vol has been rebuilt.
you can now:
- tell vol what you want
- let it search and select the best podcast episodes for you
- listen in your own podcast player
hello again product hunt!
most days I have a showerthought like 'what would it mean to be like steve jobs?'
hands still dripping, I search for 'steve jobs' podcasts...
...but it's all motivational speeches and steve's life story.
I don't think steve was listening to motivational speeches. certainly not his own life story.
so I built vol.
vol knows more than I do about steve jobs. it knows what to search for and selects the best episodes for me.
so instead of motivational speeches, I get to imbibe the ingredients that made him:
- bauhaus,
- calligraphy
- zen buddhism
and if you remember vol from the first launch, it's been rewritten! most importantly you can now:
- tweak its selections
- you can now subscribe in any* player
have fun, let me know what podcasts you discover and tell me what vol should do next.
(*except spotify!)
Discovering podcasts has never been this easy. It actually understands what I'm looking for and delivers relevant episodes instantly. This makes me excited to explore new shows without the stress of endless browsing.
You know that feeling when you waste ages hunting for the perfect podcast episode? Love that vol just finds what I need and lets me listen in my own app—such a time saver! How does it decide which episodes to suggest?
folks I forgot that this was scheduled for today...
I decided to put the launch on ice, felt it needed a bit more polishing. I couldn't work out how to cancel a launch. so I just yeeted it into the distant future. that future was...today
...so enjoy the accidental launch!
(p.s. producthunt team if you could make it more obvious how to cancel a launch that would be great)
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Wow, this is cool. I always get lost scrolling podcast apps, never know what to play, particularly before I go out for jogging or walking. This one just picks something good for me. Love it!
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Backender.io
Discovering podcasts has never been this easy. It actually understands what I'm looking for and delivers relevant episodes instantly. This makes me excited to explore new shows without the stress of endless browsing.
vol
@william_woods I'm glad you're excited for it!
would love to hear what sorts of things you're searching for
Agnes AI
You know that feeling when you waste ages hunting for the perfect podcast episode? Love that vol just finds what I need and lets me listen in my own app—such a time saver! How does it decide which episodes to suggest?
vol
@cruise_chen it's just an LLM doing guesswork in the middle! basic stuff
This is a really cool idea, good work!!!
vol
@lachlan_dgc appreciate the kind words!
vol
folks I forgot that this was scheduled for today...
I decided to put the launch on ice, felt it needed a bit more polishing. I couldn't work out how to cancel a launch. so I just yeeted it into the distant future. that future was...today
...so enjoy the accidental launch!
(p.s. producthunt team if you could make it more obvious how to cancel a launch that would be great)
Wow, this is cool. I always get lost scrolling podcast apps, never know what to play, particularly before I go out for jogging or walking. This one just picks something good for me. Love it!
Congrats on the launch! Maybe I am not searching right, I searched for "Patrick Collison on leadership", the results were a bit random https://zacusca-backend.bnqt.autos/feed/69c9e1d7-eab4-4071-85f2-04b0474c596c/rss