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. Change my mind.
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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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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 .
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Audio also works for live interviews where there's an important open question and a key person w insight For example a key political event and someone in that arena who can actually speak candidly Or an open technical question that someone in the trenches can inform
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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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