I Don't Listen to Podcasts

[@apjapki]

Good video. You should do more of this. A weekly series. Maybe audio only.

[@joex2004uk]

Translation: No one wants to see your face, Spicer!

[@kewune]

@@joex2004ukhaha

[@EthanKristopherHartley]

With an option to download the episodes so they can be accessed away from an Internet connection? I think you might be onto something apjapki. Although you might want to consider how to monetise it before your final pitch. 😉

[@ScubesFTW]

I recon he should upload to some sort of audio platform with a very annoying network who do nothing for him but add a bunch of plugs for other peoples audio content that i would rather not listen to.

[@randomdaveUK]

​@@joex2004ukno he's saying, do a podcast 🤣

[@ResistanceQuest]

"The problem with podcasts is that I just don't want to listen to any of them" 😂😂😂😂 this killed me. Same

[@juliewake4585]

The only one I listen to is a copy of the Kermode and Mayo film review that i I used to listen to in the BBC.

[@TurboMintyFresh]

Therye all rubbish

[@HALLish-jl5mo]

A podcast is an excellent way of summarising 20 minutes of information into 3 hours.

[@qwerty1994ize]

💀💀🤣

[@electron8262]

I feel like if there's anything we actually need ChatGPT for it's this

[@iiiiilllllllll]

To be fair, if the guest is an author of a pop psych book, it actually saves you a bunch of time

[@scottmatthew9605]

I would recommend Smith & Sniff if you like cars. You won't learn anything meaningful, but then you were never supposed to.

[@stevencollison]

Fucking this. Tried to listen to an engineering one once and it could have been compressed to 15 mins of interesting info with 2 hours of bullshit.

[@polyglotuk]

A big fat yes to all of this. “Confusing intellectual clout with just talking a lot” should be the strapline for the News Agents. I can’t help but feel, sorry, I mean “my sense is that the tone” is veering towards the self-indulgent. PS Can you do my ironing?

[@craffte]

and don't forget talking realllyyy slowly, like you've so much intellectual prowess, you're absolutely struggling to pick which words to use, your brain is just on FIRE, and also you're super, super thoughtful. So that's why it's taking a month of Sundays to make a point.

[@howieb2001]

This is great for those of us who thought we were alone in finding podcasts tedious. Thank you.

[@Element8909]

Agreed. I rejoiced when I saw this video and then left a long rant-y comment about these podcasts bros. I feel better now.

[@PointNemo9]

​@@adennaed They are some great ones, but generally by smaller people not doing it as a business and having to keep to

[@NicholasVizor-ex2lr]

I enjoy podcasts, but I respect your opinion! :)

[@MeMyself-jz9ms]

I’ve been a part of an evangelical church. Sunday morning services were very like podcasts. It’s funny. You’d think that you might become inured to inauthentic, tedious self delusion. Many people apparently do. Or the benefits of feeling part of a group outweigh the earth shattering cognitive dissonance. But for me, I became allergic. The more I experienced the less tolerant I became.

[@Nooroodin84]

I have a few that I listen to. And sometimes I like to find new ones to start on but can’t.

[@xCriticalStrikex]

That stab at "hello fresh" like companies was like so on point hahahaha

[@aldraone-mu5yg]

What annoys me is that sometimes there are nuggets of really interesting information you can’t find anywhere else buried in a 2 hour conversation.

[@sharpvidtube]

I don't understand 2 hour podcasts, there's nobody I want to listen to for that long. It feels like they can't be bothered to edit it.

[@aldraone-mu5yg]

@@sharpvidtube I watch long stuff to be honest, but yeah they could trim it a little.

[@Dough29]

That's what KZbin shorts are for.

[@aldraone-mu5yg]

@@Dough29 Shorts aren’t worth the brain rot.

[@manbat4582]

​@@aldraone-mu5yg only if you keep scrolling

[@sphinxtheeminx]

Like Mr Mayor, I stopped shaving during covid. I wore a face mask out of the house, so no-one ever saw my bristles and curly chin tresses. I miss those good old days I spent as a bearded lady.

[@samnelson2343]

Lolz

[@Tao_Tology]

#LiveYourTrueSelf

[@TurboMintyFresh]

hahaha

[@cleodivine83]

😂😂😂😂

[@ProjectEkerTest33]

"Succession of Traitorous Fleabags" alternate title for Game of Thrones

[@ThePenitentSquirrel]

By God your right!

