How do I submit my podcast?

You can submit your podcast RSS feed via our submission portal or by using the POST /api/v1/podcasts endpoint documented on the API Docs page.

Are there API rate limits?

Yes, currently the unauthenticated API is limited to 100 requests per IP per hour. Authenticated applications will have higher tiers in the future.

Is the code open source?

While parts of the PlatPhorm Network are open, PlatPhorm Radio is currently a proprietary application powered by open protocols like RSS and Atom.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to common questions about listening, submissions, and APIs.

What is PlatPhorm Radio?⌄

PlatPhorm Radio is an intelligent, free podcast streaming platform powered by real-time sentiment analysis and generative visuals. It is the audio streaming wing of the PlatPhorm News Network ecosystem, designed to make discovering and listening to podcasts more interactive and insightful.

How do I submit my own podcast?⌄

You can paste public links from Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, SoundCloud, Audius, LibriVox, Wikimedia Commons, Vimeo, Mixcloud, Archive.org, Shoutcast, Icecast, and independent sites. The deterministic intake layer unwraps share text, Markdown, iframe HTML, feed URIs, provider app URIs, and malformed duplicated links before checking RSS, Atom, JSON Feed, Media RSS, JSON:API, oEmbed, M3U, PLS, XSPF, HLS, DASH, and direct public media. Access-gated or non-media resources remain attributed metadata instead of being mislabeled playable.

Is it really free?⌄

Yes. The platform is free to use for listeners, with no paywall for core listening features.

How does sentiment analysis work?⌄

The app analyzes title/description text signals to estimate sentiment states. That output powers visual tone and helps with recommendation context.

Do you provide an API?⌄

Yes. The platform exposes REST APIs and MCP endpoints for discovery and integrations. See /api/docs for endpoint details.

Prompted discovery

Pick a trail through the index

Each card becomes a real search across indexed feeds, episodes, archives, and public providers. Refresh for another five ideas from the shared suggestion catalog.

Iconic live sets

Alanis Morissette · Woodstock 1999

Festival recordings and contemporary coverage

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Near me

Winchester, Virginia

Local stations, shows, reporting, and archives

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Turn it up

Live rock and roll

Concert tapes, radio, interviews, and playlists

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Cult classics

Bill and Ted

Soundtracks, cast interviews, and cultural history

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Animated archive

Rick and Morty

Music, episodes, creators, and public recordings

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Plain-language service notes

How this library works

What can I add?

Paste a public feed, episode, station, playlist, channel, archive item, or direct stream. The resolver recognizes RSS and Atom, JSON Feed 1.1, Media RSS, oEmbed, JSON:API, HLS, DASH, FLAC, common audio and video files, and supported podcast or music platform links. One source may produce a show, channel, playlist, and many playable entries.

What is stored?

The public record keeps the submitted URL, canonical publisher URL, normalized metadata, attribution, media variants, analysis, votes, flags, and application-added notes. New submissions persist to the shared library and appear by date for later visitors. Media bytes stay with the publisher unless an explicitly permitted archive operation is requested. Internet Archive records retain their item and file provenance.

What happens when I press play?

PlatPhorm verifies an in-app playback path before showing Play. A short-lived Cloudflare relay normalizes safe range requests and rewrites HLS child references while the canonical source remains visible. If an original file is restricted, the player may choose a matching publisher-provided derivative and reports that fallback. Nothing silently opens another site. Search, recommendations, analysis, playback, and single-source additions are public; destructive and bulk operator actions remain protected. Read the privacy policy or inspect the API contract.