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The Audio Drama Directory @audiodrama.bsky.social · 7d

Looking for scary stories this Halloween season? The Audio Drama Directory presents 31 Days of Horror 2025! A full month of horror audio drama links added daily throughout October!
Find horror stories at The Audio Drama Directory:
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#audiodrama #horror #halloween

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AudioFiction.Co.Uk @audiofictioncouk.bsky.social · 10d

You want the podcasts?

You can't handle the podcasts!

www.patreon.com/posts/39-fic...

audiofiction.co.uk/forum/viewto...

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AudioFiction.Co.Uk @audiofictioncouk.bsky.social · 10d

Given it's primarily mobile nowadays (so many podcast adverts for "free spins!") I suspect it's there, but not necessarily recognised as a separate problem.

AudioFiction.Co.Uk @audiofictioncouk.bsky.social · 21d

Only five?

Impossible.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21d

dating apps should just make men list their top 5 podcasts

AudioFiction.Co.Uk @audiofictioncouk.bsky.social · 21d

Thing is, do we really mean consciousness when we say AI? I'm always a bit "AI just means the computer made a decision", which could be image analysis, predictive text or similar. It's generally a bit messy.

AudioFiction.Co.Uk @audiofictioncouk.bsky.social · 21d

I'm kinda curious whether the cafe is aware of their nature as a podcast nerd haven yet.

April @wegrowpartially.bsky.social · 21d

My boss went on vacation to Europe, and I requested that he go to Les Deux Magots in Paris to try the hot chocolate so I could live vicariously through him. (I'm a little obsessed with @theameliaproject.bsky.social)

HE BROUGHT ME BACK A CUP AND SAUCER!! 🥹😭😭

I am a very happy podcast nerd.

27 Fiction Podcasts this week - 20250914 | The Cambridge Geek

AudioFiction.Co.Uk @audiofictioncouk.bsky.social · 24d

Podcasts.

www.patreon.com/posts/27-fic...

audiofiction.co.uk/forum/viewto...

Podcasts that were made without human hands.

AudioFiction.Co.Uk @audiofictioncouk.bsky.social · 29d

And it's something I struggle with daily in my quest to catalogue all fiction podcasts. Sometimes it's very difficult to tell whether a podcast is voiced by AI, or just has a recording/editing style that makes it seem like one. Here's my current best guesses:
audiofiction.co.uk/collections/...

AI Podcasts

audiofiction.co.uk

Notebook LM: A threat to the Podcasting World

AudioFiction.Co.Uk @audiofictioncouk.bsky.social · 29d

It's something listennotes also spotted last year, and expressed a wish we all have, to have things AI automatically tagged as such:

www.listennotes.com/blog/noteboo...

Bad for Listeners. Bad for Podcast Creators. Bad for Advertisers. Bad for Hosting Platforms.

www.listennotes.com

AudioFiction.Co.Uk @audiofictioncouk.bsky.social · 29d

This is why I'm so opposed to ads on podcasts without a number of downloads gate. Only people who can put out thousands like this can monetise from it, meaning it only makes worse indie podcasts which are getting twenty downloads and no money.

AudioFiction.Co.Uk @audiofictioncouk.bsky.social · 29d

Having seen a different tweet, this *is* the quiet please people. I've been aware of them independently.

Fuck them with a rusty rake.

bsky.app/profile/meta...

Shayne Mathis @metalshayne.bsky.social · 29d

There's a lot of "Who's this even for" in the replies but the point of this business isn't to build fanbases; it's to crank out a tidal wave of cheap crap and make a little ad revenue off tens of thousands of individual episodes that people listen to accidentally or out of curiosity.

25 Fiction Podcasts this week - 20250907 | The Cambridge Geek

AudioFiction.Co.Uk @audiofictioncouk.bsky.social · 29d

I have started so many podcasts, only to be greeted by the teeth-grinding "welcome to the deep dive" from NotebookLM.

