Please, please get an editor
Other reviewers got it right with the comment that these guys really needed a better editor. I almost didn’t make it through the ridiculously long, melodramatic intro in the first episode, full of poor analogies and some weird part where they implied people are incredulous that fire doesn’t spare people and have more human feelings and decision making. It was so annoying and overdone. I think these guys think they are fantastic writers, but they aren’t. Things got mildly better, but I ultimately had to stop listening because the writing was just. so. bad. I’m giving it 2 stars because when they actually interviewed people it was interesting, but not enough to balance out the poor writing. And also, and now I’m just being petty, they kept using the British pronounciations of words like “integral” and “laboratory” which made no sense and just made them sound pretentious. I so wanted to love this podcast because of the topic, but no. I’ll gladly go back to Dirtbag Diaries where the writing is actually good.
Swarcass via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 08/22/19
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