Dylan, I suspect that a lot of listeners are already familiar with Hearing Things, but just in case, could you just describe how you all got started and why now?

Yeah, no doubt.

So Hearing Things, we're coming up on two years.

We're a worker-owned music publication staffed entirely by ex-Pitchfork writers.

Myself, Brian Domble, Julian Escobedo Shepherd, Jill Mapes, and Andy Cush.

It's the five of us.

We handle pretty much every facet and aspect of the site and have from its start.

So you kinda hinted at this, but what is the appeal in running something like Hearing Things? Like, what can Hearing Things do that's different from either legacy publications or the self-publishing that's happening on social media? Like, how does Hearing Things distinguish themselves from these two fields?