01/12/2022
As an Apple Music subscriber, I always feel so left out in December during .
But as a podcaster, I was surprised to find this in my email box yesterday.
So bizarre that my tiny show that I produced in my bedroom closet reached 50 countries. I am grateful to everyone, from the trolls, the sh*tposters, and then the people who genuinely just liked what we did.
It was especially surreal when we charted, beating out shows with celebrity hosts or major podcast publishing companies behind them. I made this show with modest goals, and never expected our humble little creation to do what it did. People are still listening to it, and I haven't released an episode in nearly half a year.
It's going to be a minute before I make another show. If and when that happens, I do not expect it to accomplish what the first one did.
I am just humbled that I told a story that I had been dying to tell and that anyone really cared enough to listen.
So thanks, y'all. And thanks especially to the people who helped me make this thing.
Kind Regards,
Joe Scott
P.S. And if you haven't listened to my podcast, that's cool -- especially if it's not your thing. But if you are interested in a shaggy, tangential narrative about the origins of the media landscape we live in today, you can check it out here:
https://anchor.fm/downlowdpod
