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The ongoing conflation of Israel with “Jewish” is at worst blatant and intentional and at best lazy and unprofessional. If your intention is genuinely to further a righteous cause (and an objectively valid one for that matter), then you should reconsider your presenters and their motivations. You are alienating some of the most powerful voices that endeavor to support ending the injustice to Palestinians and you are perpetuating the same CULTURAL (not political) hate that those people endure. All the while this podcast ignores the glaring parallels with the persecution of Jewish people that has been a reality long before that of the Palestinians. I’m fed up with this network and that’s a shame because you otherwise do great work.

Always good information. I’m sure that it is coming from a genuine place, but the knee-jerk “yeah…” and “Jesus Christ” starts to feel disingenuous and annoying. But if that is the biggest issue they are doing a pretty good job. EDIT: Mia is clearly passionate about the work but could use some training because the overselling is abrasive.

Ok, I really like the podcast. I like Robert Evans on there. His mixture of humor and absolutely terrifying reality is something that no other podcast I listen to has made as educational and informative. A+ for this. Now for the bad stuff. You ever talk to a person who not only thinks their jokes are insanely funny but cannot help but laugh at them? This is Mia Wong. Any time I see the name in the show description I gird myself to be aggravated in my listen. This person cannot finish a sentence without busting out laughing 3/4 of the way through it and therefore cutting off the thought process. In a recent episode on the 1925 Chinese General Strike, with quite serious subject matter, I thought this could be avoided. Nope. In the process of describing a government striking back at a dissatisfied public demonstrating against them, Mia had trouble finishing thoughts because they were more concerned “laughing at their own joke”. I could not finish the episode. When part of an ensemble this is somewhat tolerable, but on a solo show, it is an easy skip now. I really wanted to give a better score, and I truly do like the podcast, but even if your humor is funny, let me decide. I don’t need a person telling me when they think I should laugh. On the recent show about the prospect of the economy, Mia started laughing AT THE INTRODUCTION. Could not make it 1 sentence into the podcast without busting out their unprofessional “quirk”. From here on, if I see the name Mia Wong as a solo in the description, it is an instant delete. There could be discussion on winning lottery numbers, 1960s-era Spider-Man comics and fuzzy kittens and I’ll never know it. This is a shame and hopefully it is addressed if someone from CZM sees this review.

Hearing these two kids talk about sports and the inner-workings of the WNBA is both sad and hilarious. Seemingly, two people that have never dribbled a ball in their lives telling us how Caitlyn Clark is a racist.