Steadcast – Free Mac podcast player for learning, not background noise

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Hey HN — I'm Aaron, and I built Steadcast because I was frustrated that I listen to 15+ hours of podcasts a week and retain almost none of it.Steadcast is a native macOS podcast player (Swift, SwiftUI, AVFoundation — no Electron) designed around one idea: podcasts are how a lot of us learn now, but no podcast app actually treats them that way.What makes it different:• Learning domains, not genres. The app is organized around 10 knowledge domains (AI, science, history, philosophy, psychology, etc.) with 90+ editorially curated shows. No true crime, no celebrity gossip.* On-device transcription. Every episode gets transcribed locally using the macOS 26 Speech framework. Every word becomes sear

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Website: steadcast.co