Further to my recent submission
to the DSM-IV, the world’s recognised handbook of major psychiatric illnesses, of a series of podcast-induced psychiatric conditions, research reaches me from colleagues of yet further discoveries.
Professor Sallie Goetsch has found evidence of a deeply disturbing phenomenon she has nicknamed, “Earbud Isolation”.
With the more formal title of ‘Podcast Solipsism’, Professor Goetsch has uncovered yet more proof of the potentially life-threatening spread of podcast-related diseases.
Noticing that sufferers of this ravaging disease can be found with earbuds in place during shopping trips, errand running and even Parent Teacher exchanges, Professor Goetsch serves us timely warning that a new breed of podcast listener may actually believe that the people they listen to on podcasts, such as Dawn and Drew, Adam Curry and Hobson and Holtz, are real people, not superb actors reading carefully crafted scripts.
This new world of podcasts is a dangerous place – be careful out there, and when ever concern strikes, see a qualified medical expert, like your local family doctor. Or me.
