While the concept of podcasting has been around for 20 years, user-friendly streaming services, like Spotify and Apple Podcasts, coupled with the homebound years of the pandemic, led many people — more than 1 million in 2020 — to start their own shows, according to podcast search engine Listen Notes.
Chattanooga wasn’t left out of that podcast boom. Locals with other day jobs took on audio side gigs as an opportunity to discuss everything from art and music to what’s going on in city government.
Here are six podcasts produced in the Chattanooga area you can listen to:
Contributed photo / Iggy Hogans, founder of the “Iggy’s Loudmouth Podcast,” is seen.Iggy’s Loudmouth Podcast