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Investigate Earth Conspiracy Podcast (2019)
Has Potential
The topics are interesting, but the guy, Chad, stomps all over his wife any time she's able to get a word in. Seems extremely condescending, like he has no respect for her at all.
That said, Chad himself sounds like an uneducated hillbilly. "They was," "they is," "it were." And is he eating into the microphone, or does his body just produce excessive saliva? Every 10 seconds he smacks his lips and half the time it sounds like his mouth is full of spit or marbles when he talks. That more than anything is why I can't listen to this show--it's disgusting.
Lastly, cite your sources! They pinball around a topic making general statements like, "They use the abortion materials for a lot of other things." OK, you say that, but what other things? Where's your evidence? I love conspiracy stuff and could go down that rabbit hole all day, but nothing is more suspicious than vague references.
American Scandal (2018)
Great content, terrible staged scenes
I love this podcast, and the subject matter is absolutely fascinating. BUT. I cannot stand the host's dialog bits, the hemming and hawing, the forced stammering...
Every character sounds exactly like every other character--voice, obviously, but also tone, word choice, cadence, verbal and nonverbal ticks, breathing, and of course, dear Lord in Heaven, the stammering.
"I-ah," ::exasperated exhale through the nose:: "Well look..."
"What's wrong?" "What's-" ::sigh/dismissive chuckle:: "You KNOW what's wrong. "
"Wha-ech-agh-eh-wha--LIPSTICK? In my Valentino white bag?!"
If Mr Graham would stop trying so hard to sound like real people having a real conversation, then he might actually succeed in sounding like real people having a real conversation. I honestly love this 'cast, but I've started skipping past the dialog because it's just too forced and artificial.
And that is my only critique. On balance, this is still one of my favorites.