“I was super excited to start listening to this podcast because as a 90s kid, I grew up on Disney and Nickelodeon with shows such as Even Stevens. I think Christy is so fun to listen to, and it’s fun to hear her voice again as an adult, but there seems to be a lot of issues with the quality coming from the microphone itself. Unless it’s just my phone or playback, sound and conversation come in and out in waves. For example, someone will be sharing their story, and every couple seconds they will get really quiet as if they pulled away from the microphone.
I think that her conversations with guests have a lot of potential, but by the end of the episode, I walk away feeling like they really didn’t cover anything or that it was surface level conversation. For example, in the Jill Dugger episode, I think that by the end of the interview things started to gain momentum, but overall, there really wasn’t a lot of headway gained from their conversation. Christy had expressed in the intro how Jill really goes in depth about her family and everything that has happened, coping with the spot light, being a child growing up famous etc. but in reality they touch on most issues briefly and then seem to skate over the issues that Christy wants to ask about, but doesn’t seem to have the comfort asking.
No one wants to force someone to talk about their trauma, but if there is a guest on the show that has recently gone through something and you’re wanting more information on it, there needs to be the confidence to be able to ask those hard questions. Or it seems like establishing what is off-limits to talk about ahead of time to avoid a lot of the dancing around the issue which seems to happen.
Overall, I will always love her, her work, and all of those valuable lessons that shows like hers provided me as a kid. It’s neat to hear some of the behind-the-scenes details that were going on that as a kid, I had no idea about. I’m no podcaster, just someone who likes to listen on their morning commute in Chicago:)
Keep it up Christy, us 90s babies love you!”
Still Worth a Listen! via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/25/23