peterbMe, encountering literally any podcast recommendation:
"This sounds really interesting. I'd sure like to read a transcript of it instead of listening to it."
Janne Moren@peterb I only listen to podcasts in the car. And, in the car I can only listen to podcasts.
There's a time and place for everything.
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Tinchocongruent@peterb I'm a big fan of the SRB podcast, which does provide some transcripts, and would provide more if funding and time allowed. The podcast is on a hiatus but he was exploring ways to automatically get transcripts last I knew.
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@peterb And now that I have had some time for thought, I'd like to apologize. You weren't looking for more recommendations, and I misunderstood that.
@tinchocongruent No worries!
Sara@tinchocongruent @peterb oh wow—this looks really promising. I’m a podcast junkie and always desperate for new ones. Thanks for sharing.
If This Goes On (Don't Panic)@peterb It's just so expensive. That's the problem. Our podcast just now able to get transcripts, but we had to get a grant to afford it. So, we should have transcripts going up starting next month!
@itgodontpanic Congrats!
@peterb thank you! It's been a goal since we started almost 4 years ago. Nice to finally achieve it
Mel Lee@peterb right!
DC@peterb It depends. Some podcasts are quite chatty and a lot of value comes from the interaction of the presenters (if that's the right word).
On the other hand, a lot are basically someone reading a prepared text, and I'd definitely prefer just being able to read those.
Matthew Toohey@Tanngrisnir @peterb Hard agree. Sometimes the speech really matters in a way that can't be captured in writing.
Sometimes, even when someone is reading a prepared text, the way they read it makes it worth listening to rather than reading: Rachel Maddow's Bagman and Ultra podcasts are the first that spring to mind in this category.
Sometimes, even when someone is reading a prepared text, the way they read it makes it worth listening to rather than reading: Rachel Maddow's Bagman and Ultra podcasts are the first that spring to mind in this category.
@tooheymatthew @peterb Haven't heard those, I'll check them out.
@Tanngrisnir @peterb If you're at all interested in 20th century political history in the US I highly, highly recommend them.
Loukas (They/Them) 🏳️⚧️@peterb if you're too busy doing chores to read it all, maybe someone could read aloud the transcripts to you.
Nelson Minar@peterb I want a podcast playback app with 1.3x speed, silence elimination. And... removal of all the "ums and aws", irrelevant personal tangents, stupid jokes, and podcast bros laughing at each other's jokes.
The average gaming podcast would go from 80 minutes to 15.
The average gaming podcast would go from 80 minutes to 15.
@nelson I actually have an ironclad rule which has served me well, which is: "I fast forward through any podcast that starts podcasting about podcasting."
It's shocking how frequently I end up having to use this rule! I am listening to your podcast because I want to hear your thoughts about the Treaty of Westphalia and its impact on space travel, not because I want to hear about your latest microphone or what people said on the Westphalia Discord.
@peterb I just listened to a fan critique of a TV show of a videogame. The podcast is longer than the show. 80% of it is the hosts narrating every shot in every scene. Every line in the script for the TV show we all just watched of the videogame we all played years ago.
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKThis is why I still listen to "old steam radio", even though I have a fairly modern car which has Bluetooth streaming, playback from USB/SD-card - the defined timeslots and schedules mean broadcasters have to be more disciplined and fit their content within the timeslot they are allocated (I'm lucky that there are 2 excellent community radio stations and one small commercial station in my region with a good mix of music and speech based shows..)
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Having a terrestrial #CommunityRadio station has kept our @accordionnoir podcast on schedule for 16 years 🪗 ⏰
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> This is why I still listen to "old steam radio"
... and why some of the best podcasts I listen to come from those stations. RadioNZ and our community access radio stations, for example, produce some great podcasts, as do NPR. Probably for the reasons discussed in this thread. The good podcasts that aren't produced by radio stations still sound like they could be radio shows. Beginner podcasters could learn a lot from those patterns.
For those with a podcast app, this feed gives you access to all the #RNZ segments available as podcasts:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcasts/allrnz.rss
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Daniil Baturin@peterb "This podcast could be a blog".
