Are podcasts the same kinds of online programs that were around a few years ago? I seem to remember all kinds of odd and quirky - sometimes rubbish - audio programs online that called themselves entertaining but generally failed to be so. Podcasts can these days be also video as well as audio, and that’s a sign of the times for how these things have evolved since they started being created and distributed. I have found a great many good programs I enjoy listening to, some I have listened to from the early days of the medium, and continue to be loyal to the shows and the hosts.