11 Years of Relay
Today marks Relay’s 11th birthday. While each individual year doesn’t carry the same weight as the 5th or 10th, the fact that we’re still here all these years later means a great deal to me.
In recent months, there’s been a fresh wave of chatter about the “death of podcasting” — this time aimed at anything expensive or audio-only. I often joke that I’ve seen podcasting declared dead three or four times over the course of my career, and this is simply the latest chapter.
What many people fail to recognise, or have only just realised, is that this medium thrives when shows are made by people who care — people who are passionate and started podcasting simply because they loved it. The kinds of shows we make — talk shows for niche audiences — continue to succeed long after the big-budget projects fade away. Why? Because we have an audience that supports us, grows with us, and changes with us.
Our listeners care — they care about what we create, and they care about the conversations we have. That’s the true joy of this medium, and it’s why I keep showing up every day — more than 4,000 days later.
Thank you for continuing to support what we do. Looking ahead, I know there will be challenges to reach Relay 15 or even Relay 20. But looking back at the past decade, we’ve faced plenty of challenges before and overcome them — and I’m confident we’ll do it again.
Of course, none of this would be possible without our incredible hosts, who continue to show up week after week to make the shows you love. And thank you to Stephen, for keeping the wheels on this whole thing.
FROM Relay, this is a birthday 💟
