Podcasts

[Johnnie]

Workers at ‘Pod Save America’ Producer Crooked Media Stage Walkout to Protest Alleged ‘Anti-Union Negotiating Tactics’

Ope.

[bfj]

Bonanas for Bonanza is hilarious.

Never saw this posted here and just started listening because I heard Andy Daley on Conan Needs a Friend. I'm only a few episodes in, but holy shit is this making me laugh. Maria Bamford is hysterical.

[DSafetyGuy]

Workers at ‘Pod Save America’ Producer Crooked Media Stage Walkout to Protest Alleged ‘Anti-Union Negotiating Tactics’

Ope.

There is another story kicking around that he is buying a $10-million house and is now becoming an "out of touch elitist" because he pals around with celebrities like John Legend and Chrissy Tiegen.

So, kind of like the Bill Simmons of politics.

[The Sybian]

Workers at ‘Pod Save America’ Producer Crooked Media Stage Walkout to Protest Alleged ‘Anti-Union Negotiating Tactics’

Ope.

There is another story kicking around that he is buying a $10-million house and is now becoming an "out of touch elitist" because he pals around with celebrities like John Legend and Chrissy Tiegen.

So, kind of like the Bill Simmons of politics.

Which one, Favreau?

[brian]

I stumbled across Cocaine & Rhinestones and while the first season didn’t do much for me the second season about George Jones and Tammy Wynette was great.

[DSafetyGuy]

Workers at ‘Pod Save America’ Producer Crooked Media Stage Walkout to Protest Alleged ‘Anti-Union Negotiating Tactics’

Ope.

There is another story kicking around that he is buying a $10-million house and is now becoming an "out of touch elitist" because he pals around with celebrities like John Legend and Chrissy Tiegen.

So, kind of like the Bill Simmons of politics.

Which one, Favreau?

Yes, sorry for not specifying.

[The Sybian]

Workers at ‘Pod Save America’ Producer Crooked Media Stage Walkout to Protest Alleged ‘Anti-Union Negotiating Tactics’

Ope.

There is another story kicking around that he is buying a $10-million house and is now becoming an "out of touch elitist" because he pals around with celebrities like John Legend and Chrissy Tiegen.

So, kind of like the Bill Simmons of politics.

Which one, Favreau?

Yes, sorry for not specifying.

He’s the only one I could see it happening to. Lovett I could see starfucking, but he’s so insecure he’d back down. I can’t see Tommy getting caught up in that.

[Johnnie]

Lovett was engaged to Ronan Farrow at one point and his Lovett or Leave It podcast is nothing but Hollywood types, so I agree there.

Favreau buying a $10 million house is sad. Like, way to look completely fucking elitest and out of touch.

[Nonlinear FC]

Huh, I didn't realize they broke up. That makes me kind of bummed.

[Nonlinear FC]

Bonanas for Bonanza is hilarious.

Never saw this posted here and just started listening because I heard Andy Daley on Conan Needs a Friend. I'm only a few episodes in, but holy shit is this making me laugh. Maria Bamford is hysterical.

Thank you for reminding me of this. Matt Gorley is low key hilarious and I can listen to him and Andy doing really silly riffs for hours.

I hated Bonanza as a kid... This podcast is fucking hilarious!

[brian]

Bonanas for Bonanza is hilarious.

Never saw this posted here and just started listening because I heard Andy Daley on Conan Needs a Friend. I'm only a few episodes in, but holy shit is this making me laugh. Maria Bamford is hysterical.

I have to admit I didn’t think I was gonna like it but I decided to give it a shot because Daly and Bamford are great and damn is it hilarious. I seldom laugh out loud and catch myself doing so three or four times an episode.

So ridiculously high concept and yet they destroy.

[bfj]

Bonanas for Bonanza is hilarious.

Never saw this posted here and just started listening because I heard Andy Daley on Conan Needs a Friend. I'm only a few episodes in, but holy shit is this making me laugh. Maria Bamford is hysterical.

I have to admit I didn’t think I was gonna like it but I decided to give it a shot because Daly and Bamford are great and damn is it hilarious. I seldom laugh out loud and catch myself doing so three or four times an episode.

So ridiculously high concept and yet they destroy.

Same. It’s so stupid, it’s brilliantly funny. That’s the only way to describe it.

[degenerasian]

Awesome new American tennis podcast with John Isner, Sam Querrey, Jack Sock and Steve Johnson called Nothing Major. They talk about life on tour, travel, playing the big 3. Short version: Novak is the easiest to play against, he lets you play until you miss. Federer just attacks you and Rafa bullies you.

[DaveInSeattle]

Bonanas for Bonanza is hilarious.

Never saw this posted here and just started listening because I heard Andy Daley on Conan Needs a Friend. I'm only a few episodes in, but holy shit is this making me laugh. Maria Bamford is hysterical.

