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# Free Culture Podcasts
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## History
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The project dates back to 2013 when the idea of keeping a list of Linux,
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Making, Hacking and other technical podcasts was suggested. Various attempts
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to build such a system were made, culminating in a Perl script called
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`feedWatcher` which maintained a SQLite database of podcast feeds.
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For the FOSDEM meeting of 2020 a table was obtained to represent as many of
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the Free Culture podcasts whose details could be collected. The name *Free
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Culture Podcasts* was used, a website created
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(<https://freeculturepodcasts.org>) and `feedWatcher` enhanced to generate the
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HTML to populate it.
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Other reports were generated for handouts, etc. The FOSDEM table was deemed a
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success as it created a fair bit of interest.
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## Post COVID
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Another table was requested at FOSDEM for the 2023 meeting, which unlike the
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previous years, was in-person.
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## The `feedWatcher` script and the database
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No significant development has been carried out since 2020. The script is
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still capable of generating HTML reports and other listings using `TT²`
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(Template Toolkit) templates.
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More podcast URLs have been added to the database. Several were provided by
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the HPR host 'norrist'. A process of scanning the `#podcast` hashtag on
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Mastodon has also turned up some potential additions.
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The original design of the script was to be able to scan feeds already in the
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database to determine their status. This was planned to enable deleted and
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*fading* feeds to be spotted. As feeds are loaded into the database details of
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their enclosures are also stored, so it is possible to give statistics about
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feed activity.
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Unfortunately, the scan function was not implemented in 2020 and has not been
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added since, so this feature is not available yet.
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