![]() ![]() Firstly, this series about war-crime charges pegged to the former Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher, who became a cause célèbre for a certain corner of Fox News–heavy conservatism, is an excellent piece of audio documentary. I’ll give you three reasons why you should listen to The Line. And listen - in terms of podcasts, at least, this has been a damn good year. To that end, my intent with this list is to reflect my own beliefs on what stood out as the best podcasts from the year. As the podcast universe gets bigger - with more subgenres, communities, and tastes flowering for a million different preferences - the job of a list like this has, in some ways, to become more specific. In any case, the abundance presents a distinct challenge for this humble critic. ![]() Not that this is necessarily the most important thing, of course there were still many fantastic listens to go around. That said, there was no one show (or even handful of shows) that stood out as an undisputed breakout phenomena. ![]() Meanwhile, the literal number of podcasts available for your listening pleasure has never been larger or more overwhelming. Also, they made a podcast-heavy TV show that was actually great, which should be considered a strong marker for just how far this community, once thought of as a digital backwater, has come. There continues to be anxiety around the fate of independent podcasting, especially after one of its strongest advocates, Roman Mars, moved over to SiriusXM, but there have been solid glimmers of hope that the podcast world can support both industrial-grade and homemade products. Podcasting is no longer rapidly consolidating it has fully consolidated, with the vast podcast universe now orbiting around a handful of major platforms and corporations, some expected (Spotify, iHeartMedia, Apple) and some slightly unexpected (SiriusXM, two different Amazon companies). Without a doubt, this was the year it all happened. ![]()
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