Tell me something I don't know!
NPR is capable of more, and I wish their foray into long-form podcasting had been a success. To suggest you are going to "embed" would mean you'll provide your listeners with novel information gained from being closer to the action. But the key conclusion of the piece really doesn't get much past "quitting opiate drugs is really hard." The use of a "caring" first person in an "unsettling" setting is pretty much just a softened replica of the style of reporting other media outlets (Vice, TAL) have been perfecting for decades. I would have hoped such a respected institution would have made more of an effort to create a new direction in audio storytelling, and at the very least I would have expected them to succeed in executing a derivative.Read full review »
Choiquechoique via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 04/03/16
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