Thank you for reminding me of this. Matt Gorley is low key hilarious and I can listen to him and Andy doing really silly riffs for hours.

I hated Bonanza as a kid... This podcast is fucking hilarious!

Listening to a few episodes of this (and enjoying it) made me remember that we had a friend in High School that we called "Dan Blocker of the 80's"...

[Nonlinear FC]

I went and tried to watch a few of the actual episodes and... Yeah, that show is brutal. It's soooo sloooooooow.

There are a bunch of shows that I hate because it was the only option and as a latchkey kid trying to stay out of trouble after school, was kind of stuck in the house at times.

[sancarlos]

I’m not really a podcast guy. But, I just listened to a pretty cool interview with Jeff Tweedy on the “10% happier with Dan Harris” podcast. Would recommend to anyone who is familiar with Tweedy/Wilco.

[DaveInSeattle]

Bonanas for Bonanza is hilarious.

Never saw this posted here and just started listening because I heard Andy Daley on Conan Needs a Friend. I'm only a few episodes in, but holy shit is this making me laugh. Maria Bamford is hysterical.

I have to admit I didn’t think I was gonna like it but I decided to give it a shot because Daly and Bamford are great and damn is it hilarious. I seldom laugh out loud and catch myself doing so three or four times an episode.

So ridiculously high concept and yet they destroy.

Same. It’s so stupid, it’s brilliantly funny. That’s the only way to describe it.

Having listened to a few more episodes (the one with Conan O'Brien is great), I can safely say I don't think I knew the backstory of Ben Cartwright having 3 sons by 3 different wives, all of whom died.

So...Ben Cartwright fucks...

ETA: And Loren Greene is a terrible actor. "Wooden" would be too kind of a description.

[Nonlinear FC]

I've listened to about 15 or more, a few observations:

* - Maria Bamford clearly tickles Gourley and Daly. Some of my favorite moments are when she drops a bomb on them and you can tell they are losing it on their end.

* - They make a pretty compelling case that for at least the first 7 or 8 episodes, the show is just throwing out one off pilots or something. The fact that there are very few (zero, really) through lines in those first dozen or so episodes is pretty wild.

* - It's also very funny that the show starts off by loosely basing each episode on a historical incident or person. And then... It just doesn't anymore.

* - Hilarious that they kill the women off and that there isn't a recurring female character so deep into S1.

* - Off topic a little, but if you haven't seen Daly on Conan doing his Dalton thing... YouTube that shit. It's hilarious.

[brian]

The best parts of each episode are when they make each other crack though Bamford almost never does.

[Nonlinear FC]

The best parts of each episode are when they make each other crack though Bamford almost never does.

She covers it by using her extra silly voice.

[brian]

The best parts of each episode are when they make each other crack though Bamford almost never does.

She covers it by using her extra silly voice.

For sure. They clearly enjoy each other and it shows.

[bfj]

The best parts of each episode are when they make each other crack though Bamford almost never does.

She covers it by using her extra silly voice.

Which one? That character has several!

[Johnnie]

Holy crap, Theo Von:

[The Sybian]

How did he land them? That’s crazy! Did either of them know what they were getting into? I love Theo, but he is a bizarre Swamp person from the bayou and says some really bizarre shit. As far as I can tell, he is really a-political and seems oblivious to political news. The Pod Save guys called him out as a Right Wing Trumpbro because he didn’t push back on a guest (Roseanne Barr?) spreading lies. He clearly had no clue what she was talking about and uncomfortably laughed. Makes them lose credibility when they attack someone based on what a guest says when the host doesn’t know or care anything about the topic. They had never heard of Theo and labeled him a Trumpist.

[Nonlinear FC]

Yeah, Theo is a strange duck, but certainly not a Trump-bro.

Kind of like Rogan (sort of), but even more apolitical.

[Nonlinear FC]

So, catching a few segments on Pod Save and they interviewed a dude with a new podcast out that I subscribed to and it's quite good.

If you don't know the supremely racist and fucked origins of the NYPD (going back to the mid-1800s), Empire City from Wondery and Crooked Media is a pretty fascinating pod.

I'm in the middle of ep. 4 and I've already had my eyes opened to a number of bizarre and troubling item. (As a sample, at one point the Republicans in Albany were fed up with the Tammany Hall Democratic mayor and formed their own police force. So, for a short period of time, you had the Metropolitan Police Dept on the streets of New York clashing with the NYPD.)

[brian]

So, catching a few segments on Pod Save and they interviewed a dude with a new podcast out that I subscribed to and it's quite good.

If you don't know the supremely racist and fucked origins of the NYPD (going back to the mid-1800s), Empire City from Wondery and Crooked Media is a pretty fascinating pod.

