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2016: the year the podcast came of age
- pjmlp 11y agoMaybe it would be considered a niche thing, but I started hearing demoscene podcasts around 2000. Eagerly waiting for the day to download the mp3 or RealAudio file with the new show.
- simmons 11y agoPerhaps even more niche, but I remember listening to Internet Talk Radio [1] audio downloads back in 1993 or so. It's amazing how many good ideas can simmer for years before the conditions are right for them to take off. [1] http://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/ http://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/
- ghaff 11y agoThe first real hype phase was back in about 2005: Adam Curry, the death of radio, etc. [1] A lot of it was "Look at me. I'm podcasting. And I don't even need a studio!" With smartphones it became a lot easier to sync content from NPR and the like which removed a big hurdle to routinely listening to podcasts as a matter of course. But, anecdotally, it certainly feels as if the population of quality content has gotten significantly broader. (And obviously there have been the breakout hits like Serial which have helped create a lot of mainstream awareness.) [1] http://www.wired.com/2005/03/curry/ http://www.wired.com/2005/03/curry/
- kolanos 11y agoI started listening to "podcasts" or what were once called "webcasts" or "netcasts" in the mid-90s with Pseudo [0] and the like. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo.com