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Podfasting: A Podcast Phenomenon
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Podfasting: A Podcast Phenomenon

Podcasts are an extremely popular way of consuming popular culture, media and general information. The iTunes Podcasts store is visited frequently by myself and many others in order to download and listen to the interesting content that creatives provide us. As Buzzfeed recently reported, there are a new sub-group of people who have discovered an entirely new way to listen to podcasts, which is to listen to them at double, triple or possibly even ten times the speed. This phenomenon is called ‘podfasting'. The reason for listening to podcasts at an increased speed is simple; to be able to listen to as many as possible in a shorter space of time. Every day, more and more podcasts are being created by dedicated creatives for their audiences to consume. Some podcasts release an episode ...