The New Abnormal

Excellent podcast.

Wow thanks

I listen to podcasts on the regular. I chose the episode because it aligns with my own viewpoint. I turned it off after the first “sponser commercials.” No one- and I do mean no one - should be forced to sit through commercials that are longer than the commentary on the podcast itself. This format wastes people’s time. Do you not value me as a listener enough to break up your “commercials”, which are grating and last forever? Is corporate sponsorship more important than the people who spend time and energy taking in your words? Sounds familiar. Sounds a lot like the government you spend the 5 minutes between commercials hammering into oblivion, and this is coming from a staunch never-MAGA. Y’all need to look at yourselves and the value you place on your own listeners. I hope all of those “witty” 🙄 sponsor ads are worth the loss of listeners who don’t have the time, energy, or patience to spend an hour with a glorified sales pitch and hypocritical hosts.

Great crew, great topics, great content. However, the episode I’m trying out is 35 minutes long. It started with 3 minutes of commercials with the volume jacked up quite a bit. Then I listened to 8 or so minutes of content. Then came another 6 solid minutes of commercials with the volume jacked up. I know it was 6 minutes because I had to hit the forward button 12 times to get back to the content. Wash, rinse, repeat. Over 50% ads? No thanks. Cranking up the volume on the ads is just extra-annoying and kind of insulting.