Spotify’s recent Investor Day revealed ambitions in audio that reach beyond music and podcasts. Listeners can expect to see audiobooks and news developed alongside Spotify Live, interactive Q&A, and polling. These announcements point to Spotify’s long term vision, in which podcasts figure prominently. In this post, I explore new opportunities for podcast interactivity, recommendation, and discovery that will help the company to build the future of audio. Apple has been Spotify’s primary compe...