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..

I don't know where people find the time to listen to them. I'd have to wear headphones, as I'm always dotting about at home doing stuff, but then I'm shutting out family and it seems hugely antisocial. When I'm dogwalking I like to be focused on doing that, listening to birdsong and with an ear out for any dog trouble. I always have DD in the car with me and would struggle to find something we're both interested in. My friend, who has a pre-schooler, must listen to stuff constantly, given she's always pushing podcasts at all of us in our friendship group. I would never say anything, but either that child has a mother who has her ears permanently plugged with ear buds or the child is having to listen to all sorts of inappropriate stuff.

I do like Uncanny, but that's about it.

I am a massive podcast fan and listen to all sorts of content. Not a fan of the celebrity ones either. My latest discovery is one about Scottish myths and folklore, it's literally a woman talking into a microphone and sharing her knowledge. It's brilliant.

I also listen in the car to podcasts as radio annoys me with the inane chatter from the hosts and I don't like listening to music.

Yeah and I rarely look at peoples posting history..

LI threads esp previous ones are what keeps most of the posters watching.
FYI I prefer Big Brother..

I really don't get the point of podcasts. They invariably start with a load of boring rambling about random life events pertaining to the podcaster before the podcaster even starts on whatever it was they are podcasting about.

I avoid all of them now.

Maybe you can find one that teaches you to speak pleasantly to people.

Ive just tried looking and can't even see the options where it gives the total numbers.
I post regularly on BB , Strictly . TV dramas when I watched them live.
I like to moan on the threads like lots do here.
= why lots for LI.

How are people so hard of thinking.

I really don't get the point of films. They invariably start with special effects and other random nonsense before the movie even gets going and you see the main actor.

Clearly nonsense. Why do posters feel they have to contribute to a thread when they know nothing about the topic? So many people have said there are podcasts about everything from ancient history to cricket and everything in between, but oh no, they're all "rambling about life events".

Maybe I will pop into a Love Island thread to tell people who enjoy that sort of thing that I don't get the point of that show. Doesn't matter that I've never seen an episode and no nothing about it, I can still waste their time pontificating.

Are you joking about the films?
Isn't that just for action/ sci fi/ fantasy films.

I mainly watch drama films and often smaller budget ones.

Edit yeh you are.

Its irrelevant if I watch a bit of crap TV. I still find podcasts annoying.
But I may not have come across one thats really good. Fair point from PP.

Well whatever 🙄

No, the point is, if you only watched those kinds of films, you’d think that’s what all films were. Bit like you’re doing with podcasts.

Well to be honest I don't get those either! I think I've been to the cinema once in the last 20 years and only a handful of time prior to that.

If I watch/listen to something I want it to be relevant to the reason I'm watching it. I'm not interested in your Love Island habit - it may matter to you, it doesn't to me and I prefer not to spend my time listening to you wittering on about it in the hope that you may eventually say something interesting about life in Iron Age Britain which is what the podcast is supposed to be about.

Most podcasts are very poor quality. Anyone and his dog can have one. Whether they should is another matter.

That’s just not true though. There see tons of podcasts hosted by very knowledgeable people on every subject from deadly poisons to astronomy and many of them have very little to no waffle at all. Certainly not about Love Island.

Not liking podcasts is like saying you don't like books or television programmes. There are plenty of educational ones (although that's probably not your cup of tea) as well as 'celeb' ones.

They're a good medium for keeping up to date with what's going on, particularly science research or things like health advances, which hardly ever make it to radio let alone TV.

Some of the comedy is brilliant, as is some of the true crime. Just like other media there's something for everyone. If you've only listened to the shallow Z list celebrity type ones then I don't think you're in a position to comment on ALL podcasts.

Hope your enjoying your podcasts today about fossils and tudor history.

Im not a premium member so wasn't able to look up your posting history.

Most podcasts are very poor quality. Anyone and his dog can have one. Whether they should is another matter.

Part of this is true. It is very easy to start your own podcast and it is definitely something which not everyone is good at. Some of the low-budget ones I listen to (mainly about history/heritage) are really good not because they have amazing production values and hi-tech studios, but because the person cares about their topic, is very knowledgeable and communicates well.

But "most" being very poor quality? That's just not true, many of the big TV/Radio organisations around the world make their own podcasts like BBC or Sky News or New York Times. Then there are the other brands which just make podcasts - iHeart, Wondery, Goalhanger. There are a lot of podcasts i'm just not interested in the topic, but that doesn't mean they are poor quality.

Recent good listens for those interested in podcasts:

Titanic - Ship of Dreams, narrated by one of the acting McGanns. Excellent retelling of the story.
British Scandal (Wondery) - dramatisations of scandals like Lord Lucan, the Salisbury poisonings, The Peru Two...
Death in Ice Valley - co production between BBC and Norwegian broadcaster about an unsolved mystery which is absolutely fascinating
Assume Nothing - BBC N Ireland podcast with short seasons on a specific story.
Marianna in Conspiracyland - again several stories, all looking at conspiracy theorists.