Systems and methods of managing video and ad segments in a live stream

A system comprising:

• a memory configured to store a list of episode content segments;
• and
• a client controller configured to:
• send a content request comprising an episode identifier to one or more server computing devices;
• receive, from the one or more server computing devices based at least in part on the episode identifier, the list of episode content segments comprising a first content segment with an associated first content resource locator, a second content segment with an associated second content resource locator, and episode metadata comprising an episode length, wherein the first content segment is a non-advertisement content segment having a first duration and the second content segment is an advertisement content segment having a second duration;
• based at least in part on verifying that the first content segment corresponds to a first current time, define the first content segment as an object to be caused to be played by the client controller;
• determine an offset time of the second content segment;
• determine that a second current time exceeds the offset time of the second content segment, and based at least in part on the determining that the second current time exceeds the offset time of the second content segment, define the second content segment as the object to be caused to be played by the client controller;
• and
• based at least in part on determining that an equivalent elapsed time is less than the episode length and that no subsequent content segments exist in the list of episode content segments, display a card.