[swyx]

ok i listen to a lot of podcasts and fundamentally dont understand why there is this small group of people who have this deep desire for a desktop podcast client. I don't question that these people exist, but I just don't understand why they prefer desktop over mobile especially when headphones are wireless/you can connect to bluetooth speakers. mobile dominates in every aspect.

[eddieroger]

I've been struggling with this, too, but then I realized that even through my home office has a bookshelf receiver that has Spotify capability, as does my iPhone, I still have Spotify installed on my Mac, and use it from time to time. As someone who jumps on video chats or calls pretty regularly, it's nice to have a keyboard key that can stop my music without the need to hop devices. Likewise, if I'm wearing my headphones already, I won't need to switch devices to the computer when one of those calls starts. There are reasons, I guess, and managed to talk myself in to a few.

[djeikyb]

Often I'm on my laptop doing something and want to listen to a podcast. Why should I use two computers instead of just the one? Why should I expend both batteries? Also, my macbook does wireless speakers just fine..

[ajmurmann]

I've given up on finding a good desktop app. I'd like one though. When I'm in my home office I want to use the speakers built into my thunderbolt display and not the phone speakers or headphones. In practice I'm playing podcasts via phone and music via laptop/thunderbolt display. That's because Google Play Music since perfectly and is good for music, but the iPhone podcast app doesn't.

[chipotle_coyote]

I admit that the times I want to play podcasts over my iMac speakers, I use Rogue Amoeba's "Airfoil Satellite" running on the Mac so I can airplay to it. Obviously this is a macOS/iOS-specific solution, but it works well enough.

Having said that, in practice I tend to just play podcasts over a Bluetooth speaker (a JBL Flip for years, but as of yesterday a Bose SoundLink Mini II, as the Flip's battery life is down to well under an hour and it was time for a replacement/upgrade).

[tommorris]

Because I'm using my desktop for eight hours a day. I have media keys. I need to use the audio functionality on my computer (for phone calls/video calls etc.)

Also, because my laptop has a much more usable interface (keyboard and mouse) than my phone.