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We started a new privacy podcast.
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this post was submitted on 25 Jul 2025
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Thanks for following! Out of curiosity, what's your preferred podcast client?
I'm not the person you asked, but I self-host AudioBookShelf (it's a podcast manager too), and listen to all my podcasts through its app, connected to my instance. Its app isn't as sleek or fast as Antennapod or some or the other ones, but it works fine.
That way I also automatically have all my podcasts backed up on my server too, if the creator of a podcast I listen to suddenly decides to delete everything and disappear.
Ooooh, this is interesting, and I like the backup feature. Since you mention it...I have to ask... you don't happen to have the coveted Episode 306 from Bazzell's show, do you?
-M
Nope, never heard of that podcast, sorry.
Well I just went down the rabbit hole to verify that my podcast app is simply that, and not tracking tons of data to send back to who knows where. I had been using Overcast but a few months ago changed to RSS Radio after reading a recommendation - perhaps on Reddit? RSS Radio now seems to be all but disavowed by both Dorada Software, who links from the site for it, and Maple Media Apps, LLC, who is the publisher on the app store. The app privacy cards on the iOS App Store do not instill a ton of confidence, showing: Data Used to Track You (Identifiers, Usage Data) and Data Linked to You (Usage Data)
Perhaps it's time to switch... Podverse is at least open source, although they track Usage Data and link Contact Info to you. But good ol' Overcast only has a card for Data Not Linked to You, which seems like a big improvement.
AntennaPod is the obligatory open source client.
I'm still on iOS (I know - don't yell at me) but thinking to make moves soon. I trust Android less than iOS, but perhaps GrapheneOS or something else will be for me. I'm always open to recommendations (with a minimum of yelling).
No stress! I was on iOS for a really long time, mostly out of entrenched habits, and trepidation into jumping into something like GrapheneOS. However, I did end up making the switch to Graphene, and arguably with the most restrictive settings (no Google Play Services, no Aurora Store, etc.). There was a small learning curve, maybe about a week or so, but in hind sight, it's one of the best privacy decisions I've made to date. Feel free to reach out to me on Signal or one of emails if you have questions or want to talk more in depth about it!
-M
USE GRAPHENEOS
anytime has an ios app!
The holy Data Not Collected card!
Nice find!
Good on you for the thorough research, and I like your logic. Things change fast, and it's good to have backups in place. Overcast would probably be my choice if using iOS. I wish there were more open source and privacy-friendly versions available.
-M