End of an Era: Longtime Podcast Hosts Go Quiet as Video Dominates

End of an Era: Longtime Podcast Hosts Go Quiet as Video Dominates

Veteran hosts like Marc Maron, Al Franken and the Culture Gabfest crew are hanging up their headphones and setting down their mics.

Some longtime podcast hosts are ending or leaving their shows as video becomes dominant; increasingly, YouTube-first or video-first programs lead podcast charts (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg)

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: Some longtime podcast hosts are ending or leaving their shows as video becomes dominant; increasingly, YouTube-first or video-first programs lead podcast charts  —  Veteran hosts like Marc Maron, Al Franken and the Culture Gabfest crew are hanging up their headphones and setting down their mics.