How the podcast boom is finally forcing radio to become more diverse
Podcasting has come a long way since the mid-2000s, when the medium was largely dominated by tech enthusiasts recording mp3s in their basements. Now, podcasts have hit the mainstream, and those of us who prefer them to traditional radio have a very different perspective on what kinds of voices we expect to hear.
But podcast-obsessed millennials aren’t the first ones to recognize the need to tackle the lack of diversity in radio.