What are some good ad-free podcasts?

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So I've run my own show for just about ten years now. We've never had ads or sponsorships of any kind other than a Patreon plug at the very end.

When I go out into the world and listen to other podcasts I'm perpetually annoyed at the lengthy, frequent ad-breaks. I don't mind being reminded to engage or click on their link or go to a show's Ko-Fi page, but a two minute dollar shave club or AG1 ad is just too much. And, honestly, the amount of advertising dollars some shows take makes me question their integrity just a bit. I know it might be a bit old-fashioned to think that, but I can't help it.

What are you favorite sponsorship-free, ad-free podcasts?

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These two popped up in my brain right away.

https://www.popularfront.co/podcast

https://knowledgefight.com/

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Knowledge fight is my go to

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I'll check it out!

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Thanks! Onto the RSS feed they go.

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Thanks for asking something I'd thought of asking but never gotten around to. Also, what's your podcast OP?

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Haha, glad to be of service! I've already gotten several good recommendations that are syncing to my MP3 player as we speak.

I run a retro gaming podcast, you can find us here: https://retrowarriors.net/
Or just directly subscribe via RSS here: http://retrowarriors.libsyn.com/rss

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Blowback is incredible, and has ads only at the beginning and end, so very skippable. I can't recommend Blowback enough.

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Oh yeah I listened to a bunch of them, it was definitely very good. Pre and post ads are probably the most bearable sort, but I'm trying to avoid them altogether if possible. But for anyone with more tolerance than me: absolutely also recommend this one.

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A retro gaming podcast is actually probably more my style than the other two podcasts listed. So, have another subscriber...

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If you’re into game dev or retro games in general, Dev Game Club is a small podcast where the hosts play old games and discuss their design + influence on games that would come later. I don’t think they even have a patreon lol

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I am indeed! My show is a retro gaming show. Def adding this one, thanks!

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Breaking Points

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Went to listen to a bit of this one and was instantly hit with ads for the NFL and other stuff. Maybe you're on their Patreon feed or something?

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That's quite the pile of political shows! I'll dig through them and pick out the ones that hook me. Thanks for taking the time to link them all, makes it easier to use on online took to yank out the RSS feeds for subscription.

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I’m not sure those links will render RSS feeds. I just pulled them from my Apple Podcasts app. None of them are exclusive to Apple, though, so if you’re not in the Apple ecosystem you can still find them.

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Oh they will, I use a website that yanks the feeds. Having them all in one list like that makes it easier for me to parse through them though.

If you ever need to yank the RSS from a show then I have lots of success with: https://www.labnol.org/podcast. It's specifically for just this kind of thing. Weirdly a lot of shows, even on their own websites, don't make RSS feeds readily available.

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The Cryptic Factor
The Modern Mann (very few ads)
Darknet Diaries (very few ads)

F1 related:

Superlicense
The Midfield F1 podcast
For Formula One's Sake
Box of Neutrals

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Interesting! You extract the ID from the link (e.g. the 1258545975 from https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/citations-needed/id1258545975) and then:

$ curl -s 'https://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=1258545975' | jq -r '.results.[0].feedUrl'
https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com/rss
$

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What are some good ad-free podcasts?