Download Sam Harris Making Sense Full Subscriber Podcast Episodes for Free

download-making-sense-powershell-script.ps1

# URL: https://blog.travisflix.com/download-sam-harris-making-sense-full-subscriber-podcast-episodes-for-free/
# Tested with PowerShell 5.1 on Windows and PowerShell 7.5.4 on Linux

# Fetch RSS feed and extract MP3 URLs and output to file
(Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://rss.samharris.org/feed?uid=134655').Content -split "`n" | 
    Where-Object { $_ -like '*mp3*' } |
    ForEach-Object { 
        $_ -replace '      <enclosure length="0" type="audio/mpeg" url="' -replace '"/>' -replace '\?.*'
    } | Out-File -FilePath '.\feed134655.txt' -Encoding utf8

# Download files (skip if already exist)
$urls = Get-Content -Path '.\feed134655.txt'
foreach ($url in $urls) {
    $filename = [System.IO.Path]::GetFileName($url)
    $destinationPath = Join-Path -Path $pwd.Path -ChildPath $fileName
    if (-not (Test-Path $destinationPath)) {
        Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile $filename
    }
}

download-making-sense-shell-script.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
curl -s 'https://rss.samharris.org/feed?uid=134655' | grep mp3 | \
sed -E 's/      <enclosure length="0" type="audio\/mpeg" url="//;s/"\/>//;s/\?.*//' > ./feed134655.txt && \
wget --continue --no-clobber --content-disposition --trust-server-names -i ./feed134655.txt