Metacast: Behind the scenes podcast

Metacast: Behind the scenes

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Metacast is a podcast app for podcast lovers. We are building a powerful tool that helps you get the most out of podcasts. Auto-generated transcripts and chapters allow you to quickly skim episodes, search for content, and bookmark segments. Chapters, automated playlists, listening history & stats, and much more is coming. On this podcast, co-founders of Metacast talk about building the company and the product.

Metacast is a podcast app for podcast lovers. We are building a powerful tool that helps you get the most out of podcasts. Auto-generated transcripts and chapters allow you to quickly skim episodes, search for content, and bookmark segments. Chapters, automated playlists, listening history & stats, and much more is coming. On this podcast, co-founders of Metacast talk about building the company and the product.

 

#83

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

We celebrate Metacast's one-year "survivalversary" with a special $10/year sale and share ... more

13 Oct 2025

26 MINS

26:15

13 Oct 2025


#82

70. Summer update & Metacast v1.24

What we've been up to in the second half of the summer + update on the just released Metac... more

11 Sep 2025

41 MINS

41:30

11 Sep 2025


#81

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

We've GA-ed private podcasts! In this episode, we talk about the feature, the extra perks ... more

26 Jul 2025

14 MINS

14:01

26 Jul 2025


#80

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

We're on the finishing line to launch private podcasts in GA, but it takes a while because... more

15 Jul 2025

08 MINS

08:26

15 Jul 2025


#79

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

Preparing to launch private podcasts, marketing projects, ops stuff, and a huge (with a ca... more

03 Jul 2025

12 MINS

12:26

03 Jul 2025


#78

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

Every week, we meet for a standup. We summarize our progress in short weekly updates that ... more

13 Jun 2025

11 MINS

11:12

13 Jun 2025


#77

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

Every week, we meet for a standup. We summarize our progress in short weekly updates that ... more

24 May 2025

09 MINS

09:39

24 May 2025


#76

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

In this episode we discuss why and how we built the new sharing experience (see [blog post... more

14 May 2025

44 MINS

44:35

14 May 2025


#75

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

Every Tuesday, we meet for a weekly standup. We summarize our progress in short weekly upd... more

07 May 2025

11 MINS

11:51

07 May 2025


#74

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

Every Tuesday, we meet for a weekly standup. We summarize our progress in short weekly upd... more

30 Apr 2025

08 MINS

08:14

30 Apr 2025


#73

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

Every Tuesday, we meet for a weekly standup. We'll summarize our progress in short weekly ... more

22 Apr 2025

11 MINS

11:04

22 Apr 2025


#72

68. Q1 Update: new features, struggles, hope

In this episode we recap our Q1: what we shipped, distribution challenges, siloing enginee... more

17 Apr 2025

49 MINS

49:18

17 Apr 2025


#71

67. Attack of LLM bots

Our website got slammed by LLM bots from Amazon and Anthropic, which could've cost us $7k ... more

27 Feb 2025

32 MINS

32:12

27 Feb 2025


#70

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

In the first episode of 2025, we discuss the lowlights of last year and sharing our high-l... more

29 Jan 2025

47 MINS

47:27

29 Jan 2025


#69

65. The first outage and an unexpected save

In this holiday edition episode, we discuss the past year's highlights, a recent outage, a... more

18 Dec 2024

44 MINS

44:25

18 Dec 2024


#68

64. VC-backed vs. bootstrapped startups

We've chatted with a VC-backed founder who is on the brink of closing shop. Listen to our ... more

13 Nov 2024

41 MINS

41:18

13 Nov 2024


#67

63. Dropping the price

We've launched with a price of $49.99/year, but we realized it's too high. We're lowering ... more

17 Oct 2024

30 MINS

30:51

17 Oct 2024


#66

62. Rejected by Apple

We've launched Metacast in Apple App Store. In this episode, we talk about the process and... more

02 Oct 2024

35 MINS

35:05

02 Oct 2024


#65

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

In this episode we discuss a couple of weeks when our Slack went silent, a slow grind to l... more

18 Sep 2024

38 MINS

38:01

18 Sep 2024


#64

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

We've launched Metacast on Android. In this episode, we talk about the feedback we receive... more

04 Sep 2024

41 MINS

41:31

04 Sep 2024


#63

59. Metacast for Android launched!

Big announcement - we've launched Metacast on Android in Google Play Store! In this episod... more

14 Aug 2024

34 MINS

34:00

14 Aug 2024


#62

58. The 1 Year Anniversary

It’s been a year since we started working on Metacast. In this episode Arnab and Ilya refl... more

17 Jul 2024

55 MINS

55:54

17 Jul 2024


#61

57. Positioning, power struggle, DUNS bureaucracy

We're discussing the dilemma of positioning Metacast as both powerful and simple, break do... more

17 May 2024

30 MINS

30:07

17 May 2024