Podcasts

This is going to be a really short post.

I don’t get podcasts. I don’t get why they’re a thing. I don’t get why people like to listen to them so much. People fall asleep in church listening to a sermon, but those same people can turn on an audio recording and listen to someone blather on about who knows what.

I find this different from audiobooks as audiobooks are an accessible form of reading or a convenient way to “read” a book without having to flip actual pages. Audiobooks are just as good as reading an actual book.

But this podcast stuff is everywhere and anyone can have a podcast. You don’t need to be famous, you don’t need to be special. All you need is access to doing some podcast stuff and make it public. I don’t know how a podcast is any different from talk radio except that you don’t have crazy callers making things funny.

I’ve been on a podcast and it’s the only podcast I’ve ever listened to in its entirety. I tried listening to Michelle Obama’s podcast when it first came out, and I could not be sleepier. If people want to hear me rant unimpeded about various topics, I’ll do so, but I’ll also function as a hypocrite in saying that I don’t listen to other podcasts and I have no desire to.

But ultimately, reader, you do you.