Jeff Holmes: evaluation

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…Yes, one of the great injustices of podcast life — underreported. I will say, this year, it’s better news. I think actually the female guests who were featured this year — Patricia Fara, Sarah Parcak — they all did pretty well. But perhaps it was also aided by the fact that they were talking about things that speak to a typically male audience. It was the classics and Newton and archeology. But when you have someone who’s talking about feminism, “Well, maybe I’ll skip that one. That’s not what I want. I already know what that’s going to be about.” I think, on average, the women on Conversations with Tyler do better than the men. The difference, on average, is they’re rarely or never willing to just be a blowhard. They always feel they have to say something of actual substance. It’s interesting that that is the difference, but I prefer the podcasts with women, as a whole.…

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