The Patreon approach works for non-news content.

But stuff like the Ezra Klein show is a mix -- some of it is more evergreen content (interviews with authors), but there's also a lot of stuff that is topical for the specific week. Getting it a week late, you might as well not get it at all.

The back catalog approach is consistent with the "news archives" approach that a lot of newspapers and magazines have -- even if you're allowed to access a certain number of free stories per month, the "archives" are all locked behind a paywall.

I think it makes sense -- the most-shared episode is probably always going to be within the most recent two, while it's the real fans who are going to go through the whole back catalog and are willing to pay.

That's my big problem with youtube premium.

I don't mind creators asking people to support them on patreon, etc. But paying $X per month and still seeing sponsored content, is kind of annoying.

At least mark the sponsored content and allow premium members to skip the video when it comes on.

Worse is when the video is targeted to the hobbyist, but is sponsored by some large customer that charges thousands of dollars for a product or service. So e.g. Altium Designer costs thousands per year. But you can only get a free 90 day subscription, at which point the license cost kicks in.

You can also say "hey google fast forward four minutes" instead of unlocking the phone and trying to hit that tiny button eight times.

> probably worth throwing them a monthly fee every once in a while to grab everything.

How would you do that though? I'm assuming Spotify and Apple Podcasts will remove your downloads once it detects your subscription has ended.

And I assume there won't be any way to just download raw MP3 files for anything in the back catalog.