I Don't Listen to Podcasts

[@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.

[@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

[@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 🤣

[@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.

[@rareblues78daddy]

@@sharpvidtube Believe it or not, some people love to ramble endlessly... and there's an audience that wants to hear anything but silence. A human voice in the void. Somebody speaking at them. Plus, you can fit more ads in a 2 hour podcast. Who doesn't want food in a box you could get yourself if you weren't scared to leave your house. Oh... and you GOTTA listen to that podcast through Ray J's earbuds! (EDIT: I just rambled endlessly, and screamed into the void. Sorry for wasting your time. I get the irony.)

[@Dough29]

That's what KZbin shorts are for.

[@aldraone-mu5yg]

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

[@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

[@cleonagretelgodinho2881]

😂😂😂😂

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@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.

[@howieb2001]

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

[@adennaed]

Exactly, I thought I was the only one who finds podcasts a waste of time

[@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.

[@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?

[@birdmoney]

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

[@cleonagretelgodinho2881]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Assywalker]

Benjamin Slippers?! Oh, come on!

[@DarkStryder360]

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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@Zefah]

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

[@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.

[@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 ...

[@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. 😃

[@emmab2136-o3v]

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

[@SconVideos]

more like "talking to the debt collector"

[@mrosskne]

yeah, it is.

[@BigGoucho]

"His battery's died." 🤣

[@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. 👏

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@pirateFinn]

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

[@bensalt1185]

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

[@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.

[@theajshortman]

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

[@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.

[@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)

[@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!

[@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

[@africanzungu7350]

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

[@adam_matthews]

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

[@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.

[@777jimothy]

Michael's hatred of Jake Humphrey is relatable

[@projectphoniex]

Finally someone who understands how I feel about podcasts.

[@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.

[@jackparini4225]

"This video was brought to you by Squarespace"

[@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.

[@JaneAustenAteMyCat]

Mr. Spicer, if you were doing Room Next Door on any podcast, I'd listen. That was golden! Most podcasts are: "Aren't we clever! We made a podcast so we *must* be experts at whatever it is that we're not actually talking about."

[@DJWHITE_]

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

[@Other_Robots]

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

[@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%

[@drock852]

Underrated channel, amazing stuff. Thanks

[@yiiyaanmadadaal4457]

Lol "omg his battery has died"

[@diisklmr]

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

[@sarangistudent8614]

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

[@cleonagretelgodinho2881]

Me too!!!!

[@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? ❤

[@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

[@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

[@georgebrock3326]

That 'food to you' ad killed me

[@ouroldhouse3674]

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

[@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.

[@teen-at-heart]

The Sadiq Khan part was hysterical!

[@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

[@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! 👍🏾

[@rhythybeat804]

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

[@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?

[@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?

[@felafelnomics]

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

[@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

[@RMILLSMMA]

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

[@TheDiamondcutter101]

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

[@scottwalter6594]

“You’re still not communicative, it’s taken half an hour to get to the middle of a sentence” 😂😂😂

[@jackhiggins8568]

I love you, Michael Spicer

[@elliotsloan3983]

Loving the more frequent uploading. Comedy gold!

[@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.

[@cuppacawfee]

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

[@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.

[@lizwiseman7405]

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

[@sloppynyuszi]

The problem isn’t podcasts, it’s just finding good ones. They are free and easy to avoid. So the frustration comes from looking for a good one. The ease of making them and distributing them is the problem. Which will be an issue with all mediums since you can just type it up and put it out there.

[@the0nlytrueprophet942]

It’s like saying there’s too much music or something tbh. It’s just hard to find the good shit, I agree. The barrier to entry is so low there are some shocking ones to be fair though

[@-dizzoj-]

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

[@davepenny1199]

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

[@sl4193]

"wellness capsule" - thank you.

[@charliegaming52]

that part at the end with the 2 people not wanting to interact podcast killed me xD

[@orangewarm1]

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

[@IncomeBoost42]

The problem with podcasts is they take too long to deliver meaningful information. Most of the information could probably be delivered in under 10 mins.

[@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.

[@TenTenJ]

Podcasts are the CRINGIEST torture I have ever experienced, fortunately minimally.