I'm in the middle of ep. 4 and I've already had my eyes opened to a number of bizarre and troubling item. (As a sample, at one point the Republicans in Albany were fed up with the Tammany Hall Democratic mayor and formed their own police force. So, for a short period of time, you had the Metropolitan Police Dept on the streets of New York clashing with the NYPD.)

Yeah I downloaded that but my MO is to wait until the whole series is released then binge them.

[Nonlinear FC]

So, not exactly new, but new to me... A USA Today(?) investigative journalism series called Cities. There are two seasons, one on illegal dump sites in Chicago (dating back to the 90s) and S2 (which I just started) is about trying to get rid of Strip clubs in downtown Reno.

Bri, both are all episodes posted, so good to go on that front. Thought you might dig the Reno angle. Though, I do recommend S1... Really interesting (and frustrating).

[Giff]

If you haven't listened to AmeriKinda hosted by Cory and Travis from Vandoliers, it's pretty great. Ben Nichols is the guest on the latest one. Can't wait to hear his shitting his pants story.

[bfj]

If you haven't listened to AmeriKinda hosted by Cory and Travis from Vandoliers, it's pretty great. Ben Nichols is the guest on the latest one. Can't wait to hear his shitting his pants story.

To be fair. You’re such a fanboy for them, they could read Mein Kampf out loud and you’d be singing their praises.

[Johnnie]

Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff is pretty good. A really good alternate to those VetBro podcasts where they just exist to verbally suck each other off and own the libs.

[Giff]

If you haven't listened to AmeriKinda hosted by Cory and Travis from Vandoliers, it's pretty great. Ben Nichols is the guest on the latest one. Can't wait to hear his shitting his pants story.

To be fair. You’re such a fanboy for them, they could read Mein Kampf out loud and you’d be singing their praises.

Yeah that’s very fair!

[DaveInSeattle]

Katie Nolan has a new podcast out, called "The Casuals". First episode is with Stavros Halkias.

I've only listened to the first 15 minutes or so, and its fine so far. I'm inclined to give her the benefit of the doubt because she's always a fantastic guest on "All Fantasy Everything", and she'll likely have great guests due to her connections to the comedy scene (her fiance is Dan Soder).

[Nonlinear FC]

The live All Fantasy at the Bell House in NY, where they drafted Disney songs with Katie as their guest is one of my very favorite podcasts ever. If I'm ever feeling bummed out or laying awake not quite ready to fall asleep, I put that on and smile.

Thanks for the reminder. They teased it a bunch during her yearly stint in November (Nolvember) and I meant to go find it once it was out.

[garyclark]

I may have mentioned this before, but if you are one of the .00000001% of Americans looking for good fantasy baseball podcasts, let me know.

During covid, I kind of got into them, went down a rabbit hole, and started a twitter account for a few years. Have stopped listening completely this off-season, but I still know all the players in the game well.

[bfj]

Katie Nolan has a new podcast out, called "The Casuals". First episode is with Stavros Halkias.

I've only listened to the first 15 minutes or so, and its fine so far. I'm inclined to give her the benefit of the doubt because she's always a fantastic guest on "All Fantasy Everything", and she'll likely have great guests due to her connections to the comedy scene (her fiance is Dan Soder).

Maybe it’s just his Baltimore shtick, but he’s definitely not one of my favorite comics.

[Nonlinear FC]

Just finished listening while doing some chores. She remains adorable. I'm not saturated with his stuff, so he was fine... But it ended about where it needed to, as he started to get a little annoying.

[A_B]

Listened to three eps of smartless. Tig Notaro, Kieran Culkin and jesse Eisenberg. All pretty good!

[Nonlinear FC]

Listened to three eps of smartless. Tig Notaro, Kieran Culkin and jesse Eisenberg. All pretty good!

Was Jesse listenable? Dude bugs the crap out of me.

The Tig episode is one of their better ones. And I think I mentioned in the Movies thread that the interview with Kieran made me want to watch his movie. (I mistakenly said it was on Conan).

Scrolling back through episodes, Vince Vaughn was very good... And the live shows were really entertaining... Except the Boston one because the guest was weird.

I'm not a big fan of the non-celebrity episodes.

[The Sybian]

Listened to three eps of smartless. Tig Notaro, Kieran Culkin and jesse Eisenberg. All pretty good!

I love Tig, and that was a good episode. Really enjoyed her series One Mississippi, which was partially from her real life, but kind of an alternative reality if she didn’t make it in LA and returned home to host a local radio show. Also recommend her YouTube show Under a Rock, where she interviews A-List celebrities she’s never heard of, and has to figure out who they are. She says she’s oblivious to pop culture, and it’s hilarious seeing huge stars reacting to her having no clue about them.