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"How to save a planet" just has an episode out on the same topic: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/howtosaveaplanet/76hmbge/soil-the-dirty-climate-solution https:/

"How to save a planet" just has an episode out on the same topic: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/howtosaveaplanet/76hmbge/soil-the-dirty-climate-solution https://gimletmedia.com/shows/howtosaveaplanet/76hmbge/soil-... I found it an interesting listen. Of course it's a fairly shallow entry into the topic, but that's what they are about after all; get you interested, give you pointers for more if you feel like it. Just too bad they'll go spotify-only and thus seize to be a podcast... I'll have to stop recommending (and listening...)

mooreds 5y ago
> Just too bad they'll go spotify-only and thus seize to be a podcast... I'll have to stop recommending (and listening...) Yes, that bums me out too. It must make economic sense (for both parties; presumably the data in the app and exclusive content is a win for Spotify), but it's a real bummer that they are moving from a format that lets me, the listener, control how I want to listen, to a format that requires me to download an app. Not gonna happen, but companies will always try to build walled gardens.
- _huayra_ 5y ago
  I don't know why they just don't use something like Acast which will take care of distribution (or maybe others I don't know of). The worst part of it is that Spotify's android app is buggy. Actually, that's an understatement: it's garbage. I shouldn't have it hang waiting for network connection just to navigate the offline portions of the app (e.g. downloaded podcasts). Anyone who writes a simple "music player" android app in a weekend or two could handle that case far better.
  - kilovoltaire 5y ago
    I assume any Spotify-only podcast is because Spotify is paying them to be exclusive?
    - topkai22 5y ago
      Spotify bought Gimlet (the podcast company) a few years back, so they presumably owned the rights to begin with.
      - mooreds 5y ago
        Ah, TIL. More here if you want to learn about the reasons why: https://www.vox.com/2019/2/7/18214941/alex-blumberg-matt-lieber-gimlet-spotify-deal-acquisition-peter-kafka-media-podcast-audio-interview https://www.vox.com/2019/2/7/18214941/alex-blumberg-matt-lie...
  - jazzyjackson 5y ago
    Don't feel left out, the iOS app is also garbage and doesn't even manage to pause during a phone call.
jazzyjackson 5y ago
a gentle fyi: s/seize/cease
- black_puppydog 5y ago
  ah, darn... thanks :)

mooreds 5y ago

> Just too bad they'll go spotify-only and thus seize to be a podcast... I'll have to stop recommending (and listening...) Yes, that bums me out too. It must make economic sense (for both parties; presumably the data in the app and exclusive content is a win for Spotify), but it's a real bummer that they are moving from a format that lets me, the listener, control how I want to listen, to a format that requires me to download an app. Not gonna happen, but companies will always try to build walled gardens.

_huayra_ 5y ago
I don't know why they just don't use something like Acast which will take care of distribution (or maybe others I don't know of). The worst part of it is that Spotify's android app is buggy. Actually, that's an understatement: it's garbage. I shouldn't have it hang waiting for network connection just to navigate the offline portions of the app (e.g. downloaded podcasts). Anyone who writes a simple "music player" android app in a weekend or two could handle that case far better.
- kilovoltaire 5y ago
  I assume any Spotify-only podcast is because Spotify is paying them to be exclusive?
  - topkai22 5y ago
    Spotify bought Gimlet (the podcast company) a few years back, so they presumably owned the rights to begin with.
    - mooreds 5y ago
      Ah, TIL. More here if you want to learn about the reasons why: https://www.vox.com/2019/2/7/18214941/alex-blumberg-matt-lieber-gimlet-spotify-deal-acquisition-peter-kafka-media-podcast-audio-interview https://www.vox.com/2019/2/7/18214941/alex-blumberg-matt-lie...
- jazzyjackson 5y ago
  Don't feel left out, the iOS app is also garbage and doesn't even manage to pause during a phone call.

jazzyjackson 5y ago

a gentle fyi: s/seize/cease

black_puppydog 5y ago
ah, darn... thanks :)