No More Podcasts? Agree or Disagree?
Summary
A straphanger has had enough of the podcast explosion and wants to ban new shows entirely. While existing podcasts can survive, they argue it should be illegal to launch another one because everyone and their mother bought a microphone on Amazon and now thinks people care about their takes on food, sports, or culture. Kareem captures the rant in full force. The rider's disgust is palpable: they see podcasting as "people jerking themselves off on the air" while pretending they're doing something meaningful. It's a volcanic take on media oversaturation.
Full Transcript
You don't like podcasts? No, I think it's people jerking themselves off on the air and make pretend they're doing something with that life. If you already have a podcast, you can keep doing it, but there it should be illegal to start a new podcast.
Everyone in their mother went on Amazon, got a microphone, got the whole kit set up, little filter, and now it's like they're important and we want to hear what they have to say about food, sports, culture. Who gives a—