Yeah, I've gotten that note from a few different people. Next episode will definitely be louder, sorry about that!

1. Basically every single piece of VFX terminology that I know now is because of this podcast. More importantly, everything I now know about VFX in general--the state of the industry, what it's like to work in Hollywood, etc. etc. Listening to the guys talk about their plight as VFX artists gave me an insight into the industry that I otherwise would never have gotten.

2. How to express myself when talking about filmmaking and storytelling in general. I already knew a lot of the concepts that are talked about on the show when I started listening, but to be able to codify them and explain why they are the way they are, and by extension why certain stories do or do not work, hugely helped my critical thinking abilities and my ability to lay out a coherent argument as to why a story is the way it is.

3. In line with the above--how to think critically in general. As a filmgoer, certainly, but in the other areas of my life as well. I entered DiF as a creationist conservative who thought the Star Wars prequels were awesome, I left it completely the inverse. I can't ever thank them enough for that.

I'm agreed with Owen and BDA, I much prefer the current message board format. I mean, in depth conversations with ludicrous side tangents are really what DiF was always about, I feel like the forum should reflect that.

Just listened to this one, and I don't know which was weirder, the fact that I was actually hearing eating on-mic again for the first time in ages or the fact that you guys were non-ironically talking about renting DVDs from Blockbuster. The times they are a-changin'. Were a-changin'. You know what I mean.

Yes please, I've been learning a ton from it and enjoying the hell out of the episodes.

Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and above all those who live without DiF.