I like it a lot, but it could be better.
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“Best things in the podcast:
- Lefty Shark Tank. I love hearing about quirky new left wing ideas. My favorites are the segments about earnest & practical ideas. The one about the social wealth fund was my favorite, though the proposal to shoot all men into the sun was funny too. It would be great if we could also get some online materials with more information about the topics discussed.
- Let's get more issue-focused interviews with guests who Actually Know What They're Talking About. The MMT segment was excellent.
- The more open-ended interviews with Barbara Erenreich, Ralph Nader, and Megan Day have been fascinating as well.
- "Waxing Poetic." I love hearing you guys talk about the things you know a lot about and love--whether it's Wikipedia or Bruce Springsteen.
The main theme is: it's engaging to hear people talk about things they love and have taken the time to learn a lot about.
Things that are not so good:
- Voicemail bag. You guys need to do more research in order to actually insightfully answer these listener questions. If a caller asks a question about art funding, don't just wonder out loud how arts funding works in the US. Look it up. Preferably before recording the segment. Or else pause to look it up and edit the pause out. (Also-please please stop writing/podcasting about aesthetics and art criticism until you do some more research on it.)
- "Break" segments. The fake radio static in Red Rose is so loud that it's hard to understand the voices. Also, the story is boring and the dialogue is not funny. The fake commercial segments hit and miss. Some are funny. Most are not. The comedy in the live show was lackluster as well. I don't mean this as an insult. Y'all are funny people. Your dialogues with eachother make me laugh. Comedy writing though is a specialized skill set that none of you have. Hire a spacialized comedy writer. (You wouldn't have the magazine editors draw the cover illustrations, so why should they do the comedy segments?)
Things I wish I could love:
I know the segments about the border are some of the most important journalism you guys do. I find them dry and difficult to follow though. (I like a bad person for that.) Is there any way they could be more narrative?”Read full review »
mhc.mhc via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/01/19
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“i love nathan’s humor. he’s wonderfully sarcastic.”
Meijijfhdhdhfh via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/29/18
“I love Current Affairs, and now I can enjoy them while listening in the comfort of rush hour gridlock. As always the takes are hot, fresh, and not the standard mundane centrist punditry of the mainstream media. I would highly recommend”
ActualNoamChomsky via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/27/18
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