Remember Serial?
A lot of people cared about the Serial podcast.
It caught on.
The story got the spotlight for a season. And then went away. Nobody’s talking about it.
Why?
It’s not because there wasn’t more story to tell. The Undisclosed Podcast is doing an excellent job of uncovering new facts and probabilities relating to Adnan’s case. It’s fascinating and infuriating and confusing and fast paced.
It’s also not because people believed justice was served.
So we have an unfinished story in which there’s a good chance justice wasn’t served.
Why isn’t Undisclosed (and carrying on the story) as famous as Serial? Why aren’t more people demanding justice?
Because the predominant question Serial listeners were asking was simply “does this entertain me or not?” And the answer was YES for tons of people, myself included!
Serial ended up being for the masses. Serial was the hit.
Undisclosed provides the album cuts…for the hardcore who want to go from mere entertainment to meaning. To dig deeper and ask “does the outcome of Adnan’s trial line up with my values and definition of justice?”
You need the hit to get a mass, you need the great album cuts to create attachment.
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