Completely Conspicuous 324: Future Tense

Part 2 of my conversation with guest James Gralian as we discuss the future of podcasting. I've also got music from Courtney Barnett, What Moon Things and Mattress Financial. Show notes: - Recorded via Skype - Check out James' show The Avs Hockey Podcast - Old media (radio, newspapers) is struggling - Radio stations need to think differently - Boston was once a great radio town - College radio is still going - Jay: Playing DJ on BFF.fm - Apple helped grow podcasting with iTunes - Talk radio is still popular - James' podcast has nothing to do with sports talk radio - Mo' money, mo' problems - Everything revolves around smartphones - Podcasting is about as DIY as it gets - Still having fun with it - James: There will be massive dropoff in conventional podcasts - Hard to keep up with all the shows - Similar to the amount of good TV out there - This American Life was originally rejected by NPR, went to PRI - It's not about SEO, it's about making good shows Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! Music: Courtney Barnett - Avant Gardener What Moon Things - Astronaut Mattress Financial - I Do That Good The Courtney Barnett song is on The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas on Milk! Records. Download the song for free at Amazon MP3. The What Moon Things song is on the band's self-titled album. Download the song for free at Soundcloud. The Mattress Financial is on the Mattress Financial/Fond Han single Private Split. Download the song for free (in exchange for your email address) as part of Exploding in Sound's EIS Sampler 2013-2014 on Bandcamp. The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor by Text-Enhance" href="http://compcon.libsyn.com/">Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.