Jason Kottke had an interesting post about podcasting and how new media is acting more like old media.

Podcasters have been slower to break out of the mold provided by talk radio. The playing of music before segments and as transitions between segments makes some sense on the radio, where it’s used in some cases to fill airtime. But for podcasts, there’s no need to fill airtime with anything but content.

This is very interesting and I can only agree with him. It’s the truth that people don’t understand the new media of podcasting. The people who are making podcasts are treating the new medium like it’s the old medium. Some of the people, like Leo Laporte, are old media mavens who have embraced the new technology, but I think that podcasts and video podcasts give people a chance to be “old media.”

I remember when I was younger, I would take a couple of tapes and an old boombox with a microphone and I would be my own DJ. I would intro the songs and then play them and in those days it was a blast. I believe that podcasters are re-living a similar experience. Who hasn’t wanted to be a news anchor (Peter Jennings was my personal hero in 3rd grade) or a radio DJ (my wife can’t stand my DJ voice)? I know that the new medium has created that opportunity for me.

So while I know that Kottke is correct. Podcasters don’t need to create their shows according to old media standards, I believe that’s half of the fun.