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“I fell in love with podcasts in the 2000s, and this podcast was one of my first go-tos. Stephen, Dana, and Julia always seem as though they’ve done plenty of background work—true reporting—on the works they cover in each episode. They are thoughtful and smart, and they make connections I might not on my own. They select topics carefully and invite outside guests to discuss them when it is called for and when those guests enhance the discussion.
I’ve had one or two occasions when I’ve wished they had pulled in people more representative of groups represented in works under discussion, especially groups who haven’t been well represented in the mainstream cultural canon until recently (sorry to be blanking on specific examples). But that takes funding as well as connections, and I know the whole Slate enterprise has been cash-strapped recently. Plus, I can say as a white cis-gender pansexual woman in a long-term relationship with a man, and as a listener who is in many ways quite similar culturally to the hosts, I think everyone is finally getting better on this front in white-dominated American popular culture. So maybe just a future direction for more improvement?
For years I’ve loved how members of the panel trio balance and complement each other. They remind me sometimes of musicians who have played together for years in their chemistry and the history you can feel under their exchanges.”
30SomethingAudioPhile via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/03/20
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“These 3 people are smart, erudite, self-effacing, and absolutely charming. My only criticism of the podcast is that it is not daily.
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United States of America ·
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“Stephen & Company... I wait for your analysis with baited breath.”
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08/17/11
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“OH! LOOK AT ME! My opinion of American culture is more valid because I'm an over-educated egghead ... Snooze. I listened to this podcast for months (why exactly I can't answer) but was moved to finally unsubscribe (and write this) after listening to Stephen Metcalf's pretentious...”Read full review »
Booka Booka via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/04/09
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