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Rant: The 3-hour news analysis podcast beat my 40-minute headline scroll
I used to skim five news apps during lunch and feel informed, but last Sunday I sat through a deep-dive episode on the water crisis in Flint and got more context than 3 months of headlines. The host actually interviewed a local official and read the old meeting minutes, which is stuff the quick updates never mention. Has anyone else dumped their news apps for long-form audio after one good episode?
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the_brian1mo ago
Did you ever feel like you were getting the story, but actually just getting the same five facts repeated? I used to think long-form was a waste of time, but after one episode on Flint, I totally get it now.
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fiona_kim971mo ago
Same five facts repeated" is basically my whole brain on any topic, so I feel personally called out by that. But yeah, @the_brian, that Flint episode wrecked me, I thought I knew the story and then realized I knew about as much as a headline. Long-form's like a cold shower, uncomfortable but you actually wake up.
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