“I have read all of Gladwell’s books, many of his articles, and listened to all of his podcast. I could not finish one episode of season 10. What started as interesting, well-developed historical snippets has devolved into Malcom talking about totally uninteresting rejected ideas from Hollywood with unknown screenwriters. Oh yeah, the episodes are 20% ads now too, even the old episodes. Malcom grew a podcast from a base of curiosity and wacky history, interviewing obsessed scholars and experts. He pivoted hard to sponsored content, friends interviewing Malcom about his own books, and just stale ideas with high production value (see: The Little Mermaid episodes). I can’t think of a more distasteful capitalist way to turn away a fan base.”
Peachy134 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/27/24