They say to me: “You do that podcast!” And I say: “Yes, I do! Thank you so much for listening!” Then they say: “I thought you were five foot three!” And I have to explain to them that I lie about my height on the podcast so listeners resent me less for making a lot of money just for talking into a microphone twice a week.

Oh my lord Brace is five foot four ... he lied to us!

(New media wasn’t done with Obama, however; in 2023, Tucker Carlson interviewed a man on his podcast who claimed to have sucked Obama’s dick in Gurnee, Illinois.)

uhhhhhhhhhh let me be clear, i'm gonna bust

Then Covid hit and podcasts went through the roof, and now I have the salary of a dermatologist and live in Brooklyn, which is Israel for podcasters.

funny weird little article

That’s probably why parasocial relationships—that two-dollar phrase for people who are also excited to write things like “ontology”—are so popular now, being simulacra that work just good enough to replace the real thing.

Okay, which one of you is Brace? We know you're here.

you’ll find listeners get mad when you’re late, or you miss an upload

Mr Belden, it's Monday, where is episode 500?

After Marc Maron ending his podcast, I just listen to 2. Behind the Bastards and Last Pod on the Left. I can’t stomach any other podcasts.

What an articulate and educated young man. I wonder if there is anywhere I can hear more of his thoughts on things? Preferably in some sort of digitally distributed, serialised audio format.

It's funny how that one turingpolice tweet abt tankie conspiracy theorists always being right is getting mad at the idea of a guy who figured out the YPG's bad as late as 2017

How time flies. You see the first part quoted more than the 2nd for some reason