Not for car listening, must be ready to skip ahead.
This show is well researched and the host has such a good voice. However, the ads are vile. Graphic true crime ads are one (bad) thing but I got ads for companies announcing they only hire Americans (feeding into the racist idea that people with accents cannot help you do simple IT) at their call center, ads for tumors??, and constant health ads. There were five ads between sections that led to five minutes of podcast and another slew of ads. This show talks a lot about a magazine divided and I think there’s something to be said for how well researched and thoughtful the show is compared to its ads that are, well, vile.
tenandthetoothbrush via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 08/30/23
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