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New Podcast Craze: Listening at ‘Chipmunk’ Speed
by Shifra on July 16, 2017Maybe this is a good idea when listening to other podcasts. But for Tammy Radio podcasts? Not so much. Via WSJ. ….How do people have so much time for so many podcasts? Some don’t. They speed-listen and knock out two, three, four podcasts in the time one usually takes…. Geoff Newman, 31, thought a colleague who told him about speed-listening was nuts. Then the London web developer and filmmaker tried 1.2 times normal speed, then 2x, then 2.5x. Now he’s comfortable at 3x…. The Apple Inc. iPhone’s default podcast player offers ½x, 1x, 1.5x and 2x speed. A popular competitor, Overcast, hits 3x and offers “Smart Speed,” which shrinks silences. At turbo speeds, podcasters speak faster, but intelligibly, at least...