Twenty years ago today, way back in November 2004, I recorded my first podcast. It was the very early days of podcasting, which really kicked off in August 2004. I, along with my co-host Mick Stanic, recorded the first Australian podcast – “G’Day World“. I was recently notified that some of the early episodes have been added to the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, “to represent the development and experience of podcasting in Australia, and to ensure that podcasts are available for future generations to listen to and research.” It’s also up on archive.org.

One of our earliest G’Day World guests, who then became one of our launch hosts on The Podcast Network in February 2005, was BAFTA nominated broadcaster Ewan Spence. He and I caught up recently to talk about the early days of podcasting and how it’s changed our lives.