Waypoint trending podcast heavy?

[longtime_listener]

I found Waypoint via Idle Weekend so more podcasts, more ! That said, I fell off a bit in the second half of the year due to random life things and upon my return I noticed that podcast content – Waypoint Radio, Waypoints, Be Good and Rewatch It, Waypoint 101, etc – seems to be dominating waypoint.vice.com (compared to written work).

Am I smoking something, is this a coincidence, or does it reflect a “change in strategy” for the site? It is also entirely possible that I missed previous discussion on the topic!

[tino]

It does reflect a change in strategy. Austin talked about it in this post:

Disconnect Between Forum and Site

Hey folks, Just wanted to hop in here to talk about big picture site direction stuff, as I’ve been open about it on Twitter, and referenced stuff on the occasional pod or stream, but haven’t laid it out in any one big place. Partially, that’s because any time you say anything in a forum post or on-site article it feels like a Big Thing. But also, partially, it’s because it’s hard to “lay out” anything as such because so many things in the world of media writ large are still in flux! SO, long s…

[longtime_listener]

Thanks! Looks like this thread is exactly the context I was looking for. I did a cursory search before posting but didn’t turn this up.