reader comments 47 with On Monday, Spotify rolled out a limited pilot program that uses AI to automatically translate podcasts into various languages, using voice synthesis technology from OpenAI to preserve the original speaker’s voice. The feature aims to offer a more authentic listening experience compared to traditional dubbing. It could also introduce language errors… Read More »
Now it’s time for the negativity. The stuff I least enjoyed reviewing. I’ve sandwiched this part between two positive articles, so we don’t end this retrospective on a low note. Now, of course, media is mostly subjective, and sometimes I even warm up to stuff I gave a bad or lukewarm review to before. Stuff… Read More »
Let’s Take A Look Back At This Year’s New Articles I’ve written many articles this year and reviewed piles of movies, tons of shows, and even a few books. And while a lot of media flees my memory once I’m done reviewing it, a few things were so good and memorable that they’ve stuck with… Read More »
Are You Ready To Make Halloween Even Creepier? Halloween is about to be here. A glorious time for celebrating spooky and horrifying things. And, if you’re not usually a horror fan but want to get into it this year, I have recommendations. But before we begin, I need to clarify that it’s OK if you… Read More »
Pseudopod Has So Much Content Available To Enjoy The tricky thing about reviewing Pseudopod is that it has over eight hundred episodes, usually around thirty minutes. I’ve listened to somewhere between five and ten. So, I can’t tell you if you’ll like Pseudopod overall. I can’t warn you about all the potentially upsetting topics lurking… Read More »
I Am In Eskew doesn’t fit into the usual framework by which I’ve recently rated horror podcasts. Source
The Storage Papers Will Frighten Even Horror Fans Before listening to The Storage Papers, I never thought a podcast could scare me as much as The Magnus Archives. That the mind-melting, the dark-is-dangerous thrill it gave me was the peak of horror storytelling. But The Storage Papers is not only just as scary, but it… Read More »
The Magnus Archives Was Something Very Special The Magnus Archives is a podcast—and after 200 episodes, I’ve listened to the whole thing. Twice before, I’ve spoken about the series and how it progressed, and now we can bring the talk home to roost. Spoilers for the entire series ahead. Now, there’s no point in going… Read More »
The Magnus Archives Gets Somehow Even Better Four months ago, I reviewed The Magnus Archives. I’d only listened to ten or so episodes and thought I understood how the series would go. Now, approaching the 100th episode, I’ve gone deep into the series, its lore, and eagerly await what’s coming next—both what I’ve spoiled for… Read More »
More People Need To Know About The Magnus Archives I slept on The Magnus Archives for far too long, considering how much praise I was exposed to beforehand. I suppose my general dislike of podcasts as a storytelling method (never been much for audiobooks) was what deterred me. But that was completely and utterly dumb.… Read More »