All Episodes
Metacast: Behind the scenes — 85 episodes
73. Holiday update
72. New features & LLM-induced drama inside the team
71. Survaviversary: We survived 1 year in production + limited time sale for new users
70. Summer update & Metacast v1.24
Weekly-ish Update (July 26, 2025): Private podcasts are now generally available!
Weekly-ish Update (July 15, 2025): On the finishing line to launch v1.22, ops-heavy week, web app updates
Weekly-ish Update (June 30, 2025): Preparing to launch private podcasts, marketing stuff, huge bill from Google
Weekly-ish Update (June 12, 2025): Private podcasts, podcast search on web app, making money
Weekly Update (May 24, 2025): Podcast summaries, private feeds, in-person meetup!
69. New podcast sharing experience (QR codes FTW!)
Weekly Update (May 6, 2025): New sharing experience, new logo & branding
Weekly Update (Apr 30, 2025): Upgrade hell & preparing v1.19
Weekly Update: What we've done last week and what we're working on next
68. Q1 Update: new features, struggles, hope
67. Attack of LLM bots
66. Lowlights of 2024 and what's up for 2025
65. The first outage and an unexpected save
64. VC-backed vs. bootstrapped startups
63. Dropping the price
62. Rejected by Apple
61. Confessions of a lonely founder, Flutter & iOS woes, app positioning
60. First haters, first violations, the launch process and smelling like teen spirit
59. Metacast for Android launched!
58. The 1 Year Anniversary
57. Positioning, power struggle, DUNS bureaucracy
56. We're back!
55. Leaving Google and Amazon to bootstrap Metacast (rerun of ep. 24)
54. How we chose the market to go after
53. How we launched Metacast in beta
52. Our first existential startup crisis
51. Post vacation guilt, writing docs, new podcast
Emergency episode
50. Year 2023 in review, plans for 2024
49. Our favorite books, podcasts, products and experiences of 2023
48. Pros and cons of working at Google and other Big Tech companies with Alex Rechevskiy
[RERUN] Brian McCullough, the host of Techmeme Ride Home and Internet History Podcast
47. Is fair equity compensation possible in a startup? with Outseta's co-founder Geoff Roberts
46. Why we build Metacast in public?
45. Lego Blocks vs. Model Airplanes of Software Products
44. Doing Agile vs. being agile with Pragmatic Programmer Dave Thomas
43. Becoming social media influencers (but not LinkedIn Lunatics)
42. Equity compensation at a pre-revenue bootstrapped startup with Jennie Buechner
41. Differentiating vs. table-stakes features, MLP vs. MVP, YC application
40. Automating mobile app releases with Tramline founders
39. Work and life in immigration
38. Wharton professor Karl Ulrich on teaching entrepreneurship and value of MBA in 2023
37. CEO vs. CTO a.k.a. Product vs. Engineering
36. Building a startup with contractors with Melissa Kwan, co-founder & CEO of eWebinar
35. Early Stage Startup Kitchen - positioning and software tools
34. How we wrote the book part 2: process, tools, publishing, ads...
33. Behind the covers of The Pragmatic Podcaster pt. 1
32. Creating a niche of your own with Corey Quinn
31. Behind the scenes (season 2!)
30. Startup Therapy with Wil Schroter and Ryan Rutan
29. The SaaS Subscription Pandemic
28. Jason Fried, Co-founder/CEO of 37signals
27. Why podcast apps suck, the "why" behind our company
26. Change is the only constant
25. How to start a podcast in 2023 / What we've learned from 25 episodes of Metacast
24-2. Non-linear career paths, culture at Google vs. Amazon
24-1. Leaving jobs at Google and Amazon to start a podcast tech company
23. Radio ain't dead, starting a company with little kids (Metasode)
22. Running a radio show with TechTalkRadio's Andy Taylor, Justin Lemme and Shawn DeWeerd
21. All Things Tangential a.k.a. Memesode
20. Benefits of Decentralization in Podcasting with Justin Jackson, Co-founder of Transistor.fm
19. Promoting Our Podcast on Social Networks (Metasode)
18. Podcast Analytics with Podder Co-founders Christian Sorensen and Antoine Mazurier
17. From Teacher to Software Engineer at Amazon
16. Women Who Code and Record Podcasts
15. The In-Person Metasode
14. Creator of Winamp and Reaper, Justin Frankel
13. The Slowsode Metasode
12. Podcasting Misadventures with Software Misadventures' Ronak Nathani and Guang Yang
11. The Metaiwan Metasode
10. Hearts in Taiwan with Angela Yu and Annie Wang
9. The Czech Police Metasode
8. SquadCast Founders on Remote Collaboration in Podcasts
7.5. Bonus Primesode: Enter Sandman, Isaac Asimov and Dogman
7. Metasode: Podcasting Hacks with editaud.io CEO Steph Colbourn
6. Podcasting Hacks with editaud.io CEO Steph Colbourn
5. The Unscheduled Reflections Metasode
4. Jake & Jonathan Do America
3. The Metasode
2. The Past and the Present of the Internet with Brian McCullough
1. Dirty Secrets of Clean Sound with Metacast Hosts Ilya Bezdelev and Arnab Deka