I left a steady job to work on my craft as a writer earlier this year. It was scary, but it led to major milestones like winning a short story competition hosted by Netflix and The Evening Standard in the UK.

Podcasts used to be the companion of choice on the daily drive to work or while exercising. But when COVID-19 hit and we had nowhere to go and nothing to do … were people still tuning in? It turns out, podcast listeners escaped reality by tuning to podcasts even more than usual.

It is currently hard to scan the business news headlines without seeing something about cryptocurrency. The exchange medium can hit wildly varying highs and lows in a matter of days, so there is always something new to raise eyebrows at a dinner party.