AntennaPod lets you set a automatic skip at the start and end for each pod and let's you manually skip every time you want

apple podcasts lets you skip ahead in 30 setting intervals, even through ads

Ad-free podcasts are the best podcasts.

If you don't mind paying for podcasts you have options. If you don't want to do that I'm not sure what else you can expect.

Yeah 2006-rabbit was right at the time, then the tech evolved again.

Google and Meta aren't controlling propaganda. They're just trying to make ad dollars.

Propaganda is something you lose money doing, because you're spending money (or using influence) to change minds.

Rogan says a lot of dumb shit, but I don't think he's a "free agent propagandist". I don't think he's being paid to say that dumb stuff, at least not directly. I think it's more that he either believes it or he thinks it makes for podcasts that people will download / stream. I don't think that a Swedish media giant paid him a huge sum in order to spread propaganda, I think they did it because he had a huge audience and they thought that by making him exclusive to Spotify they could corner the market on podcasts. Luckily they were completely wrong.

The Russia Today / Tenet Media event did show that some right wing podcasters accepted money to knowingly or unknowingly launder Russian propaganda. But, these were much smaller podcasters than Joe Rogan. And, it shows that instead of the major 3 networks being forced to spread American propaganda, in the current media landscape there are so many smaller podcasters that not only can the US government not control the media, they can't even prevent foreign countries from buying airtime.

IMO the whole podcast space is a free for all. There's paid-for propaganda, but only some of it is American. Not all the top podcasts that Americans listen to are even American.

They never had the power to say no to the government. The government was more restrained in telling them openly and in public what they should say. But, they mostly obeyed in advance, slanting all their stories in a way that was "patriotic" more than it was truthful.

Furry stand up comedy doesn't exactly fit in this community, so I'll stick to sharing furry comic strips here

At the moment Power Rangers. It's a fan made audio drama that retells the main events of the old 90s era show without the kid friendliness. I'm also listening to Modes of Thought in Anterran Literature, Syntax, thinking about relistening to Ars Paradoxica...among a bunch of other stuff

I am well versed in the entire Nate Bethea / November Kelly Extended Universe.

Keep a special place in my heart for No Gods No Mayors. Three of the most beautiful women in podcasting are on that show.

Famously optimistic!