Description

We had our first existential crisis when Apple announced that they're adding transcripts to Apple Podcasts. We panicked for a few minutes, regrouped, and decided to ship Metacast in open beta ASAP.

On the episode, Arnab, Ilya and Jennie discuss the whole ordeal as it was happening.

Get Metacast at ⁠metacast.app⁠.

Join the r/metacastapp subreddit.

Chapters

• 01:09 - Launch stages at Google and Amazon
• 07:21 - Our secret sauce
• 13:00 - Why we decided to start talking about the app openly
• 17:22 - Our first existential crisis
• 31:07 - Re-evaluation of priorities
• 34:35 - Building a community on Reddit
• 38:03 - Books and podcasts recommendations

Links

Metacast

• Get Metacast for iOS and Android
• r/metacastapp subreddit

Podcasts

• Interview with Christian Selig on Builders Gonna Build
• Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness
• The Game w/ Alex Hormozi

Books

• Broken Code: Inside Facebook and the Fight to Expose Its Harmful Secrets by Jeff Horwitz
• The Wanderer by Sharon Creech
• The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. & E. B. White
• Learn Spanish with Paul Noble for Beginners by Paul Noble
• Next Steps in Spanish with Paul Noble for Intermediate Learners by Paul Noble
• Bone by Jeff Smith
• Sandman by Neil Gaiman
• Dog Man by Dav Pilkey
• We Are Legion (We Are Bob): Bobiverse, Book 1 by Dennis E. Taylor
• Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Shows

• Queer Eye on Netflix

Download the Metacast podcast app for free

• iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/metacast/id6462012536
• Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.metacast.podcast.player

Get in touch

• Contact us: hello@metacastpodcast.com
• Ilya's LinkedIn
• Arnab's LinkedIn