9/12 - Podcast Rankings and reviews

Dan’s stories humanize,, from many angles, the experience of Americans and the citizens of the world in the days after and since 9/11. It is nuanced and challenging, and not driving a single point or theory home, besides the importance of recognizing how we’ve reacted to the fateful day. How do you laugh, how do you love, how do you practice democracy, how to you achieve justice, how do you memorialize in the shadows of such a monumental event?

As a New Yorker who’s too young to remember 9/11, I found this to be a really compelling and accessible approach to discussing the cultural and sociopolitical impacts of that fateful day. I was surprised to see other listeners’ negative reviews (most, it seems, tainted by their personal political leanings which tend to oppose Taberski’s). It makes me sad that two decades isn’t enough time for people to separate the tragedy from their opinions, from their own interpretation of it which reveals more about them/their views than reality. I guess this makes Taberski’s project — to track 9/11 the “idea” — all the more necessary and timely.

We need more podcasts like this that shine a light into the shadows people too long refuse to look at. The host’s voice is the perfect salve to help listeners swallow content that at times hits like a gut punch. Really well produced, written, and edited.

Digs into things you didn't think about being affected by 9/11. Love the host's sense of humor.

There are some interesting and surprising interviews throughout, while others seem needless or continue for too long, but I found the overall tenor of this podcast to be elitist, inappropriate, and even insulting, to the 9/11 victims, family, and friends.

It’s a very compelling podcast, but clearly shaped by the eye-roll inducing cynicism of Generation X. These are post-9/11 arguments that have already been made/covered. The interviewer claims to respect the opinions of those he’s speaking with, but views many of them with a condescension (even immigrants) that is cringeworthy.