I recently read an article on how a particular strain of podcasting has died the death, and how another strain has gained ascendency in the podcasting world. There has been a pivot towards "chat show" format, apparently, at the expence of a "narrative" format.
As I continued reading, it became clear that the article concerned itself only with podcasts published as commericial ventures by corporations of one sort or another, and that the metric by which they judged success was revenue generated.
No hobbyists mentioned. No public dissemination podcasts mentioned. No struggling artists mentioned. Only filthy lucre! Ugh!
How anaemic is the commercial world! How narrow the vision of mercenary journalists who dance to their groat-tossing masters' drum!