Digital audio technologies have expanded the methodological possibilities for anthropological research. This article explores some of the implications of using podcasting as an anthropological method, specifically an experiment in which interlocutor interviews were regularly published as part of an exploration into digital politics in India. The article uses the reflexive insights garnered from making the series to interrogate the possibilities of interlocutor interview podcasting for anthropology. Further to this, it exploits the interlocutors’ expertise on digital practices to reverse the analytical gaze, asking what their experiences of the digitalising Indian public sphere can teach us about changing academic/anthropological practices, especially regarding the enabling (or not) of new ways of speaking, vocal performances, the possibility for immediate publishing, and celebrations of newness. Building from these critical appraisals, it is suggested that the latent promise of interlocutor interview podcasting lies in the potential to create ‘aural intimacy' and a ‘circulating copresence'.

数字音频技术扩展了人类学研究的方法论可能性。本文探讨了使用播客作为人类学方法的一些含义，特别是一项实验，在该实验中定期发布对话者访谈作为印度数字政治探索的一部分。本文使用从制作该系列中获得的反思性见解来探讨人类学访谈者访谈播客的可能性。此外，它利用对话者在数字实践方面的专业知识来扭转分析的目光，询问他们在数字化印度公共领域的经验可以教给我们有关改变学术/人类学实践的知识，特别是关于启用（或不启用）新方法的知识。说话，声乐表演，立即发布和庆祝新颖性的可能性。从这些批判性评估的基础上，建议对话者访谈播客的潜在希望在于创造“听觉亲密”和“循环共处”的潜力。