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24 alternatives to Pilot - 1: Beginning a Beginning

Ira Glass and Stephanie Foo share their first audio works

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Pilot - 1: Beginning a Beginning launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Audiologs - 001: Welcome▲55

   A personal audio journal experiment

   2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Design Life - 001: Why We Have a Side Project▲92

   Filling the female design podcast gap

   2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Reply All #74: Making Friends▲72

   A story about people who start hearing voices

   2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Conversable▲123

   Conversational intelligence through voice and text

   2017 · conversable.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Recorder▲142

   Voice journaling made easy

   2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Know Your Audience Podcast - 5: A Journalist's Experience▲62

   Caitlin Kelly, Veteran Journalist On Storytelling

   2016 · getkya.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Hidden Layer▲119

   Interviews with musicians about their creative processes

   2017 · hiddenlayer.co · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Anna is Unqualified - 1: Allison Janney▲82

   The debut of Anna's podcast

   2015 · annafarisisunqualified.libsyn.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Writers Who Don't Write Episode 20: Stephanie Danler▲53

   The mechanics of writing and feeling

   2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Narrative▲116

    AI-first video editor, just describe edits & refine in chat

    Sep 2026 · usenarrative.ai · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Inside Podcasting▲126

    Curating the resurgence of the spoken word

    2017 · inside.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    With her - Ep 1: "Hi, Hillary"▲101

    The first episode of Hillary Clinton's podcast series

    2016 · hillaryclinton.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Sony Glass Sound Speaker▲153

    A sexy lantern speaker made of glass

    2016 · sony.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Working File Episode 3 — A Thing to be Seen with Satchell Drakes and Jen Mussari▲61

    A discussion about being a designer in the public eye

    2016 · workingfile.co · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Murmur▲75

    A private voice-first notepad for your thoughts

    Sep 2026 · murmurr.subhr.in · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Digital and Computer Arts▲122

    Stories behind your favorite projects and designers

    2017 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Know Your Audience Podcast - 1: Art of Storytelling▲74

    Melanie Deziel - Director of Creative Strategy at Time Inc.

    2016 · getkya.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Eyegroove▲71

    Reimagines how people interact and engage with music

    2014 · eyegroove.com · its alternatives →

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    One Slide Deck▲71

    A startup/TED Talk inspired improv game.

    2016 · oneslidedeck.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Blend▲113

    Collaborate w/ musicians & producers to make music together

    2014 · blend.io · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Probe #1: The Teaser▲65

    Satirical take on popular magazine-style news podcasts

    2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The Podglomerate▲70

    A hybrid podcast network and production house

    2017 · thepodglomerate.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Hatching - Launching Emoji Masks▲68

    A podcast about the inner workings of Need/Want

    2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Storybird▲77

    Visual storytelling and poetry writing

    2014 · storybird.com · its alternatives →

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