{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/684915c753135c7171136900?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"You Don't Have To Listen To Me","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/684915c753135c7171136900/1749620398510-cfcb8239-ee45-4d75-bdc2-7d4030a074b4.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>You Don’t Have To Listen To Me</p><p>Hosted by Jesse James Russell and Christian Read</p><p><br></p><p>Two university grads, clinging to the last strands of millennial status, sit down each week to shout (politely) into the void. “You Don’t Have To Listen To Me” is a podcast born out of equal parts existential dread, student loan debt, and a nagging sense that someone should be saying something about the absurdity of modern life in America.</p><p><br></p><p>From skyrocketing rent to collapsing news cycles, from late-stage capitalism to whatever politicians are pretending to care about this week, Jesse and Christian unpack it all—with dry humor, reluctant optimism, and the occasional well-earned rant.</p><p><br></p><p>They’re not experts. They’re not influencers. They’re just two guys trying to make sense of the nonsense.</p><p><br></p><p>You don’t have to listen to them—but it might feel good if you do.</p>","author_name":"Jesse James Russell"}