Re Severance: I continue to wonder how much self-awareness Apple has regarding this property. The show leans hard into making Lumon a parody of a very Apple-like tech company. The parallels are incisive and damning. Apple is so protective of its image and messaging—It’s a little unsettling.

A screenshot of my podcast app with an episode on “All You Need is Love” cued up, with the episode length clocking in at 3 hours and 51 minutes.

I have been obsessively listening to the back catalogue of the podcast “A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs”. Each ep explores a song/artist, musical influences, and cultural zeitgeist at the time. I was expecting a lot of Beatles and yet I was not prepared for the length of this upcoming episode!