I get like 3 or 4 weird or inappropriate emails a year from (presumably) listeners of the podcast. Mostly they're lovely. But I bet I'd have to deal with a bunch more if I weren't a chap/white. Extra condescension, creepiness, presumptions & outright abuse. An emotional tax.
I know most folks are only too aware of this. I just, in my own slow, knuckleheaded way was like 'huh, harassing or weird messages are kind of rare for me!' even though I get a lot of emails. Then I realised some people probably have to continually actively filter.
Obviously I expect certain types of content attract more odd/abusive correspondence than others. Also I guess podcasts are an opt-in medium? It's not like 'what's this shite Radio 4's forcing on me now? Tim Clare?' Come to think of it I got more abuse when I did live radio
That's why podcasts, for all the stick they get, are a lovely, unassuming medium. You have to come to them. They don't take up wavelength. You choose the time & place. So the people who listen generally *want* to be there.
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