May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get

10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to walk home in the rain again.

Trains, now on Uber.

T's and C's apply bit like a first date.

There's a clock kicking, you're waiting to see whether you're interested, and I'm

more awkwardly sitting opposite you trying to peak your curiosity, and in fairness with

a topic like the history of podcasting, it's more like a blind date than anything else it could go in any direction like

podcasting at times does take itself a bit seriously and the line history podcaster makes podcast on the history of

podcasting has the whiff of a satire piece on a slow day about us but when you

strip it back the story of how podcasting emerged is intriguing.

Imagine trying to explain podcasting to someone in the 1980s or early 1990s.

How would they react if you told them that you sometimes spend hours in the

company of a stranger you've never met? What would they say if you told them that you sometimes

listen to them when you feel down, that you take their advice on how to

feel better and they might influence your political views. You might go as far as to say that some

podcast hosts even feel like a friend and maybe you admit that on

occasion you even financially support a podcast now that person in the 1980s or

1990s would probably tell you you're in a cult.

Explaining how podcasting emerged though is a fascinating journey through the history of our times, an era that has seen phenomenal

change. All the things required to listen to a podcast, the internet, smartphones and Wi-Fi, have transformed our world.

Because we've experienced these events, because we've lived through it,

we often struggle to fully appreciate the depth of this change, but while you might not be a revolutionary, you are definitely living through a revolution.

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