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I love podcasts. As a self-employed person who needs some light distraction but can't walk to a water cooler and just kill some time, they are perfect. I tried

by socrates1998 8y ago

I love podcasts. As a self-employed person who needs some light distraction but can't walk to a water cooler and just kill some time, they are perfect. I tried going back to the radio yesterday for a moment and almost threw up with the quality. Not sure if a "Netflix for podcasts" would work. Unless ad money dries up because advertisers think people skip them too much, then I am not sure what the advantage would be. I do skip some of the commercials, but I feel like enough get through to make worth their while. I have legitimately bought stuff because of them. I saw an article about how much Joe Rogan's podcast makes and it was insane, over tens of millions of dollars per year. The guy does zero advertising and probably has less than 5 people working on it. Fucking ridiculous.

jessaustin 8y ago
The stuff Rogan advertises is so bizarre. It has been a couple of weeks since I listened to him, but the one I can remember best was some sort of payment app that supposedly paid the user to use the app. Then there have been various AM-radio-type "nutritional" products. Maybe mainstream firms don't want to be associated with him, but how do the goofballs he advertises come up with 8 figures every year?
- socrates1998 8y ago
  The Cash App is very popular with working class people, which is a huge audience with Rogan. It's always in the top five finance apps. But, yeah, some of the shit he has advertised is off the wall.
- meowface 8y ago
  The Cash App is made by Square and they probably pay him a lot. And you'd be surprised how much money pseudo-pharmaceuticals like Alpha Brain can make. They usually put tiny amounts of different compounds (legitimate compounds, but below their effectiveness thresholds) into each capsule. Their marginal cost is very low, and they sell at extreme markup.
- C1sc0cat 8y ago
  Its's always super strange from the UK reader on the BBC hearing the host stop then do an add break live themselves.

jessaustin 8y ago

The stuff Rogan advertises is so bizarre. It has been a couple of weeks since I listened to him, but the one I can remember best was some sort of payment app that supposedly paid the user to use the app. Then there have been various AM-radio-type "nutritional" products. Maybe mainstream firms don't want to be associated with him, but how do the goofballs he advertises come up with 8 figures every year?

socrates1998 8y ago
The Cash App is very popular with working class people, which is a huge audience with Rogan. It's always in the top five finance apps. But, yeah, some of the shit he has advertised is off the wall.
meowface 8y ago
The Cash App is made by Square and they probably pay him a lot. And you'd be surprised how much money pseudo-pharmaceuticals like Alpha Brain can make. They usually put tiny amounts of different compounds (legitimate compounds, but below their effectiveness thresholds) into each capsule. Their marginal cost is very low, and they sell at extreme markup.
C1sc0cat 8y ago
Its's always super strange from the UK reader on the BBC hearing the host stop then do an add break live themselves.