Your podcasts, distilled.

Pick the podcasts you follow. BriefCast turns the episodes you choose into short audio briefings and delivers them in a private RSS feed that works in any podcast app.

Listen free: public feeds

No account needed. Search for the show name in your podcast app (Spotify, Apple Podcasts). If you can't find it, copy the feed link and add it by URL, as in step 3 below.

Top picks (English) Short English briefings from top technology and public-knowledge shows. Search for: Briefcast Top Picks
Top picks (Chinese) Short Chinese briefings from top technology and public-knowledge shows. Search for: 信息简房

How it works

  1. with your email — no password, just a magic link.
  2. Add the shows you follow, then tick the episodes you want briefed.
  3. Add your private feed to a podcast app. The feed link is an RSS link: a web address that lets a podcast app fetch your briefings. Copy it from your dashboard, then use your app's “add by URL” option and paste it:
    • Apple Podcasts (iPhone): Library → Edit → “Add a Show by URL”, paste the link, then Follow.
    • Overcast: tap + (top right) → “Add URL”, paste the link.
    • Pocket Casts: paste the link into the search bar, then Subscribe.
    Spotify can't add a private feed by URL. Keep your feed link private: anyone with it can listen.

Chinese or English briefings

Chinese-language shows are always briefed in Chinese. For English-language shows you get one language, the one you chose above.