TRIGGERnometry

While I don’t agree with most of the guests perspectives (& far less so of the hosts, -wow) it is a bold, well done show. Minus 1 star for using: “The TRUTH about…” in titles. -who do you think you are, Jimmy Dore?

As far as topical podcasts go it’s decent, but it’s often overly sensational and they, like other podcasts occupying a similar space, are only objective up to a point. There are some nice attempts at journalism but it can feel a little amateur at times and would like to see them both really dive into an issue and present more of their homework to challenge guests. There is a lot of nodding to some huge unsubstantiated claims which starts to grind the gears after a while.

Center-left listener here, I’ve enjoyed the podcast and its perspective for a year or so, and finally listened to the episode with Deborah Francis-White, after seeing a few clips on the socials. Clearly those isolated segments were not representative of the whole debate, as she made better, more thoughtful points throughout. More telling though was her exposure of Konstantin as not only occasionally intellectually dishonest and arguing from bad faith, but also as sadly a bully and frankly a misogynist. Example, she makes a strong point passionately and he tells “oh now you’re just getting emotional.” Or he makes a point unclearly or slightly off-topic, and says, “I don’t think you understand what I’m saying.” He’s kind of a little jerk, I now see. So disappointing. Unfollowing. Good luck and goodbye.

We need more of this. Most of the people are in the Center. We’re not always going to agree on everything, but calm, measured discussion of the issues displays that we are not evil just because we have a difference of opinion. We just differ in our reasoning.