[@HOTD108_]

​@EllieDYorksGeneric brand Conservative Party.

[@Pugwash.]

Any party political broadcast, really.

[@timbeaton5045]

And sign me up for "Food To U"as I can't be arsed to go to the shops myself... Too busy listening to Podcasts at home.

[@Demun1649]

@EllieDYorks Well, I'm not sure on that. I can't think of a single Tory who I would like to see naked, unless tied to a lamppost for the week, whereas GoT had Maisie Williams. I rest my case!

[@Bandoolero]

pure fucking gold. I feel the same with podcasts... the first few you watch are interesting, but after a while you get burnt out on them

[@Ulleskelf]

I'll watch this after I've spent some time in my wellness capsule.

[@carolinecrollick6305]

That was brilliant too

[@Mr3keestylee]

We love bros who reinvent the wheel but worse and congratulate one another for it.

[@Betterthingswecanachieve]

I heard they’re good for crying in

[@bhoops13]

Remember to emulsify yourself in there you dirty get

[@james.telfer]

I prefer to watch on my Evacuation Throne (TM) ... 💩

[@robflel]

This is a really good point you’ve just raised here Michael and may I just say thank you for having me on, I’ve been a big fan since the first episode and it’s amazing to see what you have built here and the community, it’s just fantastic.

[@theeviljames]

I hate the mindset bros so much! Deluded about their originality and blind to the role that luck has played in their success

[@AdamJRichardson]

Or inherited wealth (a form of luck)

[@flynnpaterson2025]

It sounds like you need more emulsification in a wellness capsule, bro.

[@frelonvert6064]

In podcast word, they're usually gay brackman nahtsees.

[@theeviljames]

@@flynnpaterson2025 Don't worry, I've invented a horizontal recumbence regime that allows me to de-stress in the comfort of my bed, without the need for any medication

[@rossleeson8626]

There's a viral tiktok of one of them. Pontificating over shy it's cheaper to eat out than eat in. And are the comments are 'this guy has been so privileged he literally hasnt had to learn to cook or feed himself.' If I didn't know better I would've thought it was satire.

[@andrewashdown3541]

That Diary' of a CEO thing is possibly the most egregious of all with its unsolicited ads for overpriced energy drinks & desk-food ... and this smarmy smug conceitedness. Oh and then there's the guests ...

[@birdmoney]

"What other hardships did you endure? Slippers?" lol brilliant

[@cleodivine83]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Assywalker]

Benjamin Slippers?! Oh, come on!

[@grege5074]

"A succession of treacherous fleabags" HAS to be a band name

[@alistairwilkinson4055]

To me it sounded like a noodly concept album from a bearded 70s prog rock group called ‘Badger’ or ‘Mongoose’ or something like that. Obviously, it would be a double album with cover art by Roger Dean.

[@Tao_Tology]

It's called 'The Tory Party' Eeyy-oooooo

[@JeremySayers38]

I thought it describes HR or Middle Management in a company.

[@powerboon2k]

The Sadiq interview...I had not seen that. God it was brutal.

[@RedshiftDougal]

He does remind me of the phrase, "not the sharpest knife in the drawer".

[@AndriyValdensius-wi8gw]

He's obviously suffering from LTFIBRS ( London Traffic Fumes Induced Brain Rot Syndrome).

[@timhamer75]

Same and I'm hoping that's all I'll see of that one!

[@iiiiilllllllll]

Yeah that was hard to watch

[@baronmeduse]

Not that I'm a fan, but at least when Johnson was mayor and he talked shite in interviews, he was fluent at it.

[@Myglowtips]

I crave silence and quiet. There's so much noise now even on the underground and tram, people are listening to two-way conversations while having a two-way conversation, their music videos etc., etc., with no earphones. It's too much. No human being can bear all this going on now.

[@grantbartley483]

They used to say there were more poets than poetry readers. Nice update.

[@frelonvert6064]

Now they just say there are fewer heterosexual white-men in the modern white-supremacy movement, right... Grant?

[@happymaskedguy1943]

As someone who tries and fails to write poetry, I have a theory that the only people who buy and read poetry are people like me.

[@grantbartley483]

@@happymaskedguy1943 I bet the people who succeed in writing poetry buy and read their own books, too.

