I miss the days when podcasts were all unmonetizable works of art (like the "old web").
As much as I like the improvements to production values, along with professionalization has come a sort of optimization for audience acquisition that drives all the worst parts of journalism.
The new, highly produced podcasts with engaging narratives of dubious truth value are so popular that they drown out (or worse crowd out) the niche mostly amateur content. Even if it's all still there, I don't know where to find it. ☹
There was a podcast ages ago called "Life of a Law Student" that doesn't seem to be archived anywhere. It was just a dude who would say all the stuff he learned in each of his law school classes (eventually other people got on board). Low quality audio but fantastic content.
@pganssle btw I've found that podguessing https://www.harihareswara.net/sumana/2021/03/18/0 found a few podcasts I have actually listened to/subscribed to! You may also be interested in
@brainwane Nifty, thanks for the suggestions! Y'all seem like a fun couple 🙂
That podcast roulette thing sounds cool, but it seems it only has 10 entries in the feed and the feed hasn't been updated in a few years.
I really need a way to find podcasts that are not put together for the purpose of building and maintaining an audience. Mostly this is amateur stuff, but professionally produced podcasts from universities and some non-profits also often fit the bill as well.