Today marks Relay’s 11th birthday, as noted by Myke Hurley:
In recent months, there’s been a fresh wave of chatter about the “death of podcasting” — this time aimed at anything expensive or audio-only. I often joke that I’ve seen podcasting declared dead three or four times over the course of my career, and this is simply the latest chapter.
What many people fail to recognise, or have only just realised, is that this medium thrives when shows are made by people who care — people who are passionate and started podcasting simply because they loved it. The kinds of shows we make — talk shows for niche audiences — continue to succeed long after the big-budget projects fade away. Why? Because we have an audience that supports us, grows with us, and changes with us.
Our listeners care — they care about what we create, and they care about the conversations we have. That’s the true joy of this medium, and it’s why I keep showing up every day — more than 4,000 days later.
For a long time, people told us that shows like ours wouldn’t last, so to see our little network continue to provide hours of commentary and entertainment each week is a true blessing.