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“On the whole I do enjoy this podcast and getting to learn about all these sorts of hidden gems of the world, but the various hosts really can be hit or miss. Several of the main female hosts have such severe vocal fry that it’s difficult to understand them in any setting with background noise.
Baudelaire is a particular miss for me. All of his episodes start out talking about himself and he clearly has a large chip on his shoulder - but at the expense of good research. When he raved over the soursop he had in Africa but never mentioned that it’s a Central American fruit I had to roll my eyes - he’s very concerned with African history being erased but doesn’t do very basic research for cultures that are not his own. His episodes are more negative too - in the Pyramid of Djoser episode, why even mention the tour guide you didn’t like? Just skip to the interview. And he made a big deal out of being taught that the Greeks founded civilization and African contributions were erased…where did you go to school that didn’t teach about the Egyptian achievements and that Egypt was part of Africa? There are many things to criticize about our education in America re other cultures, but this is not it. Leave this to the experts and editorialize less. His guest did not feel the need to compare the Egyptians to other cultures to show their success.
I do really love many of the lesser featured hosts - I wish the podcast had a bit more of an even distribution between all the regular hosts - some of them are great.”
Xbound24 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/14/23
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“truly love the content but the episodes are simply comically/obscenely short! generally not interested in podcasts with eps shorter than half an hour as a rule but have listened to many of these anyways because learning about the hidden truths of the world is the genre of pod i prefer most....”Read full review »
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United States of America ·
03/24/21
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“Great podcast! ....but learn proper pronunciation of British place names.”
yogiparis via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/22/21
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“Given the number of podcasts I listen to, I love this short, sweet delight. It’s like paging through a book full of interesting items and pictures. Instead of trying to stretch out every subject to an hour, this serves up a charming host and a unique infectious view of the world. Highly recommended.”
FreemanSW via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/31/21
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