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Do you ever find that you listen to music like you do podcasts, sort of that passive listening experience attuned to that of listening to music in your car?

I feel like podcasts have that energy to them where their best listened to while doing something else like driving, browsing online, or homework and I feel that are brains have practiced with things like music and radio to get accustomed to consuming media in such a way.

If these kinds of media never existed, I don’t think we would understand the point of listening to podcasts.

“The choice between podcasts and music is purely a matter of personal preference and the goal which you desire to accomplish. Each have purposes and are designed with a specific audience in mind.” – Connor Flannery (Quora)

Music and podcast exist in the same realm of entertainment where you’re able to passively listen and enjoy while also being able to really focus on them when you’re wanting fully engage with the artform. When you thin of it music and podcasts are just a deconstruction of radio in that one is music based and the other in personality and current event based. Throw in some advertisements, which podcasts usually have, and you’ve just got the typical radio listening experience.

podcasts can inform people of novel topics as well as entertain. Music is more of an art form and not as educational. Neither is necessarily objectively better than the other, it depends on the goals and aspirations of the listener whether a podcast or a song will better fit their wants and desires. – Connor Flannery (Quora)