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Best way to subscribe to podcast back-catalogs?

Posted by balooga
Tags: rss, feed, subscription, podcasts, ask.advice

Every now and then I come across a limited-run podcast that wrapped up ages ago and I want to add it to my feed. I don't want to manually click through the old episodes one by one, I want to subscribe to it as if it were being published in realtime. Are there any tools that can help me with this?

I think what I'm looking for is some sort of app that republishes an existing RSS feed with a date offset based on whatever recent date you subscribe to it. Even better would be something that lets me specify my own custom drip rate so I can binge through large catalogs at my own pace.

I've been thinking about coding something like this but I don't want to reinvent the wheel if an existing solution is already out there.

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    balooga
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    Before I posted this my searches were coming up dry, but I think the exercise of writing the question helped me mentally frame the problem. Just came across rewind.website which appears to do what...

    Before I posted this my searches were coming up dry, but I think the exercise of writing the question helped me mentally frame the problem. Just came across rewind.website which appears to do what I'm looking for. Haven't tried it yet but wanted to mention it here for posterity.

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      Douglas
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      I and the person Googling this question 5+ years from now finding this thread thank you for that. Nothing more infuriating than finding someone with a similar question, only to see themselves...

      I and the person Googling this question 5+ years from now finding this thread thank you for that. Nothing more infuriating than finding someone with a similar question, only to see themselves respond to their own query with "nvm got it!"

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