This little nugget from the podcast is why I listen. I can relate on many levels. Today I'm holding onto a soul sucking job, but its been a bad marriage in the past and I'm sure other things. Change is really hard.
"What I relate to here is that there were times in my life where I found myself holding onto something tightly even though it was hurting me. Times where instead of removing my hand from a hot stove I felt like the one thing I was sure of was that my hand needed to be on the stove. That pulling it off was scarier than anything I could image. In those times because I couldn’t imagine a life without what was hurting me, I just reorganized myself around managing the pain so I could keep not changing. We find ways to be functional. We figure out what works until it stops working."
I'm curious if the decision to leave has anything to do with the recent "substack Nazi problem" controversy, or the timing is just coincidental.
FWIW, if the controversy has anything to do with it, I do believe that the problem is not quite as clear cut as Casey Newton might have us believe - and hope you have explored the tradeoffs there. I think this comment on the Platformer's announcement expresses my feelings nicely [1].
Will be following you wherever you go in any case!
Great episode, PJ. I’ve been enjoying The Small Bow since you referenced it / recommended it a little while back. Really cool to hear AJ and gain more depth about him beyond his writing alone.
And not to mix subjects, but in case you’re reading this, I do hope you’ll consider staying on Substack, especially if the decision to leave is in any way based on the recent “nazi problem”. I’m sure you’ve seen Jesse Singal’s story (if not, you should read it), and I’m also “sure” that no one is looking forward to signing up for yet another platform (tho I’m sure we would for you).
Perhaps it's the product of automated ad placements within the show, but I found it a pretty deep and uncomfortable irony that there was an ad for Drizly, a home alcohol delivery service, in an episode about sobriety and recovery.
I loved this podcast, and followed your links to the end. I rather hope you don't leave Substack, just because I'd prefer to keep the number of platforms I'm on under control, but I'll follow you if you do.
It would be helpful if the sponsors/ads for the episodes were included in the show notes or in the associated newsletter posts--I'm pretty sure I heard an ad for Vuori, which I've been meaning to try out, so I wanted to get the credit to SE but I was listening to the episode in the car so i don't remember the exact link and need to find it again now.
Cheers, PJ. I'll be following along wherever you end up.
This little nugget from the podcast is why I listen. I can relate on many levels. Today I'm holding onto a soul sucking job, but its been a bad marriage in the past and I'm sure other things. Change is really hard.
"What I relate to here is that there were times in my life where I found myself holding onto something tightly even though it was hurting me. Times where instead of removing my hand from a hot stove I felt like the one thing I was sure of was that my hand needed to be on the stove. That pulling it off was scarier than anything I could image. In those times because I couldn’t imagine a life without what was hurting me, I just reorganized myself around managing the pain so I could keep not changing. We find ways to be functional. We figure out what works until it stops working."
Not you too? This Substack fake outrage needs to stop. The policies here are normal and benefitial to a good liberal society.
I'm curious if the decision to leave has anything to do with the recent "substack Nazi problem" controversy, or the timing is just coincidental.
FWIW, if the controversy has anything to do with it, I do believe that the problem is not quite as clear cut as Casey Newton might have us believe - and hope you have explored the tradeoffs there. I think this comment on the Platformer's announcement expresses my feelings nicely [1].
Will be following you wherever you go in any case!
[1] https://open.substack.com/pub/platformer/p/why-platformer-is-leaving-substack?r=7u0i&utm_campaign=comment-list-share-cta&utm_medium=web&comments=true&commentId=47125539
Great episode, PJ. I’ve been enjoying The Small Bow since you referenced it / recommended it a little while back. Really cool to hear AJ and gain more depth about him beyond his writing alone.
And not to mix subjects, but in case you’re reading this, I do hope you’ll consider staying on Substack, especially if the decision to leave is in any way based on the recent “nazi problem”. I’m sure you’ve seen Jesse Singal’s story (if not, you should read it), and I’m also “sure” that no one is looking forward to signing up for yet another platform (tho I’m sure we would for you).
Thank you PJ!
Please don't leave. Please. I can't handle another platform.
Perhaps it's the product of automated ad placements within the show, but I found it a pretty deep and uncomfortable irony that there was an ad for Drizly, a home alcohol delivery service, in an episode about sobriety and recovery.
Does Audacy going under affect you guys?
I loved this podcast, and followed your links to the end. I rather hope you don't leave Substack, just because I'd prefer to keep the number of platforms I'm on under control, but I'll follow you if you do.
It would be helpful if the sponsors/ads for the episodes were included in the show notes or in the associated newsletter posts--I'm pretty sure I heard an ad for Vuori, which I've been meaning to try out, so I wanted to get the credit to SE but I was listening to the episode in the car so i don't remember the exact link and need to find it again now.
Maybe you should just give up Substack for January
https://x.com/molly0xFFF/status/1746250816816582860?s=20
Molly White would be happy to help PJ move out of substack: