download-all-syntax-episodes.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Wget's all episodes of the Syntax.fm podcast hosted by Wes Bos and Scott Tolinkski

# Fetch full episode list
curl https://syntax.fm/api/shows |
  jq -c '.[] | {url: .url, number: .number, title: .title, displayDate: .displayDate}' |
  while read row; do

    url=$(echo $row | jq -r '.url')
    number=$(echo $row | jq -r '.number')
    title=$(echo $row | jq -r '.title')
    displayDate=$(echo $row | jq -r '.displayDate')
    # Downloads to current directory
    wget $url -O "Syntax-$number-$title-$displayDate.mp3"

done

Usage

1. Install jq

2. Download all episodes to the current directory:

curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/dawsbot/a75238ad388f7764be1e9dcf5d1a9d36/raw/67d6899194eee7aef6aae92ded6e5f92c646eaec/download-all-syntax-episodes.sh | bash