Tom's a steamroller.

I think you're the one who suggested the Quentin Tarantino episode of Bret Easton Ellis' podcast last week (or the week before, can't remember). It was excellent! Thanks. I normally hate BEE, but I occasionally check him out. He's a little to into his own voice and opinions, but him and Quentin seemed pretty in tune…

This is the perfect thread for me to read. I was just about to check out a few episodes of Sword and Scale this season, but after your critiques and @avclub-4d12cb6dbcb4582715ef26b066ff0529:disqus suggestion, I'll probably swing over to Criminal instead.

I loathe iTunes, so you're not alone. I've run into a few podcasts that seem to have made it purposely difficult to simply download the .mp3 of the episode.

You're wrong about the generally accepted use of 'deadbeat dad', but in particular, you're wrong about how she used it. She specifically mentions child support. I get not wanting to appear wrong on the internet, but you are.

I hate Ellis as a writer and hate most of his opinions on things (which I occasionally see via twitter and elsewhere), but his podcast is surprisingly listenable.

First off, Lindy West talks about her experience calling out Dan Savage
back in the day where he posted article after article full of fatphobia.

Festivus in July.

Technically, they're correct in that they're not 'here to represent that experience', but what they are doing is mocking that experience, which makes it even worse.

I was trying not to judge these two guys by their cover, and then

That's pretty much how I felt about it. I also don't hate Chelsea too much (just never found her too entertaining, though the new stuff she's doing seems much more interesting). But man, sometimes Marc's attitude and sensitivities get in his own way.

Anyone listen to WTF with Jen Kirkman/Chelsea Handler? I love Jen Kirkman so I put it on today. You know how Marc sometimes gets flirty in an off-putting way? He was like that in a pretty grating way with Chelsea Handler. He prefaced the interview by saying that it was a contentious one and he blamed it on Chelsea's…

Man, that is a perfect way to put it. I feel the same way about HH.

My friends and I discovered the acapella version on a road trip recently. It was awesome as well.

I would prefer Late Night with Donald Trump to Chelsea Handler hosting, though. It would get him off the streets at least.

I've been meaning to give his podcast a shot. Any specific episodes that stand out?

If you listen to the recent Comedy Bang Bang episode with Gilbert on it, Gilbert actually does an impression of Alan Thicke. Gilbert was on Thicke of the Night and mocked the show and the theme song. It was great.

I haven't listened to it and don't plan to because I'm not a fan of either of them, but apparently on Bert Kreischer's podcast this past week, Doug was the guest and they got into a fight about Bert bringing like 100 hamburgers to a recording of DLM. Like I said, I haven't listened to it, but it's at the link below if…

It's an act. The real Tom Scharpling is one of the nicest guys around. Listen to his WTF episode.

I loved Benched. Great cast with Eliza Coupe, Jay Harrington, Maria Bamford, Oscar Nunez, Fred Melamed, and Jack McGee, too.