New offering doesn’t feel very new at all, but it does just what you want a podcast to do

Ray D'Arcy and Jenny Kelly

Ray D’Arcy and Jenny Kelly

I can’t remember exactly where I first heard it, but the line stuck with me. A character in some TV show joked that “Opinions are like podcasts – everyone’s got one, and nobody wants to listen to yours”.

It does seem like that at times. Such is their preponderance that frequently, on setting up their own podcast, people ironically joke that there are too many already. It’s particularly true for those who already work in media: someone loses their current main gig in telly or radio and, almost for want of any better idea, announce their forthcoming podcast.