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Mark Shroyer's avatar

It's also occasionally a pain to add new private podcast URLs, sometimes taking multiple tries to work...

But Pocket Casts is still my go-to: Convenient folder organization, syncs playback and queue state well between phone/desktop/and Sonos controller, and allows private URLs.

(On that last point: Spotify has long refused to support premium podcast URLs, seemingly because they want to position themselves as the gatekeeper for paid podcast content. I'm sure they see this deal with Substack as a stepping stone along that path.)

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CTremains's avatar

Have you figured out how to get B & R premium feed in Pocket Casts? I can for my other premiums but not this one. Thanks

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Mark Shroyer's avatar

I did it by going to https://play.pocketcasts.com/podcasts and entering the private RSS URL in the "Search or enter URL" box.

It's sometimes taken multiple tries for Pocket Casts to successfully resolve new Substack feeds entered in that box, in my experience. I just kept trying (and reloading the page) until it eventually worked. Fortunately, once it was set up it's been working consistently.

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CTremains's avatar

Thank you so much. I will give it a try when home and let you know how it worked.

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