I'm half-joking, but I could use a "not just two guys joking around" tag. There's so many podcasts out there where I check them out because the topic sounds interesting but most of the episode time is given to 'two guys joking around'.
Maybe change "0 comments" to something like "Start a discussion" when there are no comments. Makes it seem like a graveyard when they're all empty.
First impression (Macbook Air 11"): 2/3 of the page are header and filters, I can view only 2 posts at first glance. That's pretty different from the functional design of HN.
I love that it's by episode and not the entire show.<p>While I don't know that I'd be a regular user or start discussions (I usually listen to episodes weeks after they come out), it's a cool tool for episode discovery.
I could really use something like this. It's a recurring problem I have: finding interesting podcast material to listen to while working out.<p>Podcast suggestions should remain on the front page longer than articles do in HN though. Since listening to a podcast is way more time consuming than reading an article.<p>Thanks for sharing!
You should scrape Reddit eg <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/podcasts/comments/4e9idv/weekly_podcast_post_submit_your_links_here/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/podcasts/comments/4e9idv/weekly_pod...</a>
Very cool idea. I often struggle to think of a podcast when I really need one.<p>One of the challenges here is that, apparently, podcasts don't have very descriptive names. Maybe it's because HN has the same regular topics floating through, but I feel like I get a lot more of a preview from titles on HN than I do by things like...<p>"The Archers"<p>"Hello Internet #60: The Beautiful Game"<p>"Harmontown"<p>I suppose there's an expectation that podcasts don't need explanatory names because, well, they're not always about a specific thing and because they're expecting regular listeners to tune in. Perhaps find a way to automatically include the description of the podcast itself and/or encourage users to do the same manually?
Has anyone else tuned in to Chris Gethard? His podcast "Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People" is great. It's like an evolution of "This American Life". Unedited, one hour discussions with random people, and Chris is a <i>really</i> good interviewer of random people. My favorite is his interview with " Ron Paul's baby" [1]. If you can get to the part where he starts talking about a carnival baby (15 or 30 mins in), it is hilarious from there forward.<p>[1] <a href="http://www.earwolf.com/episode/ron-pauls-baby/" rel="nofollow">http://www.earwolf.com/episode/ron-pauls-baby/</a>
Awesome job.<p>It seems you're missing a trick by not adding a player directly on your site.<p>No good reason to leave your site and listen to the podcast that is discovered.<p>Also, you could have a url that would auto play the currently highest rated podcast:<p><a href="https://podcastrank.co/best" rel="nofollow">https://podcastrank.co/best</a><p>And also a radio version that cycled through the front page from top to bottom:<p><a href="https://podcastrank.co/radio" rel="nofollow">https://podcastrank.co/radio</a>
This is awesome! I'm an avid listener of podcasts, because I can learn stuff, listen to great people and interviews, broaden my ideas... All during what would otherwise be downtime (walking the dog, grocery shopping, driving, etc.)<p>There are some podcasts which I consider vital, but for most I don't care about the podcast itself but for the content of a given episode.<p>This app is awesome because it detaches content from podcast and helps discover cool episodes.<p>Wish you lots of luck!
Getting 500 errors on podcast comment/show pages. I get the idea though, I'm just not sure this is the best way to discover podcasts. To checkout a podcast takes quite a bit more time relative to a news article / blog post.<p>I think that this has the same issues as <a href="https://www.producthunt.com/podcasts" rel="nofollow">https://www.producthunt.com/podcasts</a>, for me at least.
How did you implement scoring system? Is it simple: select max(score) from casts where submit_time > NOW - 7days; or something more sophisticated <a href="https://medium.com/hacking-and-gonzo/how-hacker-news-ranking-algorithm-works-1d9b0cf2c08d" rel="nofollow">https://medium.com/hacking-and-gonzo/how-hacker-news-ranking...</a> ?
I like this idea, but there's no interactivity (AFAICT) with my podcast app. I use the Pocket Casts app exclusively for all my podcast listening. I'd love if clicking one of these links could open the podcast in the app for me. I have no interest in browsing some podcaster's blog or listening through my browser.<p>Obviously I could look up specific episodes in my app after seeing it on your site, but that's annoying enough that I don't think I would keep it up.<p>An alternative idea is to build an app from this idea. I know that's a lot of work, but I might pay for that if it is a really good podcasting app. Look to Pocket Casts for inspiration.
I've been looking for something like this--podcast discovery is severely lacking right now(or I don't know where to look!). Excited to try this out--thanks!<p>I'll be sure to get to send you some feedback once I've used it for a while. :)
Awesome, though I'd love to see a line or two under the title with the show notes (if they have them embedded). For those not already knowing about the hilarious podcast, The title is precious little to go on.
Immediately discovered at least a half dozen 'casts I was unaware of and will now listen to. Thank you!<p>Weirdly fascinating to see BBC Radio 4's long running agricultural soap 'The Archers' on the list.
This looks really interesting. One thing I noticed is that you do not have a section for sports podcasts. Is that not your target demographic or just nothing was submitted in that area yet?
Why is there no downvoting? Or do you feel your algorithm handles that?<p>There was an episode of on podcast I listen to I thought was really poor, and would have voted down. left a comment instead
Cool, I immediately registered and posted a link (The Ray Wenderlich podcast). Two suggestions though, iTunes, Google, etc. already have decently robust search around podcasts, do you have any plans to reach out to various dev communities (reddit, iOS, Rails, whatever) and getting them to come to you? And then I think the tag system is crucial, for instance tags can't be given a space and custom tags are much less likely to get lots of content then presets.<p>Awesome project!
Awesome site :) I get most of my HN info through the JSON feed. It might be something to implement in the future - I'd be delighted to add it to my script.
What about adding additional tags or attributes so we can filter by length of time, date published (vs date submitted to your site), publisher (npr, radiotopia, etc), guests (i.e., i liked this guest on Marc Maron's podcast, where else can I find him?), or sub-genre (i like true crime podcasts and sometimes I get that on Criminal, sometimes I get that on This American Life)
Does anyone have an efficient way to consume podcasts? If I want to quickly read an article I can skim certain sections and skip others etc., but there is rarely such indexing for a podcast and I would have to skip forward, listen for a lot of seconds to get context before I know if it's somewhere to skip past or not.
I like this, but I think it needs a little more emphasis on the UX of what you are going to listen to and for how long. Perhaps even embed the player under the link?<p>How about a play count as a measure of popularity instead of just discussions? HN works because it abstracts user behaviour to a points score.
It's halfway there for me - or at least, half of my expectations of what it would be. I was hoping it would be more along the lines of (or additionally) an HN for new podcasts. Over time, the front page will soon be a rotating list of the same selection of programmes, won't it?
Thanks for sharing your work.<p>Would you consider adding a "gaming" category?<p>Can you change the subscription confirmation email subject to include your site's title?<p>From "Confirmation instructions" to "PodcastRank Confirmation Instructions"?<p>Looks great!
I really like this idea. But I find it somewhat annoying that the "new" tab also sort by popularity. Shouldn't it only sort by posting date?
Um, it's not fair to liken yourself to hacker news when you refuse to give me a podcast without entering my email. And appear to be full of ads.<p>{Edit: Intensify discontent after trying to use)
I'd start submitting your site to different subreddits to ensure a diverse selection in your listings. Hold off on submitting to Designer News though, until you improve the site UX. As it is now, they will completely ignore it.<p>Still, it looks like you're off to a good start!
The site is a bit odd without JavaScript enabled (I have noscript) all the arrows don't work. Not a big deal for me I can just enable it back, but for others it might be. SVG's could be used instead of fonts for icons.