amb599 wrote:
When everything is new, nothing is... at least on the face of it. 

You're right that they are all marked "new" (save the most recent one?).  I believe that episode appeared between the time I first looked today (because of your note), and now.  I'm theorizing that the new in the top right corner was placed over the cover art, not some sort of automation or overlay that can be "timed out" at a set period, and your comment above has initiated changes that may add functionality and/or dates.

The comments, when made, do carry rough dates.  If you look at episode #1, the comments are 11 months old.  The newest episode is #76... so math suggests that episodes are released every 4 or 5 days.

Your post made me decide to try one of the episodes again.  I went to #76, and remembered quickly why I don't listen to them.  I rode it out for 30 mins... but it was growing stagnant.  There is a reason that TED talks are limited to 18 mins, and the most popular ones average about 13-14.  Without a "conversation" or carefully considered perspective that has been refined for presentation purposes, people will fill the space with the sound of their own voice.  

Love the music here...and that's where I'll stay.

I'm not interested in listening to this content unless I know when it was posted.  Yet the overview page marks episodes as "new", so apparently there is a date somewhere?