Metacast: Behind the scenes

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Metacast is a podcast app for podcast lovers. We are building a powerful tool that helps you get the most out of podcasts. Auto-generated transcripts and chapters allow you to quickly skim episodes, search for content, and bookmark segments. Chapters, automated playlists, listening history & stats, and much more is coming. On this podcast, co-founders of Metacast talk about building the company and the product.

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    70. Summer update & Metacast v1.24

    What we've been up to in the second half of the summer + update on the just released Metacast v1.24. Chapters [00:00] Summer hiatus and personal reflections[02:16] User growth and trials[03:44] Website traffic and SEO success[08:14] Managing website costs and bots[12:38] Metacast v1.24: New features[16:14] Web app development & podcaster tools[22:50] Data analytics and privacy[25:16] Anniversary sale[27:44] Upcoming app features and goals[31:50] Recommendations: The Sandman[36:25] Recommendations: The Birkin Bag StoryShow notes Birkin: The Handbag That Costs More Than Your House on The Best Idea YetThe Sandman: Netflix, Comics, AudioDownload the Metacast podcast app for free: iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/metacast/id6462012536Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.metacast.podcast.player

    42 min

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    Weekly-ish Update (July 26, 2025): Private podcasts are now generally available!

    We've GA-ed private podcasts! In this episode, we talk about the feature, the extra perks for Premium users and celebrate completion of the table stakes features. We end the episode with a banter about Claude Code and a few German phrases. Show notes Michelin Guide: The Tire Company That Accidentally Conquered Food on The Best Idea YetFalling In Reverse - "Watch The World Burn" (live)Download the Metacast podcast app for free: iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/metacast/id6462012536Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.metacast.podcast.player

    14 min

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    Weekly-ish Update (July 15, 2025): On the finishing line to launch v1.22, ops-heavy week, web app updates

    We're on the finishing line to launch private podcasts in GA, but it takes a while because we've wasted a lot of time dealing with ops post-Google billing incident. Show notes Back To The Future... And Back - 40 Years of Marty, Doc, & Mayor Goldie Wilson on Talk Is JerichoDownload the Metacast podcast app for free: iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/metacast/id6462012536Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.metacast.podcast.player

    8 min

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    Weekly-ish Update (June 30, 2025): Preparing to launch private podcasts, marketing stuff, huge bill from Google

    Preparing to launch private podcasts, marketing projects, ops stuff, and a huge (with a capital "H") bill from Google Show notes The Side Hustle King: “I’m making $8K/DAY from easy businesses” on My First MillionThe Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance by Josh WaitzkinFlybot by Dennis E. TaylorDennis E. Taylor, author of best-selling sci-fi series Bobiverse on Builders Gonna BuildDownload the Metacast podcast app for free: iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/metacast/id6462012536Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.metacast.podcast.player

    12 min

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    Weekly-ish Update (June 12, 2025): Private podcasts, podcast search on web app, making money

    Every week, we meet for a standup. We summarize our progress in short weekly updates that we record right after our meetings. In this update, we discuss launching private feeds, the new podcast search feature on the web app, and making money. Show notes Bobbi Althof's The Really Good PodcastAndre Agassi on ServedNews in Slow SpanishThe Game with Alex HormoziDownload the Metacast podcast app for free: iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/metacast/id6462012536Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.metacast.podcast.player

    11 min

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    Weekly Update (May 24, 2025): Podcast summaries, private feeds, in-person meetup!

    Every week, we meet for a standup. We summarize our progress in short weekly updates that we record right after our meetings. In this update, we discuss episode summaries, chapters, and performance improvements. We also cover ongoing backend work, in-person meeting experience (!), planning for upcoming features like private feeds, and share podcast recommendations. Show notes Asterix and Obelix on NetflixEverything Everywhere DailyDownload the Metacast podcast app for free: iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/metacast/id6462012536Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.metacast.podcast.player

    10 min

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    69. New podcast sharing experience (QR codes FTW!)

    In this episode we discuss why and how we built the new sharing experience (see blog post for v1.19). Download the Metacast podcast app for free: iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/metacast/id6462012536Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.metacast.podcast.playerSegments [00:20] Opening[00:57] New weekly update episodes[05:22] New podcast sharing experience in Metacast[06:52] Why we are working on sharing?[09:32] The new sharing experience[14:35] QR codes[16:51] Optimized image loading[17:53] Problems with the old URL sharing[23:04] The technical solution for consistently working app links[24:43] The complexity of the change[28:45] Preview of the next episode about rebranding[33:26] RecommendationsShow notes New sharing experience announcement blogLatest weekly update episode: Weekly Update (May 6, 2025): New sharing experience, new logo & branding67. Attack of LLM bots (podcast) + blogEpisode with Jennie: 42. Equity compensation at a pre-revenue bootstrapped startup with Jennie BuechnerVoices in my head by Falling in ReverseGet in touch 🚀 Get the Metacast podcast app: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://metacast.app⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠👥 Join our subreddit: ⁠⁠https://www.reddit.com/r/metacastapp/⁠⁠✉️ Subscribe to Metacast newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.metacastpodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠👋 Send feedback or say hi: ⁠⁠hello@metacastpodcast.com⁠⁠

    45 min

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    Weekly Update (May 6, 2025): New sharing experience, new logo & branding

    Every Tuesday, we meet for a weekly standup. We summarize our progress in short weekly updates that we record right after our meetings. Show notes 311: The Long Term on Under the RadarWhen Exactly Did the Roman Empire Fall? on Everything Everywhere DailyDownload the Metacast podcast app for free: iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/metacast/id6462012536Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.metacast.podcast.player

    12 min
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Metacast is a podcast app for podcast lovers. We are building a powerful tool that helps you get the most out of podcasts. Auto-generated transcripts and chapters allow you to quickly skim episodes, search for content, and bookmark segments. Chapters, automated playlists, listening history & stats, and much more is coming. On this podcast, co-founders of Metacast talk about building the company and the product.

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  • Création
    Metacast
  • Années d’activité
    2022 - 2025
  • Épisodes
    82
  • Classification
    Contenu explicite
  • Copyright
    © Metacast Inc
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