# Left of Dial Media's Alan Black on the Essential Listening Poll

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Podcast: [Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/broadcast-dialogue-the-podcast-220006)
Published: 2025-08-19T15:30:00+00:00
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## Resource

Alan Black would like his newly-founded venture Left of Dial Media to be for podcasting what Criterion is for film. In a world of popular podcasts like The Joe Rogan Experience, Call Her Daddy and Theo Von , Black is on a mission to champion the things that are strange, new, weird, trailblazing and genre-defying - shows that will be remembered a decade from now. The problem is unlike film, podcasting doesn't have a canon. That's why he's created the Essential Listening Poll , a rundown of the Top 100 Greatest Podcasts of all time, curated by a cross-section of leading audio makers, journalists and academics that's been unveiled at Podcast Movement, with the support of Amazon Music. We welcome Alan Black back to Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast to talk about discoverability, the broken economics of podcasting, and why he believes there needs to be more tastemaking in the audio space.   See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

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