[@happymaskedguy1943]

Guaranteed 😂

[@nathanhassallpoetry]

All poets should read poetry. We could all be poets. 😃

[@MeganeMondeoMX5]

Diary of a CEO is a perfect example of this. Every person on there is portrayed as a master of their craft and you HAVE to listen to them. I find myself learning nothing, maybe I am dense, but most of the time I cannot relate or get anything from it.

[@dellhell8842]

Yep it's brutal. It's title alludes to it's pretentiousness.

[@xBenjamin18]

All buzzwords and nothing of substance. Hardly any practical advice.

[@darkchild130]

Literally nothing in it worth anyone's time. The definition of background noise.

[@beewest5704]

Most are just there selling their books. And the next guest contradicts the previous. They make wild obviously ridiculously false claims like from homeless to 1 million dollars in 60 days. They just forget to tell you homeless was a 3 bedroom condo paid by daddy & in 60 days they inherited grandmas money. 😂😂😂

[@ojsimpson4040]

Also so many fakes and charlatans on there spouting absolute nonsense to promote whatever book or programme or ‘service’ they provide.

[@Craul08]

It's kinda crazy how there are so many true crime podcasts and so many 'investigating strange events' podcasts that they must be all running on the bare minimum number of listeners needed to survive. When you listen on Google podcasts, most of the ads are just for other podcasts telling you to pause and go subscribe to theirs. It feels like at some point the bubble has to burst, but somehow it just doesn't.

[@azarisLP]

True crime is the weirdest genre that is way more popular than it deserves to be. What kind of psychopath wants to listen to gruesome details of murders?

[@Sha-Ayo]

​@@azarisLPthe main draw is listening to unsubstantiated claims and blaming people who may have done something in 1976

[@Tao_Tology]

'google podcasts' ? For shame.....

[@TentinQuarantino_]

@@azarisLPwhat kind of gruesome psychopath assumes that everyone is interested in crime podcasts because we want to hear gory details? Maybe people are interested in the justice system, which is the only system (other than military) in the world that can take a person’s life away from them? Maybe people are fascinated at how forensic science, when driven by something as urgent as catching murderers, can develop ingenious ways of gathering information? Perhaps it’s interesting to some people to listen to attorneys apply the law through cogent arguments and legal citations, or to hear a defense attorney struggling to make an argument where there really isn’t one?

[@juannaym8488]

@@azarisLP it becomes even weirder when you realize that they all cover the same 10-20 cases

[@jaybanks7718]

I very rarely listen to podcast, but I got hooked on audiobooks many years ago. Normally knock out 2 - 3 books a month. I consider this some of the best money I ever spent. I lost a lot of weight walking/running/biking and listening to books.

[@bluetech2809]

you mean you lost a lot of weight OLRing and listening to books?

[@loisdavis434]

Congratulations on your improved fitness

[@theajshortman]

They are all so out of touch with reality that it hurts. Love this ❤😂

[@pirateFinn]

Hahaha the sketches breaking this up really cracked me up, love it!

[@subduedATTITUDE]

Podcasts can be great if you find one about subjects you care about, I listen to three different podcasts about three different subjects. I do find the majority of the chart topping podcasts unlistenable though.

[@Mr3keestylee]

Topic + style both need to be ones I like, and I've abandoned a fair number I thought had lost it or became too monetised

[@NyanyiC]

I love human interest /slice of life ones like This American life, Beautiful Anonymous and Endless thread. I like the content of This is love and Crimal but the host's way of talking irritates me

[@soulistheanswer]

Sometimes I feel like “Podcast” only means two people talking in an unstructured mess about almost random common interests to people. Sure that’s how it started, but there have been so many interesting formats for so long now… I honestly don’t get the hate.

[@EnforcedKindness]

​@@soulistheanswerYeah. I think Mike's talking about those ones that yap about themselves and rarely about an educative subject/topic. In other words, self-help and two/more 'friends' talking podcasts.

[@prolifik5]

Yeah, I mainly listen to NBA podcasts that specifically deal with news, discussing games, player evaluation, salary cap stuff, etc. I enjoyed this video but it seems to be focused on the Joe Rogen style of podcast.

