#pstp

now that i’ve listened to the first two eps of pod save the ppl i wanna say it is EXCELLENT and up there with pod save the world in terms of educational value. deray is such a good host - kind, concerned, chill, has a great rapport with his panel and his guests. and i love how he takes it step by step in his policy interviews and will ask his guest to break down basic info and then even restate some of it back so we can all check whether we’re on the same page. i feel like this show is the (non-boring) civics class that a lot of ppl didn’t get, and even tho i consider myself pretty well-informed i’m definitely still learning stuff from these interviews. ALSO. the panel that starts the show is great. deray and brittany and sam each talk about two pieces of news they wanna highlight, and it’s often news related to race, immigration, police abuse, voting rights, education –– stuff that’s not getting much coverage on the other crooked pods. again, each time i learned stuff i didn’t hear about elsewhere. each show so far has been the panel plus two in-depth interviews and each was L O N G but absolutely worth it. and i like that deray is willing to take his time and is ambitious and expansive about where the show can go in the future. i love podsa but i do find the relentless focus on messaging tiresome sometimes and pstp is refreshingly real world. tl;dr thumbs up for pod save the ppl.