Shortcasts let you get right to the heart of a podcast episode by taking the most actionable, useful, interesting, and helpful parts and adding fresh perspectives and unique insight from the podcast creator and Blinkist. If you don’t have time to listen to the whole episode but still want to benefit from its key ideas and learnings, then Shortcasts will get you there with engaging listens of up to 15 minutes. Shortcasts are also great if you want to get a feel for what a podcast is about, get up to speed on a podcast series quickly, or explore its back-catalogue.