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I disagree with that one dude about Natalie....

Feb 6, 2009 2:50AM PST

I think that her presence on BOL is actually suppressing her Loaded show because all the Loaded stories are on Buzz Out Loud. I think that since Nat is on.... Jason talks waaay less... JASON! SPEAK UP!!

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Jason is great on gadgettes
Feb 6, 2009 3:19AM PST

On BOL he never has that much to say though.
I think Nat just needs to relax and be herself. There have been days she has been great. But this Monday, she seemed intimadated by molly and was trying way too hard and failed. Which is understandable. But she should realize that she isn't there to full molly's shoes, which is an impossible task. But to be herself.

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The Cure to Your Problems
Feb 6, 2009 4:47AM PST

I know how to fix Jason talking less......DUMP NATALIE!

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Im Sorry.
Feb 6, 2009 4:52AM PST

That was really mean. Could someone just please tell her to stop talking about Twitter every 4 seconds.

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Twitter every 4 second?
Feb 6, 2009 3:13PM PST

Maybe you're confusing BOL with twit. Wink

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I know I can't talk for Jason but..
Feb 6, 2009 8:29PM PST

Audio producing is hard work, and it is even more hard when you have people on another, Jason has his hands full already Happy

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nat
Feb 7, 2009 3:40AM PST

I haven't listened to loaded, but to me Natalie sounds like the traffic intern on WWWX FM. Perhaps her voice training will improve the delivery, but it always sounds like she's reporting something. While literally that's what she's doing, it's a different delivery than BOL has had, and it makes me uncomfortable. Not turn off the show uncomfortable, but reminiscent of when someone violates the multi-urinal rule in the men's bathroom. You know, the one where if there are three stalls and you are in the left one, and a guy comes in, and instead of taking the far right one, leaving a comfortable gap, he takes the center one, adjacent to where you are. It doesn't stop you from enjoying the relief of urination, but just makes it a little different, a little uncomfortable.

Also Natalie seems like a little bit of a, uh, what's the word. I don't want to say it, I don't want to start throwing the crap around. You know, I've been listening for over 3 years, it's been a great program, but I'll be honest, my first impression of Natalie is that she's kinda condescending. That's the word.

My offer still stands to dress in drag and do a female voice over. I know, it's podcast, and I wouldn't need to dress entirely in drag, but it's what I'd do for the show.

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Natalie
Feb 7, 2009 5:49AM PST

I agree with most of the criticism above-especially the "condescending" attitude, which is funny since she clearly is out of her league in overall tech knowledge. It is getting embarrassing. Oh and as a proud Austinite, loved the comment about the South. Thanks for that. I tried being constructive with an email a few weeks ago, but JaMoTo passed on it, thought Id post here:

I'm hoping this doesn't get me court marshalled in the Buzz Brigade, but Natali Del Conte? Really? She seems nice and she does pretty good on the scripted show Loaded, but I was hoping her experiment on BOL was coming to a close, not getting ramped up. It is on rare occasion that she provides anything new or useful to a discussion and her normal commentary is simply affirmation of some else's point. I love BOL and I want to avoid being too negative, but this is a mistake? Natali just does not do "live" well and compared to the rest of the hosts is at a severe disadvantage in overall tech knowledge. I am not a hater, but this is like mixing the GeminiDivision with Sorority Fever...no way this turns out well.

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What?
Feb 7, 2009 6:01AM PST

For transparency my handle is DP81. Have no idea who JamieHebert is and why its labeling my post as such. It appears my profile got mixed with JamieHebert. I logged in as DP81 but all I can see is JamieHebert information.

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i miss molly
Feb 8, 2009 1:51AM PST

i miss molly.