Podcasting has possible one of the largest audiences available for any entertainment medium. TV requires investment of time, video games more so, and along with that reading is, for most people, a task that requires focus. There are the people who will happily have TV on in the background whilst they do something else, but in that case the show is obviously not good enough and so why bother? Podcasts can be listened to whilst walking, at the gym, cleaning, or doing other such activities. The time investment is subjugated and as such everybody, even those who claim ‘not to have a commute’ have some time somewhere to listen to a podcast or two in the week.
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I spent a week logging the time I have spent listening to podcasts. The total time spent on being told about a product is relatively tiny, and with a lot of the podcasts not even trying to sell anything, it’s remarkable how a lot of it sustains itself. Something that I love about podcasts is that people do it because they care.
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In life occasionally the coincidences can feel meaningful, and there are time when we refuse to accept them as coincidences and read into them a bit more than perhaps is warranted in the eyes of other people. A lot of the time this is harmless, but what I love about this movie is how it presents the ways in which this way of thinking can become an obsession, but it can also steer you in decidedly unusual directions.
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With the War on Drugs becoming a far more pertinent issue, this film stands as one of the best portrayals of this incredibly important debate occurring around us. If you don't care, it'll show you why you should, and if you do, this film will remind you why in as succinct and well-done a manner as possible.
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