Having completed its metamorphosis into a more defined sub-genre of YouTube, or a cheaper, looser form of television, the podcast world feels like it’s stumbling into yet another uncertain future. Consider, for example, how the medium, now in some ways just a format, seems poised to be absorbed by yet another totalizing platform: Netflix. Big Red’s recent announcement of its partnership with The Ringer , and the spate of reporting indicating that it’s approaching more big podcasters , emphasizes just how much the terms of competition have changed. The podcast platform wars used to revolve around Spotify and Apple; these days, it’s just one of many duels fought between YouTube and Netflix.

Meanwhile, podcasting, however defined, is now unambiguously central to American political cult

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