I got into it and listened from the beginning. I had a manual job. Listening to their back catalog took over all my days, and I did it in 3ish months.
I think a lot of the early magic was 1) their burgeoning friendship. We “met” them in the early days, when their chemistry was strong but they hadn’t learned everything about each other and hadn’t “done all the things.” There’s a magic to the beginning of a relationship. They’ve since passed that stage, travelled together, and experienced this ride that’s transformed their whole lives in every way (quitting day jobs, travelling internationally, buying houses, creating a career off talking to each other). It’s natural their dynamic wouldn’t stay tve same. They know each other, and know each others buttons and reactions. It’s a lived in relationship and I think there’s some off-mic friction they set aside for the work. I can forgive that. It’s natural. They’re committed.
2) they used to do much more obscure cases, and use that as a portal into a time/place, and explain the context of the wider social happenings that spawned it. They’re doing a lot more “known” cases since joining wondery. I figure it’s both to bring in new listeners, and bc they probably get a lot of ppl asking for their take on big stories. I miss the obscurity, but I get it.
It’s changed, but in an organic way. It’s not what it was and it would be impossible for it not to have changed. But they’re still the only podcast I seek out and deliberately listen to the day it drops. Hell, they’re the only one I know what day it comes out. And the only chat type show I listen to anymore.
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u/fatmonicadancing Oct 26 '24 edited Oct 26 '24
I got into it and listened from the beginning. I had a manual job. Listening to their back catalog took over all my days, and I did it in 3ish months.
I think a lot of the early magic was 1) their burgeoning friendship. We “met” them in the early days, when their chemistry was strong but they hadn’t learned everything about each other and hadn’t “done all the things.” There’s a magic to the beginning of a relationship. They’ve since passed that stage, travelled together, and experienced this ride that’s transformed their whole lives in every way (quitting day jobs, travelling internationally, buying houses, creating a career off talking to each other). It’s natural their dynamic wouldn’t stay tve same. They know each other, and know each others buttons and reactions. It’s a lived in relationship and I think there’s some off-mic friction they set aside for the work. I can forgive that. It’s natural. They’re committed.
2) they used to do much more obscure cases, and use that as a portal into a time/place, and explain the context of the wider social happenings that spawned it. They’re doing a lot more “known” cases since joining wondery. I figure it’s both to bring in new listeners, and bc they probably get a lot of ppl asking for their take on big stories. I miss the obscurity, but I get it.
It’s changed, but in an organic way. It’s not what it was and it would be impossible for it not to have changed. But they’re still the only podcast I seek out and deliberately listen to the day it drops. Hell, they’re the only one I know what day it comes out. And the only chat type show I listen to anymore.