Podbit · Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast
Oysters are alive when you slurp them down. They actively resist being opened — the reason it's hard to pry the shell is the oyster holding it shut — and they can survive out of water for a surprisingly long time. Once you crack it open, that's the knockout blow.
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In a rare moment of self-reflection, Shane Gillis realizes that their podcast, which they record from a couch with zero production infrastructure, has more viewers than most local — and likely regional — news stations. He's genuinely struck by this. Matt confirms they've been bigger than local news since around 2017, which somehow feels both obvious and crazy to say out loud. They briefly imagine their own version of a news anchor segment before moving on, leaving the observation hanging in the air as a small, unexamined monument to how the media world has changed.
Shane suddenly realizes that this little podcast they do on a couch has more viewers than local TV news stations — and has had more since 2017. Matt confirms it matter-of-factly. The whole local news infrastructure, the cameras, the anchors, the hubbub — all of it dwarfed by a few guys hanging out.
Live oysters are served and consumed alive; they actively resist being opened, and they can survive out of water for an extended period.
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