[jrwiegand]

I think you are exactly right. NPR pushed NPR One in order to track users. It failed miserably. So now the plan is to join with other big networks and buy a successful podcast app to then try again. It will likely degrade Pocket Casts and I am disappointed with this news.

[boomboomsubban]

NPR One currently has twice as many installs than Pocket Casts on Android, and it's inclusion of podcasts seems secondary to listening to live radio or recent news stories. That being their plan seems unlikely.