Slate's podcasts are variably defective and silent
Ever since I subscribed to several Slate podcasts some weeks ago, about half of them come through with no sound whatsoever (lest you blame the victim: this doesn't happen with any other podcasts I download onto my intel macbook pro using Leopard with all updates and with iTunes 7 and 8 via Verizon Fios and an Airport Extreme). This becomes so frustrating (like an intermittent reinforcement scheme where you get kicked in the head from time to time) that I am now unsubscribing from all Slate podcasts... on the grounds that such an inept communications department is a black hole of geekdom that will never emerge from its own confusion. So long... it hasn't been fun.Read full review »
ptorranc via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 09/14/08
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I use to subscribe to Slate's podcasts almost 7 years ago. Andy use to do all the stories Monday-Thursday and I'd sit through a Gabfest Friday. Then Andy left to work on SlateV, then the XX Gabfest came, some Sports one followed, then book club, and soon enough the podcast became more...Read full review »
S12XwZ@ via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 04/20/11
The Slate podcast received my first step into the world of podcasting several months ago, and set the bar so high (too high) that many of the other podcasts I've engaged have fallen short. The variety of columns that Bowers chooses (and reads with aplomb) leads to an interesting, surprising,...Read full review »
Ken Anselment via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 12/16/05
I listen to the Political Gabfest, Double X, the Cultural Gabfest, and the Root podcasts. I think all these are wonderful. There are current topics discussed by professionals who have done their research and have actual opinions. These are some of my favorite podcasts out there, and make me feel...Read full review »
carolynnsings via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 08/02/11
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