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Glen Coco
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I'm not sure about the AV Club demographic's podcast tastes as a whole, but I'd flip the Podmass column and make it mostly outliers, with a few blurbs at the bottom about which "regular" podcasts really struck a chord that week.  I've discovered some really excellent podcasts via that column, but all of them have come

They were worth it.

They were worth it.

Congrats, Nathan!

Congrats, Nathan!

This is an interesting debate, and I can see both sides of the coin, but be mindful of wandering too far away from the original point: No matter how valid a view he may have, he's a really, really, really, really, really, really shitty writer.  Really.

This is an interesting debate, and I can see both sides of the coin, but be mindful of wandering too far away from the original point: No matter how valid a view he may have, he's a really, really, really, really, really, really shitty writer.  Really.

I'm breaking my rule about refraining from commenting just to tear down an interviewed person, because Joel Stein is one of those people who I not only dislike, I actively cannot understand why anyone reads him.  He's objectively terrible.

I'm breaking my rule about refraining from commenting just to tear down an interviewed person, because Joel Stein is one of those people who I not only dislike, I actively cannot understand why anyone reads him.  He's objectively terrible.

Yes, and I loved that bit about her assumption that a roast beef sub wouldn't come with black olives on it, and then listing off other foods she presumably must specify shouldn't be added, like grapefruit.

Yes, and I loved that bit about her assumption that a roast beef sub wouldn't come with black olives on it, and then listing off other foods she presumably must specify shouldn't be added, like grapefruit.

All right, Erika Christensen.  You're done now.  Back to Grand Forks or wherever the fuck you came from.

All right, Erika Christensen.  You're done now.  Back to Grand Forks or wherever the fuck you came from.

Girls Just Want to Have Fun, and I am not even kidding.  It's the one thing I can stand Helen Hunt in.

Girls Just Want to Have Fun, and I am not even kidding.  It's the one thing I can stand Helen Hunt in.

If they ever make a movie about this Newswire, I predict Maggie Wheeler's phone will be ringing.

If they ever make a movie about this Newswire, I predict Maggie Wheeler's phone will be ringing.

And in a flipside to the Cougar Town entry, Courteney Cox drops by Sarah Chalke's Scrubs, and fires the Janitor, which of course any boss imported from real life would have also done instantly.