Podfather Reviews: Bury me with my headphones
No one knows how many ideas were conceived on the corner of Park Place and Court Street on Ohio University’s campus, but this column was definitely one of them.
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No one knows how many ideas were conceived on the corner of Park Place and Court Street on Ohio University’s campus, but this column was definitely one of them.
There are certain comments and critiques I will probably never hear as a male, white cisgender podcaster in this evolving industry.
Flashback to Pickerington North High School. It was my junior year, and the theater kids desperately needed something to do to entertain ourselves.
I was a toddler when podcasting first made its major appearance in the world, and I’d say I was pretty cute toddler, also. I don’t remember what some of the first podcasts sounded like because I was too busy watching the first episode of “Dora the Explorer.” I had other priorities at the moment.
There has long been sensational headlines and hysteria for years that young people are losing their attention spans because of technology. That people addicted to their smartphones, smartwatches and smart-everything now have shorter attention spans than a goldfish.
With all the time I’ve dedicated to podcasts over the course of the past few years, I’ll be honest: I’ve mostly stayed in the “mainstream” of podcasts. I’ve played it safe. I’ve stuck with podcasts made by the NPRs, the Gimlets and the other institutional podcast-makers of the world.
The world isn’t being invaded by aliens. At least, it wasn’t in 1938, when Orson Welles’ broadcast of The War of the Worlds fictional radio drama across the U.S., inciting panic that was being invaded by aliens.
Dating can be a bit of a crapshoot. You may meet people who are constantly on their phone, people who literally only talk about their pet chinchilla or people who could be a loving, supportive partner for decades to come.
I remember like it was yesterday the first time I tried to make steak on my own — well, like it was almost two years ago, actually.
Last week, I wrote a quick guide about how anyone, even you, can make a quality podcast of your own. All it really takes is a few quality microphones, a not-so-terrible idea and a solid head on one’s shoulders.
You might want to sit down for this.
The telephone killed the telegram. Video killed the radio star. And the internet killed everything.
Imagine if one out of every five people in the U.S. was born without opposable thumbs. These people are friends, family and coworkers that one sees on an everyday basis, struggling to pick up plates dropped on the floor, open doors or even shake other people’s hands.
“The resolutioners are coming.”
I’ve faced this battle walking down the street countless of times: jam out to music or tune into another podcast? There’s only so much free time in the day, and it can be difficult to pick and choose what one wants to listen to.
I’ll just say this to make myself clear: Most podcasts should be listened to at normal speeds. But for the “speed-listeners” or “podfasters” of the world, this column isn’t meant to crucify the trend of listening to podcasts in the fast lane. I’ll explain.
In Loving Memory: Liam Niemeyer’s Bank Account Balance
OK. Here it goes: podcasts made by the Internal Revenue Service. How about the U.S. Department of Agriculture? Are you bored yet?
This upcoming weekend is for the dads. It’s for the men with receding hairlines, terrible jokes and the “back in my day” recounts of nostalgia. And yes, this week of podcast reviews are for the fathers in our lives.
The media industry makes a killing off murder mystery stories — pun intended. One can look at the most popular TV shows on, from the revival in popularity of Twin Peaks to the Netflix show The Ozarks, and they always involve someone brutally murdering another person in a specific episode or as a theme throughout.