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Secret Histories of Podcasting

Published: Oct. 22, 2015, 2:27 a.m.

It turns out there are (at least) three ways to tell the secret history of podcasting: it is a story about technology, it is a story about a business model for audio, and it is also a story about the birth of a new art form. What\u2019s really cool is that the whole thing is sort of a Rashomon narrative \u2013 in this special edition to mark the radiotopiaforever campaign your host attempts to tell all three versions using the same people. Visit radiotopia.fm to join the radiotopiaforever campaign.

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illustration Celeste Lai