Podcasts are in my Past

Published: 2023-12-10 5:15 PM

Category: Life | Tags: media, entertainment, podcast, audio

I saw some cool stuff about AntennaPod offering a year-end summary generated from listening stats. Even cooler, it's all done locally on the phone rather than in some cloud account. Good for them.

Anyways, since getting a teaching position at the local high school, my commute time has dropped from 40 minutes each way to about 10 minutes. I could never focus on listening and working at the same time, so my commute was my main time to listen.

Beyond drive time I felt bored with what I would listen to. That's on me for not branching out but - there are bits here and there but most series felt worn out and just rehashes of topics they'd already discussed in earlier shows.

I feel like I'm also preferring written work, kind of like ignoring the tutorial video because I prefer a written guide. Podcasts feel kind of like the video tutorial when I would prefer to do a longer reading session.

Maybe I'll come back some day, but for now I think my podcast listening days are mostly behind me. I don't think podcasting is dead and I actually think it's one of the more accessible forms of creative media, especially for students. I just think it's interesting that my preferences for down time entertainment have changed so dramatically in so short a time.