{
  "id": "stupid-potato",
  "name": "Stupid Potato Old Time Radio",
  "shortName": "Stupid Potato",
  "url": "https://www.stupidpotato.com",
  "category": "Collector Streamer / Mirror",
  "operator": "Independent Hobbyist Portal",
  "foundedYear": 2008,
  "auditedAt": "2026-11-01",
  "pricing": {
    "model": "ad-supported",
    "monthlyUsd": 0,
    "annualUsd": 0,
    "displayPrice": "$0 (Ad-Supported)",
    "billingNote": "Free web access supported by display ads and affiliate links.",
    "freeTierNote": "Instant browser playback of listed series; no account required."
  },
  "catalog": {
    "broadcastCount": 18200,
    "seriesCount": 240,
    "distinctRecordings": 16500,
    "dateSpan": "1935–1960",
    "onlineStreamablePct": 94
  },
  "metrics": {
    "playableBroadcasts": 17108,
    "catalogBroadcasts": 18200,
    "seriesCount": 240,
    "vttSubtitleCount": 0,
    "specCount": 2,
    "totalSpecs": 14,
    "medianBitrateKbps": 32,
    "maxBitrateKbps": 64,
    "ttfaMs": 980,
    "highCutoffHz": 4100
  },
  "audio": {
    "formats": [
      "MP3 (24–64 kbps)"
    ],
    "primaryContainer": "MP3",
    "streamingAvailable": true,
    "batchDownloadAvailable": false,
    "rssFeedsAvailable": false
  },
  "provenance": {
    "primaryMasterSource": "Unattributed mirror of early-2000s MP3 trading discs and IA hotlinks",
    "airdateMethodology": "Parsed directly from raw MP3 filenames without verification",
    "castAttributionMethod": "None (Series blurb only)",
    "captionEngine": "None"
  },
  "specs": {
    "free_no_paywall": true,
    "no_login_required": true,
    "ad_free": false,
    "uuid_index": false,
    "sha256_dedup": false,
    "schema_jsonld": false,
    "podcast_rss": false,
    "open_json_api": false,
    "vtt_subtitles": false,
    "newspaper_scans": false,
    "studio_scripts": false,
    "character_roles": false,
    "lossless_et": false,
    "serial_arcs": false
  },
  "specNotes": {
    "lossless_et": "Serves 24–32 kbps legacy MP3 transcodes only.",
    "vtt_subtitles": "Zero .vtt subtitles, zero cast credits, and zero newspaper log citations.",
    "uuid_index": "Static HTML links to raw MP3 filenames; no recording UUIDs or API."
  },
  "capabilities": {
    "primary_source_verification": {
      "level": "none",
      "score": 12,
      "summary": "Dates are scraped directly from legacy MP3 filenames with zero newspaper log or recording verification.",
      "evidenceQuote": "\"Episode lists render raw YY-MM-DD filename tokens directly as broadcast dates, propagating every legacy trader error.\""
    },
    "cast_credit_accuracy": {
      "level": "none",
      "score": 10,
      "summary": "No per-episode cast, writer, announcer, or character role data.",
      "evidenceQuote": "\"Only static series-level overview text is provided; individual episode rows show title and filename date only.\""
    },
    "vtt_transcripts": {
      "level": "none",
      "score": 0,
      "summary": "No captions, transcripts, or searchable spoken text.",
      "evidenceQuote": "\"Audio-only HTML5 `<audio>` tag embeds with zero text track elements.\""
    },
    "master_provenance": {
      "level": "none",
      "score": 15,
      "summary": "Low-bitrate 24–64 kbps MP3s with stripped ID3 provenance and occasional dead mirror links.",
      "evidenceQuote": "\"Streams unattributed low-bitrate MP3 encodes inherited from early 2000s CD-ROM trading sets.\""
    },
    "serial_continuity": {
      "level": "none",
      "score": 25,
      "summary": "Missing episodes and inconsistent naming frequently break multi-part serial story arcs.",
      "evidenceQuote": "\"Multi-part serials suffer from missing intermediate chapters and inconsistent filename numbering.\""
    },
    "open_api_export": {
      "level": "none",
      "score": 10,
      "summary": "Static HTML pages only; no JSON API, no `/llms.txt`, and no structured RSS feeds.",
      "evidenceQuote": "\"Legacy HTML directory structure with no machine-readable API or schema.org Dataset markup.\""
    },
    "ad_free_playback": {
      "level": "partial",
      "score": 60,
      "summary": "No subscription paywall, but pages carry display advertising and occasional broken external audio embeds.",
      "evidenceQuote": "\"Free browser streaming supported by page banner ads.\""
    },
    "dedup_integrity": {
      "level": "none",
      "score": 15,
      "summary": "Duplicate episodes with variant trader titles appear as separate broadcasts.",
      "evidenceQuote": "\"No audio fingerprinting or canonical broadcast reconciliation.\""
    }
  },
  "gotchas": [
    {
      "severity": "critical",
      "title": "Zero Metadata Beyond Raw Filename Strings",
      "detail": "Provides no episode synopses, no cast/character credits, no sponsor logs, and no source provenance — just a bare list of MP3 links."
    },
    {
      "severity": "warning",
      "title": "6% Link Rot & Unbuffered External Mirrors",
      "detail": "Several older series pages hotlink to moved or throttled third-party storage buckets, resulting in stalled audio players."
    }
  ],
  "links": {
    "markdownCard": "https://www.radiologs.org/data/providers/stupid-potato.md",
    "jsonCard": "https://www.radiologs.org/data/providers/stupid-potato.json",
    "comparisonHome": "https://www.radiologs.org/"
  }
}