For Discovery, we've worked on human-powered curation to solve this, dividing into hundreds of niches - you can see the top-level topics here https://player.fm/

For Discovery, we've worked on human-powered curation to solve this, dividing into hundreds of niches - you can see the top-level topics here https://player.fm/featured/topics https://player.fm/featured/topics or search for them. Transcripts will happen at some point, but it's arguably less useful than user recommendations and signals from what people are actually playing. I think the average non-techie was probably scared off in the past. It was legitimately hard work when podcasting began. And the word still conjures up a geeky pastime, not a serious form of media. But with modern smartphone apps, it's become pretty darn easy - no need to faff with RSS or sync with iTunes on PC. And it's growing fast for that reason, as well as the improved content that comes with the audience.