PODCASTS. Everywhere you look, either in the real world or online, there are podcasts. ‘Listen to my podcast,’ the person says. ‘I talk about politics, or climate change, or eels, or model railways, or football.’ If you are Gary Lineker, you talk about all of those things. Your children are listening to them. Your parents are listening to them.
‘Now, it is all podcasts, an endlessly growing tidal wave of voices, rushing towards you’
Ten years ago, there were no podcasts. Now, it is all podcasts, an endlessly growing tidal wave of voices, rushing towards you in every direction, demanding that you listen. It can feel overwhelming. I find it overwhelming, but, then again, I find the agonies of daily life overwhelming. I digress.
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