Friday essay: missing the commute, the spaces between places and the podcast stories in our pockets
- Written by Malcolm Burt, Amusement academic and disruptive media researcher, CQUniversity Australia

In the not-so-distant past I commuted fairly hefty distances in a fairly garbage car. But you didn’t hear me complaining – I had an extensive library of podcasts (or “my stories” as I liked to call them) on my phone.
My ride was so basic it didn’t have a stereo that could connect to my...