Monthly Archives: August 2026

Android's podcast ad blocking story is quieter than iOS's, but the tools that exist are, in a couple of cases, better than what iPhone users can get. Android's open networking stack means ...

Switching podcast apps is a bigger deal than most guides admit. Your queue, your playback speeds per show, your history, the muscle memory of exactly which corner of the screen the skip-forward button...

Overcast is the podcast app of choice for a lot of the people who care most about podcasts. It's built by one person, it's still updated after twelve years, and its Smart Speed feature is quie...

AdGuard and 1Blocker are the two most-installed content blockers on iOS. Both do a solid job on general web browsing. Both are advertised as "podcast ad blockers" in some corners of the inte...

If you've noticed you keep reaching for the volume knob mid-podcast, you're not imagining it. Podcast ads, particularly programmatic ones inserted via dynamic ad insertion, have quietly climbe...

Spotify serves ads on podcasts even for many listeners who thought they had them turned off. The ad load has climbed steadily over the last three years, and the mechanics of how Spotify inserts ads (d...