Bäst poddar 2020
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The Best Podcasts of
Like so many other parts of our lives, podcasts were different this year. For people suddenly working remotely, there were no more commutes. Instead, podcasts soundtracked evenings making dinner, weekends doing chores, long walks to stretch our legs, or drives to clear our heads. For those still working outside of home, distraction and comfort in trusty listening material may have been more sought-after than ever. The pandemic produced new types of audio series, too, offering tips to help us cope or cook our way through the dark days of isolation, and revealing how creative types were dealing with their own unexpected downtime. From an actor’s ruminations on the industry to comedians developing new material, from an examination of racial segregation in schools to a black mother’s search for her son’s killer, from the origins of the modern far-right to the mysteries of Hollywood, here are Rolling Stone’s picks for the best of the year.
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Editor’s picks
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De bästa poddarna
Har vi passerat peak podd? Ja, det beror nog på vem man frågar. Det finns ju lite olika sätt att se på saken. Dagarna då ”alla” skulle ha en podd är definitivt över. En av förklaringarna till att intresset för att producera egna poddar har avtagit är att det visat sig att den eller de (oftast de) som lyckats få några nämnvärda lyssnarsiffror – med få undantag – varit kända redan innan de började podda. Alternativt så har man jobbat med ett känt varumärke som avsändare, och därmed också haft en plattform som givit podden spridning.
När det gäller lyssnandet på poddar så har det däremot ökat stadigt år för år i Sverige. Det är enligt den senaste statistiken mest personer mellan 14 och 45 år som lyssnar på poddar, och det är vanligare bland högutbildade och i storstäder. I åldern 15 till 44 år lyssnar inte mindre än 29 procent av svenskarna på en podd varje dag.
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This year’s 50 Best came together a little differently than before. Just five years ago we could address a fledgling podcastsphere with the 50 best episodes of the year—not shows. Now, something like million podcasts exist. Even if only half of those were active in we still couldn’t possibly hear them all, no matter how pathological our dedication to listening. So, of course, this year’s list is constrained by what we heard and by our requirement that all selections be newly released in (We still considered existing podcasts that tackled entirely new premises or plots. As with every year, we’ve recused ourselves from considering The Atlantic’s podcasts.)
We also had to contend with the challenges raised by the coronavirus pandemic. Some shows from the start of the year couldn’t hold our attention as the crisis wore on. Important podcasts made during March, April, and May relayed the latest guidance and stats or shared personal dispatches from frontline professionals. But if you wouldn’t want to revisit them today, they’re not on this list. Shows produced later in the pandemic had an even higher bar to meet: They had to adapt to the new context and make listeners care, knowi