Today's podcast arrives late — due to technical problem with my host (Anchor).
But here it is! Topics — Pardons, pilgrims, vacuuming, canceling....
This isn't an open thread — go one post down for that. Comments here are just for the podcast!
November 25, 2020
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Now that I’ve heard a total of around thirty minutes of these podcasts, over two of them: these podcasts sound like audio books more than typical podcasts. IMHO.
Not saying it’s good or bad, just different.
Of course, there could be a lot of podcasts that sound like audio books, but I don’t listen to them. My experience listening to podcasts is by definition limited to the stuff I’ve crossed paths w/.
Anywho, the two podcasts I listen to that have a solo person talking are Bill Burr (Mon/Thurs) and Jonah Goldberg (The Remnant) who does often have a guest. They both have a normal person talking voice rather than a person reading and partly acting out a book or story voice.
Also, it’s possible that this is the way Althouse talks to people in real life. That’d be something.
No is the answer to the last thing I wrote up-thread. I’ve heard her on some of those Bloggingheads things, and there she talks like a normal person. I don’t think she does the audio book talk around the house w/ Meade or ordering coffee or whatever.
Okay, my earlier feedback should be completely ignored.
My comments here were mostly based on the last podcast (from days ago) that I listened to because that’s where I listened the most. Additionally I was a bit influenced by the first few minutes of this podcast before I commented.
After that I stopped listening and did work (which is what I’m always doing simultaneously while jabbering here (so I can MAGA and create jobs)), then after working a bit I decided to restart and jump deeper into this podcast so I could listen as background sound. I ended up at the Yglesias stuff that has zero hints of sounding like an audio book. Anywho, for all I know my limited sampling of the podcasts has been a terrible representation of the whole project. Not to mention (again) that a lot of successful podcasts may sound like audio books. I just don’t know of them. But the audio book style of talking could be a really popular characteristic of successful podcasts.
In addition to the conversational style, I really liked the content of Matt stuff. But it’s only dumb luck that I heard it because I had already tuned out of the podcast after the story re the Turkey. If Yglesias’s writing was verbose (which is was), how is boilerplate turkey pardon pablum praise worthy? Or interesting in any way? And even if someone thinks it is noteworthy, why go on and on beyond a notation? Verbose is always bad, right? And especially so for verbal verbose, which is why Althouse is a fan of reading the text of people talking instead of listening to the people talking.
Anywho the podcast exists to satisfy only one listener, so presumably it’s perfect as it is.
@Joe
This post says: "This isn't an open thread — go one post down for that. Comments here are just for the podcast!"
How could that be clearer.
@anti
You don't seem to understand that I am *reading* the posts and then commenting on them. That is the idea of the podcast. Must I explain that at the outset of every podcast?!
Marriage ceremonies are performative, meaning not stating a fact but doing something with a performance.
Against performatives are infelicitous conditions. You might be in a play acting out a marriage ceremony.
Austin came up with it because he was anxious to show that not much of language is subject to empirical or ethical calculations so the scientists can't in fact take over.
Vacuum cleaners were invented by men to make women's life easier.
I doubt a priori that Diana was a great prize. Attracted to being a princess is not a good start. She takes up with another rich guy, which seems to extend the pattern.
It needs a show about a guy married to an actress, where the guy comes off as the heavy because it sells better.
There's the Jane Gross analysis of why Diana sells with women NYT 1997, if you translate its message to show production.
"You don't seem to understand that I am *reading* the posts and then commenting on them. That is the idea of the podcast. Must I explain that at the outset of every podcast?!"
Sorry, boss : (
But to be fair, you got out of order : )
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