Listen to podcasts in your RSS reader

A podcast is an RSS feed, and Inoreader is where your feeds already are. Follow a show, play an episode while you keep reading, queue the next ones, and read the episode when you cannot listen.

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  • FreeFollowing and listening to podcasts is free.
  • ProPro adds transcripts, topics and article versions of episodes.
A podcast episode in Inoreader with the audio player and the Transcript, Topics and Article tabs

Follow podcasts next to your feeds

Follow a show by name or by its feed address, and every episode arrives as an article with the show notes and a player.

A built-in player

Play an episode in place or in the background while you read, with speed control, skipping and a queue. In the apps, the system player keeps it going with your phone in your pocket.

Transcripts and topics

On Pro, every episode has a transcript, generated on demand, that jumps to the moment you click, and a list of topics with timestamps.

An article from every episode

On Pro, read an article written from the transcript when you want to know what an episode covers without listening to it.

Folders, filters and rules for episodes

Put shows in folders, filter episodes by title, use rules to tag or forward them, and search across show notes and transcripts. The queue is shared with text-to-speech.

Follow your first show

  1. Open Add feed and choose Podcasts. Search for the show or paste its feed address.
  2. Open an episode and press play. You can send the player to the background and keep reading, and it has controls for speed, skipping and pausing.
  3. Queue the next episodes with one click. The queue keeps playing, and you can add text-to-speech articles to it as well.
  4. If you would rather read an episode, open the Transcript, Topics or Article tab under the player.

Use cases

Keeping shows next to articles

Follow shows next to the websites and newsletters on the same subject, so the folder for a topic holds both the articles and the episodes.

Skimming long episodes

Read a two-hour interview as a list of topics with timestamps, then listen to the parts that matter.

Episodes that match a keyword

Add a filter to a show's feed that keeps only the episodes mentioning a guest or a subject, and a rule that saves them to Read later.

Frequently asked questions

How do I follow a podcast?

Open Add feed, choose Podcasts, and search for the show by name or paste its address. The show becomes a feed, and every new episode arrives as an article with the player.

Can I listen while doing something else?

Yes. On the web and in the iOS and Android apps, the player keeps playing in the background while you read or switch apps. You can pause, resume, skip and change the playback speed.

Is there a queue?

Yes. You can add an episode to the listening queue with one click. The queue also takes articles read aloud by text-to-speech, so listening continues from one to the next.

Can I read an episode instead of listening?

Yes, on Pro. Each episode has a Transcript tab, where you can click a passage to jump to that moment, a Topics tab with timestamps, and an Article tab with a written version of the episode.

Do podcasts count as feeds?

Yes. You can put them in folders, filters keep or remove episodes by title, rules tag or forward them, and search finds an episode by its description or transcript.

Does this work with private or paid podcast feeds?

Yes. Any feed address works, including the private addresses that paid shows give their subscribers.

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Text-to-speech

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