In this channel's material, Algorithmic distribution appears within the 'reaching an audience' stage of the writing life. The captured episode is organized around Dan Shipper and Evan Armstrong's four-part frame — articulating taste, choosing topics, doing the craft, and reaching an audience — and algorithmic distribution belongs to that final part: once a piece is written, the platforms it's published on (and the feeds, recommendations, and ranking systems they run) mediate who actually encounters it. Writers here explore it as a practical reality of publishing: getting the craft right is only half the system, and understanding how distribution algorithms shape reach is the other half. Explore it alongside the prompts, tools, and working habits the episode gathers — habits that make AI useful at every stage, including reaching readers.