I listened to the entire podcast and felt that, while more successful overall, it suffered from the same problem as Serial: the belief that being an urban liberal is sufficient perspective to describe people marginalized from their cultures.<p>It was obvious as Reed tried to medicalize John B's behavior and pigeonhole it into a heteronormative context that he was reducing him in a similar fashion as the townspeople, who despite his resentments, he obviously felt more kinship with. It's probably an inescapable narrative bias, but as someone from a similar background as John B (albeit in the rural north, not the south), I couldn't help but feel this was about making everything digestible for the kind of audience Reed represents.