What are some good ad-free podcasts?

[bluelander@lemmy.ml]

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.

[davel@lemmy.ml]

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.

[bluelander@lemmy.ml]

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.

[florge@feddit.uk]

• 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

[davel@lemmy.ml]

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
$

[bluelander@lemmy.ml]

Oh wow I didn't realize it was so simple. I couple just slap that into a bash script and save the effort of going through a website...maybe even use it for bulk processing when I get lots of recommendations.

[geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml]

I mostly listen to them on Youtube.

https://youtu.be/Kcl0JS2_G-4

Do you mean normal ads from the platform, or ads which are presented by the show host? (Think LTT style)

[bluelander@lemmy.ml]

Any corporate sponsored advertising. Platform, sponsorship, whatever.

The ads on their RSS feed seem to be auto generated and inserted. Lots of shows use that kind of service.

[davel@lemmy.ml]

#!/bin/sh

# Get the original RSS feed URL from an Apple Podcast show URL.

podcast="$1"
id=$(echo "$podcast" | awk '{sub(/^.*\/id/, ""); print}')
curl -s "https://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=%24%7Bid%7D" | jq -r '.results.[0].feedUrl'

[geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml]

I use adblock so I do not notice the platorm ads, only the in-video ads.

[bluelander@lemmy.ml]

Unfortunately not a thing on RSS, and I try to spend little time on YouTube. Thanks though!

[darksirrush@lemmy.ca]

Welcome to Nightvale

Note: I don't actually listen to podcasts myself (I struggle to process voices when doing other tasks, or for long periods of time) but my spouse enjoys it.

[bluelander@lemmy.ml]

I've listened to this one before! Pretty interesting show, but unfortunately opens with several minutes of ads. Latest episode is about two and a half minutes of ads right off the bad, although one is their Patreon.

[bluelander@lemmy.ml]

I assume the first one was a typo and you meant Cryptid Factor? Seems like a really cool show, but unfortunately opens straight up with ads. First one was for 1-800-Flowers and then on to one for Rocket Money.

[darksirrush@lemmy.ca]

I haven't overheard them in awhile, didn't realise they open with ads now. Sorry for the suggestion that doesn't fit your criteria!

[evotech@lemmy.world]

I just skip ahead

[bluelander@lemmy.ml]

I'm looking to avoid doing that and avoid ad-driven shows in general, hence the original question. I have a few that I tolerate it on, but largely looking to avoid it where possible.

[bluelander@lemmy.ml]

No apology necessary! Many of these are still ending up on lists that may or may not get listened to one day

[evotech@lemmy.world]

I mean, it's either paid or ads right.

Are you willing to pay for podcasts?

[bluelander@lemmy.ml]

It's not though! I've done 500 episodes of my own podcast and we never charged for a single episode or ran a single ad. Not one single time. We have a Patreon, and it's optional.

And yes, I'm willing to pay for podcasts if I think they're worth paying for. I've donated to shows I enjoy and paid for others before. I see no issue with people getting paid for their work.