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ymeskhout  8mo ago (text post)   791 thread views

The Bailey Podcast E033: Jad Slays Journalism

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In this episode, we discuss Jad Sleiman's story and the current state of journalism.

Participants: Yassine, Jad.

Links:

The Crass-Examination Of Jad Sleiman (Blocked & Reported)

A WHYY journalist was fired for his stand-up comedy videos (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Jad Slay (Instagram)

Recorded 2023-07-24 | Uploaded 2023-07-28

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Jad is funny and winning, the two of you had good chemistry, and I appreciated how he responded to your gentle pushback (about the emptiness of the term "extremism", about legal tactics, etc.). He tells funny stories, communicates how broken the news is in a way that's very accessible, and makes interesting observations (for example, about why Substack can't solve the weaknesses of the legacy media).

I generally prefer reading, like many others here, and Jad's sound could have been better, but I really loved this episode. It's the first Bailey episode I'm sharing with normal friends, which I can do in part because he's insulated from some predictable attack angles by virtue of being Arab-American. On top of that, his humor plays better than the (understandably) strident confrontational attitude of many other people in similar positions (like, say, Ayaan Hirsi Ali). Anyway, great job, from a non-podcast type.

Thanks man, I'm glad you liked it! His takes on journalism were not at all what I intended to cover but I found his perspective very interesting and so just kept digging further into that topic. The Motte and similar corners of the internet are understandably very into text for obvious benefits, but I've been working on a post about the enduring utility of having real-time conversations about topics because it provides benefits that can't be as easily replicated via text exchanges. Either way though, once I figure out a good workflow for Whisper, I fully intend to offer transcripts for all episodes.

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