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THE BIGGEST PODCAST MOMENTS OF THE YEAR
New York magazine
|December 16-29, 2024
A STRANGE THING happened with podcasts in 2024: The industry was repeatedly thrust into the spotlight owing to a preponderance of head-turning events and a presidential-election cycle that radically foregrounded the medium's consequential nature. To reflect this, we've carved out a list of ten big moments from the year as refracted through podcasting.
1. Katt Williams on Club Shay Shay
2024 was barely a week old when the comedian went on Shannon Sharpe's show and popped off on a dazzling array of targets. The episode, almost three hours long, has now been viewed more than 84 million times on YouTube, establishing Club Shay Shay as a media venue of note and Sharpe as an unexpected force in the national discourse.
2. Donald Trump Embraces the Manosphere
To what extent did working the manosphere help Trump win the election? Hard to say, but one can't deny it helped sharpen his relationship with young male voters as he made podcast appearances with Theo Von, Andrew Schulz, and, of course, Joe Rogan.
3. Ezra Klein's Audio Essay Might or Might Not Have Contributed to Joe Biden's Ouster
This story is from the December 16-29, 2024 edition of New York magazine.
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