Whiplash from tone-deaf midroll ads
The journalism is solid, but you absolutely CAN NOT go from a heavy piece about retrograde abortion bills straight into a light & conversational ad, with no transitional element. It does a disservice to your advertisers as much as your listeners - When my brain is still steeping in news-dread, it is not going to be receptive to chit chat about your new toothbrush. If magazines are required to distinguish their ads from their journalism but printing the word "advertisement" at the top of each ad, podcasts should do the same. Even if it is not the required thing to do (yet), it is the decent thing.Read full review »
Molly23 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 05/17/19
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Squaralyn via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 02/28/18
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