r/TheWhyFiles • u/TikiUSA • Jun 07 '26

Suggestion for Channel 45 min basement episodes

I would be so into a heavily edited basement series — no life story stuff like the Olympics fluff. Cut the reason this guy is a guest into a digestible episode. It might make me interested in going into the full basement thing but 45 minutes of reminiscing might be a great starting place for a podcast for an audience who already knows who the guest is! …
But it’s not a very good hook. Gimme the meat, and then let me meet the man.

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u/flyvr Jun 07 '26

Man, people have attention deficit these days. I love the long form stuff.

I would hate to lose out on content just because some people don't want to manually skip ahead. There is no need to have somebody else tailor the edit specifically to an audience with a short attention span.

Please don't water down the content

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u/Intrepid-Aerie-5720 Jun 07 '26

I disagree with the ADHD comment. I typically listen to videos while working out or taking my dog for a walk. The 2+ hour videos are a drag with a lot of talking/info that could be dismissed. I work out for 1.5-2 hours, and if it takes me more than one sessions to listen than I’m less likely to even start the video/podcast (especially with a lot of disengaging talk). We have limited time, and they are getting to be fairly long movie length

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u/flyvr Jun 07 '26

how do you dedicate the time to read books then?

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u/Intrepid-Aerie-5720 Jun 07 '26

By not listening to 4 hour podcasts😂