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Index every podcast someone would look for, not every feed that exists

We want to have a copy of every podcast that somebody would ever look for.

Episode 259: SlopJacked (episode page, opens in a new tab) May 1, 2026, 2:17 p.m. CT 00:25:52 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)

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Facing a flood of AI slop, Dave is trying to shift the Podcast Index's baseline from 'find every XML file with an enclosure' to 'have a copy of every podcast that somebody would ever look for.' If someone wants to find it, it should be in the index. If nobody ever wants a thing, whether you have it is like the tree falling in the woods.

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Episode 259: SlopJacked (episode page, opens in a new tab) May 1, 2026 00:26:16 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
Because if nobody ever wants a thing, then it might as well not even exist. It's sort of like the tree falling in the woods.
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