[@Kawartha65]

You literally said what I have been thinking about podcasts for sometimes. Once I saw TV host, an actors muscling in ..I knew it was the beginning of the end. 👏

[@adam_matthews]

You’ve articulated something special here. I’ve been trying to figure this out for a while 🤣

[@cooney2011]

Thanks man. This was the the highlight of my day. I'm annoyed I found it through algorithm because I feel like I don't have a choice what I choose to watch but glad I came across it.

[@BigGoucho]

"His battery's died." 🤣

[@emmab2136-o3v]

'Talking to my accountant', yeah sure, totally relatable mate.

[@SconVideos]

more like "talking to the debt collector"

[@mrosskne]

yeah, it is.

[@CallumRSU30]

It's that "fake smile-ness-ness" that you see in TV production, they (podcasts) are little too polished for their own good, so you get that similar vibe of people who do not live your average Joe's (not Rogan) life, trying to seem all relatable. Honestly, my favourite podcasts are ones looking back at wrestling (from the 90s say), because they're just a right laugh, there isn't any "holier than thou' " or "soul searching about oneself", it's just looking back, appreciating the good and getting a laugh at the bad.

[@electron8262]

That's true. If they had some of the messiness of YT videos or the imtentional botched-togetherness of memes they would be far more fun to listen to.

[@yellowblanka6058]

@@electron8262 Except the most popular KZbinr's videos are over-produced with the aforementioned insincere "emotion" or outright fabricated personalities. Insincerity is one of the things I hate most.

[@hotpink000]

Restorative inorganic compound 😂

[@zaidabraham7310]

You're only thinking about the podcasts that are in currently in the zeitgeist. Most podcasts that I listen to are very casual & unprofessional, and are more entertainment focused (people talking about movies, videogames, funny/weird news and so on)

[@projectphoniex]

Finally someone who understands how I feel about podcasts.

[@HOTD108_]

Podcasts are like old school interviews except with all the fat left untrimmed.

[@Rr0gu3_5uture]

What? That they're into Bingo?

[@iiiiilllllllll]

​@@CustardSpacedeeply insightful

[@JaneAustenAteMyCat]

@@CustardSpace sometimes KZbinr comments can be quite revealing too

[@DaveOBrien]

@@CustardSpace Is this the bit where you inflate your neckbeard and raise your trilby to appear larger and more dominant?

[@shia_labeouf]

That's my biggest bugbear with most podcasts. At some point someone decided they should be basically unedited. Editing exists for a reason and it's not some conspiracy to bias the output.

[@diisklmr]

The Sadiq segment was really funny! Keep up the good work 😂😂

[@Zombieturtles]

I think that’s why those early Gervais, Pilkington, Merchant podcasts caught on so much. They were just funny mates talking in a room. They didn’t care about sponsors or being relevant.

[@michaelcope856]

I always got the impression that Karl Pilkington was a 'character' named after the actor who portrayed him.

[@patchso]

Also, to be fair, the initial run was free. Without Karl, they would not have amounted to much and Steve and Rikki, were honest about that at the time.

[@cartmanofsp]

@@michaelcope856his real name is Graham

[@lukefitton7329]

@@patchso yeah true, Steve and Ricky were the ones who actually drove the conversation along in those podcasts and spoke throughout it but Karl brought a sort of uniqueness to it that nobody else could and the two of them knew they had struck gold. (I'm referring to the original XFM podcasts here, the Ricky Gervais show was ironically all about Karl.) Also the three of them would screw up so much on those podcasts that it just made it more funny, the terrible stories, prizes and features they'd have on that show on almost every week just made it funnier imo.

[@TurboMintyFresh]

They flowed better and were actually done by entertaining people

[@PurposedLensPhotoMedia]

WOW! This video took my thoughts and summed them into words in a video! I literally laughed when you were waiting for the guy talking to get to his point! 😂😂 This was a great video, it makes KZbin more than worth it! Keep up the great work! 👍🏾

[@bensalt1185]

Best part is that this video was followed up on my KZbin with the Diary of a CEO one advertising his own product!!

[@drock852]

Underrated channel, amazing stuff. Thanks

[@DJWHITE_]

I sometimes find myself tutting or rolling my eyes when I try a new particularly bad podcast on my morning Orl.

