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Jason's avatar

I’m obviously in the minority here, apparently significantly, but my vote is no. I’ve been a huge fan and patron of your podcast for a long time l, and I think you do truly incredible work. From the brief time I followed you on Twitter, it’s also clear that you and I have very different politics. That’s fine, I don’t need to live in a bubble where I never hear anything I disagree with. But I really appreciate the firewall you’ve maintained between your martyrmade work and your personal politics and commentary on current events, and I’m not a fan of seeing that line disappear. There are vanishingly few places left, online and off, where you can take a break from all culture war all the time.

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Severian's avatar

No. Here is why: its not because we have different politics, as far as I can tell, they are fairly similar. But your long term brand will be better off if you not talk about current day politics. 5 years from now, 10 years from now, people will be digging up stuff you've said about then current stuff to discredit your views about history on the next Israel-Palestine series (or whatever). The reason that series worked so well, partly, is that you weren't a known quantity, and people from all points of view listened in. This is more along the principle that has kept Michael Jordan so well-liked, he knew that "Republicans buy sneakers too."

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