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[–] 11 points 1 month ago* (3 children)

Keep hearing this about podcasts and youtubers and I don't get it. Thinking that the people talking to a microphone or camera are your friends feels silly akin to thinking there's a tiny orchestra in the earphones that sings for you. I get that people are gullible and believe media personalities are always truthful, but surely they don't experience an actual friendship with people they've never seen?

Is this my version of "not having an inner momologue"?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    I think it's a basic podcasting technique* to have at least two people, one who delivers the content and bounces it off the other. It's very nice when they switch roles or add things like "you read this next passage".

    If they have the right chemistry and enjoy themselves and do a lot of podcasting, it starts to feel familiar, also emotionally. I think that's what the pic above refers to. But of course this applies to so many more things of art and entertainment.

    * of course this not endemic to podcasts, probably comes from radio and before that ...

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