"petty technical detail: I need to be able to download the MP3 file before I can listen to your podcasts (due to the obsolete technology in my old Dodge pickup), so I patiently wait for the ungated versions."
It can be done, if you have a browser that can parse the xml created by the substack system. Pale Moon can do it.
I was thinking that I would like more basic genetics stuff. For example, a convergent evolution explainer. How cool is that as a concept? And yet I probably don't understand it well.
Chromium on a Raspberry Pi, so the details are different, but you pointed me in the right direction.
"petty technical detail: I need to be able to download the MP3 file before I can listen to your podcasts (due to the obsolete technology in my old Dodge pickup), so I patiently wait for the ungated versions."
It can be done, if you have a browser that can parse the xml created by the substack system. Pale Moon can do it.
In the player box on the substack page e.g.: https://razib.substack.com/p/judge-glock-its-still-morning-in
Go to the box "Listen On" click the down arrow it will scroll down a box that is labeled Substack App click on "Copy Link"
Paste the link you copied into the browser address bar and go.
The page will list the podcast and in a box labeled media files it will show a link like:
cee1ce3b1bcbacaffc1e81708c52afc9.mp3
right click on the link and click on "Save Link As"
I was thinking that I would like more basic genetics stuff. For example, a convergent evolution explainer. How cool is that as a concept? And yet I probably don't understand it well.
I thought I was the only Indian (Hindu). Now I don't feel special
Books, what else?
I follow this very closely.
Alas there are none!
Don't think my response was recorded looking through the Google docs you posted. Oh well 😑