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Roman Mars: One podcast listener is worth 10,000 radio listeners
“I think podcasting just eclipses the public radio connection. I mean, I would rather have one podcast listener than 10,000 radio listeners. It's that important.”
Mars: Cross-promotion on other podcasts is the primary discovery tool
“I can tell you as somebody who does a show, the things that work so far are basically being on other podcasts. The thing that introduced me to new audience. Radio lab featured my show about three and a half years ago. And it was a huge thing for me. So that's …”
Roman Mars: Audio hosts should perform rather than sound unmodulated
“I mean, this is something that's sort of anathema to public radio often, because it's about you sound the way you're supposed to sound in a way, like there's a real premium placed on that, which I think is nonsense. I think being a performer, And being a good …”
Roman Mars: Traditional Radio Ratings Are More Problematic Than Podcast Downloads
“Nielsen ratings and Arbitron ratings for radio and stuff, I think those are way more problematic than my downloads.”
Mars: Podcasting Grew Steadily for 10 Years Before Hitting Critical Mass
“You know, people know podcasts more than they ever have before, but there really has been a steady growth for about 10 years. Like, it's been slowly climbing, and I think it just hit that weird threshold effect where enough people know it that it feels like ev…”
Roman Mars barely listens to broadcast radio despite his public radio career
“I devoted my life to public radio. I'm, you know, like, I listen to public radio all the time. I barely turn on the radio anymore.”
Roman Mars: DVR and Netflix normalized curated entertainment, driving podcast adoption
“I think people are used to curating their lives a little bit more with DVR and Netflix. They're used to, like, programming their own entertainment, and podcasting doesn't seem like that big of a deal anymore.”
Mars: 80% of the world remains unfamiliar with podcasts
“I mean, still, it's like, 80% of the world still doesn't know what the hell this is. It still has some, a lot of room to grow.”
Roman Mars: Podcasts must be written for multi-tasking listeners
“I guarantee you are doing something else while you were listening to me at the same time. You are definitely watching dishes. You are driving, you are doing something else. So I have to write it in such a way so that it works for that type of listener and work…”
Roman Mars: Podcasting is no longer seen as inferior to traditional media
“I don't think that there's this notion that it's risky to go into podcasting, that it's lesser than I think it feels like the most exciting thing. I think it's equivalent to the kind of the startup world where, you know, you could have had a, you know, a great…”