Searching for Beethoven on Pandora or Shostakovich on Spotify can be frustrating at best; the most iconic pieces of classical music can be performed hundreds of times by hundreds of symphonies. Popular streaming services just don’t take this much metadata into account – until now.

Compared to other international markets, Germans have remained loyal to physical forms of music, which made up 62% of the market in 2016, compared to 39% worldwide. But the latest figures show that even CD-loving Germans are shifting towards streaming services to get their audio fix.

Averaging 2.2 million listeners per episode, NPR’s Serialpodcast is not just a cultural phenomenon, but a game-changer for a formally underappreciated medium. But why has the story of a 1999 murder in Baltimore struck such a chord? And what is it about the lure of audio that’s driving a talk radio revival?

When it comes to music, digital is in and CDs are out. But the vinyl revolution isn’t going anywhere, especially in Germany. So it's not surprising that the country now has a monthly chart dedicated solely to the format. What is it about these records that makes them so appealing?