The Boredwalk Podcast

The Boredwalk Podcast Episode 207: Dispatches from the Tortured Small Business Owners Department


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This week Meredith and Gabe discuss the heroes and trolls that alternately praise and vilify Boredwalk on the internet. 

This leads to an interesting conversation about the cognitive dissonance between the forms of creative work that are deemed acceptable to monetize and those that are not (See: Taylor Swift's forthcoming album The Tortured Poets Department and Boredwalk's Grievance Journal) and how social media platforms pay for themselves in a broader sense (See: running ads for products like Boredwalk's Grievance Journal).

Our co-hosts move on to reacting to fan answers to the Question of the Day — pulled from the Delve Deck, yet another craven example of corporate monetization from our evil, bloated 10-person company — "what is the most underwhelming tourist trap you've ever seen?"

Responses ranged from newer weird regional roadside attractions in the U.S. to critically and culturally revered classic artworks. 

Then Gabe & Meredith chime in with their own thoughts on the worst tourist traps they've encountered.

They wrap things up by trading answers to the Delve Deck Venting and Joy Edition questions "what is a problem you never seem to be able to solve?" and "what's your favorite sound?"

If you think the Delve Deck questions and the conversations they sparked sound fun, head over to Boredwalk.com and pick up sets for yourself!

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