Podcasts seem to be the only type of media impossible to find on torrent indexing sites. I listen to a lot of podcasts since I have no friends and want to still engage parasocially. I’m fine with ad supported ones, but would like to explore some of the HBO-style ones. I’m not even a lost customer for them as I live below the poverty line. Anyone have info on this or are podcasts still too niche for the open seas to bother?

Edit: To those unfamiliar with completely paywalled podcasts (not merely pay to remove the ads scenarios) they’re quite common and frequently associated with Patreon. Many podcasts will have separate free & premium feeds, with the flagship serving as an ersatz ad for the latter.

  • LemmeAtEm@lemmy.ml
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    21 days ago

    There’s plenty of podcast piracy. For example, look on SoulSeek. Slskd is a FOSS client. Use it to search for user “podking.”

    Podcasts seem to be the only type of media impossible to find on torrent indexing sites.

    I haven’t looked, but I’m not surprised because podcasts aren’t really the kind of medium people would tend want to keep a large local archive of.

    If you’re just looking for premium feeds there are sites like piratefeeds.net