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Splash No. 169 - The Podcast Dilemma

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Since high school, I’ve always had a pair of headphones on hand, always a few seconds away from popping them in my ears and playing something. For the longest time, it was just music, something to soundtrack my life: a beat to walk to, an atmosphere to color my work, lyrics to add interest to a boring task. I’d constantly be listening to new music when I wanted to make a task more interesting or listening to my favorite albums to spice up the silence of everyday life. But after some time, I discovered podcasts. In the last few years, podcasts have replaced music as my main source of audio entertainment. At first, I mainly listened to story-based podcasts like This American Life and Serial, but in recent years, and especially during the pandemic, I mostly listen to conversational podcasts like How Long Gone, where the hosts have casual conversations with their guests about their lives. Unlike the story-based podcasts, you can zone in and out while listening to these, catching humorous

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