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‘Serial,’ Podcasting’s First Breakout Hit, Sets Stage for More

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Post by cmdrfred »

HelloMcFly wrote: post #55
adriand wrote: post #50

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This American Life, the show that created (I think more or less), Serial, is a great show. 99% Invisible is a great show about design. Radio Diaries is interesting. If you're into super thoughtful discussions about religion, science, meditation, and so on, On Being is fantastic. Other ones worth checking out: * Radiolab * Stuff You Should Know * Studio 360 But - Serial is definitely my favourite podcast of all time.…

Others: * Hardcore History with Dan Carlin - only 2-3 episodes per year, but all very long and well-researched. Very entertaining. * Planet Money - quick, short episodes of interesting money/economics/markets-related things. * The Lowe Post - if you like basketball. Zach Lowe, from Grantland, interviews various people if note related to the NBA.

Let me double recommend Hardcore History, Dan Carlin is a genius.

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schneider_sh wrote: post #72
petercooper wrote: post #60

Wasn't the Ricky Gervais Show really podcasting's first breakout hit? It got a Guinness World Record and ended up becoming a TV show in both the UK and US.

I think another early podcasting success was Bill Simmons from ESPN. In my opinion, his podcasting success helped build his brand even further and allowed him to launch Grantland. A more recent podcast to big deals success is Men in Blazers. The two soccer commentators spun their podcast into a 10pm Monday show on NBCSN. I think that sports podcasting in general is quite a mature format. Though, this probably isn't a…

What about Adam Carolla? He is the current record holder.

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Post by mojoe »

danschuller wrote: post #44
netcan wrote: post #43

I've heard that when TV started spreading people thought it would never overtake radio. "Who has time to just sit and watch something?" You can listen to audio while you do other things. Podcasting is probably my main "media" for the last 5 or so years. I listen to 15-20 hours per week as I commute, exercise, wash dishes… Right now. As a marginal, unprofitable, poorly understood medium podcasts are amazingly "free."…

Any recommendations? I'm loving Serial, I listened to nearly all of it today. Occasionally I listen to Startups For the Rest of Us ( http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/ ) but it's hit and miss if the content is relevant for me. Hardcore History is excellent. It'd be nice to discover some more.

The Cracked podcast is really good (http://www.earwolf.com/show/the-cracked-podcast/) -- it's both super interesting and extremely funny. Techzing is also one of my favorites (http://techzinglive.com/) because the two guys who record it have great personalities and banter.

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Post by mojoe »

netcan wrote: post #43

I've heard that when TV started spreading people thought it would never overtake radio. "Who has time to just sit and watch something?" You can listen to audio while you do other things. Podcasting is probably my main "media" for the last 5 or so years. I listen to 15-20 hours per week as I commute, exercise, wash dishes… Right now. As a marginal, unprofitable, poorly understood medium podcasts are amazingly "free."…

I've been using "Pocket Casts" on Android and really like it. It's got a ton of great features, nice design, and OK discovery. It did cost $4, but I use it a lot.

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Post by ubertaco »

mojoe wrote: post #85
netcan wrote: post #43

I've heard that when TV started spreading people thought it would never overtake radio. "Who has time to just sit and watch something?" You can listen to audio while you do other things. Podcasting is probably my main "media" for the last 5 or so years. I listen to 15-20 hours per week as I commute, exercise, wash dishes… Right now. As a marginal, unprofitable, poorly understood medium podcasts are amazingly "free."…

I've been using "Pocket Casts" on Android and really like it. It's got a ton of great features, nice design, and OK discovery. It did cost $4, but I use it a lot.

PlayerFM is also nice, and fits my $0 budget.

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Post by archagon »

username223 wrote: post #80
archagon wrote: post #49

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"Then again, he could just be expressing sour grapes because people with actual skill, money, and time are invading his turf." Uh, what? That's pretty disrespectful. ATP is one of the best produced and most popular tech podcasts out there today.

As a follower of "Hypercritical," I listened for the Siracusa for awhile, but the meandering chit-chat and interminable sponsor reads eventually soured me on ATP. Maybe I would listen if I had an hour commute to and from work every day, and needed more background noise.

Me, I love the chit chat. The dynamic of ATP is perfect. I haven't found another chat-type podcast that I can stand listening to every week.

As for the ads, I'm glad my podcast app maps fast-forward to 45 second skip!

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Post by alanfalcon »

danschuller wrote: post #44
netcan wrote: post #43

I've heard that when TV started spreading people thought it would never overtake radio. "Who has time to just sit and watch something?" You can listen to audio while you do other things. Podcasting is probably my main "media" for the last 5 or so years. I listen to 15-20 hours per week as I commute, exercise, wash dishes… Right now. As a marginal, unprofitable, poorly understood medium podcasts are amazingly "free."…

Any recommendations? I'm loving Serial, I listened to nearly all of it today. Occasionally I listen to Startups For the Rest of Us ( http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/ ) but it's hit and miss if the content is relevant for me. Hardcore History is excellent. It'd be nice to discover some more.

Podcasts are awesome for the long tail effect. What sorts of things are you in to? Do a little google searching (don't try to find these using your podcatcher's search) for podcasts related to those hobbies and try a couple. They likely exist, and there's probably one that's worth listening to (sometimes these amateur efforts take a couple episodes to grow on you.)

I really like Spider-Man: I really like the Amazing Spider-Talk podcast.

I like Dave Ramsay: I really like The Dave Ramsay Show (okay, it's just an hour of his daily radio show, but hey, it's also a podcast if I can listen on demand on my iPhone.)

I've come to be interested in the hobby of buying and restoring (and occasionally playing) classic (80s, usually) arcade games: I really like the Arcade Outsiders podcast.

I'm sometimes into World of Warcraft, sometimes into League of Legends, and I have Podcasts for both those games I'll dive in and out of.

I like to write and think about stories, as well as watch movies: I really like the Scriptnotes podcast. I enjoy the candor and outside-my-tribe perspective that Penn Jillette has: I really like Penn's Sunday School.

(Podcasts are a great way to dip your toes outside your tribe, a habit I highly suggest everyone try to develop.)

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