Celebrating International Podcasters Day
Maura Sweeney Ambassador of Happiness (R)
Podcaster | Speaker | Goodwill Ambassador
International Podcast Day is more important than we know.
I remember the days of minimal communication, information and entertainment choices. Growing up, I could watch assigned TV programs on CBS, NBC and ABC plus two or three dry programs appearing on some obscure, local station. There was so much more I wanted to see and learn!
Listening to my car radio was no different. There were few music choices. “I don’t fit into any of these three or four station formats designed for me,” I mused. “Where can I go to hear music I really like, with sounds and lyrics that truly resonate?”
Today, that’s all changed and I am one of millions of beneficiaries around the globe taking advantage of a plethora of new options. In ways previously unimaginable, podcasting has opened the floodgates. People from every background and persuasion are producing their own content. Conversely, listeners everywhere are finding, subscribing and tuning into whatever their interests and curiosities desire.
Podcasting today allows us to connect on a global level. We're exploring, comparing, challenging and expanding our minds, hearts and human experiences.
Connecting with others, especially on an auditory level, provides one of the most intimate mediums of communication. Podcasting opens up our imagination to the human voice where ideas, rather than prescribed and sometimes biased images, prevail. We’re invited to broaden, rather than limit, our ability to intake, synthesize and consider something new.
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Through podcasting, we glean from others what we might never otherwise know. We gain new skills and insights, explore broader points of view, challenge our own dogmas and, at best, discover a world both rich in diversity and unifying to the human condition. In many cases, we can even make some new friends along the way.
Whether you’re a curious seeker of something fascinating and new -- or even wonderfully familiar to listen to — or you’re someone with information, entertainment or ideas to share with others — be sure to make today’s #internationalpodcastday one to join in and celebrate.
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