> Podcasts today are fundamentally different from podcasts of yesterday. [...] Most top "podcasts" today are just people talking. It's like roundtable discussi

> Podcasts today are fundamentally different from podcasts of yesterday. [...] Most top "podcasts" today are just people talking. It's like roundtable discussions with no script, no sound design and often no real production of any kind. I hate to sound like that guy, but when's "yesterday"? First podcast I listened to, and loved, was the Official Lost Podcast from the creators in 2005, which had a structure but was otherwise pretty loose. Engadget podcast was a great listen with a lot of shucking and vibing. "Incredible radio journalism" podcasts with high production values and presenters reading from scripts are relatively new I think , with Serial really being the first breakout of them. But that's incredibly different from the podcasts that I've been listening to for the past 18 years. Personally, I listen to the more 'independant' podcasts because I enjoy the hosts and their interactions with each other, more or less regardless of what they're talking about.