Hi everyone. Welcome to the A6 and Z podcast. I'm Sonal. This episode is a

podcast all about podcasting. Really it's all about audio and reruns an

episode from last year that I'm resurfacing here as a

podcasting and audio ecosystem continues evolving. A lot's changed and a lot hasn't.

The conversation featured Nick Qua who writes a hot pod newsletter and column in New York magazine's

Vulture site, and A6 and C General Partner Connie Chan, who covers Consumer as well as discusses

audio trends from China in this episode.

Both of them joined me for a hallway style jam and pulse check

on the podcasting industry in early 2019.

We covered everything from discovery, monetization, platforms, analytics, and more, including

impacts on creators.

We touched briefly on the future of radio and went deep through lightning rounds on what happens when content and entertainment

is created natively for audio. But we spend the first 15 minutes talking about the structure,

the piping that powers the podcasting ecosystem, and begin by defining

what is a quote, podcast, which seems obvious but isn't.

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So I mean the real interesting thing here is we're in the midst of a really

interesting moment of change and there is internal conflict within the

podcast community about that question. So historically it's been largely

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