I got back from holidays this week. Back to work. And all week, my answer to every question I’ve been asked has been PODCAST.
Hey, how was your Christmas Mia? PODCAST
Is that a new kimono you’re wearing? PODCAST
Mum, what’s for dinner? PODCAST
This happens to me from time to time. I dive into an obsession. And this is a deep dive.
With podcasts, I wasn’t one of those crazy early adopters. I never am. I am not going to sit here all smug and tell you how I’ve been listening to them for, like, ever. It began for me as a bit of a slow burn over the past couple of years as I dipped my toe into a number of different podcasts. Conversations with Richard Fydler, Double X Gabfest, Savage Lovecast, the Media Report, This American Life, WTF….and then came the big one late last year: Serial.
I was hardly the Lone Ranger there. The 12 episodes of longform story telling where host and producer (and This American Life staffer) Sara Koenig re-examined the murder of an American teenager and the conviction of her ex boyfriend Adnan Syed who is currently serving a life sentence in prison. It was gripping and game-changing. You can catch up on that here.
Suddenly podcasts were everything and everyone wanted to be all over them, me included. Holidays are usually the time when I read books but this year I barely did. Instead, I listened to podcasts. We tried doing our own last year and learnt a lot of lessons from the few episodes we recorded in the Mamamia office.
Mostly, we learned that we can’t record in the Mamamia office (wooden floors, women wearing loud shoes) and that we needed to change the format and the line-up (also, our former host and beloved Mamamia senior editor Kate Leaver is moving to London!). So we have.
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Will you still be able to listen to it with itunes?
Anyone else out therre new to podcasts I've been really getting into "99% invisible". Can anyone recommend more like that?
Ps. Mamamia I'd love to sign in but my ipad2 won't allow it on the new site. What gives?
OMG MOLLY 99% invisible is AMAZING. I am recommending it to everyone. Did you hear the one about the guy that made the macbook sound? So cool.