[@olabassey3142]

your sense of humour got me subbed

[@Livija13]

I'm laughing so loud and it's early morning,I'm going to wake up my kids and then no coffee for me😅 Great video!

[@RobLang]

The worst podcasts are those that should be audio only and somehow end up on KZbin.

[@iiMEiii]

If you want the realist interview podcast just listen to therapy gecko. It's a show where a man dressed as a gecko interviews random people to talk about random story's or ask for advice or just show up because they were incredibly stoned. Honestly the most genuine podcast I have ever listen to because even the host will just be like "you ever think about going to a real therapist for this?"

[@pinchymcgee82]

Hilarious 😂. You have articulated my pain

[@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.

[@Liusila]

The airbrush effect is definitely over 60% 😎

[@Element8909]

Last week I became irrationally fed up with the constant stream of overly produced thought leaders being fed to me by the Algorithm, i.e Joe Rogan, Chris Williamson, "Huberman" (come on who just refers to someone by their last name?), that diary of a CEO guy, and Mr "On Purpose" himself, Jay Shetty. Honourable mention to Rich Roll, too. I just got so freaking fed up with this entire scene of perpetually curious, hyper-caring, disingenuously empathetic, maximalist life balance enlightenment seeking KZbin gurus. It's really too contrived now. Nobody really lives their day to day life in the manner that these people (and many of their guests) are purporting to. Nobody is even TRYING to live their lives in this uber-positive reach-for-a-dream fashion 7 days a week, or even 7 days a month. We're all just busy trying to get by and when we're not doing that we're enjoying a few moments of recreational escape or having an existential crisis, or trying to maintain a hobby, just something that brings some joy. But these podcasts... It's like they've taken those moments of deep meaningful connection that you would have with a close friend every so often that you get together for a drink, and turned it into a public ritual to showcase how much virtue and meaning you can fit into a room with a table, two chairs and a bunch of affiliate visual merchandising as decoration. So I've never seen your KZbin channel before, I don't know who you are, Michael, but I want to say THANK YOU for calling these guys out because this is the only video I've seen that addresses this very specific gripe that I was experiencing last week. Of course I went to KZbin and searched things like "podcasts these days suck" and "pretentious podcasts", etc, but nothing came up. Suddenly today I am recommended your video, and I'm grateful because it proves that I wasn't imagining things. These mindfulness dudebros really are a damn scourge. Okay rant over (even though this was just a long winded thank you).

[@HARRi81_UK]

Yeh 'diary' is a mixed bag 😂 an assortment of useful information and total guff.

[@RedshiftDougal]

I gave up on it a while ago when the TG to UI ratio got too much for me. No-one is *that* earnest all of the time!

[@cerumen]

The problem is, the more you absorb that sort of content, the less you can tell the difference

[@terabyter9000]

For me it's the time commitment. I used to like the fact that they were 3 hours long but not I can't keep up with all of them so I gave up. Back to reading books.

[@dzulaiman2646]

because most of them just yapping.

[@peacefulblessed2114]

Finally a human being that uses his common sense.

[@georgef822]

Podcasts should be renamed to "self-important people having a conversation ". Once you've listened to one of them then you've listened to them all.

[@AndriyValdensius-wi8gw]

You mean "self important people talking to themselves ".

[@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.

[@JayPlentMusic]

Jesus that iTunes take is so fucking true...and I still use an iPod, so I suffer more with every subsequent update

[@randomdaveUK]

Was a horrible system from the start tbh. "SYNCING" No thanks, I just want to copy my music onto it from my PC thanks. Drag and drop, done. "Oh, what's that, I don't own any of the music on iTunes?" *Buys an mp3 player*

[@eric.is.online]

Jesus, you're still trying with itunes? Fair play I guess, I gave up around 2008.

[@patchso]

Still got my original iPod. They replaced iTunes eventually with separate apps and completely f*cked up my entire life in the process ;-)

[@dlm972]

I also like that the video is called "I don't watch podcasts," and not "Stop watching podcasts!" All these titles in the imperative make we not wanna do what they're saying 😂

[@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.

[@LearnCompositionOnline]

“So you walk everyday now?” 😂😂😂😂😂😂