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Secretly Incredibly Fascinating

Vinyl Records

Secretly Incredibly Fascinating

Alex Schmidt

Society & Culture, Comedy, History

4.7720 Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Alex Schmidt is joined by comedian/broadcaster/author Robin Ince for a look at why vinyl records are secretly incredibly fascinating.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey folks, I have a hot tip for you about audiobooks. It is the hottest audiobook tip I can think of.

0:07.5

If you've heard a lot of this podcast, you've probably heard me talk about Libro.fm.

0:12.7

Libro.fm sells audiobooks, and they do it a better way.

0:16.7

Because Libro.com partners with more than 1,300 local bookstores in the U.S. and Canada and a few other

0:23.4

countries. And then when you buy audiobooks from Libro.fm, part of that purchase price goes back to

0:29.7

your local bookstore that you choose. It goes back to your local community. And Libro.com is so

0:35.3

awesome, I decided to partner with them. So if you use code SIFPOD at checkout,

0:39.8

you get two audiobook credits for the price of one. You also support this podcast and my ability to make it at all.

0:46.8

And then on top of all that, my guest today is the incredible comedian broadcaster writer Robin Ince.

0:53.4

His new book is available as an audiobook from

0:56.4

Libra.fm, narrated by Robin Ince himself. It's titled The Importance of Being Interested.

1:01.5

If you like this show at all, you will love that book. So here is an awesome, like, combo

1:07.0

move you can make. Go to Libra.fm, pick your favorite bookstore, put Robin Ince's

1:12.2

audiobook in your cart, use code SIFPod to get a whole second book on top of that for free,

1:18.3

and then, you know, everybody wins. You support this podcast, you support our guest, Robin Ince,

1:23.1

you support your local bookstore and your community, and you support this company that's

1:27.4

trying to make audiobooks better.

1:29.7

So that's my idea for you.

1:32.0

That's how you can improve your audiobook experience.

1:34.9

All you need to do is use code SIFPOT at checkout and then get Robin Ince's book,

1:39.5

plus whatever else you want, at Libro.fm.

1:43.2

And then the very last thing I'll say about that, patrons of this show don't hear promotional

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