CC of an email I just sent to the crew of something I used to look forward to:
To: The Gabfest
Subj: Gripes about the 3/13 showGabfesters:
The podcast this week was brutal. It has brought to a head the vague irritations that have been growing over the past few weeks. It seems to me that lately, the bulk of what you've been talking about is either unwarranted privileging into mainstream discourse of the mud-slinging from the right-wing noise machine, or talking about the talk about the talk about stupid stuff no one should waste time talking about.
I swear, the Cocktail Chatter segment has been the most substantive part of the podcast for at least a month. Maybe you should start with that part instead of ending with it, because the topics you touch on there sound far more interesting than drivel about the First Lady's arms or the perceived "smugness" of the Obama Administration. If the Cocktail Chatter topics go nowhere, fine, you can go with your planned stuff. But if you get to talking about them and have to drop the all-important "how do we feel about how others feel about how people feel about Michelle's biceps?" topic, so much the better.
And for the love of all that is holy about the English language, will you please, please, please stop saying "optics?" That word is more stale than "thrown under the bus," even though that's exactly what should happen to it.
A nearly erstwhile listener,
Brendan Keefe
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