Podcast Corner: Hyperfixed provides answers to life's little questions
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Reply All was one of the big success stories in podcasting - ‘The Case of the Missing Hit’ in March 2020 has been held up as the apex of the genre - before it all came crashing down early the following year. A mini-series on the work environment at the food magazine Bon Appetit was turned back on Gimlet, the company behind Reply All, by its own staff, whose allegations included criticism of unionisation efforts. Reply All tried to continue on but drew the curtain in 2022.
PJ Vogt was one of the hosts and producers of Reply All and in May 2023 returned with Search Engine, a relatively light series with the ethos: No question too big, no question too small. It’s so simple but effective. Early questions asked 'How sad are the monkeys in the zoo?’ and ‘Wait, should I not be drinking airplane coffee?’ (the short answer to that, with help from a scientist in Limerick, is that it’s not something you should be worried about.
