This project spawned from a conversation I had with a friend about audio books and podcasts. He was not a big fan of them, and when I asked him what would get him to listen he replied;
"If there was a podcast that read the top TIL posts from Reddit I might find that worth listening to."
A daily TIL Recap Podcast? That sounded entertaining to me, but also sounded like a lot of time for an individual to dedicate to everything it takes to produce a podcast every single day. That is when it hit me, why couldn't a program be made to do all this?
The TIL Reddit Recap podcast is an application written using JavaScript and the NodeJS framework. The application completes the following tasks on a daily schedule to produce the automated audio podcast:
The application is scheduled to produce a new podcast every day at 1:30 PM PST and can be found on iTunes or by subscribing to the podcast feed directly at
Donations are needed to help cover hosting and future improvements. If you enjoy the show and feel you get some value from listening, then maybe you will be willing to help support the show. A little goes a long way, anything can help. Thanks!
