Join Aut2Aut founder, Dr. Gal Schkolnik and guests, for an hour of autistic ranting and infordumping about the aggravating, the inexplicable, the unjust, and the infuriating, in all fields of life, one episode at a time.
In this trailer, you'll hear me and my season guests ranting about... Podcast trailers!
Being autistic in an allistic world has its awe and wonder, but also a lot of UGH!
Join Aut2Aut founder, Dr. Gal Schkolnik (Pronouns: they/them) and guests, for an hour of ranting and infodumping about the aggravating, unjust and infuriating in all fields of life, one episode at a time.
In this trailer, my guests and I rant about podcast trailers, and figure out whether they can even be okay sometimes.
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The Autistic Rant Hour Trailer Transcript
Rey: I actually don't mind podcast trailers, but I hate the fake happy music that is often used in them.
Gal: Being autistic in a holistic world can have its moments of awe and wonder, but it can also have a lot of moments of just UGH. I'm At2Aut founder Dr. Gal Schkolnik, pronouns: they/them, host of the new podcast The Autistic Rant Hour on the Autistic Culture Podcast Network. And my little rant right now is about podcast trailers! They tend to start off with some discordant music that has nothing to do with the podcast itself, followed by either a breathlessly excited announcement or worse, snippets from the podcast, disembodied sentences that just jump at me with no warning and no explanation. In my podcast, The Autistic Rant Hour, I spent an hour ranting and infodumping on my own and with guests about the aggravating, the inexplicable, the unjust, and the infuriating, in all fields of life, one episode at a time. So for this trailer, I wanted to ask my guests how they felt about podcast trailers. You've already heard the opinion of Ray Rissanen about trailer music. How about you, Dr. Mary Sims? How do you feel about podcast trailers?
Mary: Well, Gal, you know that I'm a stickler for accuracy. So when a podcast trailer comes on, my first reaction is fight or flight to protect my sensory avoidant self. This means my stomach tightens and I get very alert.
Gal: Oh yeah, I totally know the feeling. I rarely even manage to survive the couple of minutes they take. So dear listener, you can totally skip this trailer altogether and just tune in to the real thing.
Mary: The next thing that happens is that my autonomy drive kicks in and I start scanning the message for any hint of a demand being made on my time, energy or attention. I usually just can't wait until the podcast trailer is over. But if the message is clear, useful, and sincere, then I get this nice little dopamine rush.
Gal: Okay, so they can also be done well, it seems. Carolina, what do you think?
Carolina: What I like in a podcast trailer is like to hear who's going to be part of it and then hear why they're like excited about it. I don't need to hear, you know: Oh, it's so and so from this other podcast and creator of this and that, you know, I want to know what you're doing now and why you like it.
Gal: Okay. So let me tell you what you can expect from this podcast's first season. I will talk about product analytics and being autistic in tech with my ex-colleague, Carolina, tell you about the bureaucratic nightmare of founding my nonprofit Aut2Aut, discuss medical gaslighting with disability activist Simo_tier, and mental health services with artist Ray Rissanen. With neurologist Dr. Mary Sims, we'll ask ourselves: Exact sciences, are they? And the last episode will be about accessibility across disabilities with allistic but disabled activist and filmmaker Tal(y) Wozner. Tal(y), what do you think about podcast trailers?
Tal(y): I actually like trailers. It's cool that I get a chance to hear somebody's voice and see if it's annoying. And also, I don't know, get kind of a feel of what I'm looking at.
Gal: Okay, so if you didn't find our voices annoying and maybe even enjoyed this little rant about podcast trailers, tune in to the Autistic Rant Hour on the Autistic Culture Podcast Network starting June 22, or wait for July 23 to binge it all in one go.
