Simplistic Storytelling
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“If this podcast were targeted to middle school students, it would be okay.
However, if you are even a moderately intelligent adult, it’s hard to get beyond all the aggressive dumbing-down in terms of vocabulary, sentence structure, and historical complexity. In a particularly stupid touch, the host refers to historical figures by modern nicknames (Alexander Hamilton = Alex).
You just get the sense that whoever writes these episodes assumes that the audience isn’t very bright, is easily bored, and can’t handle even remotely complex discussions of historical issues. It’s weird to have a podcast talk down to you, but that is what this one specializes in.
Finally ads erupt into the episode at random intervals, sometimes in the middle of a thought.”
arrrrrrrghh! via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/05/24
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United States of America ·
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