Sword And Scale

this guy nails the True Crime genre. He is not afraid to get granular, and though i don’t always agree with his observations, he DoES make you think!

Mike has a lot of great material but unfortunately he lost the art of storytelling around episode 200. He began wasting time playing reviews from his loyal followers, which just stroked his overinflated ego. He also started wasting time with sharing his expertise in his ignorant opinions. He over generalizes situations with using always and never statements far too often. He has zero understanding about mental health but continues to share how to improve things he has absolutely no professional or personal experience to support his bigotry. He’s definitely a “don’t tread on me” kinda guy while also supporting people who constantly tread all over his rights. He’s just far too angry to see anything that doesn’t support his hatred. Basically he has turned into an angry little man child who lost his compassion for others and has nothing better to do than continue the great divide of this once great nation. His fame has not done him any good and has pushed him to lose true compassion for others.

I’ve a paid subscriber for years because this is truly the best true crime podcast out there. Unfortunately, he has gone too far off the deep end with the political jabs and I can no longer support this podcast. He’s alienating many listeners due to his political rants. I’ve dealt with it and just ignored it as long as I could, but it’s become too much. I’m really sad to cancel my subscription, hopefully he’ll get the message and go back to what his podcast was intended for, great story telling.

Mike keeps it real and lays down the facts! Love ya my guy!!!

2.31 Update. So to play an episode offline in its entirety you have to be sure you start the episode while offline, even if you started it after navigating to the downloaded episode section. App should default playing from the downloaded file if you do that, please fix. App still logs you out often. And obviously you can’t log on if you are offline. Please fix! 2.28.0 update Playing an entire offline episode is still broken. Still can’t filter out played episodes 2.27.0 update Same issue new app update. Offline downloaded listening does not work. 2.26.1 update - still can’t listen to an entire downloaded episode offline. Can’t filter out played episodes from lists either 🤷‍♂️ 2.26 update - playing offline episodes is still broken. I basically have resorted to listening to ad supported versions via other apps for everything other than plus episodes. Therefore I don’t plan to keep my annual subscription next time it renews if offline episodes aren’t fixed by then 2.22.0 update - offline listening is still broken despite the changelog saying it is fixed. Devs- please turn off WiFi and cellular and try to listen to an entire episode- bet you can’t. App also logs you out often. And of course you can’t listen offline without logging in again which requires being online. 2.21.2 update- app is still broken if you want to listen offline. There is no way they test this before releasing. Very disappointing. I end up always listening with ads via Apple podcasts so I can listen offline. So why do I even pay? I love S&S but the app has big problems. It is impossible to listen to an entire episode offline despite it being downloaded because there is some background subscription checker that requires the internet. I understand the need to validate the subscription but it needs to be less often. Maybe if you pay by the month, check it monthly? App is also heavy on data usage even trying to listen to downloaded episodes. You also can’t access the player menu after starting a downloaded episode unless you back out to the main menu. Please fix! Also allow us to filter out played episodes

Show use to be so good. Now you can’t get through a single episode without degrading anyone with a different view on life than the host. It’s to the point I don’t know if I’m listening to a political show or a true crime podcast

I used to really love this podcast. In the recent years though the hosts political view have really downgraded the show. He inserts his political views where it really has no need at all. Just sad

The early episodes are great but as the seasons progress you’ll slowly (or quickly ?) notice the hosts descent into madness… By the writing of this review 25% of the of episodes are unrelated rants, 70% are 911 calls & interrogations with just 5% story. Unfortunate as this once was a favorite.

There was an episode that was skipping for me, I asked if it was purposeful or accidental and Michael himself said to use the website and not whatever bozo podcast player I was using. So here’s my review-let that speak for itself.

Show male host is maga racist and getting worse. I’ve listened for many years and can’t take it anymore