Hot Pod’s favorite podcast episodes of 2022
by Ariel Shapiro from The Verge - All Posts on (#6795K)
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I hope you all had a happy holiday weekend and, with any luck, are off this week. Last week, I dug into the wonky, rocky economic outlook for podcasting in 2023. This week, I am keeping it light (plus, nothing much happens in the liminal space between Christmas and New Years, anyway).
There have been a number of thorough, expert rankings of the top podcasts of the year - this is not one of them. This is a purely subjective list of episodes I really enjoyed during my free time that had nothing to do with writing this newsletter. If your taste is anything like mine, I hope you like them, too.
Normal Gossip, Steampunk-Ass Murder Mystery"
I am not original, and like most people connected in some way to the podcasting industry, I am...