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Re:Selective Hearing: On the specious new history podcasts by Wowfunhappy on Monday January 20, 2020 @10:27PM (#22104081)
One thing that NPR usually (always?) does, which I quite appreciate, is put out transcripts of their episodes.

If the podcast is scripted/produced to any significant degree (ie, it's not just a discussion show), I can't think of many reasons why everyone shouldn't be doing this.

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Re:Selective Hearing: On the specious new history podcasts by mirimir on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @12:00AM (#22104416)
Yes!

Maybe I'd follow some, if they did.

I mean, I don't commute. And it's hard for me to focus simultaneously on what I'm doing and what I'm hearing. I don't even like music with lyrics, unless I'm just chilling.

And generally, I find it much harder to follow audio. Reading anything, I'm always jumping around. I scan, and then loop back for details. And not always linearly. But doing that with audio is nontrivial.

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