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I am in a situation where I want to download a podcast, but the usual apps, Web or otherwise, don't work, most likely due to an expired certificate. For details see my question on the main site, Can I make Google Podcasts Downloader work despite expired certificate?.

I would like to find a solution, which I assume will involve using some kind of web app - so far I have tried Google podcasts, but together with a Chrome extension - but I'm also open to other solutions.

Since a user here commented that this is probably out of scope for Webapps, I'd like to have advice on which site on the SE network might be a better fit for the question.

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  • Hm. You can do it with wget, though I'm completely clueless to how I'd fit that into a question for super user or a *nixy stack
    – Journeyman Geek Mod
    Commented Jul 8, 2023 at 15:20
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    I don't know anything about podcast, but if there is some kind of software that does this, then may be you could ask about it at software recommendation
    – user13267
    Commented Jul 8, 2023 at 16:14

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The question about Google Podcast Downloader can be posted on https://superuser.com/

The question about alternatives can be posted on https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com

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    I think the podcast downloader's a webapp? So not on topic for Super User. I guess software recs could work tho
    – Journeyman Geek Mod
    Commented Jul 9, 2023 at 0:15
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    @JourneymanGeekOnStrike Chrome extension: Google Podcast Downloader
    – Franck Dernoncourt
    Commented Jul 9, 2023 at 0:17
  • Like a comment on your original question suggests, a more sophisticated solution would be to write a simple script. This should be easy enough with sed (or, ideally, a proper RSS parser) and wget or curl. These are Unix tools; something similar could probably be done on Windows using PowerShell.
    – tripleee
    Commented Jul 9, 2023 at 7:53
  • @JourneymanGeekOnStrike While it's supposed that troubleshooting questions are on-topic in Super User, I have not seen that most of them be well received, especially if the OP is not tech-savvy / an experienced troubleshooter because this will not argue the topicality of this question in Super User. P.S. It looks like Google Podcast is just a RSS aggregator. One possible solution might be to use another RSS aggregator, probably use a one that can be installed locally instead of on based that requires a web browser.
    – user1359324
    Commented Jul 9, 2023 at 19:19
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    There's nothing she can really do on her end - and the rss aggregator needs to work with broken certs. I ended up whipping up a very quick and dirty set of scripts with wget, grep and cut.
    – Journeyman Geek Mod
    Commented Jul 9, 2023 at 23:55

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