There was a time when podcasting in India was defined by a creator tucked away in a quiet, makeshift audio booth, speaking into a condenser microphone and waiting for an RSS feed to find its listeners. Today, that world is practically unrecognisable. Step onto a modern podcast set and the soundproofing is secondary to the three-camera setups, overhead softboxes, and vanity mirrors.India's podcast ecosystem is in the middle of a visual, financial, and structural transformation—one where algorithms dictate discoverability, celebrity social capital drives commercial viability, and the next frontier of growth is quietly moving away from English-speaking metros. According to…