“If you’ve landed on Meghan Daum’s podcast, you’re likely interested in critical investigations of current cultural, political, or literary topics. This is exactly that, but more.
In a market-driven intellectual economy (ha), it‘s all too easy for your “nuanced” or “contrarian” thinkers to flounder in their respective contrarian poses, and in effect have the same conversation—dressed in a different controversy, political sphere, or context—over and over again. I’ve lost interest in many writers and podcasts for this reason. (Though I empathize! It’s all too easy to do this! And it sells!)
Meghan, on the other hand, fairly consistently delivers with unexpected guests and questions. Listening to her podcast is akin to journeying alongside a friend who’s genuinely interested in understanding rather than posing (or maintaining The Brand), in being rather than clinging to things past.
I’m grateful to get to listen, and I hope—it is, after all, quite difficult—that Meghan continues to invite us into her living, exploring mind.”
Lesya K via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/15/21