[@africanzungu7350]

Normally youtube video essays are as insufferable as podcasts but this is a great vid. Awesome stuff

[@benw-king3380]

That made me chuckle a lot. Your remark about folk having enormous difficulty conceeding that they aren't universally correct is at the heart of why I think twice about contributing to a thread. Should one be surprised? The older I become, the expectation that I might get through a year without experiencing a massive act of aggessive absurdity from those around me or society at large grows more improbable...that's certainly not to say that I haven't contributed to it. That's my point. The human species is potty. Forgive my rambling, but it seeems to me that the point of satire is to remind us of the fact....that we're barking. That's set me up for the day.

[@mgsPWlover]

I have to admit, when Michael announced he was doing this slightly longer format I was a little worried his style would change, but if anything it's better! It's all the same sense of timing and humor, but in a sort of "medley" format and it's really fun! Keep it up Michael, it always makes me smile to see you uploaded!

[@sarangistudent8614]

I still have that U2 album on my phone. Never listened to it, but just can’t seem to get rid of it

[@cleodivine83]

Me too!!!!

[@pg9193]

great to see a michael spicer vid in the morning before my wellness capsule

[@rightwingreactionary]

I usually take a wellness capsule in the evening.

[@pg9193]

@@rightwingreactionary absolutely, 100%

[@bluetech2809]

Was nice to listen to this during my morning OLR.

[@JagJohal]

I have that orange IKEA plant pot. Affordable furniture solidarity 🫡

[@janegreen9340]

Oo orange plant pot just what I’m looking for.

[@patchso]

I used to have that iron, translucent purple plastic to be compatible with my iMac.

[@baronmeduse]

Is IKEA 'affordable'? I had a walk around there once and saw a lot of overpriced tat. I suppose middle-class people think it is.

[@frelonvert6064]

I think heterosexXal men call that a 'plant pot'.

[@Tao_Tology]

I'm not sure Eye-Key-Ahh have rated their plant pots as safe to use as furniture.

[@Zefah]

“I don’t walk anymore” 😂 This is perfect

[@carltonascarf7694]

I think preparation is a key ingredient most podcasts miss - scattered chatter where no one really knows what they're talking about is never going to be as interesting as informed conversation on a specific topic, or skits/characters prepared (The Headgum Podcast and the Stephen Tries Podcast for instance), or any kind of actual artistic expression that has taken any amount of effort to make.

[@willmuirr]

Wow a mention of the Stephen Tries podcast 😂 That has potential, but you're right, the scattered approach and naff production quality was a downfall

[@singularmusing970]

Exactly. I did have a podcast with my two friends and I would constantly tell them whatever the topic is let’s get right to it. We would have some episodes that we would bullshit for 30-45min until we got to the topic. And sometimes the topic would be talked about for less than 30min or so. “Scattered chatter” is the perfect phrase for podcasts, like the one I was in, that would make listeners stop listening and don’t care about our own bullshit.

[@snoozyq9576]

This was too funny. Thank you for the laugh I needed it ❤

[@777jimothy]

Michael's hatred of Jake Humphrey is relatable

[@teen-at-heart]

The Sadiq Khan part was hysterical!

[@oootoob]

Books are just podcasts for the eyes

[@va2011]

War and Peace takes up less of your time than some podcasts

[@debb6393]

😂

[@Themanbearpig1983]

“No Thanks, Ted”

[@Thewipah7]

So books are just as bad then?

[@rorygilmorelove6]

Self help books you mean

[@charliec6020]

Absolute Gold, I can only echo the requests for you to make a regular episodic series of this topic, maybe bring a guest or two every episode? ❤

[@knmoves]

Omg Michael! What a tour de force! Brilliant as usual. Thank you.

[@paulszki]

Except he's confusing "podcasts" with "genre of podcasts where selfimportant people try to sound profound talking about self-improvement" "I don't listen to podcasts" I'm sorry but what does any of this have to do with a podcast about, say, the history of Great Brittain after the roman empire fell? Or a couple of dudes talking about the boardgames they played last month and you just parasocially chilling and laughing with them as they chitchat?

