"It's bizarre to watch people in this way - even in gay cruising areas you wouldn't stare at other bodies this intensely. Now, whenever I go to a concert, especially at the Berliner Philharmonie with its encircling seating, my gaze hovers over the audience as well as the stage."
He had already picked on me several times for laughing too loud, too readily (that wasn't even a joke, he chastised me at one point). I was trying hard to suppress my laughter to hold it in, to hold it back, to not fully express the joy I was feeling. I was being somewhat successful. And then I wasn't. Everyone in the audience was laughing but I was laughing too much.
Video Podcast Market Poised for Booming Growth is the WSJ header. As podcast listening grows, the article presumes, "brands can use the medium to boost engagement, build communities, expand ad revenue, and unlock new sponsorships." Podcast popularity is eating into TV and video streaming time. There's a dollar prediction here, too: Ad revenue for podcasts and vodcasts is charted by Deloitte (on the WSJ site) to reach five billion dollars in 2026.
