The podcast is pretty good RN. The jokes and punchlines are good. The hosts, Amber aside, are properly drugged and fired up.

Yet it feels passé. It feels outdated. The whole podcast rode on the imagination of liberal collapse and a socdem ticket with Bernie. But Bernie lost like a bitch and the libs have coalesced incredibly. The podcast feels like it’s coasting now without the photosynthesis of the Bernie promise propelling their focus.

  • JayTwo [any]
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    4 years ago

    Meh, they got a little too excited by Bernie's second campaign, but they were around before and will be around since.

    Back before the 2016 election, they said that a Trump presidency would destroy them, because they couldn't shit on liberals anymore without getting yelled at.

    And it didn't. They changed gears a little, but they survived.

    I think it's just because they've kind of established, then fallen into, these routines. Things have kinda become rote. So even when an episode is good, it's still kinda following a sort of formula, even if they're not intentionally doing it.

    Also, I'm not sure if it's because of Brendan being long gone, or all of them getting lazier, but the cold openings just aren't anywhere near as good anymore.