Podcast The Newsletter

Podcast The Newsletter

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๐Ÿ’ŒPodcast The Newsletter is your weekly love letter to podcasts and the people who make them.๐Ÿ’Œ

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Lauren Passell
Nov 02, 2020
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Bonjour!

This week weโ€™re getting to peek into the podcast app and listening life of Jon Christensen, co-founder of Timber.

App I use: I binge listen on Spotify because for me it has done the best job of remembering where I am in a series and letting me resume without assuming I want some new episode of some other show up next. But for those shows that I do like to stay on top of as they release episodes, I use Apple Podcasts and I even let it send me notifications.

Listening time per week: A few weeks ago I went on a road trip with my family and got in 28 glorious hours! Normally Iโ€™m lucky to get more than 8. Isnโ€™t it funny, though, how when you get hooked on a really good show you can magically create extra time that you for sure definitely never have?

When I listen: I listen to and from the grocery store and the post office. Why do they have to be so close? I also listen on jogs and walks, and a little (and sometimes a lot) every night before bed. Key listening time is doing nightly disโ€ฆ

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