There’s a whole ecosystem of listener-supported podcasts using the “value for value” model popularized by “the Podfather” Adam Curry. You can find most of them on podcastindex.org or through a supported app like Podverse or Fountain.

Extreme focus on sports, wearing sportswear (both men and women do this), always “exercising”, mentioning calories on a menu card (a Caesar salad contains 1200 calories!).

An Alpine radio and phone dock meant I was streaming podcasts way before it was cool.

In China I used to be able to buy hotpot flavored Lay’s potato chips. Typical beef hot and spicy flavor. Somehow they disappeared but they were the best

The original Matrix movie