The Three Fundamental Moments of Podcasts’ Crazy Rise

The Three Fundamental Moments of Podcasts’ Crazy Rise

The short history of podcasts—how and when and why they went from the nichiest, wonkiest content platforms to a star-studded, self-contained media ecosystem with hundreds of millions of dollars in annual advertising revenue—comes down to three turning points, each of which triggered a wave of growth bigger than the last and only one of which …