#DecRecs Day 22 - Podcast Listening

I few months ago, I learned from a friend that she was not aware of how podcasts were made. She assumed that podcasts were like music on spotify, stored and streamed from there. She didn't know about podcatchers or about Apple Pod's algorithms domination. Maybe you do, maybe your friends don't. This is a DecRec to chat with your friends about podcasts, the ones they like, but also how they get made. What is the limitations and opportunities of the medium where no one really makes money? How often do podcasts, like movies, hide from the audience their ethics in casting and production?

In an effort to reduce my reliance on Spotify, I've been using Podcast Republic, which offers better stats, and is available on both iOS and android. https://www.podcastrepublic.net/ Since I started using the app about 6 months ago, I can now see easily that I've listened to about 3000 hours or around 12.5 days of podcasts, mainly science fiction and tech non-fiction. I try to add podcasts made by people #OnHere, recommended by friends, and generally for/by QTBIPOC folx

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