435: ‘Lincoln Bio Services’, With Stephen Robles

Special guest Stephen Robles joins the show. Topics include indie media and YouTube, Shortcuts and automation, and the state of podcasting.

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Transcripts: Unofficial but surprisingly good (podsearch.david-smith.org/shows/11).

Links:

• Stephen goes indie:
• Stephen’s YouTube channel (youtube.com/@beardfm).

• Announcement: “I Don't Have a Job Anymore, Thanks to You (youtube.com/watch?v=3528SDccpjQ)”.

• Video: “These Shortcuts Are Magic (youtube.com/watch?v=XCQH-KF6Sys)”.

• Primary Technology (primarytech.fm): Stephen's podcast, with cohost Jason Aten.
• Episode 74, May 2025, with yours truly as a guest (primarytech.fm/74).

• Apple Podcasts and AI-generated chapters:
• Apple Podcasts for Creators: “Enhance Your Episodes With Chapters, Links, and More (podcasters.apple.com/support/5545-enhance-epis…)”.

• Daring Fireball: “Apple Podcasts Is Adding AI-Generated Chapters for Podcasts Without Chapters (daringfireball.net/linked/2025/11/05/apple-pod…)”.

• Primary Technology discussion (youtu.be/KTGMwCvePgc?t=782&si=Lm95TULsgs8V…).

• Beard.fm: “Apple’s Losing Its Podcast Legacy (beard.fm/blog/apple-losing-podcast-legacy-2025)”.

• Downie (software.charliemonroe.net/downie), a fantastic Mac app for downloading local copies of videos from the web (especially YouTube).
• Daring Fireball post on Downie 4 (daringfireball.net/linked/2025/02/26/downie-4), from early this year.

• Transloader (eternalstorms.at/transloader) — Apps from Eternal Storms that allow you to initiate downloads on a Mac remotely from an iPhone, iPad, or another Mac.

• F-Bomb paperweight (uncommongoods.com/product/f-bomb-paperweight/2…) at sponsor Uncommon Goods.

This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.