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Ever since the humble mobile phone increased its intellectual prowess and officially became “smart”, we have begun filling every available moment with a constant input of information. Investigative journalism gave way to current-events blogging, which was largely rerouted into Facebook posts, Twitter buckshot and clickbait listicles. But the screen devices that enslaved our gaze and bathed it in artificial sunlight also gave birth to an audio renaissance—the rise of the podcast.
