There’s often a few months between recording and release and we’ve had a handful of episodes that took a frustratingly long time to get out the door, but never a year.
The time between the first recording and release for this one was actually 9 months. The main reason was Howie and Ben wanted to go back and re-record a number of parts they didn’t think they got right the first time around, and it took them a while to both be free and in the same place so they could do that.
A few episodes were also pushed back so we could get out COVID-19 interviews during the peak of the epidemic.
Sorry if I sounded mean! I genuinely didn’t know what you meant! I live in the US and I assumed that most of 80k’s audiences will be more concerned about worldwide numbers or their home country’s, then that of 80k’s “base.” (I also didn’t consider the possibility that there are other reasons than audience interest for you to be prioritizing certain podcasts, like logistics)
I really appreciate a lot of your interviews on covid-19, btw. Definitely didn’t intend my original comment in a mean way!
FWIW, I didn’t really think about what Rob meant when I read his first comment, but when I read Linch’s question, I thought “Eh, Rob probably meant something like ‘the point at which interest, confusion, and urgency seemed especially high, as people were now realising this was huge but hadn’t yet formed clear views on what to do about it’.” So Linch’s question felt somewhat off topic or unnecessary, but also not like it had an obvious answer (and apparently my guess about the answer was wrong).
(But I can also see why Linch saw the question as important, and didn’t think Linch’s question sounded snarky or whatever.)
As Michael says, common sense would indicate I must have been referring to the initial peak, or the peak in interest/panic/policy response, or the peak in the UK/Europe, or peak where our readers are located, or — this being a brief comment on an unrelated topic — just speaking loosely and not putting much thought into my wording.
FWIW it looks like globally the rate of new cases hasn’t peaked yet. I don’t expect the UK or Europe will return to a situation as bad as the one they went through in late March and early April. Unfortunately the US and Latin America are already doing worse than it was then.
This sounds like a status move. I asked a sincere question and maybe I didn’t think too carefully when I asked it, but there’s no need to rub it in.
FWIW it looks like globally the rate of new cases hasn’t peaked yet. I don’t expect the UK or Europe will return to a situation as bad as the one they went through in late March and early April. Unfortunately the US and Latin America are already doing worse than it was then.Neither the US or Latin America could plausibly be said to peak then.
There’s often a few months between recording and release and we’ve had a handful of episodes that took a frustratingly long time to get out the door, but never a year.
The time between the first recording and release for this one was actually 9 months. The main reason was Howie and Ben wanted to go back and re-record a number of parts they didn’t think they got right the first time around, and it took them a while to both be free and in the same place so they could do that.
A few episodes were also pushed back so we could get out COVID-19 interviews during the peak of the epidemic.
Wait, what’s your probability that we’re past the peak (in terms of, eg, daily worldwide deaths)?
I think you know what I mean — the initial peak in the UK, the country where we are located, in late March/April.
Sorry if I sounded mean! I genuinely didn’t know what you meant! I live in the US and I assumed that most of 80k’s audiences will be more concerned about worldwide numbers or their home country’s, then that of 80k’s “base.” (I also didn’t consider the possibility that there are other reasons than audience interest for you to be prioritizing certain podcasts, like logistics)
I really appreciate a lot of your interviews on covid-19, btw. Definitely didn’t intend my original comment in a mean way!
Poll time:
FWIW, I didn’t really think about what Rob meant when I read his first comment, but when I read Linch’s question, I thought “Eh, Rob probably meant something like ‘the point at which interest, confusion, and urgency seemed especially high, as people were now realising this was huge but hadn’t yet formed clear views on what to do about it’.” So Linch’s question felt somewhat off topic or unnecessary, but also not like it had an obvious answer (and apparently my guess about the answer was wrong).
(But I can also see why Linch saw the question as important, and didn’t think Linch’s question sounded snarky or whatever.)
As Michael says, common sense would indicate I must have been referring to the initial peak, or the peak in interest/panic/policy response, or the peak in the UK/Europe, or peak where our readers are located, or — this being a brief comment on an unrelated topic — just speaking loosely and not putting much thought into my wording.
FWIW it looks like globally the rate of new cases hasn’t peaked yet. I don’t expect the UK or Europe will return to a situation as bad as the one they went through in late March and early April. Unfortunately the US and Latin America are already doing worse than it was then.
This sounds like a status move. I asked a sincere question and maybe I didn’t think too carefully when I asked it, but there’s no need to rub it in.
Thanks, I appreciate the clarification! :)
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