AMT Lab @ CMU: Podcasts aren’t just for news and politics anymore. With more than 550,000 active podcasts in over 100 languages on iTunes alone, spanning every topic from society and culture to business and economics, podcasts are one of the fastest growing forms of media. Although Apple was for a long time the only mainstream distributor since it first added podcast support to iTunes in 2005, podcasts are now widely available across several platforms such as Stitcher, Google and Spotify. In fact, Spotify recently made podcasting history with its acquisitions of Gimlet Media, the podcasting studio behind hit shows such as Homecoming and Reply All, and Anchor, a podcast creation and monetization platform, signaling a potential new road ahead for content creators.
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I am a big advocate for the revival of radio-style shows in the form of podcasts. Back home, I drove 30 minutes to and from school, so I spent that time listening to what I found to be interesting. I often turned to NPR to stay updated, but it can often be a bit disheartening to listen to the news first thing in the morning. Podcasts offer a variety of options, as mentioned by this article. I’m definitely going to be adding some of these to my lists because many deal with the behind-the-scenes aspects of the arts. I especially love the one titled “A Piece of Work” because it appeals to all the people who walk into modern art museums and wonder why the work is considered “art.” Being the only person in my family pursuing a career in the arts, I often find myself explaining what I’m doing, and why I like to do it. These podcasts are incredibly useful for people like me who are highly interested, and others who have less exposure to the making and producing of art, be it visual or performing.
I have recently become more interested in listening to podcasts, and these are very good suggestions that I will have to check out. I have heard of, and listened to 99% Invisible before, and it is by far one of the more interesting podcasts that I have listened to. I cannot say that I have heard of any of the other podcasts however. One thing that really bothers me about this article is the plug to their own podcast at the end, making the reader think that it is more of an advertisement than an objective article. I also think that it is interesting how specific all of these podcasts are. Practically all of them focus on one specific medium of art, and nothing beyond that. There are no general arts podcasts on this list, or that I know of. I think that a podcast like that would be very conceptually interesting.
Recently I’ve gotten more into podcasts because it’s fun listening to people talk about new and crazy things or tell stories. It makes for good things to keep me going when I’m working on art projects or taking a walk. The podcasts I tend to listen to are the supernatural/paranormal or mystery ones. However I’m always keeping my eyes, or rather ears, open for new intriguing ones to add to my list, and I think the addition of arts podcasts could be a good change. It’ll be quite the switch to go from murder mysteries, aliens, and cryptids to art history though. A lot of the series they list in the article seem fairly interesting, and I think I’ll check them out this spring break while I have a lot more down time. ‘The Modern Art Notes,’ ‘Museum Archipelago,’ ’99% Invisible’ and ’Switched on Pop’ stuck out to me, but mostly ‘Last Seen,’ as that resembles more the kind of thing I’m used to listening to. “Best for: Conspiracy theorists and anyone who got into podcasts by listening to Serial…” exactly my kind of thing.
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