Start Podcasts
Immediately play the latest episode or first item in Listen Now in the Podcasts app.
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Auto-station
Automatically plays one of your Station presets depending on the time of day.
Let me pick a podcast
Presents a menu of all the podcast you’re subscribed to, then grabs episodes from the chosen show, then starts playing the episode you pick.
Podcast Walk
Asks you to pick a podcast, then starts an Outdoor Walk workout on the Apple Watch.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Start%20Podcasts
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Start%20Podcasts
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Start Podcasts”
end tell
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Open from Archive
Gets archived items from Reeder and asks you to choose one to open in the app.
Embed a podcast episode player
Gets the latest episode from your Transistor podcast and scrapes out the ID for the media URL and pastes it into the episode embed player.
I’m working in the kitchen
Turns on the kitchen lights and sets playback to the HomePod mini.
Wake my Mac
Sends a remote command to a Mac to wake up, then simulates keystrokes to keep it awake.
Get travel time to work
Gets driving time from current location to your work address, showing the route and arrival time as well.
Make a text replacement
Opens the deep link into General > Keyboards > Text Replacements.
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