When I'm driving, walking, doing some ordinary house work I do listen to these podcasts you refer to. This is because +1 hour debates or lectures do take time. It doesn't have much impact on my whole World view (old dogs don't learn new tricks), yet you learn a lot from them. I also listen to various think tanks, both conservative and leftist/progressive like Brookings Institute, CSIS or Cato-Institute. Then also some University podcasts are very interesting, and for example Oxford Union is one of my favourites. Bloggingheads Tv on Youtube is another interesting format, where two persons, typically academic people talk about various issues.My questions to you: do you consume this form of media, has any of the content or conversation had an impact on your worldview, do you feel it will become more prominent and do you feel it’s capable of shaping broader social conversation or will it just stay on the margins of the web? — aporiap
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