Vignettes: Fathom

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AI podcast clipping: would you like that small, medium, or large?

Fathom has the ability to create a clip from any point in any podcast, and the best part—it uses cutting edge AI to "grab" the whole thought or idea you were in the middle of. But how do you design an interface that allows you to choose the length of the clip without doing any intense editing?

Designing a sleep timer

What's the easiest way to set a sleep timer on a podcast player that also supports podcast chapters?

Designing a queue

Adding podcasts to your queue, sending them to top, removing them, re-arranging them, etc.

Simplifying the UI

Fathom lets you listen to podcast clips, which introduces a new UX as far as most podcast apps go. How do we possibly simplify the experience without alienating the user?

Threading the needle: how to follow people that appear on different podcasts

Theoretically, we could detect people in podcasts in any capacity just using transcripts. Whether they hosted, were guests, or were merely mentioned. How do we present people as an entity you can follow in the UI, and what happens when they engage in dialogue with each other?

Designing app store images

On the cusp of shipping Fathom 2.0 for iOS, the Fathom podcast player needed a fresh look for the Apple app store.