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New study finds that not everything needs a f**king podcast (newsthump.com)
submitted 5 months ago by DxK@lemmy.world to c/theonion@midwest.social
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[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 74 points 5 months ago (11 children)

Am I the only one that doesn't care for podcasts?

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 45 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I used to be annoyed by them, but I get it now. I started listening to them at work, it's pretty nice to find a highly researched audio only format so I can focus on my work and learn something I care about

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 38 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Sounds like good podcasts

99% of them are just people taking out of their ass though

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

oh yea, I've highly curated my podcasts at work. At least 80% scripted, roughly 20-80 minutes long, no, few, or unimportant visuals, detailed analysis of the topic, and maintains a sense of humor. I very rarely add a new one to the rotation

[–] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Care to share some recommendations? That sounds nice. I also struggle to get into podcasts cause its like wadding through a sea of garbage to find a lost ring.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I made another comment but

Darknet diaries

Search engine

Behind the bastards

Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History

Cumtown (The Adam Friedland Show now but the super old episodes are hilarious if you’re a dumbass like me)

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I use the term podcast loosely, the only thing available to me at work is youtube so I also tend to include video essays and other things not considered podcasts. This is a list of some of my favorites.

  • Some More News
  • Unfuck the Republic (unftr)
  • Behind the Bastards
  • Democracy at Work
  • the Deprogram
  • Philosophy Tube
  • Climate Town
  • the Michael Parenti Library (speech archive channel)
  • the Afromarxist (black radical archive channel)
  • Alexander Avila
[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

How dare you call out cumtown like that

Also everyone please check out Search Engine, Behind the Bastards, Darknet Diaries, and Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History.

Quick edit; I’ll always love cumtown also

[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Those already existed. They're audiobooks.

And audiobooks don't stop for ad breaks twice an hour and load up constant teases and recaps to bridge ad breaks and episodes.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

audiobooks don’t stop for ad breaks twice an hour

Yet.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

unfortunately I can't listen to audiobooks at work. I also prefer the length of podcasts for variety's sake while working. I listen to audiobooks regularly as well, and know that listening to the same speaker for several hours causes me to tune it out rather than absorb it.

[–] mugthol@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You seem to only have listened to a certain kind of pkdcast. All podcasts I listen to are ad free but still have a high production value.

[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

I've tried my share, including by people who have written actual books.

It's a bad format.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Psst, sponsorblock

[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

It's not just the ads. The structure is built around the ads and they're worse for it.

[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 16 points 5 months ago

To me, they are an incomplete form of entertainment. They are not engaging enough to just sit down and listen to them without doing anything else. But I also can't listen to them while doing something more complex at the same time.

But they are a perfect companion for playing a video game without story. Or caring for a baby.

[–] mdd@lemm.ee 13 points 5 months ago

I could only listen to them while I was employed as a driver. A few podcasts and NPR kept my brain happy.

When working at the computer I can only listen to EDM with no lyrics (possibly some ADHD).

[–] aaaa@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

I remember in our childhood there was a platform for any random person to broadcast their thoughts.

It was public access on cable television. And it was awful

[–] luciddaemon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 months ago

I can't listen to them anymore, mainly because I'm unable to focus on my work at the same time (ADHD).

The podcasts I used to listen to were (may have the name wrong) code heros by redhat, a greek mythology one, and the Nasa podcast.

I prefer script over unscripted personally.

[–] giantfloppycock@lemm.ee 7 points 5 months ago

I’ve tried several, and just can’t get into them.

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I like the idea in theory, but in practice,it's always a pattering mess that I've yet to complete a single episode of. I've tried many genres and creators. Never works. I really wish it was normal for podcasts to come with subtitles

[–] ChapulinColorado@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Video podcasts? I thought podcasts implied audio only unless it said video somewhere.

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don't understand, where did I say video podcasts?

[–] 0xD@infosec.pub 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"Subtitles" implies video I guess. Transcript maybe?

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

Transcript works too, also very rare

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They operate as a kind of niche lifestyle thing that doesn't apply to everyone. It's a great option for those instances where you aren't actively doing any mental work but want something to listen to:

  • transportation
  • household chores
  • as a break between tasks

Music can also fit this niche, as well as audiobooks (I do all three).

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's when I let my inner voice organise my thoughts. I have a firm belief people are missing out on being bored. It puts my motivation through the roof.

[–] fiddlesticks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago

Please, I listen to music and I'm still bored

[–] littlecolt@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

I listened to a podcast once. I wondered how this was different than radio. I listen to NPR and it seems real similar. Except the podcast was going on and on and on about their sponsors. At last NPR just says they're sponsors names and a quick tagline only.

[–] logging_strict@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

Have never listened to a podcast

Don't have a dog to walk and capable of remote work so not driving

Prefer coding over passive content consumption