[@romanberriman4476]

I did a media course back in 2018, and really enjoyed the radio programming element of it. When I finished, my parents suggest I make my own podcast and I said I didn't want to. When they asked why I said "because everyone and their mother has one" and that was back in 2019. Now it's so over-saturated I can ask a group of friends who all enjoy the same things what they listen to and I can hear a different answer for everyone. It's a bit saddening as it's mostly over-saturated for capital; like what happened to KZbin before, it's now all about making money. But anyways, thank you for making this video and making me feel a little less bananas

[@jackhiggins8568]

I love you, Michael Spicer

[@jackparini4225]

"This video was brought to you by Squarespace"

[@yiiyaanmadadaal4457]

Lol "omg his battery has died"

[@joshtaylor475]

This is so spot on. I love podcasts but it’s getting so tiring.

[@Bigred10101]

I do agree too, I have been getting pretty tired of them too as they all kinda sound the same. I honestly reckoned they peaked in the mid 2010's and probably went downhill during the pandemic

[@joshtaylor475]

@@Bigred10101 Agree. It jumped for me when I heard them talking about the degrees and time in Sauna. You had to be in at least X minutes at Y temp Z times a week. Like it was a switch at that point. Sauna is good but lay off with the exact formulas. And they all used the "Scandinavian data" but got different X,Y and Z. And the idea that mouth breathing will change your face lol. Some of it is so ridiculous. It's a religion.

[@paulszki]

@@Bigred10101I find it weird that people act like "podcasts" is purely people talking self-importantly about life. That's just a genre. Podcast is a medium. It's like someone disliking Star Wars and saying "I really dislike movies because I really don't care for space wizards fighting with laser swords." There are so many genres and very little of the critique in this video applies to those genres. If I'm listening to BBC History Channel and some professor, who is an expert on ... mycenaean culture from about 3000 years ago talking at length about stuff and answering questions from the host... I don't really feel like "authenticity" is of any importance. And even if I don't retain half or even 10% of what was being discussed or that those two hours could have been 10 minutes... who cares. When I read a book, or watch a documentary ... it's never purely about "density of information" or the fact, that I could have just read up on it on Wikipedia or whatever. It's about enjoying the experience. Are podcasts talking about "frames" and "mindsets" by successful people mostly stupid? Sure, but why are we confusing the medium "podcast" with a genre?

[@rhythybeat804]

The Blindboy Podcast is the only regular podcast I listen to. Usually 1hr episodes, thankfully. But you’ll never know, Mikeybaby xx

[@elliotsloan3983]

Loving the more frequent uploading. Comedy gold!

[@georgebrock3326]

That 'food to you' ad killed me

[@Myglowtips]

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ... thank you so, so much for the laughs. That Diary of a CEO episode was insanely silly.

[@TheDiamondcutter101]

Great to see the return of the Room Next Door, we need so much more of it.

[@olabassey3142]

your sense of humour got me subbed

[@CJFS00s]

( 5:21 ) A *SECRET* Room Next Door episode!! 😱

[@bhoops13]

We got a two for one here

[@NyanyiC]

I can't believe that was an actual podcast - noone can say so few words talking so much!! Please tell me it was made up

[@shia_labeouf]

This is why Richard Herring is the real MVP of podcasts. His shows are real, organic conversations with naturally funny or interesting people just chatting. Sometimes heavy shit comes up (the famous Stephen Fry episode) but often it's just silliness. Whatever happens it's always natural and you end up learning a lot about what the person is like.

[@Ukraineaissance2014]

His radio 4 comedy writings bloody awful though. I couldn't believe how bad it was considering hes usually pretty reliable

[@Wilboforce]

I still think the yogpod was the best poscast ever. The episodes weren't too long and they felt natural and realistic. Just two guys talking about whatever they thought was funny. I still go back and watch them.

[@TargetedPersona]

Lewis and Simon will always have a place in my heart.

[@bjewel3751]

1:16 'the mindset bro" skit was so good 😂😂😂 how true is this lmao. Great video, subscribed 🎉

[@arpankoley5245]

0:13 there are more podcasts than the people who listen to podcasts 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@RyansSynthwaveGuitar]

Just discovered this channel and I love it. Thank you.

[@warmpondwater1610]

The Mind Set Bro also is expert in remaining in 'Frame'. It is amazing how nobody loses their shit, ever......

[@Desmond-Dark]

Mind Set Bro fans believe in the nonsensical Emotional = Irrational therefore you "lose" if you're ever "bothered". Lol

[@bertiekirkwood1797]

Just want to say I'm enjoying this new style of content, Michael!

