The effect they put on Troy's PA system speech was an especially nice touch.

The other thing about bonus episodes I've noticed is that a lot of them are live recordings from alternate locations (basing this opinion off of WTF, How Did This Get Made, Doug Loves Movies, Who Charted - all of which I love) where the audio quality isn't as good and the hosts are not in their normal element. This…

Good question - I don't have a definite answer. I probably would NOT buy every episode piecemeal, as part of the allure of podcasts to me is that with one click I am subscribed and they download automatically to my computer/iPod.  However, before I did a subscription for NNF, I believe I did buy single episodes where…

There are music podcasts too. I've found a lot of new music this way, and didn't have to listen to horrible radio commercials while doing so.

Agreed. It's the only podcast I actively pay for. Doesn't Maron also have an archive access fee for WTF?