The heady days of podcasts: Part 2

Lately I’ve been really missing that Golden Era of podcasting

Just me, under a blanket, recording in my freezing but beautiful ‘out-house’ on the farm.

Lately I’ve been really missing that Golden Era of podcasting. Simply put, there’s just too many to choose from. Spotify alone is reported to have 5 million different podcasts and there are 470 million podcast listeners the world over. On average Australians listen to 7 hours of podcasts a week, we have overtaken American’s as the biggest podcast consumers in the world.

I still laugh hard at this skit on podcasts by Kitty Flanaghan.

It’s true anyone/everyone is trying their hand at it and I think this is great, I really do, the more voices we give rise to the better I think but I am finding it difficult to wade through the torrent. For months, years even, I have not been able to find a podcast that gives me the same tingle of delight that it used to. I don’t think I’m alone.

“I’ve been listening to music more in the past week because finding podcasts I like is becoming HARD. Why does every D lister or self-absorbed influencer have a podcast these days? They take up the bulk of discovery pages and no shade if you like them but the space is oversaturated.” Word. Via

Online Amy

In years gone by, the ones I spoke about last time, the anticipation of opening up my podcast directory was palpable, it replaced the joy of emails, social media, even the letterbox. I craved my podcast listening time so much that it lead to hours of baking in the kitchen (uncommon), extra long walks and excuses for long car trips alone.

Each week I listened to Radio Cherry Bombe (I can still hear the opening jingle), After the Jump with Grace Bonney (man, I learnt a lot from this pod), On Being and I looooved Head Ovary Heels, The Unbearable Lightness of Being Hungry and Raw Milk with Beth Kirby (gosh).