Points taken, but I like it!
Ok, there's French and it's pretentious, but so what? That's part of the smirk-and-roll-your-eyes factor. It's entertaining and informative, and I love listening to the back-and-forth patter while I'm driving to work or digging in the garden -- it makes any boring chore pass by much more quickly when I've got the illusion that I'm really kicking back in a deck chair, sipping my coffee and listening to a few friends work themselves up about the marketing of Miley Cyrus or whether that Vogue photo was racist or a postmodern joke on racism. I don't get to or have to argue with them, which is the frustration and the beauty of this podcast. It's major drawback is that it only comes out once a week.Read full review »
Gizmology via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 05/18/08
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Reviewer328 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 07/18/08
Please don't be turned off by the bores that populate podcast. Stephen is unbearable in his hosting. I seldom make it through his first diatribe.Read full review »
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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 »
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