Will Video Kill the Audio Star in 2025?

What was the big story of podcasts in 2024? If you ask outside observers of the industry, they might say Joe Rogan and the manosphere, particularly as we roll off the so-called podcast election. But when it comes to the community itself, another answer pops up with greater vociferousness: video, video, video.

And for good reason. 2024 saw large swathes of the industry reorient itself around video. The Ringer, for example, is increasingly packaging its shows for the format...