Podcast Business JournalArchiveAre the People You Listen to Online Your Friends?Are the People You Listen to Online Your Friends?June 8, 2021 · Time to read: ~1 min This is an archived page from 2021. Find out moreHave parasocial interactions become the new norm? The Guardian says that for many of us during the pandemic, podcasts have replaced our relationships with our friends in an op-ed that comments on how the pandemic accelerated an existing trend.