Fade@peterb I have long appreciated that Lingthusiasm, a podcast about linguistics--which often spends a lot of time discussing and giving examples of specific phonemes!--has excellent transcripts for every single episode. It's such an amazing accessibility upgrade, and I appreciate that they clearly consider that a core part of the presentation, not a nice-to-have bonus.
CindyG@peterb
Yes, yes, yes, yes!!!!!
Yes, yes, yes, yes!!!!!
Fred@peterb I feel this on a bone-deep level.
Mikko Lehtovirta@peterb Exactly!! I apply that to every podcast and vlog.
MarjorieR@peterb absolutely agree. Podcasts are a really inefficient way to transfer information.
Same goes for most videos that are just telling you something (as against e.g. showing you how to index a bike derailleur).
I see an interesting topic with a link to youtube and can't be arsed to spend the time finding out if it says anything new. Skim reading is so much better.
Love that there *are* some podcasts that do include a transcript.
Pxtl@peterb you don't do laundry? Dishes? Cook? Walk the dog? Commute? Bicycle? Pack lunches? That's what podcasts are for. Hands and eyes busy.
Matt Hauger@peterb I feel that way about a lot of videoified tutorials. ”Please just give me a blog post with the instructions I need.”
@matt The best example of this that I know of is game walkthroughs, which used to be wonderfully searchable text on Gamefaqs, but now are just intolerable YouTube videos.
@peterb you're in luck! (sort of). @_Davidsmith has been tooting about using OpenAI’s Whisper to transcribe podcasts, and apparently it's pretty good.
His goals sound different from yours, but I bet it would be possible to link it up so you can run a podcast through Whisper and drop it into a read-it-later app.
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@peterb I don't care if it's a transcript or a recording, but I don't want to listen to information encoded into a (usually faked) social interaction. Just give me the information.
InsertUser@peterb the only one I know of that does this is Security Now.
JimMacLeod@peterb if you’re interested in marketing podcasts, I summarize episodes as infographics: https://jimmacleod.substack.com
Nick Ali@peterb for me it depends on why I’m listening to the podcast. If it’s to learn something, I want a transcript. If for entertainment or killing time, I listen at 1.5x speed.
Henry Ngo@peterb yeah! For me, I don't read or consume material linearly and want to be able to skip around, see the end part before going back to earlier parts, scan for interesting bits etc. If a future podcast /audio listening interface allows for this then maybe that would really change things! Same for video :)
Amy Washburn@peterb Well, with Rachel Maddow's two podcasts, you can! msnbc.com has transcripts of both Ultra and Bagman (and you should listen and read both of them)! ;)
Vivi@peterb luckily I was able to send a transcript of a show to a friend last time they asked for this!
mike bayer 
@peterb 100% , just let me read it
Pax Ahimsa Gethen 🏳️⚧️Same. I respect that there is an audience for audio and video, but I personally prefer reading the vast majority of the time. Making text transcriptions obviously increases accessibility as well.
ETA: I'll watch a video if it is visually interesting, but if it's just "talking heads" I'd normally rather read the content.
Jake has moved!@peterb I’ve never hit “boost” faster.
James Wallbank@peterb I used to agree with you completely—but I think that's because I was listening to the wrong podcasts!
The most popular podcasts are chatty and unbearable, but they are nowhere near the best. If you're like me, ones you'll probably enjoy are ones that are focused on EXACTLY what you're interested in, and are, consequently, obscure.
Podcasts that invite contributions on the subject, and are a sort of slow motion, curated discussion, tend to make the most of the medium.
Deborah Pickett@peterb My favourite podcast, The Allusionist, has transcriptions of every episode. More of this please! https://www.theallusionist.org/
Rich@peterb Glad to know I'm not the only one. Entertainment podcasts, sure. But gimme factual stuff and webinars as a transcript I can skim-read over breakfast.
Allison@peterb 100%. One of my favorite newsletters also does a podcast. I have never once listened to it but I regularly read/skim the transcript and it’s great!