Robots are coming for our jobs in podcasting. Well, at least my job in podcasting. Actually though... only some of my job in podcasting. But here's why I think that's a good thing for all of us in podcasting.

Will podcast advertising ever get a seat at the grown-up table alongside print, radio, television, and digital? Or are we stuck in obscurity and novelty forever, while the real money is spent elsewhere?

I don't think advertisers are ever going to get completely out of podcasting. But I do think there's a reckoning coming for podcast advertising... and it might sting all of us.

The future of podcast discovery is bright; but only because the present of podcast discovery really sucks. But before you cheer too much for the future of podcast discovery, it might be a bit more dystopian than you want.

You say “free hosting” like it's a bad thing. And, sure, it mostly is today. But what happens when one major player in our space switches to FREE? It’s going to make a lot of current podcasting business models obsolete.

Podcasting just wouldn't be podcasting without the RSS feed. But while this flat text file is fundamental to podcasting today, is it powerful enough to power podcasting in the future?

Don't let the news coverage of premium podcasting fool you. The bulk of podcasting -- from production to consumption -- will be done by hobbyists. But that doesn't mean this “free” space is safe from future changes.

Break out your credit card, podcast listener. Because soon the best and most popular (yes, both of those) podcasts will cost you (and everyone else) to listen.

Herding cats, corralling feral hogs… Pick your metaphor. But trying to force today's new crop of podcast listeners to behave the way you want them to behave as just kind of... dumb. Welcome to the new world order, podcaster.

Today's podcast listener is fed up with your drive-by attempts to capture their attention. To reach this new audience, your podcast episodes have to live where they live.