You're not a bad person, you just lack empathy.

There's a propulsive pleasure to this show that defies an overarching accounting — I can't help thinking that Todd, by observing in such (much appreciated, please don't get me wrong) detail, is trapped by his conjectures as to how he thinks the show should go, based on a logical reading of existing narrative threads,…

My personal preference is for podcasts that feature a truly DIY aesthetic (as opposed to most comedian podcasts, which riff on being DIY but have professional producers), and which rely on the humor that derives from the hosts' personalities and longtime rapport instead of on bits. Uhh Yeah Dude and Film Junk are my…

I've tried and tried to like it, but Wesley Morris is just awful. Among the Grantland pop culture pods, for me Girls in Hoodies runs circles around DYLPM.

You seem to be replying to something I didn't say, mean, or imply.

How does the Iran deal represent shitty timing for the show (stipulating that it's silly, at best, to think of it in those terms)? Saul even says that the goal of the operation is to have someone highly placed agitating for a thawing of relations. Seems to me that could be worked in pretty seamlessly — triumphantly,…

Gilmour's 5:30-to-6:45 "Dogs" solo is my fave. Moody. Plaintive. Perfectly integrated. And I love the grace notes that feel both tossed-off and essential at the same time.