Unlike live/synchronous podcasts, Howler stitches async threaded voice messages between users into a conversation, publishable as a podcast. Thus, Howler democratizes podcasting to anyone with a smartphone, creating a new consensus-based social media platform. <s> Howler democratizes podcasting to anyone with a smartphone thus starting a new consensus-based social media platform. Contrasted to live/synchronous podcasts, Howler stitches async threaded voice messages between users into a conversation, publishable as a podcast. </s> (in-app & externally).