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.
I listen to individual episodes that catch my attention, particularly David Roberts' VOLTS.wtf - in large part because of his wry humor, but also guests. But definitely not much more than that.
Given that I listen to a lot of NPR and BBC, the main obstacle for me and podcasts would seem to be I've been too lazy to update my listening technology past 1981 levels. Geezer syndrome.
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.
I listen to individual episodes that catch my attention, particularly David Roberts' VOLTS.wtf - in large part because of his wry humor, but also guests. But definitely not much more than that.
Given that I listen to a lot of NPR and BBC, the main obstacle for me and podcasts would seem to be I've been too lazy to update my listening technology past 1981 levels. Geezer syndrome.