John Dehlin is thinking about bringing Mormon Stories back

[Topper]

I've never listened to an exmo or progmo podcast--never--and I'm a big podcast consumer. Shit-town, Serial, This American Life (sometimes), New Yorker Radio Hour, New York Times Book Review, Radio Lab et al.--I'm a huge fan. But not of exmo and progmo podcasts.

What do you find useful in podcasts? I've probably listened to less than five in my life, because they tend to move too slowly. Wouldn't you rather read the material or actually be involved in the discussion one on one? Smart people's fascination with podcasts interests me. They sound like executive summaries of memoranda written to partners in charge.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I've never listened to an exmo or progmo podcast--never--and I'm a big podcast consumer. Shit-town, Serial, This American Life (sometimes), New Yorker Radio Hour, New York Times Book Review, Radio Lab et al.--I'm a huge fan. But not of exmo and progmo podcasts.

Yeah, I figured you wouldn't listen to them. You are already an expert on Mormonism!

I seem to recall you being a fan of Dehlin when he was booted from the church. And now he is a nobody.

Maybe I am misremembering.

[SeattleUte]

What do you find useful in podcasts? I've probably listened to less than five in my life, because they tend to move too slowly. Wouldn't you rather read the material or actually be involved in the discussion one on one? Smart people's fascination with podcasts interests me. They sound like executive summaries of memoranda written to partners in charge.

I listen to them when I drive. I think my kids get something out of them while we're driving. No, I don't sit there at home and listen to podcasts, except for Shit-Town because my wife wanted to do it with me, and that was kind of like a novel. Probably the greatest podcast ever in my opinion.

[SeattleUte]

Yeah, I figured you wouldn't listen to them. You are already an expert on Mormonism!

I seem to recall you being a fan of Dehlin when he was booted from the church. And now he is a nobody.

Maybe I am misremembering.

If I've posted anything about Dehlin, it's next to nothing. I'm not even his facebook friend.

[Jeff Lebowski]

If I've posted anything about Dehlin, it's next to nothing. I'm not even his facebook friend.

Nor am I!

[falafel]

What do you find useful in podcasts? I've probably listened to less than five in my life, because they tend to move too slowly. Wouldn't you rather read the material or actually be involved in the discussion one on one? Smart people's fascination with podcasts interests me. They sound like executive summaries of memoranda written to partners in charge.

You are like a bot, sent from some other planet to observe mankind.

[SeattleUte]

You are like a bot, sent from some other planet to observe mankind.

Except he's just wrong. Podcasts don't sound like executive summaries of memoranda to the partners in charge. The good ones are quite skillful the way they layer storytelling narrative with interviews, archival stuff, etc., while taking pains to provide vivid and artful descriptions. Generally, I find them a lot more interesting than televised documentaries. I like relying on imagination stimulated by the literary content for imagery.

[Moliere]

Not to get off topic, but every time I see this thread I think of this picture.




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[falafel]

Except he's just wrong. Podcasts don't sound like executive summaries of memoranda to the partners in charge. The good ones are quite skillful the way they layer storytelling narrative with interviews, archival stuff, etc., while taking pains to provide vivid and artful descriptions. Generally, I find them a lot more interesting than televised documentaries. I like relying on imagination stimulated by the literary content for imagery.

I don't disagree. Podcasts are great.

Topper just often seems confused by things that normal human beings enjoy and consume.

[Eddie]

Not to get off topic, but every time I see this thread I think of this picture.




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Every time I see this thread, I wonder what the correct way to pronounce his name is.

Is it DEhlin, with an emphasis on the first syllable? Or is it DehlIn, with an emphasis on the second. No idea.

[old_gregg]

Every time I see this thread, I wonder what the correct way to pronounce his name is.

Is it DEhlin, with an emphasis on the first syllable? Or is it DehlIn, with an emphasis on the second. No idea.

second

[falafel]

second

motion carries.

[CardiacCoug]

... except for Shit-Town because my wife wanted to do it with me, and that was kind of like a novel. Probably the greatest podcast ever in my opinion.

I liked Shittown too. Not sure I would call it the greatest podcast ever but I was enlightened and entertained. Thanks SU.

[Topper]

I listen to them when I drive. I think my kids get something out of them while we're driving. No, I don't sit there at home and listen to podcasts, except for Shit-Town because my wife wanted to do it with me, and that was kind of like a novel. Probably the greatest podcast ever in my opinion.

Are you listening to Ted Talks, or just miscellaneous podcasts? If you listen to these, when do you have time to just think without the white noise of such things? Do you listen to them in Spanish?

[Brian]

Are you listening to Ted Talks, or just miscellaneous podcasts? If you listen to these, when do you have time to just think without the white noise of such things?

I don't know about your podcast player, but mine has a 'play' button, and a 'stop/pause' button.