The Purpose of Podcasts

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In audiobooks, it can just feel like I need like to really give this my full attention if I'm really going to process what's being said. In audio format, people are not probably memorizing significant parts of the conversation. So you can't listen to an audiobook while you're doing the dishes. That's what's good to fit. But in some ways, like a richer medium, I think.

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Is it possible to be both agreeable and skeptical in conversations? How can you give feedback and challenge people constructively without triggering their automatic self-defense mechanisms? More generally, how can you challenge people intellectually without riling them up emotionally? What skills are needed to be able to have detailed, productive conversations across a wide range of topics? How can you push through plateaus in the process of self-improvement? What are podcasts as a medium good for?

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