Hard-coded recommendations list
We want to have a few recommended podcasts in the Discovery view that people can get started with without having to manually hunt down RSS URLs. We'll initially just have a curated list of hardcoded URLs, and later move to something more automated, like the Top iTunes charts for the last quarter.
We're aiming for a list of about 20 general-interest, beginner-friendly podcasts that we don't get into trouble for recommending. I'm fine with including a few free software related ones, but I'd like the majority of the recommendations to be accessible/interesting to anyone, not just free software people.
Here are a few to make a start:
Internet/Tech:
- Reply All
Design/Architecture:
- 99% Invisible
Trivia/Comedy:
- Omnibus
Language:
- The Allusionist
Music:
- Song Exploder
Science:
- You Are Not So Smart
History:
- Hardcore History
- The Memory Palace
- Revolutions
Edit: Here's a mockup of what this could look like. This view would be opened from the + button on the main view.