Podcasts are the New Radio. You see the "R" word used a lot in that way. It's audio, that's for sure. But it's not much like what has become Old Time Radio. There's lots of the old classic shows for younger persons who want to experience what their grandparents listened to or perhaps study it as history. But it's difficult to find a podcast or new radio drama that sounds like the "real thing," even those that are billed as produced in OTR style. The acting on contemporary audio theater is often pretty bad.
Podcast producers are so enamored with amazing digital special effects technology that they sometimes appear more interested in showing off their stuff with music and tightly edited clips than in communicating ideas or telling a story. Way back in the day, all you had to work with was a microphone, a live sound effects person and a Hammond organ for musical punctuation. Corny by today's standards but played by an expert, the Hammond was the perfect instrument for that purpose. Many early radio organists were true artists, having learned their craft accompanying silent films.
Alright, so I'm an old fart who grew up when radio was the biggest home entertainment and information medium. Thank you kindly for letting me pop off.
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