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Are We in An Analog Revival?

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KQED

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Remember owning your movies and music on tape, CD or DVD? Physical media is having a moment again as frustration mounts with streaming platforms that can remove beloved shows at a moment’s notice while charging endless subscription fees. More people report feeling nostalgic for a time when we could truly hold onto the media that we love. We’ll look into what’s driving this analog resurgence. What’s a piece of physical media you’re holding on to? Guests: Joe Pickett, co-founder, co-host and curator, Found Footage Festival Jeff Rauseo, content creator and writer covering movies, home entertainment and physical media; author, "Lost in the Stream: How Algorithms Redefined the Way Movies Are Made and Watched" Jacob Gaboury, associate professor of film and media, UC Berkeley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Coming up on forum, remember owning your movies and music on tape,

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CD, or DVD? Vinyl has long been popular, but other physical media are having a moment.

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As frustration mounts with streaming platforms that can remove beloved shows at a moment's notice

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while charging endless subscription fees, as more people report feeling nostalgic for a time

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when we could truly hold on to the media we love,

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we look into what's driving the analog resurgence,

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and we want to hear from you.

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What's a piece of physical media you're holding on to?

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Tell us, after this news. Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim. Rolling Stone published an article this month about how people are really appreciating CDs, VHS, DVDs, and other physical media because they're disappointed

1:46.0

with streaming services. The piece is called physical media is cool again. Streaming services

1:51.6

have themselves to blame. And it got us talking about whether or not that's true. So listeners

1:57.0

tell us, is our increasingly streaming-filled or digital world for movies and music,

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