Overview
This is not a list of Deaf podcasts but rather a page to highlight the inherit inaccessibility of podcasts. Without transcripts for Deaf people to read, they are cut off from this source of media. Much like they were Podcast’s precursor: radio. Back in 2021, the National Association for the Deaf has a lawsuit against some of the major players. It’s still ongoing. Here’s the running list of updates.
That said, in January of 2024, Apple started pushing transcriptions for their platform. Interestingly enough, Apple was not named in the NAD lawsuit.
It will be interesting to see if Apple sets a trend that forces the plaintiffs to invest in transcriptions too.