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The future of podcasting is already here.
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It's just unevenly distributed.
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And while it certainly is an access problem for many, it's often just
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a problem of apathy or laziness, which is good news for all of you!
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Hello, and welcome to another Podcast Pontifications with me, Evo Terra.
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What happened to all these things that were supposed to change everything?
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These tech advancements that were supposed to usher in a brand new era of podcasting?
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I mean, remember all the hype surrounding GTP-3?
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Right?
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That used machine learning and other deep knowledge algorithms and whatever
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to come up with text automatically.
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A robot could come up with text.
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And the promise, or at least the idea of that, was that it would change
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the way that we wrote the scripts for podcast and lots of other content
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that would go into our podcasts.
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But in reality, I don't hear about it all that much anymore.
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Though, I do know that some podcasters are using it in a limited
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fashion headline generation, and maybe some social media copy.
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But beyond that, I don't hear that much any longer.
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Then, there's the drop-in or the social audio app that was
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going to replace podcasting.
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Remember that?
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That was the big thing, whether it was Clubhouse or Greenhouse
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or Firehouse or whatever else.
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These were going to come in and we were no longer going to be podcasting.
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Well, those tools and those networks still have their adherents, obviously,
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and new ones are launching all the time, but hasn't really been a big
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disruptor in podcasting just yet.
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I don't know.
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Maybe we're too early.
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Maybe that's going to come later.
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Now, this reliance on and hype around new things isn't anything brand new.
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I mean, I can remember being on stage at Podcast Movement back in
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2014, where someone was trying to argue with me that Stitcher was
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going to revolutionize podcasting.
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Stitcher!
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You know, today's breathless enthusiasm - of which I have contributed greatly to,
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I fully admit that - is on Podcasting 2.0, the namespace changes that are
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coming, as well as the magic that companies like Descript keep cranking out.
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But keep this in mind most podcasters aren't going to use these tools
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either because they can't or whatever reason, most podcasters don't
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even know about these advances.
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Most podcasters out there are very happy with their own idea
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of what the status quo is now.
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Actually, I think that's good news for podcasters like you and me
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for a couple of different reasons.
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Number one.
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It means that we who do like to adopt and try out these new tools and see how
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they can change our overall workflow.
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We don't have to rush into things.
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We don't have to make a mad scramble to get there before everybody else
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does, because that cool new thing, as cool as it is, history says is not
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going to have a super fast adoption.
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So you're probably not going to be left out in the cold.
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If you take your time to evaluate and integrate the tool, whatever
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this new thing is, workflow.
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Second thing.
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It makes it easier for us to stand apart because most podcasters won't or
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can't be bothered to even look at it.
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When we finally do integrate this new cool tech, which takes our
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podcast one level up, that's just one more thing we are doing better.
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Our shows will sound better, reach people more easily or whatever
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they benefit of this new thing is it'll work out better for us.
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So my message to you as my backup turn to the Pacific ocean from
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Mike temporary relocation and too much cooler climates, eh.
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Well, let's embody some of this stuff, Jill out, take a breath, find a way to
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work in the cool new thing that works or you, but you have time, you know, time.
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We're a week away from pod rev day options the first Wednesday of every month.
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If I have that right.
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And I'm pretty sure that I do pod rev day is a fantastic
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way for you to show the love.
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Of the podcasts that you listened to on a regular basis.
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I'm a recent convert to pod rev day.
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And I honestly think you should be as well.
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So if you've not yet heard of it, go to pod rev day.com to get more information
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about how you can participate and keep this good work going forward.
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Now, if you've got any value from the thoughts and ideas I shared on
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today's program or a peer previous program, be sure to return that value
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to me@buymeacoffee.com slash Evo Tara.
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That's it.
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I shall be back tomorrow from beautiful San Diego with yet
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another Podcast Pontifications.
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Cheers!
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