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Metacast: Behind the scenes

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.Metacast Inc Economics Leadership Management & Leadership
Episodes
  • 73. Holiday update

    73. Holiday update
    Dec 25 2025

    In this holiday episode, we celebrate reaching over 300 paying subscribers and 1,500 monthly active users. We also discuss recent backend infrastructure optimizations, critical bug fixes, and future plans, including a new pro plan with expanded features like higher private podcast limits and custom audio uploads.

    Chapters:

    • [00:00] Introduction
    • [00:47] Business updates
    • [04:55] Recent projects: cost optimizations, bug fixes, CVEs
    • [12:36] Future plans
    • [15:59] Recommendations


    Download the Metacast podcast app for free:

    • iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/metacast/id6462012536
    • Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.metacast.podcast.player
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    23 mins
  • 72. New features & LLM-induced drama inside the team

    72. New features & LLM-induced drama inside the team
    Nov 7 2025

    New app features: listening history, continue listening, and transcript exports + navigating LLM-induced team drama.

    Chapters:

    • [00:00] Welcome and business update
    • [02:13] Metacast v1.25 Overview
    • [02:50] New Feature: Listening History
    • [08:08] New Feature: Continue Listening
    • [12:41] New Feature: Exporting Transcripts
    • [20:24] Website outage
    • [22:21] The Pro Tier in v1.26
    • [23:06] Team conflict: LLM miscommunication
    • [31:21] LLM Etiquette in Teams
    • [35:50] Podcast & book recommendations
    • [45:34] P.S. We're YouTube stars (FWIW)

    Links

    • Metacast v1.25 blog post

    Podcasts:

    • Tech Brew Ride Home Oct 16
    • Scott & Mark: The AI productivity trap
    • American Gods
    • The Sandman

    Download the Metacast podcast app for free:

    • iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/metacast/id6462012536
    • Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.metacast.podcast.player
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    47 mins
  • 71. Survaviversary: We survived 1 year in production + limited time sale for new users

    71. Survaviversary: We survived 1 year in production + limited time sale for new users
    Oct 13 2025

    We celebrate Metacast's one-year "survivalversary" with a special $10/year sale and share what we're working on.

    Chapters:

    • [00:28] - State of the business
    • [05:20] - The Survaviversary
    • [09:16] - New creator transcript feature
    • [16:04] - Upcoming playlist and history features
    • [21:25] - Podcast recommendations

    Links

    • Survaviversary blog post
    • Creator transcripts blog post
    • Tip Jar for supporters: Buy Me A Coffee

    Podcasts:

    • The Panel
    • Big Think
    • Endless: A Sandman Podcast

    Download the Metacast podcast app for free:

    • iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/metacast/id6462012536
    • Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.metacast.podcast.player
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    26 mins
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