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A Prediction Within a Prediction: The Video Hype, the Illusion of Scale, and the Return to Sustainable Podcasting

A Prediction Within a Prediction: The Video Hype, the Illusion of Scale, and the Return to Sustainable Podcasting

From the 2014 Serial boom to the 2020 pandemic, podcasting has survived corporate hype. Now, as the Industry pours millions into unsustainable video, a new deconstruction is coming. Here's why the video gold rush will end--and why the intimate, earthy core is built to survive.
Elsie Escobar 28 May 2026
Elsie Escobar looking off to the side, wearing braids. T-shirt is slate gray with Snoopy sticking out his tongue. Words on the t-shirt say "I hate being stared at"

On Voice, Ownership, and What I Won’t Give Away Again

Podcasting asks for your body and presence. But what happens when you pour that intimacy into an asset you don’t own? I’m unpacking the cost of corporate IP and why "voice is not neutral labor," inspired by my conversation on Into The Podverse.
Elsie Escobar 16 Jan 2026
Definitions Don’t Feed People

Definitions Don’t Feed People

While the industry debates definitions, creators are struggling to survive. It’s time to stop arguing over what counts as a podcast and start building the support systems independent creators actually need to pay the bills.
Elsie Escobar 15 Jan 2026

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