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For what it's worth, this geezer never listens to anybody's podcasts. I'm not bashing the medium, just reporting that I haven't gotten there yet. I have no idea what the market wants in general. Podcasts do seem to be a "thing".

I do listen to a lot of NPR on radio headphones. If I knew of a convenient way to get podcasts in to my portable headphones (used beyond the range of a computer) that could make a difference. I guess I'd need wifi capable headphones.

Now that I'm thinking about it, I rarely watch long videos either. So part of it for me might be I like scrollable content where I can be more in control of what I consume.

What I _do_ like quite a bit are discussion forums where one can participate in ongoing in depth intelligent conversations. But, the net has moved on from that format, so I content myself with blog comments.

Social media is over for me. I post links to my articles on Twitter and Facebook only because substack allows me to do so with zero effort. It doesn't seem to accomplish much.

Also, I never eat brussels sprouts or get haircuts. I knew you'd want to know that right away.

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