The only podcasts I still listen to are the ones I've been listening to since the 0's when I had to download .mp3 files and put them on my USB key MP3 player
100% amateur stuff, no ad, nothing to sell, just humans having fun in front of a mic
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The recent reboot of the medium is more akin to the talk shows from TV, but instead of trying to reach a wide range of audience, podcasts are targeting niches.
Which allow more podcasts to exist... but make it harder to be sustainable since their goal is mostly to make money
I'm curious about these long running but non commercial podcasts. Can you share a few (or all)?
Those are all French-speaking podcasts since at this time it was the only language that I knew:
https://diagonale-du-vide.lepodcast.fr/
https://wapx.lepodcast.fr/
https://podcast.radiovostok.ch/laplanetebleue/