My brother-in-law frequently relays stories of things he heard on the morning-zoo-like radio program he listens to every day on his way to work. It's called "Free Beer and Hot Wings," because apparently those are the nicknames of the two hosts. I've never listened to it but sometimes when I have to run to the store or something, and bringing the iPod seems pointless, I turn on the radio and hear an ad for it. The tagline is: "Free Beer and Hot Wings. Funny name, funnier show." I mention all of this because even though that probably sounds like the worst thing in the world to you, it's still more respected than your average podcast.
I deliver newspapers for a living, which means I drive around in my car for at least five hours a day. After awhile even my very sizable music collection wasn't cutting it, audiobooks were putting me to sleep, and lord knows I wasn't about to turn to the radio. Luckily I discovered podcasts, and I fell in love. I spent hours on iTunes searching through categories and clicking those "Listeners of this podcast also like..." links. Three and a half years later and I'm still deeply invested in the podcast world. They still get very little respect, but that could be changing soon, no small part due to one man; Kevin Smith.
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