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Metacast: Behind the scenes — 85 episodes

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73. Holiday update

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

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

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70. Summer update & Metacast v1.24

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Weekly Update (Apr 30, 2025): Upgrade hell & preparing v1.19

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Weekly Update: What we've done last week and what we're working on next

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68. Q1 Update: new features, struggles, hope

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67. Attack of LLM bots

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66. Lowlights of 2024 and what's up for 2025

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65. The first outage and an unexpected save

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64. VC-backed vs. bootstrapped startups

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63. Dropping the price

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62. Rejected by Apple

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61. Confessions of a lonely founder, Flutter & iOS woes, app positioning

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60. First haters, first violations, the launch process and smelling like teen spirit

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59. Metacast for Android launched!

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58. The 1 Year Anniversary

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57. Positioning, power struggle, DUNS bureaucracy

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56. We're back!

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55. Leaving Google and Amazon to bootstrap Metacast (rerun of ep. 24)

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54. How we chose the market to go after

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53. How we launched Metacast in beta

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52. Our first existential startup crisis

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51. Post vacation guilt, writing docs, new podcast

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Emergency episode

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50. Year 2023 in review, plans for 2024

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49. Our favorite books, podcasts, products and experiences of 2023

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48. Pros and cons of working at Google and other Big Tech companies with Alex Rechevskiy

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[RERUN] Brian McCullough, the host of Techmeme Ride Home and Internet History Podcast

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47. Is fair equity compensation possible in a startup? with Outseta's co-founder Geoff Roberts

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46. Why we build Metacast in public?

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45. Lego Blocks vs. Model Airplanes of Software Products

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44. Doing Agile vs. being agile with Pragmatic Programmer Dave Thomas

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43. Becoming social media influencers (but not LinkedIn Lunatics)

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42. Equity compensation at a pre-revenue bootstrapped startup with Jennie Buechner

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41. Differentiating vs. table-stakes features, MLP vs. MVP, YC application

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40. Automating mobile app releases with Tramline founders

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39. Work and life in immigration

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38. Wharton professor Karl Ulrich on teaching entrepreneurship and value of MBA in 2023

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37. CEO vs. CTO a.k.a. Product vs. Engineering

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36. Building a startup with contractors with Melissa Kwan, co-founder & CEO of eWebinar

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35. Early Stage Startup Kitchen - positioning and software tools

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34. How we wrote the book part 2: process, tools, publishing, ads...

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33. Behind the covers of The Pragmatic Podcaster pt. 1

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32. Creating a niche of your own with Corey Quinn

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31. Behind the scenes (season 2!)

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30. Startup Therapy with Wil Schroter and Ryan Rutan

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29. The SaaS Subscription Pandemic

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28. Jason Fried, Co-founder/CEO of 37signals

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27. Why podcast apps suck, the "why" behind our company

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26. Change is the only constant

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25. How to start a podcast in 2023 / What we've learned from 25 episodes of Metacast

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24-2. Non-linear career paths, culture at Google vs. Amazon

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24-1. Leaving jobs at Google and Amazon to start a podcast tech company

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23. Radio ain't dead, starting a company with little kids (Metasode)

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22. Running a radio show with TechTalkRadio's Andy Taylor, Justin Lemme and Shawn DeWeerd

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21. All Things Tangential a.k.a. Memesode

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20. Benefits of Decentralization in Podcasting with Justin Jackson, Co-founder of Transistor.fm

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19. Promoting Our Podcast on Social Networks (Metasode)

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18. Podcast Analytics with Podder Co-founders Christian Sorensen and Antoine Mazurier

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17. From Teacher to Software Engineer at Amazon

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16. Women Who Code and Record Podcasts

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15. The In-Person Metasode

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14. Creator of Winamp and Reaper, Justin Frankel

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13. The Slowsode Metasode

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12. Podcasting Misadventures with Software Misadventures' Ronak Nathani and Guang Yang

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11. The Metaiwan Metasode

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10. Hearts in Taiwan with Angela Yu and Annie Wang

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9. The Czech Police Metasode

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8. SquadCast Founders on Remote Collaboration in Podcasts

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7.5. Bonus Primesode: Enter Sandman, Isaac Asimov and Dogman

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7. Metasode: Podcasting Hacks with editaud.io CEO Steph Colbourn

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6. Podcasting Hacks with editaud.io CEO Steph Colbourn

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5. The Unscheduled Reflections Metasode

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4. Jake & Jonathan Do America

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3. The Metasode

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2. The Past and the Present of the Internet with Brian McCullough

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1. Dirty Secrets of Clean Sound with Metacast Hosts Ilya Bezdelev and Arnab Deka