I've spent a lot of time in the depths of what's going on, so it's time to tell you what I've learnt.In Episode #429 of 'Musings', Juan & I discuss: the evolution of podcasting across it's 20 year history, the good/bad parts of what happens on the inside, why advertising screws everything up, why you'll never be able to make ridiculous money from podcasting and a whole bunch of predictions for how the industry will change in 2024. No boostagrams this week, very sad puppy :'(Timeline:(0:00) - Intro(1:02) - Topic(3:12) - Is there a podcast industry?(5:02) - History & growth(11:21) - The Podcast Industrial Complex(29:43) - You can't monetise the network(34:38) - Spotify & cultural trends(42:36) - Chat comment(48:27) - Boostagram Lounge(51:53) - PIC & Chat GPT Predictions(59:07) - Podnews Predictions(1:09:47) - Juan's Predictions(1:15:58) - Summary(1:26:49) - V4V: Send a boostValue 4 Value Support:Boostagram: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/supportPaypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcastConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUTwitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcastSupport the show