I could spend weeks thinking about that moment, every waking hour of every single day. The fact that he was so incredibly quick to give up EVEN AFTER HE SOMEHOW GOT "MERMAID" is endlessly, hypnotically fascinating.

I always feel bad but also kind of amused when the Clue Crew goes to all the trouble and expense to travel somewhere, and they don't even get to their questions.

He's actually already been on improv4humans. Episode 30

I found out about April the first time she guest hosted Who Charted, and I couldn't possibly love her more.

They cover This American Life, Radiolab, 99% Invisible, The Moth, SYMIHC, SYSK, and Book Fight. They've also said that they're trying to diversify a little more and not add too many new comedy podcasts.

That cold open might have been the hardest I've laughed at the show so far.

Yeah, ideally this would have aired on PBS. It was jarring to take this calming journey through space and be frequently interrupted by loud commercials with everyone talking a mile a minute. It also felt like there were more ads than a typical hour of TV, but that was probably just due to the slower pacing of this…

There was a Frontline documentary a few weeks ago called "Generation Like," and I couldn't help but think of it the entire time I was watching this. Todd's absolutely right that this episode touches on how we hide things about ourselves online to make ourselves look better, but I think there's even larger ideas to…

I have very mixed-to-negative feelings about Cracked. I listened to the Moral Panics episode a few weeks ago and found it kind of interesting, but weirdly lacking in substance given the topic (which is Cracked in general for me). I'm downloading the Bad Ideas episode on your recommendation though, and I'm sure I'll…

It's telling that on first glance I instantly processed those numbers as part of the titles, rather than episode numbers.

Scott seems to have been much more of a straight-man until maybe a year ago when he (and the fans) realized how great the show could be if he were kind of weird himself. I absolutely love it when it's done right, but it seems to have swung too far in the other direction lately. I wish he would stop trying quite as…

Other people here have compared the show to improvised jazz, which I think is accurate. There are a lot of misses, but when the show hits it can be sublime. Even if you're not generally a fan of the show, there are rare occasions where the stars align and everything works: the guest is good, the bits work, and most…

The way they even started putting out the Radio Hours is so weird. They got a lot of demands to put the full shows online for people who can't get to a radio, so their solution, after much debate, was to start releasing them "on the podcast." As if podcasts were the same as FCC licenses. I don't understand why they…

God bless you for your weekly post here. I have trouble listening to bad movie podcasts unless I've actually seen the movie, so WHM isn't really on my radar, but I'll definitely be downloading this one.

I think they've said they intend to start using Fred in sketches eventually.

I've never been a big Seth Meyers fan, but I've been watching every night and I'm pleasantly surprised with the show so far. Meyers already seems comfortable with all aspects of the job, including the interviews, which I definitely wasn't expecting. He already might be my favorite interviewer in late night. And I…

The problem is that this new layout gives equal weight and prominence to every type of article, whether it's a Great Job Internet, a contest announcement, or a much more thoughtful and labor-intensive feature. That contemporary fiction piece will be displayed for a day or two, but then pushed down into the depths of…

You've used that justification before, but it doesn't really hold up in my opinion. People were having trouble finding Podmass for a few weeks because it started posting to the AUX section instead of the Comedy section (that it was essentially created for) with no announcement or fanfare. Someone must have realized…

I agree with the review. I usually hate when there's fiction on TAL, but I really enjoyed that piece.

If the guest is a huge presence and brings 80% of the energy it's often a great episode, but it seems like whenever that's not the case and Hardwick starts to flounder or there's a lull he awkwardly goes to the same few recurring personal topics to fill time and prop up the conversation.