Podcasts Are Ruining Society

Podcasts are making you dumber

I wrote about this topic in the past, but I wanted to cover it again because I think it’s important and I’m currently working on a video that relates to it. Podcasts have been very beneficial to me and society as a whole, but like anything, there are downsides. In this article, I’m going to cover three big reasons why podcasts are ruining society.

Responsibility

The first problem is responsibility. Should podcasters be responsible to their audience, or should they be able to invite any guest on and let the audience figure it out for themselves? This is a philosophical question, and I tend to stay away from that, but today let’s switch things up a bit. When Kamala Harris or Trump goes on a podcast, if the podcaster is not knowledgeable enough to keep up with them or challenge them, are they negatively impacting their audience?