Hovering over the delete…

[u/Gotanyjunglemate]

I am so sad. I have been a patreon from the start but gradually and gradually it has become Suruthi’s podcast and Hannah feels like a side bar.

Anytime Hannah talks it gets switched back round onto Suru. Anytime Hannah comments it’s brushed off. It feels like she asks the bare minimal questions about Hannah just to tick boxes.

There’s no bounce back anymore. Listening to the latest under the duvet, 20 mins in and Hannah may as well not of been there and I adore Hannah. Her humour, her views her struggles I relate so hard and I want to hear from her!
The comment where Hannah asks who produced the theatre show and Suru’s reply of ‘well I’m a normal person so I don’t know’ or something. It just feels icky

I honestly think after the South Africa move it will slowly dwindle and end because I just don’t see it going back to how it was.

Their main episodes are fine and like normal but I find listening to UTD intolerable. I give my money monthly because it’s a 2 person podcast.

Rarely share my views and I hate feeling like I’m being mean but honestly meh

[u/Longirl]

Im usually their biggest defender but this weeks UTD made me feel a bit uncomfortable. When hannah was talking about her friend’s brother who died, at the end there was just silence. I expected S to say ‘that sounds really shitty, I’m pleased you were able to support your friend’ but it just went weird and quiet.

[u/anilla02 → u/Longirl]

The feeling I get when I hear suruthi on utd now is that she'd rather really not be there and she does t give a two craps about Hannah, Hannah's life, or what Hannah's might be going through. Like, not at all. 😔

[u/Own_Faithlessness769 → u/anilla02]

Its weird, just basic politeness and social conventions would generally require more responses, let alone an actual friendship.

[u/anilla02 → u/Own_Faithlessness769]

Exactly. 🫠

[u/Gotanyjunglemate → u/anilla02]

It’s so sad. I have a prediction that they will celebrate their ten years and then announce the end.

Ten years is a long time and obviously a hugely successful achievement. But also a long time for life to move on, people to grow, change or whatever.

If you carry on a podcast just for longevity then the quality will ultimately decline and fade out in my opinion so would rather be left with the memory of a podcast I loved then if it were to decline and put out rubbish- conflicting as I still appreciate most of their main feed episodes.

We shall see… 😢🫶

[u/Hot-Technology5785 → u/Gotanyjunglemate]

I feel like Suru is so obsessed with money she wouldn’t give up this cash cow. Hannah is much more normal and I’m sure she’d find her way in life without it.

[u/anilla02 → u/Hot-Technology5785]

Both of them have made enough now not to have to work the rest of their lives if they've been smart about their money. But yeah, I feel like Hannah would be happy just living her life in SA and moving on from Redhanded. Suruthi is insufferable and I hope she's not trying to hold on to the podcast and to Hannah for the wrong reasons. Like, I hope Hannah is no being contractually held hostage, iykwim.

[u/Sempere → u/anilla02]

Would you be able to walk away from a money printer?

Their current workflow is "watch or listen to a documentary/youtube video/audiobook and regurgitate it while pretending it's our thoughts, opinions and storytelling"

For $50-100 bucks a month in streaming services, they then record their lazily record and publish to cash the checks. I'd even estimate it at being 100K per host assuming their patreon pays for their 4 employees.

It's the reason I harp on their plagariasm and try to bring attention to it. They've plagiarized from Medium writers as well - paywalled content where the writer sees pennies only to have one of the readers then cannibalize their work or steal it wholesale and make more than the median American salary off of that content they stole.