I don't think that this is a bad thing. There were way too many people putting out podcasts in 2020-2022 who obviously didn't have any interest in the medium. I

I don't think that this is a bad thing. There were way too many people putting out podcasts in 2020-2022 who obviously didn't have any interest in the medium. I mainly worry that a contracting field might hurt revenues for established podcasters. As a side note, I've found it harder and harder to find good podcasts. A select few seem to be able to game the metrics so they end up at the top of whatever lists I used to use to discover new content.