- Why are the richest people so excited to podcast?
- Why is the podcast space so fragmented?
- Podcasts seem to be an add-on:
- Spotify does music, Youtube does music, Substack does subscriptions
- Very tied to mobile apps
- The core item (.mp3) is so simple to work with
- Monetization is ad-driven, and moreover personality-ads: why not subscription?
- Maybe: Waking Up podcast is a bit like a subscription product
- How valuable is the 80k treatment of transcription, summary, notes?
- (Could automate this with AI)
- How valuable is preparation vs demeanor vs good guests?
- How hard is audio production?
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/venture-capitalists-using-podcasts-lure-founders