<p>Right now, I am currently subscribed to 170 podcasts. And while I don&#39;t necessarily listen to every episode of every podcast I subscribe to, it does lead to my podcast queue to become rather unruly.</p>
<p>Right now, my queue stands at 283 episodes totaling over 250 hours worth of content. The funny thing is that it was over 900 episodes before I got a new iPhone and ended up clearing out a lot of my queue due to a sync issue with PocketCasts. I probably could have recovered most of it, but given the large number and how old some of the episodes were, I took it as a chance to trim the queue.</p>
<p>I don&#39;t really know what a good solution is. I go through my “new” filter and archive the episodes I know I don&#39;t have an interest in, queue the ones I do and see the queue count grow.</p>
<p>I try to keep up with it, but I don&#39;t always get the chance to listen on a regular basis. If I&#39;m deep in thought trying to solve a difficult task at work, music ends up being a better option as I don&#39;t have to keep track of the story or discussion. Nothing is more frustrating than missing several minutes worth of discussion because you&#39;re focused on something else, then are trying to catch up with what you missed. This is a case where me listening at podcasts at 2x speed might not be the most helpful.</p>
<p>It&#39;s a shame really because many of the podcasts I listen to are interesting and I WANT to listen to them all, but might just be resigned to having a queue that dates back 6+ months. The best “process” I have going at the moment is to just archive the episode I&#39;m listening to if it doesn&#39;t grab my attention after 5-10 minutes.</p>
<p>Are there any tools or apps that you can think of that might help keep my queue a little more organized? I currently use PocketCasts to listen to podcasts with a filter for all new podcasts. I generally add most episodes to the end of the queue so I listen to the oldest episodes first.</p>


Handling an Unruly Podcast Queue

<p>A little light this week. Identity thieves targeted a credit reporting agency, a look at the podcasting market, and more.</p>
<h2 id="in-depth">In Depth</h2>
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    source=&quot;Nilay Patel&quot;
    title=&quot;What is chokepoint capitalism, with authors Cory Doctorow and Rebecca Giblin&quot;
    url=&quot;<a href="https://www.theverge.com/23547877/decoder-chokepoint-capitalism-cory-doctorow-rebecca-giblin-spotify-ticketmaster-antitrust&quot;">https://www.theverge.com/23547877/decoder-chokepoint-capitalism-cory-doctorow-rebecca-giblin-spotify-ticketmaster-antitrust&quot;</a></p>
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<pre><code>I read this *Chokepoint Capitalism* last year and even wrote [a post reviewing it](https://kpwags.com/posts/2022/12/07/chokepoint-capitalism-a-review). I think in today&#39;s current market, it&#39;s important to keep in mind how corporations are affecting the ability of people to make a living.
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<p>&lt;InDepthNotes
    source=&quot;Dylan Roth&quot;
    title=&quot;Deep Space Nine was ahead of its time for all the reasons it was Star Trek&#39;s &#39;problem child&#39;&quot;
    url=&quot;<a href="https://www.polygon.com/23547617/deep-space-nine-star-trek-ds9-watch-analysis&quot;">https://www.polygon.com/23547617/deep-space-nine-star-trek-ds9-watch-analysis&quot;</a></p>
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<pre><code>Star Trek DS9 is my absolute favorite TV series, it&#39;s the series I very often re-watch. It was the first Star Trek series to have an overarching story across all episodes. With *The Original Series* and *The Next Generation*, you could just turn an episode on and generally be fine. DS9 broke that mold which would occasionally make it hard to fully understand what was going on in some episodes. It was also based on a space station rather than a moving starship.

It dove into some ethical gray areas and didn&#39;t have the same feel of “Utopia” that was often seen in *The Next Generation*. It didn&#39;t pull punches. It also had two of the best villains in all of Trek. While I&#39;m sure the statute of limitations is over for spoilers given that the series ended over 20 years ago, but I would highly recommend this series.
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<h2 id="link-blast">Link Blast</h2>
<h3 id="👨🏼💻-software-development--design">👨🏼‍💻 Software Development &amp; Design</h3>
<p><a href="https://johnnyreilly.com/2022/09/20/react-usesearchparamsstate">React: storing state in URL with URLSearchParams</a> <em>(John Reilly)</em></p>
<p><a href="https://endjin.com/blog/2023/01/dotnet-csharp-lazy-async-initialization">Lazy and once-only C# async initialization</a> <em>(Ian Griffiths)</em></p>
<h3 id="🖥-technology--the-internet">🖥 Technology &amp; the Internet</h3>
<p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/01/apple-rolls-out-ai-narrated-audiobooks-and-its-probably-the-start-of-trend/">Apple rolls out AI-narrated audiobooks, and it&#39;s probably the start of a trend</a> <em>(Samuel Axon)</em></p>
<p><a href="https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/01/identity-thieves-bypassed-experian-security-to-view-credit-reports/">Identity Thieves Bypassed Experian Security to View Credit Reports</a> <em>(KrebsOnSecurity)</em></p>
<h3 id="📈-business--finance">📈 Business &amp; Finance</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/your-coworkers-are-less-ambitious-bosses-adjust-to-the-new-order-11672441067">Your Coworkers Are Less Ambitious; Bosses Adjust to the New Order</a> <em>(Lindsay Ellis &amp; Ray A. Smith)</em></p>
<p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-04/the-great-podcasting-market-correction">The Great Podcasting Market Correction</a> <em>(Ashley Carman &amp; Lucas Shaw)</em></p>
<h3 id="🎧-podcasts">🎧 Podcasts</h3>
<p><a href="https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/119/">Darknet Diaries #119: Hot Wallets</a></p>
<p><a href="https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/meet-us-by-the-fountain/">99% Invisible #495: Meet Us by the Fountain</a></p>
<p><a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/103-pieces-of-advice-that-may-or-may-not-work/">Freakonomics #507: 103 Pieces of Advice That May or May Not Work</a></p>
<h3 id="🎒-everything-else">🎒 Everything Else</h3>
<p><a href="https://cdevroe.com/2023/01/11/blogging-is-alive">Blogging is alive and well</a> <em>(Colin Devroe)</em></p>
<h3 id="🎵-a-song-to-leave-you-with">🎵 A Song to Leave You With</h3>
<h4 id="fireworks---arrows">Fireworks - Arrows</h4>
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A little light this week. Identity thieves targeted a credit reporting agency, a look at the podcasting market, and more.

Reading Log - January 13 (#14)

<p>I&#39;ve been finally catching up on my (all-too-massive) podcast backlog and figured I&#39;d place a shout-out to the podcast Chats with Kent.</p>
<p>For fellow devs out there, I&#39;d recommend subscribing to and listening to it. I&#39;m currently on the 4th season and he has some great chats with various developers with a wide variety of backgrounds.</p>
<p>Go <a href="https://kentcdodds.com/chats/04">give it a listen</a></p>


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