[@karl1914]

You be are hilarious mate. Keep up the good work 👍

[@NoNotThatPaul]

Great stuff Michael, I don't like podcasts either, I've tried but to me it's like being at a restaurant and listening to the conversation at the next table. And I have listened to loads of radio programs but those are focused on the audience, not just making sounds for as long as possible.

[@-dizzoj-]

I enjoyed "it's taken you half an hour to get to the middle of a sentence" a lot.

[@LearnCompositionOnline]

“So you walk everyday now?” 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@maaaaaathew]

I was shown a Huel advert featuring Steven Bartlett doing what looked like a podcast about energy drink flavours directly after this. Life and art and all that

[@RC-hv1yx]

And then right after that he probably had some nutritionist on saying processed foods will make your intestines melt. Sponsored by huel.

[@TucoBenedicto]

Holy shit, the mindset bro impersonation was spot on, but the comment about trying to remove U2 15 times from your iTunes was when I felt like someone was spying me.

[@Ginger_Dalek]

Great video, you really made some very interesting points. I just wish there was an audio only version that I could pay to download onto my phone and listen to on the bus.

[@jakevendrotti1496]

I haven't laughed like this in many months. His frustration with the man who couldn't finish a sentence made me howl with laughter. I don't know who this person is but I am subscribing. Aha! A reasonable human in the age of everyone thinking everything they say means they know what the hell they're talking about

[@orangewarm1]

Michael, i was just thinking this. I hope you are working on a book. You have a knack for capturing the (hidden) zeitgeist.

[@davepenny1199]

Absolutely brilliant!!!...i havent genuinely laughed that hard in a long time. The Dairy of CEO clip. So much pain (laughing)

[@pinchymcgee82]

Hilarious 😂. You have articulated my pain

[@RMILLSMMA]

Confirmation bias is rife in these podcasts. The ‘mindset bro‘ is my new favourite description of this genre.

[@sl4193]

"wellness capsule" - thank you.

[@PaulWilday]

First time I’ve seen your channel. Very funny and completely accurate take on podcasts. Subbed.

[@kewune]

Love your content, I discovered you during the pandemic - we should start a podcast in which we dont say anything

[@ouroldhouse3674]

Thank you Michael, I was beginning to think I was the only person in the world that felt like this about podcasts

[@foxyjnr9874]

People missing that this is a satire on video essays. This is so well done!

[@iansane1928]

No one is missing that. It's all very clear. And the comments reflect that.

[@nathandean4412]

Great new format, Michael! Love it

[@felafelnomics]

The food delivery service gag at the end makes it worth sticking around.

[@Nooroodin84]

Who are you? And why did algorithm brought your video to my feed. This is a good day. Love this. It’s too funny and also right. Subscribed.

[@Liusila]

The airbrush effect is definitely over 60% 😎

[@gasparayakos8215]

I love this guy, genuine and resfreshing. Subscribed!

[@Other_Robots]

Can’t stand most podcasts. They’re like 80% rambling, 10% ads, and then 10% of whatever the topic is

[@HeadbangerEats]

Still don't know where people find 3 hours in a day to listen to podcasts and why they aren't listening to music instead if that's what they listening to while doing chores, going to the gym, etc.

[@lizwiseman7405]

All very good points, I thought it was just me being a grumpy old woman 😂

[@BlueLionsTVNiiNiiFC]

This was hilarious 😂, spot on tho. The insincerity just burns my ears, especially the diary of a ceo guy, the pods are just glorified ads. It’s not a real conversation

[@thru_and_thru]

=💯 It's a real life episode of black mirror

[@LukeyB777]

Steven Bartlett is absolutely unbearable and so is his huel advert which is on every single KZbin video.

[@uniktbrukernavn]

He's more like Diarrhea of a CEO 😣❔💖 Seriously tho where did he come from and how come everybody is touring his podcast? Who's propping this guy up? Why are they trying to make him a thing? I can understand why Joe Rogan is a thing because he worked 25 years for it, but this Bartlett guy seems to have come out of nowhere. He is a nr. 1 podcaster, he's touring with his podcast, doing Ted talks, writing books, talking to the Obama's, getting a Netflix 2 hour special (probably). He also won the 'Forbes 30 Under 30' in 2020 and if Elizabeth Holmes and Sam Bankman-Fried is the benchmark for those kinda awards then the future looks bright.