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- 0:00Welcome to a Thanksgiving edition of Your Mic.
- 0:03In which I express all the things that I'm thankful for this season like
- 0:08podcasters who don't cradle a blue Yeti mic as if it's an enchanted orb that magically
- 0:13erases background noise. This year I'm also thankful for podcasters who don't
- 0:19whip out air pods and declare them studio gear.
- 0:23I'm also thankful for podcasters who don't monologue for 10 mind numbing minutes
- 0:28about last night's dinner their neighbors cat and the existential crisis of their
- 0:32shoe collection before actually addressing anything listed in their podcast
- 0:35description. I'm thankful for podcasters who don't
- 0:40slap together cover art so cheap and pixelated Picasso himself would weep.
- 0:46I'm thankful for podcasters who don't let music drown out the guests' voice because vibes,
- 0:52bro, vibes. I'm thankful for podcasters who don't pepper every segment with
- 0:59smash that subscribe button and leave a five star review.
- 1:04I'm thankful for podcasters who don't drop in. I'm just here for Chill Convo, bro.
- 1:10Inspiral into conspiracy theories halfway through a supposedly educational show.
- 1:14I'm thankful for podcasters who don't record inside a moving vehicle inside a wind tunnel
- 1:19or while jogging. They call it feel recording. We call it annoying. And finally,
- 1:25I'm thankful for podcasters who don't list a dozen credits as if their show is the Oscars.
- 1:31All kidding aside, I'm thankful for you, the listener. You the aspiring or new podcast host,
- 1:38I'm thankful that you have trusted me with your time because it's the one thing we truly never
- 1:43get back. I wish you nothing but the best of this holiday season, a happy Thanksgiving,
- 1:49a merry Christmas, a happy new year, and all the things that approach us in the coming weeks and months.