Somewhat good, but substantial improvement required
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“I’m excited to see (and support) new independent journalism. I think this podcast has potential, but needs a lot of improvement.
I find the presenters too tribal, and not able to step back from their personal views. The sign of successful political analysis is where someone can step back from their personal views, and provide a respectful critique of what has happened, or what might happen. This takes courage and thought - and this podcast isn’t doing that right now.
The podcast also makes too many factual mistakes - mistakes that can and should be avoided. It often feels like the presenters are just presenting some ad how views that they’ve come up with after reading some media. For this to be successful, the presenters need to seek a range of views and help their audience understand the ‘so what’ of the political events of the week.
The Rest is Politics (both US and UK editions) are absolutely brilliant at this. They bring together people from the left and right - who can respectfully debate and critique politics and policy. More importantly, they can step back and critique themselves and their own party’s views. I have heard each presenter say - more than once - “I was wrong about that…” They have made an analysis, and later realised that things have changed. That kind of honesty and self-reflection is important.
The Rest is Politics is also very well researched - and every time I finish listening I feel like I’ve learnt something that I didn’t know before - and I’ve been introduced to new ideas, and new consequences that I had not previously considered.
I would encourage the presenters to expand their inputs into the podcast. This includes talking (off-air) to people they don’t agree with. The podcast needs to be grounded in reality - and recognise that the Australian electorate can be progressive, but is also cautious - and we appreciate incremental change.
As I say, I’m all for new and independent journalism. But, this podcast has a way to go. I think they can get there - but, they need to research more (to avoid basic factual errors), talk to people who don’t agree with them, and consider the medium and long-term consequences of the political events.”
snewo.c via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
08/07/24
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Gizmowong via Apple Podcasts ·
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11/03/19
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03/13/24
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“A solid addition to my podcast library. Thank you.”
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Australia ·
06/08/18
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