I marathoned Code Switch from NPR. It gets heavy at times, but it has its lighter episodes, too, and I found it a fairly easy podcast marathon. I already dug Gene Demby from PCHH panels, and the other co-host is great, too. Obviously YMMV on hearing about race & culture things.

Loved the Esther Ku episode. I think everybody should celebrate their heritage but it's a good reminder every culture has its problems, too.

I go back and listen to old favorites, including but not limited to: I4H Whiplash & music guest episodes, old Adam & Joe on BBC Six Music episodes, Talkin' Shop episodes (this is a hilarious, now-defunct wrestling podcast) and Andy Daly's PPP Travel Bug episode (still maybe the best podcast episode ever).

Beautiful/Anonymous had a Trump supporter on last week. Big credit to Gethard for a civil, interesting conversation and asking questions when she contradicted herself, which she did plenty. It was an interesting episode, but also a frustrating one, so I had to turn it off after about 3/4's of the way through. I don't…

I know Scroobius Pip from a wrestling podcast on his network, Tuesday Night Jaw. It's run by fellow comedian and wrestling promoter Jim Smallman, who runs my favorite UK independent wrestling promotion. It bills itself as the "positive" wrestling podcast, which is fitting.

I watched some of it because they stuck two episodes as extras on the Ghostbusters 2 DVD. I have no memories of it growing up (may have seen it, just don't remember) but yeah, I wasn't impressed, and after Ghostbusters 2 I was really hoping the animation would be better. I liked some of the world building in it (the…

Yeah, they book Gargano and they also book women so I'm sure Candice has made appearances for them, too. They're probably one of the bigger indies in the area now, so it's fun to hear their struggles in the beginning, and how talent still sometimes falls through and they're forced to improvise on the spot.

New wrestling podcast I would highly recommend: The Card Is Going to Change, by the guys who run AIW, a small indy out of Ohio. It's refreshing to hear about wrestling from the bookers' perspective, and the guys are pretty down to earth. Just about everything that could go wrong, often does in the world of independent…

A lot of people use podcast apps on their phones, some of them free, some of them cost a dollar or two. I personally still listen on an old trustworthy 2007 iPod nano (yep, coming up ten years, believe it or not), and not my phone so haven't had experiences with those. iTunes can be a hassle but I'm forced to use it…

I googled it once and have successfully forgotten the details, and I am never googling it again.

I really liked I Am Thor but it was definitely Spinal Tap-esque. Metal is just so much bigger in many European countries, particularly northern Europe. You can't throw a rock over here without it hitting three metalheads, who all probably love three different sub-genres of metal. The amount of times I've been…

Me and a friend rewatched Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters 2 & two episodes of The Real Ghostbusters on Friday and downed two bottles of wine, which did not help make Ghostbusters 2 any better. Then the next two days were a showcase of how little anybody remembers that shitshow of a film, since everybody I mentioned…

Progress is my must-see wrestling right now. Fun variety, great mix of up-and-comers and indy vets (on the UK scene so still very new to me), good atmosphere and sensibility. I went to see them live in May and was blown away, probably the most fun I've had at a wrestling show in a while. Their 3 year storyline with…

This TAL was so good. I knew Lindy's segments from her book already but the second story really resonated with me, even though my weight-loss story is far from as dramatic as that woman's. It was like somebody was inside my head. Amazing radio, really.

Honestly, I think a lot of prolific podcasters run into the problem that they don't have enough to say, so they run over the same anecdotes and talking points time and time again. It gets repetitive, because it's like hanging out with that one opionated friend you have too many times in one week, as opposed to once a…

Not a week goes by I don't miss Buxton and Dr Sexy's weekly romp in the Big British Castle. Every now and then I go through a youtube hole and just spend hours re-living the best moments of that podcast. They were just so goddamn funny. And the Retro Text the Nation theme song is a masterpiece.

Lindy's book covers Dan's fatphobia in a way that is very true, brutal, but also forgiving in that she's moved on from it, and he learned from their debate on the matter. I haven't heard the TAL episode yet, so it might just be an excerpt from the book but I loved the book and have been recommending it to everybody so…

Finished reading Lindy West's "Shrill", which I loved. She's so funny and honest and brutal at times, I laughed out loud several times. Then I began the new Jonas Jonasson, "Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All", which hasn't grabbed me like "The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden" did.

I wish I could watch Broad City for the first time again. Enjoy it!

One of my closest childhood friends, a solid modern feminist woman, watches Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at least once a year. I think we all have one intellectually objectionable favorite that we love beyond all else even though we recognize its period-appropriate problems. My such favorite is the Doris Day-Rock…