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Are podcast ads getting more annoying? This is something I found myself pondering this week, when my attempts to listen to a show were interrupted by Newlyweds (and former Made in Chelsea) star Jamie Laing doing a spot of self-promotion while pronouncing his surname in a wildly bizarre transatlantic accent.
I can barely stomach US shows with adverts, due to the irritatingly frequent lapse into promo spots that are either screechy or such patently nonsensical claims about their show’s true crime revelations that they border on insulting the listener’s intelligence. Along with the rise of paid, ad-free podcast subscription services, is it just possible that it’s in pod producers’ interests to carry promos that are so irksome you pay not to listen to them? No, clearly not. But my god, those ads are maddening, I can’t help but wonder sometimes …
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