in podcasting. It's a fascinating medium. Actually, in general, I'm just someone who's endlessly fascinated by the role that media plays in shaping culture, in taking cues from culture, but then also telling us about who we are. And obviously, each technology comes with its own set of business models, its own distribution, and its own particulars in terms of how it shapes the content. What are your thoughts on podcasting, this phenomenon of podcasting? It's not as popular in the UK as it is in the US. It's pretty popular. It's become more popular. Well, here's the situation. It's very dominated in the UK by the BBC, which some people might possibly rightly say was distorting the market, because so many BBC programs are put out, frankly, as podcasts. Mine included. There are some that are now specially crafted just for podcast, but there are a lot of programs that are just put out there for people who've always liked, and now basically get on demand. My feeling about the podcast, boom, (26/38)
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