Dumbed down history
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“This podcast appears to be designed for dumb people with short attention spans. Unlike, say, the History of Rome, which seems to appeal to smart people with long attention spans.
The podcast may be a victim of its generous BBC budget. It seems the producer and presenter decided that their intended audience was to too stupid to listen to a well researched, coherent narrative. Their solution was to string together a series of soundbites from various locations with a meandering narrator (both literally and metaphorically).
No cliche of “infotainment” is left unused. Most hilarious 🤣 is the breathless commentary as the presenter presumably stumbles his way to historical sites. Then there are the background noises for atmosphere 😂. How traffic noises are relevant to a 17th century war escapes me!
Possibly this podcast is just the soundtrack from a TV show. In which case let’s be thankful that we are spared the visual cliches. No doubt it would have the dumb scenes of the narrator walking towards the camera or talking to himself in a crowd. Of course, the perpetrator of this style of “documentary” is the recently deceased (thank goodness), much over-rated James Burke (BBC 1970’s).”
Music Lover 555 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/11/19
More reviews of How to Invent a Country
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“Seriously addictive…”
Tom beer via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/11/22
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“Brilliantly entertaining, full of remarkable history and so very thought provoking. Top notch!”
Captainwibble1917 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/22/22
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“Misha Glenny cleverly finds a connection between the past and present and you wish our politicians to listen and learn. Funny and clever approach to history. Good production.”
cmcg28 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
05/30/18
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