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News and talk radio is a lot better about packaging topics in short coherent stories. Podcasts have different incentives. They could tell you the whole story in
by kjkjadksj 3y ago
News and talk radio is a lot better about packaging topics in short coherent stories. Podcasts have different incentives. They could tell you the whole story in a tidy 5 minutes, but by rambling with another voice for 15 or so you now have three times as much time to potentially monetize with your own product placement pieces in the segment.
- constantcrying 3y agoSometimes, but good podcasts are usually structured around some discussion or interview, which is hard to compress. Additionally the somewhat stretched nature is good if you don't have 100% of your attention on it.
- AlwaysRock 3y agoKind of an odd take. News and talk radio is incentivized to give you the smallest amount of news possible so they can get back to the advertisers. Podcasts can actually go deep on a story over an extended period of time and number of episodes.
- mvdtnz 3y agoThat depends completely on the podcast, it's weird to impugn an entire category of media because you've picked bad podcasts. Podcasts like The Economist, Slow News Cast, Sensemaker and The Inquiry have basically no wasted time whatsoever. They are punchy as any radio story, which is why I prefer this category of podcast. I for one can't stand to listen to long rambling repetitive conversations from guys like Huberman or Rogan, which is why I don't listen to them.