debunks and contextualizes sooo many common misperceptions about major cultural, historical, and political things. the host(s) are fun and not experts on the subjects (they bring on experts) so it doesnāt feel overly formal or āboringā either.
and thereās so many episodes that youāll never run out of options! the eps on the 2000 election, CSI junk science, movie rating system, and flight 571 have been the most interesting to me so far
Sep 7, 2024
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i love this podcast. it was recommended to me by a friend. they talk about social ecology, anarchist utopianism, library socialism, labor, and a lot more.Ā its smart, funny, and generally pretty comprehensive, itās cool
Sep 20, 2022
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Love debunking popular myths about ourselves and pop culture.
And his cohosts are brilliant! maintenance phase, youāre wrong about, if books could kill, all worth a listen.
Feb 2, 2024
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very well researched topics, funny hosts and love that they start every episode reading "mailbox moments" from the fans of the pod
they do deep dives on current topics but also other stuff out of the regular social media discourse
Apr 19, 2024
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being traditionally cool is really quite boring and iterative, and itās actually very cool and sexy to geek out about something you like or share bits of knowledge on a topic youāre passionate about
Aug 17, 2024
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i had it for a little over a year until i was like wow this is actually terrible! i genuinely think it has negatively impacted society by ruining peopleās attention spans, having a horrific algorithm, and most of all by the most mind-numbing or outright harmful trends -
fake words that people now use IRL (āunaliveā), trad wife tiktok, shein hauls, body-focused fitness vids that encourage fatphobia and unhealthy habits, shallow political/feminist theory and queer discourse, āalpha maleā podcaster tiktok, encouraging overconsumption in general, trends ruining local spots or niche thingsā¦ the list goes on
Aug 17, 2024
a million times cooler than the lackluster āsleekā tech color palette used today
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