A week ago or so, I asked whether there would be any interest in an OTR-Cast hosted here. I’ve decided against it, for a number of reasons.

1) Not a lot of interest. There were publicly two comments, and a bunch made privately, but I have to admit I’m not up for doing this for only 20 people or so.

2) Leeches. I’ve been giving some considerable thought to what I could post here, and I wanted to post shows not widely available. This leaves me open to the same nonsense I used to have to deal with back when I posted shows to the The Nostalgia Pages (you know, back before the word “podcast” was invented and promoted) - leeches who sell MP3 files they never encoded at a profit. Routinely, when I’d post something not in general circulation, it would only take a day or three for the shows to be posted on certain auction sites as “RARE!” “NEW!” and the like. Damnitall, I love this hobby, but I’m not in the mood to make money for the leeches who download shows freely given and feather their own nests with ‘em, giving nothing back to the hobby.
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