Want to see how bad it gets? Go search:

Raghvendra Singh

Or

Quiet.Please

On a podcast search. One uses ads, one uses "value 4 value" (bitcoin).

On thousands of podcasts each.

Beyond The Mac Rainbow @macrogers.bsky.social · 29d

Again, I keep coming back to the “literally one” rule: you need there to be LITERALLY ONE beloved AI-generated podcast before you’re allowed to peacock around like this.

Brett Morris @brettmorris.bsky.social · 29d

"Lazy"!

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AudioFiction.Co.Uk @audiofictioncouk.bsky.social · Sep 7

When I was a young boy...
There weren't any podcasts. But now, there are!

www.patreon.com/posts/25-fic...

audiofiction.co.uk/forum/viewto...

AudioFiction.Co.Uk @audiofictioncouk.bsky.social · Sep 6

Nothing ever beat the "Choose Your Own Leyline High Kerfuffle" series, which were evidently named mostly to avoid trademark problems, rather than for clever marketing.

Particularly enjoyed number 14, "The Never Classroom", which accidentally didn't ever end because they stuffed the numbering.

Audio Fiction Releases: A Cambridge Geek Podcast

AudioFiction.Co.Uk @audiofictioncouk.bsky.social · Sep 6

Did you want an RSS feed that's just the first episode of new fiction podcasts?

But you didn't want to listen unless it already has one thousand episodes in the feed?

Good news! Now it does.

audiofiction.co.uk/releases.php

The first episode of every new fiction podcast I find.

audiofiction.co.uk

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AudioFiction.Co.Uk @audiofictioncouk.bsky.social · Sep 6

I just want the word vodcast to come back into fashion, so people can use that instead.

AudioFiction.Co.Uk @audiofictioncouk.bsky.social · Sep 3

Meatier bass is what they use so it doesn't get stuck inside you.

AudioFiction.Co.Uk @audiofictioncouk.bsky.social · Aug 30

Ah no, to be fair. I'm a podcast bloke, so that's what I focused on.

AudioFiction.Co.Uk @audiofictioncouk.bsky.social · Aug 29

Yep. Everywhere now. And getting sneakier. Though luckily I've still only ever found the one show that tried to give a "credit" to an AI voice as if it were a real person.

AudioFiction.Co.Uk @audiofictioncouk.bsky.social · Aug 29

Also, if you don't credit your people, it is way easier to suspect AI nowadays. Perhaps not the best motivation, but I want to know you have actual actors.

wil 🦇 @itswil.bsky.social · Aug 29

credit your people. your work would not exist without them. it is easy, free, and the least you could do.

so sorry to thread on a qrt but i care about this so much, as both a podcast producer AND someone who covers podcasts!

if you want someone to write a review of your show THEY NEED THIS

stellaluna 🔜 PAX Unplugged @stellaluna.tv · Aug 29

i am once again begging actual play & podcast platforms to please list your cast & staff members somewhere — in your bio, an "about us" page, a pinned post, anything — i promise you it will help you get more clicks, partners, & sponsors in the long run. it adds accessibility & safety to your brand!

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AudioFiction.Co.Uk @audiofictioncouk.bsky.social · Aug 29

Podchaser does it.

AudioFiction.Co.Uk @audiofictioncouk.bsky.social · Aug 25

Highly recommend listening to this:
escapepod.org/2012/11/01/e...

AudioFiction.Co.Uk @audiofictioncouk.bsky.social · Aug 24

Mein gott! Podcasts!

www.patreon.com/posts/22-fic...

audiofiction.co.uk/forum/viewto...

AudioFiction.Co.Uk @audiofictioncouk.bsky.social · Aug 17

Oh ye, oh ye! 11 of the bells and all's podcasts:

www.patreon.com/posts/27-fic...

audiofiction.co.uk/forum/viewto...

And someone's helping me compile them: