Now that it's August 2020, it's time to take a vacation from writing about topics related to pandemics and politics. I'm going to write about another 'p' word instead -- podcasts.
With a lack of original content currently being made by TV and movie studios, podcasts have become a go-to for original digital content. There are so many podcasts available now, most of them free to hear as long as you don't mind skipping over some advertising.
Podcasts might be about sports, music, comedy, politics, economics, and so forth. I've listened to podcasts in all of those genres, but I've currently settled on a couple that I try to listen to weekly, each about 50 minutes long.
It isn't always easy to keep up with the content, especially since I don't have a commute to work. I try to listen on bike rides or at the edges of the day. The thing is, it doesn't take 50 minutes to listen to them, since you can make the audio run at 1.5x or 2x speed.
My #1 podcast, one that I've listened to for years, is still Freakonomics Radio. Like the best selling books that preceded it, the author / host uses economic theory to explore the hidden side of topics. It surely won't appeal to everyone, but for me it's very informative, not to mention intellectually stimulating.
It remains to be seen if the podcasting boom is temporary or permanent. It's become a very crowded space. There's only so much advertising to go around in a bad economy, and eventually the original TV and motion picture apparatus will return.
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