Radio of the future: Welcome to the podcast era - Top Shelf

Thanks to SoundCloud and Spotify, and to shows like Serial and StartUp, we're at the cusp of a new, on-demand era of radio.

[EvilKimau]

I ran a podcast 10 years ago and have been listening to casts since the 90s... how are people saying this is a new thing?!? As others have said Twit & Rev3 ect... been done for ages.

[ecdctech]

No one cares about those podcast ... Joe rogan carolla are the ones people listen to .... Dvdasa

[abbiearcher]

As a former podcaster in the early days, they were saying this in the Mid naughties. Then youtube took off, Youtube killed off the podcast with video blogging because why Audioblog when can have visual effects other than albumart?

However I do feel like podcasts are coming back, especially with Audible's popularity and the rise of the Audiobook. Why listen to a single story when you can listen to a recorded radio show on the go? I feel the return of the podcast is the next step, I just hope this project doesn't go the way of Adam Curry's project,  PodShow. Podcasts could rise again.

[EngJorgeSantana]

TWiT.tv has been doing this for 10 years, just saying...

[DavidJMann]

TWiT are the go to tech people for podcasting, or as Leo Laporte defines their productions, netcasts. They have really taken podcasting to the next level producing audio and video all within a fantastic studio space. They also encourage audience participation from either the chat room, comments or if you are in the area, live from the studio. I don't think TWiT is given enough recognition for what they do and what they have achieved.

[shamusl]

Keith and the Girl are podcasters whose only job is podcasting. They've been doing it for 10 years, and they do well enough to support 4 different apartments in Queens, so....

[pauljohnlongua]

Would you consider TED Talk a pod cast? I thought this story was posted three years ago, because podcasts are so old, technologically speaking.

[MWDAdventures]

Top shelf coming back. Wish it was back on the podcast app on my Apple TV.

[specialistemu]

Thumbs up for Radiotopia and 99% Invisible. I love seeing the podcasts I like featured in the community.

[spencer_gardner]

What is with the eye-blink transitions?

[mistergreenhat]

These annotations in the video are pretty annoying..

[squizwald]

I recently started listening to Podcasts because I wanted to catch up on The Vergecasts that I had missed. I checked out the design section and found On The Grid... never looked back. Even when you're not trying to help us, you are helping us! Thanks Verge

[mattauckland]

I've been podcasting for years, and its now the highest source for listeners for my dance music radio show. Well among the 15 stations across 6 countries who also syndicate the show. I believe that between #podcasts and internet radio, people can find content they want to hear, free from the restraints of larger media companies. It is truly a win win for producers and listeners.

[jamesmoore]

I began working as a driver 5 years ago and have been listening to podcasts 8+ hours a day. I use Beyondpod on Android I go through periods listening to certain subjects, comedy (My Brother My Brother And Me), Personal Finance (Stacking Benjamins and Jill on Money), Science (Nature Podcast), Music (The Best Radio You Have Never Heard, KEXP, Ultima Thule), Business (Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders, HBR IdeaCast), Fitness (Ben Greenfield Fitness). They've changed my life.

[drewdallas]

Love listening to podcasts with Stitcher. Been a listener since 2009. In fact two of my first shows that I listened to were the Engadget podcast with Joshua Topolsky and the Pre Central pod cast with Dieter Bohn. I will say if your looking for a great podcast right now try The Gist with Mike Pesca. I can't get enough.

[philly]

I love podcasts but the programming is up to the content creators discretion... So from mid nov until maybe the second week of jan I was going thru withdraw because all my favorite content creators decided they weren't gonna work. They're great but theyre also something I find myself having to consume independently, when my kids are in the car and definitely when my wife is in the car there's no way I can enjoy my favorite podcasts or share moments of them with them later because they don't understand the hosts personality and context of the podcast... Besided the fact that they'd be bored and annoyed and wanna "just put the radio on"... internet is also very unreliable in the car and spotty in many areas on my way home from work there are several streets I know I have to pause because of train tracks, trees, trolley's, or whatever and then try to rewind and get back to where i left off while driving... it's alot of work idk if I'd want everybody driving trying to search, pause, play, rewind podcasts while driving

[spammail]

To the ESPN dude who said "there is no one who's sole job is pod casting" that statement is incorrect and to prove my point i need only state the name Cenk Uygur and The Young Turks.

[CarlosPacheco]

Podcasts have been my daily bread for the past 2 years. I don't go one day without listening to at least one podcast. Mainstream radio is boring for me. 

[Rulerofwax]

I already listen to podcasts sporadically. Whenever I am traveling for a while, like on a plane or long car ride, I will make sure to download far more podcasts than I even have time for. I also got into listening to Radiolab just at my computer because it is so good.

[ruzzelladrian]

This guy should play as Steve jobs !
Black Turtle Neck Sweater.
He looks like him !