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Podcasts, what have they become?

Started by paulmwatson · 10 months ago

Churbuck.com asks When was the last time you listened to a podcast?
I listen to podcasts almost every day, often 2 to 3 hours of podcasts. But they aren’t Gillmor Gang, Ricky Gervais, Thought Leaders (sorry, Tom) or any other information podcast. Instead I get free music ... Continue reading »

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  • I agree, I'd never go out of my way to listen to an information podcast. The only spoken word podcasts I got into were the Ricky Gervais ones. Like you said I'd rather read the information rather than listen to it.
  • Totally agree too. I'm all for citizen media and so on, but for some reason I have yet to come across an amateur podcast that does it for me. The fact that I can't "skim read" a random podcast that I come across, the way I might do with a random blog to decide if I might like it, means that I'm not inclined to invest my time checking it out.

    That said, there are a couple of professionally produced "spoken" podcasts that I think are great and listen to when I have time: This American Life, RadioLab.org and Slate Magazine's podcasts are worth checking out.

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