[narrator]

If you go looking for it, there is a vast coral reef of diversity beneath the surface where only the 5 media companies that control the mainstream sit.

The best entry into this underworld is podcasting. There are literally millions of podcasts now on every conceivable niche topic and they are so cheap to distribute that there isn't a single dominant aggregator like YouTube. If you can deal with that medium, you'll find a whole universe of creativity.

If you have Android, you can get the Doggcatcher podcasting app ,which doesn't tie to a single aggregator, and explore the vast intellectual underworld yourself.