Review of Reading Our Times - Horrible Sound Quality and Worse

Horrible Sound Quality and Worse Interviews

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“I initially followed this podcast because it seemed to align with a lot of my interests—non-fiction books, contemporary topics and debates etc… but I quickly stopped listening because the audio quality was so poor (I doubt it’s even edited) and the host wasn’t intriguing enough to continue on. However, I was out of other podcasts and let the interview with Helen Joyce auto play. Not knowing who she was, I was initially intrigued if not thrown off my “trans” and “debate” in the same sentence. I listening on in horror as transphobic propaganda was spewed to me with little resistance from the host. He doesn’t push back on factual or scientific inaccuracies in her arguments and platforming people like her, who as a cis woman has some reason made trans rights and issues her main focus (why?). She’s seriously fragile enough to be threatened by trans people existing at all and, again, very little to no push back from the man at the head of this podcast. It’s embarrassing and disgusting.”

Laey2 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 11/29/21