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(Perhaps predictably, the essay came down on the opposite end of the matteras myself.)
Which is to say, sure!
But also,sure.
Anyway, lots and lots of people continued to talk into mics over the past six months.
Where the Industry Stands Now
Spotify still thinks so, as one would expect.
will always be essential to Spotifys fortunes, no matter how other things shake out in the future.
Such is hit-vetting in the age oftech media platforms and their black boxes.
But What About the Shows?
So thats the businessy stuff.
Lets briefly talk about the creative side of things.
(Then again, Im barely able to keep up with television, the news, emails.
Maybe Im just getting older.)
But its the third thing thats become something of a genuine broader conundrum.
This isnt to say that there hasnt been good stuff.
(We do keep a running list of theBest Podcasts of the Year So Far, after all.)
(The response in the U.K. has also been muted,but for more suspect reasons.)
Heres a show, still relatively new, that has so thoroughly infected my personal networks.
But the larger point that new bona fideSmartLessesare few and far between seems to be holding.
Im going to mull over this a little more.
Curious to hear what you think.
Speaking of gossip, I cant get enough of Matt BellonisThe Town;utter catnip.
More recently,Welcome to Provincetownreally brought back the 2015 Radiotopia vibe, a lovely thing.
Meanwhile, the year so far has seen the end of a few eras.
Jad Abumradhas retired fromRadiolab, fully passing on the torch to Latif Nasser and Lulu Miller.
(He will soon be leadinga Podcast Institute at Vanderbilt University.
Krista TippettsOn Beingis shifting gears, transitioning from a weekly public-radio modeltoward a seasonal podcast.
The Ion Pack guyshave shown their faces.
Huh,I guess not.
Yeah, so, like I said, overwhelming.
Such is life in the age of Post-Monoculture Peak-Everything, let alone podcasting.
MoreLonely PlanetthanDrive to Survive, kinda sorta.
I had briefly forgotten thatTheAthletic is now a New YorkTimescompany.
All eps are available now.
Meanwhile …
Spotify has apparently acquireda Wordle clone called Heardle.
This has beenYa Heard?
ForFresh Air,I looked at a recent spate of podcastsinspired by reality television.
I am also proud to have gotten a clip ofBelow Deckonto public radio-station airwaves everywhere.
