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This Guy Hates Podcasts

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He says they’re tedious and samey and sedative, and when he’s feeling especially cranky, he considers them an enemy of music.

Washington Post Pop music critic Chris Richards writes, “Most podcasts are conversations for people to eavesdrop on — recorded talk that precludes real-life talk about real life with zombie talk about podcasts. Why would anyone choose to waste their precious listening hours on a podcast?”

He goes on to say Podcasts are bad because podcasts sound bad — and podcasts sound bad because podcasters aren’t thinking hard enough about what their talk sounds like.

His piece in the Post is much more detailed than the quotes we cherry-picked up above so we suggest you check it out HERE and let us know what you think below.

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