Have We Entered the Era of the ‘Roadcast’?
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Mark Vanhoenacker argues that we have. What’s a roadcast? It’s “a podcast that has particular qualities of randomness and reflection; they’re fascinating and thought-provoking but not news-focused or educational,” he writes in the Christian Science Monitor. “Like the tape deck itself, or the cup holder, roadcasts manage to revolutionize the road trip while also being right in tune with its sensibilities.”
Do these types of podcasts “revolutionize the road trip”? Not quite. Are they intriguing? Sure.
Some of Vanhoenacker’s examples of good roadcasts: Philosophy Bites, In Our Time and the New Yorker’s fiction podcast.
Vanhoenacker goes on to say he believes that roadcasts fill in “some gaps in the road trip experience.” He writes:
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