Ted Audio Collective.

Collective. It kind of feels like you're promising a fight in the title.

So conversations with people who hate me implies that there's going to be a conflict and then you

listen and it's kind of a love-fest. Do not like the love-fest aspect of it? I don't

mind it. Hey listener, a quick favor. We are conducting an audience survey and we'd be really grateful

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slash TED to take the survey today. That's survey dot PRX.org slash Ted. Thanks. Hey, I'm Dylan Marin, and this is conversations with people who hate me, the show where I use negative online comments as a starting point for offline conversations.

If you're a creator, you hope people will like the work you make, but you know that not everyone will.

Every so often, though though you'll come across someone

who takes the time to tell you why they don't like something you've made. Today

I'm talking to Steve who really does not like this podcast. Yes, the very one you're listening to right now.

A little while ago he tweeted, I listened to shabby podcasts, too many TVH, but for some reason I just can't get conversations

with people who hate me out of my fucking head.

It's so bad for a host of reasons, and yet the New York Times thinks this is

quote advancing the dialogue such a masturbatory and flawed concept so I

figured I'd give him a call. I'm good.

D'Ande, How are you? Dandy, how are you? I'm good, Dandy, that's fancy.

So, there are many questions that we can start with, but I usually like to start with this one.

How's your day going so far? Can't complain.

Okay.

So Steve in only as many details as you want to share on this podcast,

tell me about you.

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