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“I used to adore this podcast, recommend it others, even joined the FB group (but probably never posted anything..), but all that is to say I was once enthusiastic. I used to take notes on their recommendations as things they covered. I found Steve charming as a pompous white man in the hudson valley is...but he is brilliant, so the pompousness felt earned, or that’s what I thought. Dana’s insights and love for cinema was evident in her reviews, and I found her personable, energetic, and smart as hell. It was Julia who felt like the weak link, like she was more a half-focused consumer of culture, a movie watcher always on her phone, but not a deep thinker behind it. And I too have a young child, so I got the kid stuff, but that’s not an excuse to approach the show unrigorously. Back when there were fewer podcasts with POC or even magazines and papers regularly publishing POC, this podcast made more sense. Think of the target reader of the New Yorker and Paris Review. If that’s you, you may love it. If you are someone who is more excited about queer or POC or international or working-class perspectives, this podcast is not for you. And frankly, given that two of the hosts are based in NYC, in a POC-majority city, and international city, it really feels like they aren’t invested in the most vital and strongest culture that is thriving. Take a look at what’s happening in American poetry, television production, visual art—its voices and cultures that are not represented here, and when it is, there is so much white guilt and not action. the podcast is fine, it may be enjoyable, it’s competent. But it in 2020, it’s not about CULTURE. In one episode a few years they talked about their make-up, and Dana said, if we made room for someone else, a person of color, who would go? I don’t want to go. This is a paraphrase but it was so memorable to me. And if anyone asked me, Dana should stay. She seems the most thoughtful and engaged in the culture of the current moment. But then again, maybe keep the slate as is, as the podcast space is expansive and there are so many excellent voices that represent the communities that make American culture so rich and exciting. Don’t feel bad if it’s not for you. It’s them. Not you.”
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06/25/20
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