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 liber

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. 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.