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“I LOVE this podcast!!… except for when I don’t. The content is absolutely perfect for me. I love the long, deep dives into 20th century Hollywood & every aspect of a subject. The topics are interesting, and told in a very engaging way.
However, in the post-2016 episodes, there is about one or two instances per episode where a comparison to Trump/modern politics thrown in… for no reason.
If the parallels between Trump and whoever are there, the audience is smart enough to pick up on them on their own! I listen to this podcast to get AWAY from current news, and it’s like an extremely unpleasant slap when a random “this is similar a Trump rally” is thrust in when it’s not relevant at all.
Most of the time, the story is told from quite an objective point of view, even when the podcast’s subject is doing/has an opinion that is quite obviously wrong. I appreciate that, because I am presented with an objective set of facts that I can make my own moral judgment on, just like an interview, or a history book.
However, once in a while, there is a baffling insertion of the podcast writer’s personal beliefs about the subject spoken as if it were just a fact (for example, claiming that a politician of the time was acting on explicit motivation to uphold the white power structure, and then not citing any quotes or evidence that this is the case).
If the writer’s own belief about a subject in history’s motivations are true, it does not need to be said. The audience can draw their own moral conclusions about people based on the objective facts we are given about their life. There is no reason to make these statements about someone’s motives when there is nothing given to back it up— no quotes, no interviews, no other evidence.
All in all, I adore the pre-2016 episodes of this podcast, and will no doubt be re-listening to them. However, I have to take breaks as I try to make my way through the rest of the post-2016 episodes.
Please, go back to the objective writing style for the podcast, and leave modern politics out of it!! History is many people’s refuge from the present and it’s frustrating to have it being unnecessarily politicized.”
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