If they just had some sort of bonus features or accompanying essay, this could be a Criterion Collection for podcasts.

The entire archives for Earwolf, Wolfpop, and WTF with Marc Maron are getting the ads taken out of them and having the audio spruced up for the new subscription based audio streaming service, Howl.fm.

In addition to the likes of How Did This Get Made?, Sklarbro Country, improv4humans with Matt Besser, The Sylvester Stallone Podcast, Howl.fm will also offer podcast episode specials, often recorded live, and mini-series including Superego’s Forgotten Classics. 

Comedy albums such as Paul F. Tompkins Impersonal, Jimmy Pardo’s Sprezzatura, Kyle Kinane’s I Liked His Old Stuff Better, Andy Daly’s Nine Sweaters, and more will also be offered with a monthly subscription fee of $4.99 a month. 

We’re guessing that ad free selling point might be pretty enticing to a lot of you.