Unlocking the Potential of Fiction Podcasts: A Call to Podcast App Developers

Audio that feels more like books, TV series, or movies.

The key problem we're solving is that there's so much great podcast content locked up in a two-hour-long MP3 file. How do you make the format more consumable, more discoverable? You do that by transforming it into an easier format. A short one-minute video clip is easier to consume and then discuss, versus sending a two-hour long podcast recommenda... See more

Now we get to the second part of the law: Business models need distribution. Without the ability to reach an audience, a business model cannot unlock demand and therefore fizzles out. There’s survivorship bias here; the only content that we know about and can pay for is that which has managed to reach us as consumers. Business models needs distribu

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Before I ever heard of Breaker, I wanted someone to build a “socially-sorted” podcast app that would help me listen to a wider variety of shows based on episode-level recommendations from friends