Part 2 of my conversation with guest Matt Phillion as we discuss the power of the written word.

Show notes:

• Check out Matt's book Echo and the Sea

• The popularity of comics has moved beyond just comic books

• The collector's market collapsed in the late '90s

• We make less time to read nowadays

• Audiobooks and podcasts are popular with people trying to multitask

• Mark Hamill's interesting career

• Attention spans are shrinking

• Binge-watching vs. reading

• Long-form storytelling is alive and well on TV

• Being professional on social media

• When things you liked don't age well

• Retroactive criticism

• Hate-sharing for fun and profit

• Outrage fatigue

• Picking careers that become obsolete

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.