Commentary: What podcasts did – and didn’t – do in GE2025

Commentary: What podcasts did – and didn’t – do in GE2025

My dad, who is always socially tuned and in his 80s, pointed out that this election was unique. ” There is a lot of information today. He claimed that YouTube, apps, and other media outlets are all right from politicians. In earlier elections, the majority of Singaporeans relied on WhatsApp information, car owners, and coffee shop speak. That multimedia environment has undoubtedly changed.

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The landscape was still comparatively unimportant when I began researching social apps in 2024, outside of the mainstream press. Social and policy issues were already being explored in audio formats on established platforms like CNA’s Strong Swim.

but there are a few more recent, freely produced channels called socialservice. In an effort to experiment with a different voice and format, Sg, Teh Tarik with Walid, and those mentioned earlier, were interviewing politicians from all over the range, asking open-ended questions, and talking about politics in a way that felt everyday, less structured, and logical. The habitat has quickly grown since then.

Podcasts frequently amplify political divides in the United States, providing ideologically specific material that mobilises like-minded listeners. Although group leaders constantly used podcasts and TikTok during the most recent strategy, expectations of a “podcaster-led” election in Australia finally waned due to disengagement and political shocks.