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ymeskhout  10mo ago (text post)   2989 thread views

The Bailey Podcast E035: Ray Epps Does Jay Six

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In this episode, we talk about the deep state, J6, and Ray Epps.

Participants: Yassine, Shakesneer.

Links:

Jack Posobiec's Pipe Bomb Allegation (Twitter)

Pipe Bombs in Washington DC (FBI)

Meet Ray Epps: The Fed-Protected Provocateur Who Appears to Have Led the Very First 1/6 Attack on the US Capitol (Revolver)

Social Media Influencer Charged with Election Interference Stemming from Voter Disinformation Campaign (DOJ)

'I started a riot for the sitting president': Why Ali Alexander won't go to jail for his role in Jan. 6 (Raw Story)

J6 Select Committee Interview of Ray Epps

Ray Epps Defense Sentencing Memo (Courtlistener)

Proud Boys Sentencing Memos (Courtlistener)

Wishing For Entrapment (Yassine Meskhout)

Recorded 2024-01-19 | Uploaded 2024-01-22

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Hijack. Am I the only one who hates the podcast format? I have absolutely no interest in podcast. I prefer the written word but overall podcast just seem slower than my mind can work.

I did skim the transcript and found a lot interesting.

I’m always curious who watches podcast. And the only thing I come up with are people stuck in traffic commuting.

Making podcast seems so cool right now but I don’t know who listens. And I do understand boosting the playback speed. There are a few things in culture war that seem completely distant to me and I’ve done enough stuff but podcast (not culture war) feel equally distant to me as I have no idea who listens to them.

I’m always curious who watches podcast.

Nobody. Podcasts are for listening. Anyway, I think podcasts are exactly the right format for discussions among multiple people such as this one in particular. There will be disagreements, arguments, counterarguments, heated debates etc. The written word does not convey any of this well.

On a different note, if you happen to be that type of office worker who likes to kill time at work by hanging out on various blogs, clickbait sites and anything similar with a comment section, in a discreet way so that the supervisor does not notice, than your bewilderment is understandable. I don't mean this as snark, it's simply the reality of modern office work.

This is first time I've come across "podcast" as an uncountable noun ("no interest in podcast," "who watches podcast," "making podcast"). Is this a new thing? I hope not, it's really grating to me (though tbf most new coinages are).

It isn't, I think. "Podcasting"/"podcasts" are the correct expression, aren't they?

That's how I've always heard it, but I'm also hopelessly out of touch.

Podcasts, like audiobooks, are great for any situation where you cannot sit down to read but can spare at least one ear to listen. Driving is the obvious use case, but they are also good for doing chores, working out, etc.

Just this week my school was doing standardized test simulations, which meant I had to spend 2+ hours a day walking around proctoring exams. I couldn't pull out my e-Reader because I was supposed to keep an eye on the students, but I could put my MP3 player in my breast pocket and discreetly run a headphone to one ear so I could listen to 80,000 Hours and Rationally Speaking.

I do most of my listening at work or the gym.

I also prefer the written word, but I like to listen to podcasts when running and driving.

Podcasts also give me an option to avoid the farce of trying to do dishes while thumbing through essays and comments with wet fingers.

Everyone saying the same thing. I just find it hard to believe the amount of podcast are being filled by basically people doing chores.

It’s actually a fair amount of work to find good content.

I think the function that keeps me away from podcast is it’s more difficult to see the whole piece and realize if it’s worth the investment.

The one time I could see myself being a podcast guy was when I worked for a cousins as a pool contractor assistance and we drove around doing maintainance. Lots of time in a car. I assume guys like him are bread and butter Joe Rogan types.

I have about 4 hours of videos I want to watch but they’ve been sitting in a a tab for a few weeks.

My view is the podcast market is vastly oversupplied but it seems like a lot of people do watch them I just don’t know those people.

It’s actually a fair amount of work to find good content.

Depends on your interests. I listen to podcasts going to and from work, as well as during chores and working out. This totals about 2.5 hrs a day. I easily have 10 hours of content I could listen to via the podcasts I subscribe to produced daily. There are several high quality sports podcasts that usually make around 3, 1 hour, episodes each week (obviously not for everyone). I also find many political podcasts amusing. Maybe you do, maybe you don't. But by way of example, the Daily Wire probably produces 8 hours of content a day, Vox does ~ 3 hrs a day (and there are many such networks on both sides). There are also several niche subjects with leading podcasts that are typically weekly or biweekly.

The market is very oversaturated, I agree, but that means you can just subscribe to everything, and periodically cull your feed of the bad podcasts, and throw things out, even of the good podcasts, if they aren't discussing a topic you are interested in.

I've really gotten into podcasts recently, there's probably half a dozen I listen to regularly. I like listening while I clean the kitchen or do other household chores, gives my brain something interesting to do while my hands go through the motions of boring scut work.

Generally speaking I'm with you, but anytime I do something relatively mindless & need both hands and my eyes, podcasts & audiobooks are the only option (well and music, but that's imo categorically different).

I like podcasts for driving, cleaning, and weeding. I sort of like them for painting, but only fun fluffy ones, serious podcasts are more stressful when enagaging in creative handwork then when driving or cleaning, perhaps because I have no illusions about liking the latter activities.

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