what you’re looking for. Indie radio stations do the same and usually have a podcast “episode” per week with curated content

shalmanese 5y ago
I'm not talking about brand new content, I want a platform where anyone can sign up and create a "channel" and then queue up a playlist of already existing podcast episodes to play in sequence and I can browse through and hop into different channels and be fed a diet of podcasts previously unfamiliar to me.
- Cthulhu_ 5y ago
  I'm pretty sure you can create and share playlists of podcasts on spotify, so there's that.

rmason 5y ago

There are already people doing something similar on ClubHouse right now. You can interact with a live audience and fund requests. I think you could also host political talk radio on there if they'd let you do it. Actually I think that may be ClubHouse's future - if it survives.

JBorrow 5y ago

I hate to be that guy but isn't that just... Radio? Isn't what you've described basically BBC Radio 4, or any of the NPR stations?

shalmanese 5y ago
No, in the same way that the original Turntable.fm wasn't just radio. Like, say I'm interested in true crime or D&D or behavioural economics, there's a bajillion podcasts out there on each topic and discovery is inefficient and time consuming. Instead of subscribing to podcast creators, I want a DJ to just have an audio stream going on at all times where I can just tune in when I want and it's something interesting being played.
- kgwgk 5y ago
  Most people won't find very appealing the idea of missing the start of a podcast - and the conclusion if you have to stop listening before it ends.
  - taberiand 5y ago
    Ok, so allow the user to rewind to the start of the current podcast and keep a track of unfinished ones
    - kgwgk 5y ago
      Sure, if we just forget about the "tune in at any time and hear whatever podcast episode is on right now" concept it makes more sense. It becomes just a list.
      - ad404b8a372f2b9 5y ago
        In the same sense that a smartphone is just a small computer and dropbox is just a file folder. If you strip all the interesting parts of a concept (here curation, the dj personality, easy instant access, centralization, community, ...) it's going to sound lackluster. Though personally I'd enforce synchronous listening if I ran that kind of service myself. Lots of radios have talk shows and listeners do just fine joining in the middle of a conversation.
        5y ago

p49k 5y ago

You have to license the songs which makes it difficult and expensive. Podcasts don’t qualify for the same type of statutory licensing that online radio stations provide due to predictability of song appearances and ability to replay (radio must be sufficiently shuffled and songs can’t be announced too far in the future). That’s the major difference from normal podcasting. Some public radio stations have licensed these kinds of programs but they are often geofenced based on IP address.

eli 5y ago

https://www.di.fm/ https://www.di.fm/ Has DJ shows and had been doing internet radio for a very long time

dylan604 5y ago
Those are not podcasts though. The original comment was wanting a radio like stream of varying podcasts on topics having nothing to do with EDM.

derin 5y ago

This is NPR One, no? That's why I've been using it - it gives you a nice steady stream of NPR's programming and outside podcasts, randomly sampled at first, which in time starts preferring your favored content (which it learns by you "liking" content). https://one.npr.org/ https://one.npr.org/ Been listening to it for years, it's great stuff!

outside1234 5y ago
How did I have no idea this exists?!? Thank you for the pointer.
- koolba 5y ago
  They used to include a blurb about it on all NPR podcasts. I think they removed it because local stations were complaing that they were diverting their listeners away from the local station to a centralized app. So it’s been more low key since then.

bhauer 5y ago

Back in the day (1998), that was called Shoutcast. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHOUTcast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHOUTcast

runawaybottle 5y ago
Shoutcast also had streaming porn.

throwawayboise 5y ago

If you're into funk, hip-hop, R&B, check out the radio stream on https://www.wefunkradio.com/ https://www.wefunkradio.com/

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imstate 5y ago

Above and Beyond Group Therapy already does this, but it's a weekly 2 hour mix

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