I bought a new TV last year after my Hisense kicked the bucket and had a similar experience.
Not sure if it applies to your situation, but I just factory reset my TV, never enabled wifi, and hooked up a smart device I had lying around (Nvidia Shield). Now it all works great and if the smart functions upset me I can throw just the smart TV part in the trash and go back to my VCR.
That's quite the pile of political shows! I'll dig through them and pick out the ones that hook me. Thanks for taking the time to link them all, makes it easier to use an online took to yank out the RSS feeds for subscription.
Went to listen to a bit of this one and was instantly hit with ads for the NFL and other stuff. Maybe you're on their Patreon feed or something?
This 1000%. Stop separating your words from their meanings.
Say what you mean and mean what you say.
Sounds engaging! Also going onto the ever growing list.
I am indeed! My show is a retro gaming show. Def adding this one, thanks!
I've been looking for a good excuse to dig into Stargate anyway, so that's perfect.
Oooh that does sound nice. Thanks for the rec, on the list of goes!
I have what doctors call "dumb ears" and have zero musical ability. But I'm going to listen anyway, no one can stop me!
Oh yeah I listened to a bunch of them, it was definitely very good. Pre and post ads are probably the most bearable sort, but I'm trying to avoid them altogether if possible. But for anyone with more tolerance than me: absolutely also recommend this one.
Oh they will, I use a website that yanks the feeds. Having them all in one list like that makes it easier for me to parse through them though.
If you ever need to yank the RSS from a show then I have lots of success with: https://www.labnol.org/podcast. It's specifically for just this kind of thing. Weirdly a lot of shows, even on their own websites, don't make RSS feeds readily available.