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    Hear Me Out

    Jun 10, 2021 4 minutes
    By Ma Xiaowen

    Wen Wen, a 28-year-old media worker in Beijing, always wears a pair of headphones during her daily commute. Most of the time, you’ll find her listening to a podcast series titled Danliren Comedy, recommended to her by a friend, which presents skits from a bunch of young budding comedians.

    During rush hour across China’s metropolises, commuters like Wen are not uncommon on public transit.

    Podcast frenzy

    A podcast is a program made available in digital format for automatic online download. It could be seen as the subspecies of an audio program, a new media product following old-school radio. The history of podcasts cannot be uncoupled from the history

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