Podcasts imo a true problem-to-be-solved (in Clay Christensen sense) medium. Very few people actually prefer audio as a medium to consume information. It mainly solves the "boring commute" or "boring chores" problem.
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Corollary: screencasts are an under-rated medium. While a lot of people DO like consuming a visual+audio track, it demands full attention if you're combining the two. Or at least, high-interrupt (glance to grok every new slide, which will be 1 every 1-2 minutes at a minimum)
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Corollary 2: When context overrides purpose the content is not *serious*. Unless there is a serendipitous match (eg. music is audio-only context and fit to purpose).
You wouldn't try to teach geometry in a podcast for eg. except to the blind
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Corollary 3: If you're putting your content in podcast form when that is NOT the form best-suited for the purpose, you're implicitly declaring it's not that important. It's a nice-to-have time filler.
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As you might have guessed, I'm trying to firmly talk myself out of doing a podcast 😂
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A way to test whether your content is actually a match to the medium or you're doing the "solve the boring commute problem" distribution hack, is to ask if it's easily substitutable by a *different* podcast that doesn't serve the same purpose.
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Books are much less mutually substitutable. If I'm in the mood for sci-fi, and my favorite author is not available, I'll probably read a similar sci-fi author, not a romance or thriller.
This is in part because a book assumes a much less constrained context.
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its tough to say that podcasts serve only one job. Certainly, the commute is a ‘help me not be bored’ job but there are also many others. In that sense you are correct the audio medium simply works because the context constraints of learning. For example... When (situation)
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I love podcasts and think you'd be a great guest of podcasts though your ideas tend to digress too much for a good podcast.
The best podcasts require a ton of curation and prep prior to recording. Think . or RevolutionsPodcast
Too many come off as ramble-eya
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