[sien]

Yes. Exactly

A friend of mine who is a writer made a podcast where she spoke to writers about how they write and their writing. She made ~100 episodes.

It was incredible how professional it sounded. It was really remarkable.

That's what podcasting makes possible.

It's not a 'mass' medium such that cultural commentators can write about 'the hits' and where anyone cares what they have to say. With Serial being about the only big exception.

But podcasts are a fantastic medium and they are different from radio.