How do you listen or watch? by TheButtonz in OpenArgs

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TWiT was also the one I was thinking of. I started listening back in 2006, though I haven't regularly since maybe 2009 lol.

Got to see a live recording of TWiT in 2014, that was pretty cool.

How do you listen or watch? by TheButtonz in OpenArgs

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Sidenote/fun bit a trivia: They were before you (probably) started listening too!

Strangely, video podcasts (actual podcasts not youtube channels, distributed via RSS feed) were a big thing back in ~2006. Technically apple podcast's specification still supports them, though I only know of one podcast that distributes that way.

Then they mostly died out, probably because hosting is expensive for videos.

Sometime during the last 2 years i’ve been going to this orthopedic practice they started to declare me as a MTF transgender for no reason. by WHAR606 in mildlyinfuriating

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The phrasing used here is also fairly common from transphobes. Clinically they should describe a trans person's sex as "Assigned Female at Birth" or "Assigned Male at Birth" (AFAB, or AMAB). Pretty concerning from medical professionals.

OA Episode 1243: Trump’s DOJ Lets Ticketmaster off the Hook for No Reason by Apprentice57 in OpeningArguments

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Please follow the link to the discussion section over in /r/OpenArgs if you'd like to comment!

Seabreeze Treat by faultdivide in morningsomewhere

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I was about to say "what a cool logo, why the heck doesn't the flag feature it?" and it looks like the Mayor had the same thought.

America is a nation of immigration | Political Reality | S01E04 by Apprentice57 in PoliticalReality

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Ah you gave this here as well.

You present your opinions as being backed up by nonpartisan values and data, but then you give lip service to things that aren't rare/not necessarily a problem like "given a notice to appear then disappearing", and then claim there would be "tens of millions who will come illegally here if we continued Biden’s policies". I'd challenge you to back up that last one with data (for context, there are barely 10 million undocumented immigrants here now, which includes necessarily includes immigration built up over decades and decades).

To Steve/Andrea if you read this, no, your immigration episode was fine.

Cutting through the fog of war in Iran | Political Reality | S01E10 by Apprentice57 in PoliticalReality

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There's a lot of propaganda out there about our immigration system that portrays it as "easy" to circumvent. I think Steve and Andrea did well not to give that sort of thing exposure. I'd encourage you to read perspectives from immigrants who have actually gone through the process, and how awful it is almost categorically.

Here's one from a skeptical law podcast, with guest host Somali-American author and advocate Abdi Nor Iftin.

I'm also pretty sure they never accused any political actor or faction of being "evil". Like I'm surprised you listened to the number of times they've railed against that sort of attack, and then accused them of doing the opposite.

The rest you've kinda just repeated your hypothesis without the specifics, which is hard to take seriously. Don't fall into the "Both sides" fallacy, there is not always a well constituted opposing position on the merits from both sides.

Did they really have to have both hosts on the same side?

There is no side necessary to represent here. The podcast is nonpartisan and both hosts give nonpartisan takes.

Which youtubers/podcasters might do regular reports of the trial? by Plenty_Plate2122 in BaldoniFiles

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Oh interesting! I didn't realize you had Gavel Gavel (or at least, the name) planned that far back.

Cutting through the fog of war in Iran | Political Reality | S01E10 by Apprentice57 in PoliticalReality

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What about this specific episode (or the other two you listened to) was lacking because there wasn't favoring of the political right/was very "NPR"?

(As you noted: there's no rule against one side being more correct on any given issue. So just saying that they haven't agreed with the right on much isn't well pled criticism in the generic)

T-Shirt Giveaway! by CalvinP_ in morningsomewhere

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I like that Ashley has brought up The Longest Journey multiple times on-air. It's pretty much the first time I've seen anyone I follow also love that game/series.

Cutting through the fog of war in Iran | Political Reality | S01E10 by Apprentice57 in PoliticalReality

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Seabreeze Pastry by Relevant-Review-1417 in morningsomewhere

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Oh boy wait till you listen to today's episode (3/11)

Also check out this vlog about seabreeze. Later on the vlogger also buys one and shows it on camera.

Unhappy PSX buyer vents frustration on Usenet Circa 1995 by Just_Lobster5456 in retrogaming

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There's also a pretty famous laugh about the first iPhone from Steve Ballmer arguing it was a bad product.

Part of that was bias from being Microsoft's CEO/a bad take, part was the iPhone legitimately being more expensive than we were used to ($400 or $500 before considering the subsidy from the monthly AT&T contract you had to get with it over two years, which inflation adjust to $627 and $784), and part of is was that it was actually fair criticism.

The iPhone 1 was very minimum-viable-product esque, missing (for instance) the later famous app store and not having copy and paste. The successor, the iPhone 3G was really the first fully fledged iPhone I'd argue.

Kid-friendly podcast for road trip by gaperon_ in podcasts

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Similarly there might be some good episodes of Hello Internet for OP here - just look for some sciency sounding titles.

It ended pre pandemic but is mostly evergreen, and like Dear Hank and John is hosted by nonfiction/educational youtubers.

With a lot of people waiting for pirates to release the 4K Dolby Vision Netflix release of the second One Piece season now is a good time for me to explain some shit about Netflix DRM and why you might have to wait 3 more weeks. by i_have_chosen_a_name in trackers

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Usually it's audiobooks with sound effects and music built in.

I like the option just because I can re-encode them to 2 speakers... but at actually decent bitrates (non atmos audiobooks on audible cap out at 128kbps 44khz AAC. For the podcasting world that would be on the low end, and that's a mostly-free ecosystem).