Ham Radio Podclass 2016

As an Apple fanboy with a collection of Apple devices, I wanted to share what motivated this experiment. I hadn’t used Apple Podcasts for my personal listening in quite a while—I mostly opened it to double-check my own podcast episodes for work. My go-to app had always been Overcast, mostly because of its smart playlisting feature. It made it super easy to organize and stay on top of my favorite shows. But one thing Apple Podcasts does really well is helping users discover new podcasts. I love that it gives you sample episodes without needing to subscribe first—that feature alone really caught my attention. While I was at an event in Chicago recently, I had a chance to chat with someone from Apple. They showed me some features I hadn’t even noticed before—like the ability to save episodes for later without subscribing to the full podcast. I’m still not a fan of how the industry has moved from saying "subscribe" to "follow," but I end up using both terms depending on the context. One of the biggest things I’ve