Podcasts Are The New Books
Podcasts are coming for books:
Once the internet started, yes, you could go and research online, discover the history of the Tudors or whatever, but you’d probably spend ages. Whereas now I do think, with podcasts, there’s a format that for the first time ever is a viable competitor to the book.
via
https://open.substack.com/pub/jmarriott/p/everyone-is-dreaming-about-snakes?r=d4phj&utm_medium=ios
and
“There’s a crisis in non-fiction book sales. What’s to blame?” (The Times. Ceci Browning, Saturday February 07, 2026)
This is good news for podcasters and fans of transmediation, like me. But likely bad news for traditional English teachers…
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