Podcasts are Annoying

[Aquarius1234]

Its just radio 📻 😌
Don't get me started on every celeb and his dog starting one.
Also I assume most of them wouldn't make much money from doing it?
It's just a hobby. Some have so few listeners.
BBC Sounds are happy though to toss money at literally any Z list celeb to make one.
To think I used to admire the BBC compared to ITV etc..

YABU

Switch stuff off / scroll on if you dont like it.

Podcasts are amazing. Its nothing like radio. Swearing is allowed for a start.

You’re listening to the wrong ones. Obviously podcasts by Z-list celebs are going to be a bit crap. The best podcasts are those by experts in their field or interring friends who have a laugh and do good research on whatever it is they’re talking about. I find the celeb pods mostly a miss.

What about when you are driving, at the gym, cleaning the house, having a root canal etc?

It’s a different medium from radio.

That’s like saying “books are just newspapers” because they both contain words.

There’s loads of podcasts covering loads of different topics out there. And it’s not all BBC Sounds, there’s plenty of others making podcasts.

Some podcasts are great, some podcasts are annoying.

YABU to say they’re all annoying.
Unless you find all audio annoying, then you’re probably just listening to the wrong ones or not taking the time to find podcasts about your personal interests.

I've been listening to some good stuff on BBC sounds this week.
True crime/scams are my favourite, but they are more of a documentary format.

I don't like the '2 randomers in a televised booth contemplating their own navel stuff' .
Katie Price/Lilly Allen/Meghan Mark Le-"Sussex" bollocks

Love a good podcast, me!

Been enjoying Steven Bartlett's D.O.A.C... especially the neuroscience-y stuff.

I find Love Island and Mrs Brown’s Boys annoying, so I don’t watch.

Easy solution there. Hope this helps.

And nor do you dismiss ALL Tv as “so annoying”

I much prefer live radio. Can't stand overly edited/ produced segments.

I watched Unforgivable on bbc i player. That was very very good. Slightly different to Love Island. Incase anyone thinks I dont like other things.. lol

There’s lots and lots of podcasts that are not edited at all or minimally edited

Not all podcasts are overly edited or even edited at all though.

god I love a podcasts and listen to a huge variety across loads of subjects as I walk the dog. So YABU

Podcasts mean I can listen to what I want, when I want. I love Radio 4 but my favourite programmes aren’t always on at a time that suits me.

People seem to like them, just cos they are popular..

No different to TV shows, music, anything really. Lots of crap things are hyped up.

Personally, I don’t like them because they’re popular but rather because they’re the only medium that has lots of new content on subjects I’m interested in. TV and radio rarely covers niche topics in any depth.

Or are they popular because people like them…?

Well... no. Lots of podcasts aren't popular, as you pointed out in your OP. Some of the good ones become popular, and people like those ones because they are good. Nobody 'likes all podcasts because they are popular'. People like podcasts that are about things they are interested in.

Honestly, try applying your points to other forms of media and it will become obvious that they don't make sense.

It is basically radio. I listen to a lot of things on radio 4 on catch up. I've never understood how podcasts not just a cheaper version of radio. A bit like pirate radio stations but not illegal because you don't have to pay so there is a nothing illegal about it

I gave up on the Today programme a long time ago. These days I much prefer The News Agents and the various The Rest is Politics podcasts to other analytical news programmes.

Right. Was also going to say you can watch podcasts on YouTube.
But you can often do that with radio. But its definitely a thing which is interesting to see people in the studio. But I prefer that if its live.

I listen to podcasts at the gym on psychology, history and true crime. Love that I can time my workout to them as well and you get what you expect with little distraction unlike radio.
I wouldn’t listen to celeb podcasts, just like I don’t watch reality tv. It’s not for me. Each to their own.

The good ones annoy me because I want to consume the information and discussion but not by listening. I would rather read a transcript, which would take me 5 minutes rather than an hour. I don't have an hour! I miss blogs. I'm disappointed in the world for preferring listening to reading.