Prioritize related podcasts over topics on podcast pages

[alexeygrigorev]

Feedback

Someone landing on a podcast episode page is there because they're interested in podcasts — so the connections we surface should lead with similar podcasts first, not topics.

"If it's a podcast, [I'd want] all the connections to be to podcasts first — podcasts related to this one. Instead of showing topics, immediately show podcasts that fit this one because they're similar to it. Since I'm looking at podcasts, I'm more interested in [reading about] podcasts."

Current behavior

On podcast pages the connections panel / graph weights topics prominently. The type ordering in assets/page-graph.js is:

const TYPE_ORDER = ["wiki", "podcast", "person", "book", "topic"];
function typeRank(type) {
  return { wiki: 0, article: 1, podcast: 2, person: 3, book: 4, topic: 5 }[type] || 6;
}

Proposed change

• On podcast/episode pages, rank related podcasts (similar episodes) first in the connections panel.
• De-emphasize raw topics, or move them below the podcast/person/book connections.
• Consider making the ordering context-aware (podcast page → podcasts first; topic page → keep current ordering).

Files

• assets/page-graph.js
• _layouts/podcast_summary.html

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Source: user feedback (translated from Russian voice note). Perspective: someone browsing a specific podcast episode page.