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Google Has A New Podcast App. It Also Hopes To Diversify Podcasting. (buzzfeed.com)
An anonymous reader shares a report: Google now has its own podcast app called, well, Google Podcasts, and if you have an Android phone, you can head over to the Play Store and get it right now. Google Podcasts does most things you would expect a podcast app to do. It lets you subscribe to and download podcasts; it learns from your listening history and suggests new ones you might like; and, if you're a podfaster, it lets you speed shows up. Most of these have been things you can already do right from within the Google app on your Android phone -- but now you get a shiny new app to do it with. For Google, the app represents an ambitious goal: to double worldwide podcast listenership. [...] Google is working with an independent global advisory board and industry experts to bring in more creators from underrepresented backgrounds such as women, people of color, and people from other countries into podcasting. Other players in the space such as Spotify and WNYC have already made efforts to spotlight these voices in the podcasting ecosystem. As part of this new program, Google will create curriculums to teach people podcasting basics, develop training programs, and also lower barriers to entry by helping out with equipment like microphones. Details about the program and specific plans to diversify outreach were not yet available. Google says it currently has no plans to release the podcast app to Apple's App Store.
its 2018. podcasting is so 90s. jesus.
Radio is so early 20th century, how is it still a thing? jesus.
Cars are so late 19th century, how are they still a thing? mohammed.
The US is so 18th century, how is it still a thing? budda.
Bread is so 4000 years ago, how is it still a thing? bael.
"That's the way to do it" - Punch
Hey, some of them may be in a situation similar to mine. We want to make a podcast, but are too lazy.