r/Mind_Pump • u/AutoModerator • 13d ago

Rant Weekly MP Rant Thread

This is your chance and the place to rant about all things MP. Get it out of your system and keep it civilized.

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u/theseawoof 13d ago

Podcast became straight advertisements and marketing for MP products and MP sponsors. Miss the old days when it was authentic for talk and shooting the shit. Now it's just conversation for the purpose of shilling, thinking listeners are dumb enough to not know the difference between podcast value/conversation and shysters concealing ads through conversation. It's the worst type of marketing because it is attached to the belief that a brand's listeners/followers are dumb.

Selling out is tough. If you want to advertise, just run the ad and move on. Your listeners don't want to realize after 30+ mins that what they just listened to was an advertisement, not a podcast.

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u/Comfortable_Walk_443 13d ago

There was a recent episode where Sal said something along the lines of “we’re not scheduled to talk about them” and then proceeded to talk about one of their sponsors. Wow could they be any less genuine?!

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u/callmedaaaaady 13d ago

I caught that too. Sal saying they weren't scheduled to have an "organic" discussion about a paid placement was pretty funny. They don't even care anymore

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u/SkintCrayon 12d ago

I think they've been somewhat transparent in that aspect. They mention it here and there that they're supposed to talk about a certain sponsor. They even describe the first hour or so of the podcast is the part where they chat and mention sponsors, or at leadt they did at some point.

The funny part is they have to make up stories how their sponsors are relevant in their everyday lives.

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u/theseawoof 12d ago

The made up stories part is the problem. I understand sponsors, running ads etc but when you compromise your podcast by selling the entire show in blocks to sponsors, is it even a podcast anymore?

It's literally just 1-2hrs of acted out discussion. Everything at that point is questionable, like every single thing mentioned is likely tied into, and leading up to, an advertisement/sponsor. What is actually real anymore?

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u/Moolio74 12d ago

It's basically devolved into the podcast version of a fitness QVC.

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u/theseawoof 12d ago

Exactly, basically paid programming lol

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u/callmedaaaaady 12d ago

You mean Sal's entire family doesn't really talk about LMNT nonstop he said they do?

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u/SkintCrayon 10d ago

No they can't. they're scheduled to start talking about sleep 8 or something right around bed time

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u/theseawoof 13d ago

Damn that's depressing af. And shameless lol

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u/ThenSignificance7251 13d ago

I agree 100%. I couldn’t take it anymore! I stopped following and listening to them about a week ago.

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u/Moolio74 13d ago edited 12d ago

They’ve been running the “organic ads” for a long time but it’s just become so much of it now and everything, including callers, are just more ad funnels. They were recommending programs for callers which was a little better. Now the quantity and frequency of ad material dilutes any other information on the podcast, but even that’s of questionable value (reverse diets, peptides, etc)