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> Perhaps podcasts have broader appeal, but I always thought that talk radio was a good proxy for podcasts. I prefer audiobooks. At least audiobooks tend to h

> Perhaps podcasts have broader appeal, but I always thought that talk radio was a good proxy for podcasts. I prefer audiobooks. At least audiobooks tend to have a beginning, middle and an end (and an editor!) so the content is a little more well planned vs just rando jabronis bloviating which sometimes happens in podcasts.

theshrike79 3y ago
I just can't stand a podcast where it's just 2-3 (usually) men shooting the shit in front of microphones for multiple hours. There is no subject, no editing and no point. They might end up with a few 20-30 second funny clips on TikTok. There are podcasts that are actually edited, those are the good ones. They stay on subject, boring / unfunny bits are edited out etc. My favourite example in this is the No Such Thing As A Fish -podcast from the QI crew. I didn't know at first it was carefully edited, but then they started releasing the outtake bits as bonus episodes and the curtain was lifted =)
- sph 3y ago
  There is a podcast I really loved called the Future of Coding, where they dived into cool CS papers, which now has turned into 2.5 hours of two people talking about everything that tangentially related to the topic at hand, with no editing. I really do not know who their target audience is. I don't have 2.5 hours to dedicate to a single podcast episode, on a topic that might be quite complex, while having to suffer through jokes and poor pacing.
  - theshrike79 3y ago
    Some people tend to form parasocial relationships to other people. Then they listen to those rambling podcasts to "keep up to date" about what's happening to whoever they chose to follow. I had a colleague at work who listened to a YouTube "podcast" that was 3-4 hours per episode, they just had it on a second screed yammering away while they worked. I don't get it.
    - sph 3y ago
      I got too much ADHD already on my own, I cannot imagine how it would be to have other people talking between themselves on a second screen while I'm trying to concentrate on work.
nmz 3y ago
I can summarize most plots in a paragraph. The goal of most entertainment is to kill time and meander.

theshrike79 3y ago

I just can't stand a podcast where it's just 2-3 (usually) men shooting the shit in front of microphones for multiple hours. There is no subject, no editing and no point. They might end up with a few 20-30 second funny clips on TikTok. There are podcasts that are actually edited, those are the good ones. They stay on subject, boring / unfunny bits are edited out etc. My favourite example in this is the No Such Thing As A Fish -podcast from the QI crew. I didn't know at first it was carefully edited, but then they started releasing the outtake bits as bonus episodes and the curtain was lifted =)

sph 3y ago
There is a podcast I really loved called the Future of Coding, where they dived into cool CS papers, which now has turned into 2.5 hours of two people talking about everything that tangentially related to the topic at hand, with no editing. I really do not know who their target audience is. I don't have 2.5 hours to dedicate to a single podcast episode, on a topic that might be quite complex, while having to suffer through jokes and poor pacing.
- theshrike79 3y ago
  Some people tend to form parasocial relationships to other people. Then they listen to those rambling podcasts to "keep up to date" about what's happening to whoever they chose to follow. I had a colleague at work who listened to a YouTube "podcast" that was 3-4 hours per episode, they just had it on a second screed yammering away while they worked. I don't get it.
  - sph 3y ago
    I got too much ADHD already on my own, I cannot imagine how it would be to have other people talking between themselves on a second screen while I'm trying to concentrate on work.

nmz 3y ago

I can summarize most plots in a paragraph. The goal of most entertainment is to kill time and meander.