What you’re missing.
Affluent, educated, adults.
That’s who listens to podcasts.
According to Edison Research.
For me, a good podcast can be like an eavesdropping orgasm.
There is something magical about experiencing an authentic, dialogue.
Podcasts educate, motivate and entertain in a completly new way.
You get to hang out with a few smart, funny, engaging people, AND learn stuff, laugh, all while being inspired and surprised.
Now, I love to read too.
And I love audio books.
Podcasts are different.
Not better.
Just different.
And after you fall in love with a podcast, it makes it almost impossible to listen to legacy radio.
In a podcast dialogue unexpected ideas, comments, concepts can pop up. There is a verbal serendipity that can happen.
It’s free-range.
In my experience the relationship you develop with a podcast host is also very different than the relationship you have with a writer.
When you get into a podcast, after a few episodes, the host becomes a person in your life. You trust them to “take you on a ride” on every episode.
The host becomes a curator of cool ideas, people and stories for you.
Podcasts also live in your ear.
It’s intimate.
The host becomes like a friend that you have coffee or beers with every week.
I hope you join those of us who love podcasts soon.
You might just discover a new unbounded medium, to motivate, inspire, and entertain yourself — - in a completely new way.