Under the Influence with Jo Piazza

I have been loving this podcast. Reading some of the other reviews, I am laughing at the calls of “judgemental” and “opinions nothing else”. I find Jo Piazza and her guests to be very open and compassionate and there are facts, and yes, opinions, but since a lot of the opinions expressed are in concordance with mine, it doesn’t rub me the wrong way. I sometimes listen to podcasts or read content that I do not agree with, so I get that irritation, but UTI offers information and often just lets it fall as the listener will take it. So I am going with 5 stars*****!

I have mixed feelings about this podcast . More commercial breaks than podcast substance . Guests are good but host is annoying … repeats herself and appears to be pretty negative in a “ mean girl “ way. I’m a progressive but this feels like alot of whining.

I love Jos reporting and she’s got great takes, but the episode on Facebook talking about about youth safety is complete propaganda… and the fact that she can’t see this seriously makes me question her journalistic abilities. Meta is not gonna let someone come and talk openly, and the things they are doing to “protect kids” is not different from the way. The Wright is trying to “protect the children “from drag queens . and while I applaud Joe’s discussion of the minor harms of social media in this particular political climate when they are banning social media apps and taking away true free speech harping on the harms social media may cause kids is a moot point because a life without free speech and basic human rights is far worse than any other social harms.

I would give 5 stars if there weren’t so many ads.