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There are some BBC podcasts I'd like to listen to, but I'd need to download using a VPN in the UK to avoid ads.
I'd need to download them via VPN and then make them available to myself using another feed.
Others I've just unsubscribed, ads are far too annoying and not all have paid private feeds ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Excuse me fellow commenter, but I think you dropped this: \
Thank you! I thought I lost it somewhere!