88% Parentheticals

This (the sole episode of this show (which is called "88% Parentheticals" (in case you didn’t know already))) is some of the best work Sarah Koenig has done (and while I can call myself a fan (I have listened to This American Life (which was incidentally the first podcast I listened to (on the advice of my brother (who also tried to get me to watch the show (which I never did)) because he had Showtime (I think (You know, it's wild to think that it's been over a decade since that series was on . . . . on TV)))) and the first season of Serial (which lead me down a completely different rabbit hole and single-handedly kicked off our current true crime renaissance)) I would definitely not consider myself a super fan (a term I never hear being used for podcast presenters (which is a shame because there are some great podcast presenters out there (two of my favorites being Dan Carlin (he was literally my favorite part of the revived "Twilight Zone" (once I realized it was him, anyway)) and John McWhorter (who took over the amazing "Lexicon Valley" podcast after Bob Garfield left for WNYC's "On the Media" (and looking back I often wonder, was "Lexicon Valley" just a side gig for him in the meantime? Or did he ditch the show about language to do something that has a far greater reach (in terms of listenership, anyway (as I content that (geographically speaking) no digital media has any larger reach than global)))))))) and I look forward to the next episode in this (hopefully unlimited) series.

She does it again. Brilliant work by Sarah in her most compelling audio work yet that explores the continuing mystery of language as it expands and contracts in a never ending cycle of inversion.

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The production value was amazing