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Postby nocera » Tue Dec 22, 2020 2:50 pm

I just made the switch from Apple Podcasts to Spotify. I was tired of having to download episodes and Apple's streaming on the Podcast app is garbage. Thoughts on Spotify for podcasts?

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Postby MWB » Tue Dec 22, 2020 3:06 pm

I did the same thing about six months ago. Took a week or so to adjust, but all good now. The only thing I listened to on Apple that’s not on Spotify is Real Time.

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Postby robbiestoupe » Tue Dec 22, 2020 3:07 pm

I may have to check that out. Maybe I'm getting too old, but it's hard to figure out how to use the Apple podcasts properly.

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Postby nocera » Tue Dec 22, 2020 3:09 pm

If you download the episodes, it works fairly well. Streaming is god awful for some reason. There's a long delay when playing and it buffers quite a bit. Spotify seems flawless so far. I might miss the charts, though. Also, Pittsburgh Oddcast is not on Spotify.

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Postby MWB » Tue Dec 22, 2020 3:12 pm

Yeah, I haven’t had any issue steaming on Spotify. Once you get used to the interface it’s quite a bit better I’d say.

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Postby robbiestoupe » Tue Dec 22, 2020 3:14 pm

When the default setting in the app is to play the last episodes first, there's something wrong with the platform. And it took a google search for me to figure out how to reverse that.

Accidentally hitting the Play Next button is also a death sentence. Can't switch to another podcast after that, because it'll always switch back to the "Next" episode. Again, maybe a me problem, but really annoying.

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Postby dodint » Tue Dec 22, 2020 4:39 pm

Pocketcasts for me. Though I have been wishing for a platform with a web presence so I can listen on a PC. It never mattered before but now that I rarely commute I am way behind on episodes.

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Postby nocera » Tue Dec 22, 2020 7:32 pm

Pocketcasts for me. Though I have been wishing for a platform with a web presence so I can listen on a PC. It never mattered before but now that I rarely commute I am way behind on episodes.
That’s another reason why I wanted to move to Spotify for streaming. I use the website app for music every day on the PC.

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Postby mac5155 » Tue Dec 22, 2020 11:09 pm

This is a new thread for me, forgive me if it's been mentioned before. I assume we have a lot of spittin chiclets fans on the board?

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Postby dodint » Tue Dec 22, 2020 11:29 pm

I was for about half an episode. It kind of condensed everything shitty about hockey players into a few hours of word vomit every few days; with a focus on Boston.

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Postby mac5155 » Wed Dec 23, 2020 12:53 am

Had to have been an earlier episode then.

Give it another chance.

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Postby dodint » Wed Dec 23, 2020 8:09 am

It was in 2016/2017. So, fair. :lol:

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Postby willeyeam » Wed Dec 23, 2020 8:12 am

Chiclets is pretty good, the episodes are just so long. I should give it another shot now I'm WFH. 2 hour episodes turned into 5 hours at the office with people interrupting and stuff.

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Postby DigitalGypsy66 » Wed Dec 23, 2020 8:38 am

I always turn the playback speed up on audiobooks and podcasts to either 1.25X or 1.5X. NPR hosts can be sped up even more, as they speak r e a l l y s l o w l y and enunciate everything. :lol:

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Postby mac5155 » Thu Jan 14, 2021 10:45 pm

Chiclets is pretty good, the episodes are just so long. I should give it another shot now I'm WFH. 2 hour episodes turned into 5 hours at the office with people interrupting and stuff.
I usually skip right to the interviews. They time stamp stuff in Spotify most of the time.

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Postby DigitalGypsy66 » Thu Feb 11, 2021 9:21 am

Ty Franck - one half of James S.A. Corey, authors of The Expanse books and TV series, and Wes Chatham (Amos on The Expanse) started a podcast where they discuss each episode in the series, starting at the beginning. They will be discussing other pop culture items of interest, including a lot of the books/series' influences. The first episode has a great discussion on Alien and how The Expanse took the "working man" approach to the initial look at space travel.

Not sure @tifosi77 watches The Expanse, but it would be worth checking out. It's called Ty and That Guy.

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Postby tifosi77 » Thu Feb 11, 2021 12:36 pm

Yeah, on Alien the main direction to the art department (for everyone not named Giger) was "truckers in space". Star Wars was the first piece of space fantasy that imagined a lived-in and grimy world, and Ridley Scott really wanted to double down on that.

Never watched The Expanse, but it does seem like it'd be up my alley.

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Postby dodint » Tue Feb 23, 2021 11:30 pm

Does anyone listen to the Crime in Sports podcast? Two comedians retelling stories of crimes committed by professional athletes. Sounds promising.

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Postby dodint » Wed Feb 24, 2021 10:40 am

Just realized each episode is 2.5hrs long. Jesus. :lol:

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Postby mikey » Thu Feb 25, 2021 6:46 pm

I just listened to one, as I had never heard of it before...it has some upside...I listened to Oscar Pistorius one, it's a lot of information, it could easily be cut down to 90 minutes not lose any information really...but it made fun of crippled children and a blind man that climbed Mt. Everest, so it checked off two big podcast boxes for me...

They aren't as sharp (probably, it's only been one episode) as Opie & Anthony, for instance...but they have a subject that they talk about, so it can hold your interest even if it's not the most hilarious thing...I'll give it a couple more episodes as background noise...

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Postby dodint » Thu Feb 25, 2021 6:48 pm

Nice. I am waiting until my next road trip to give it a go.

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Postby mikey » Fri Feb 26, 2021 7:22 pm

If you need a relatable entry point (though, I'm sure one of those Eye-talian Mario Karters that you like does some ****** up **** too), #131 is Billy Tibbetts...

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Postby dodint » Fri Feb 26, 2021 8:01 pm

Actually, I found it because their most recent episode was Scott Tucker. An amateur racer that built his empire with payday lending companies based out of Native American tribes. He also got his own episode of Dirty Money on Netflix.

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Postby MalkinIsMyHomeboy » Fri Mar 19, 2021 1:16 pm

worst events in human history:

- bubonic plague
- use of nuclear weapons in WW2
- Tony Kornheiser and his obsession with bracket week

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Postby dodint » Fri Mar 19, 2021 1:29 pm

I skipped the first two entirely and fast-forwarded to the mailbag for the last one. It's such a lame, lame week.

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