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Ten Podcasting Predictions for 2020
As the year draws to a close, the creeping barrage of posts dedicated to a recap of the past twelve months is beginning to pick up in frequency. As a general rule, I tend to ignore these year-end missives because I was present during most of it, and in many cases, I don’t need to be reminded of the horror. However, predictions are a sub-genre that I’m absolutely fascinated by.
Predictions are the one piece of content that anyone can write, whether they have knowledge of the subject they’re predicting about or not. Astrologists, psychics, and other versions of the modern-day snake oil salesmen do it all the time. So it is that a person who will remain anonymous for reasons I hope will become apparent asked me to predict what will happen in the podcast space in 2020. Of course, I jumped at the chance. Being a wildly (un)successful podcaster with decades of (abject failure) experience behind me, I believe I am more than (not)qualified to opine on the subject.
And so, I give you my Spot On, Take It Io The Bank, Bet The House On It Predictions for 2020:
- A new and hip podcast app that only downloads NPR, PRX, APM, and Radiotopia podcasts called Avopodo will fail miserably almost everywhere in the US, but the hipsters are totally OK with it not being in the mainstream.
- Joe Rogan will get so stoned during a show…
