Record it and release as unofficial podcast DLC; aka podmods.
So like a podcast version of those annoying reaction videos
“Right you are, Phil. I too agree it’s incredibly important we make the age of consent 16 in America.”
I’m not gonna lie about having fallen in love with the new era of podcasting that revolves around the rogansphere, it gives me a bit of humanity while studying endlessly in my room.
However.
I’m not rich and or famous, which means I can’t really relate with whatever the fuck is on their agenda. Audemaris Piguet watches, 911 GT3RSs, 1.2M dollar houses an hour from austin, etc.
Which means
I 100% rather watch video essays made by normal people talk about what I’m thinking when I watch the “bro casts” which is usually “oh fuck off, why are y’all playing dick measuring contests” or “Jesus fucking Christ it is obvious you’re speaking through your ass, I hope someone grills you on everything you said wrong.”
It all translates to I miss the company of my high school friends, I don’t miss the gay jokes and having to sit quietly through their bullshit.
I’d like to recommend a few non-rogansphere podcasts:
- LeVar Burton Reads - LeVar Burton picks a short story and reads it to you
- Darknet Diaries - Jack Rhysider investigates events from the dark side of the internet (mostly cyber crime)
- NPR: Up First - daily 15 minute top news stories
- This Week in Tech - 2-3 hour group discussions of current events primarily focused on technology
- risky.biz - great coverage of current events in the cybersecurity field, plus interviews with industry professionals
Obligatory Knowledge Fight shout out.
The Rogan-centric episodes might be a good place to start.
Thank you friend 🩷
I’d suggest YouTubers that deep dive into controversy, science, or current events. It might be tough to stumble upon, depending on which side of the algorithm you’re on, but I’m a sucker for hour long documentaries on game design and development history.
The thing I absolutely love is to see is the real outside world and the interactive conversations between friends in podcasts.
I can’t sit through 50min of still shots and bullet points, but, if you have what seems like a real conversation mixed in with video of an experience, I get hooked.
This of course is extremely rare as it would make for a horrible life with an extremely high production cost (think Neistat’s OG videos where he’d go around NYC and film his daily life).
What isn’t rare is other people mixing both the podcast energy with the irlstream energy to make a cohesive story. It doesn’t sit right with me that it’s just mainly drama but I’ll take what I can get.
Do you want JUST casual conversation podcasts? Or podcasts that have a “topic” but there’s lots of friendly bullshitting around the topic of the day? I listen to 10+ hours of podcasts a day, I might have recs if you specify.
Edit: I offer because none of the podcasts I listen to are out-of-touch millionaires complaining about their Rolexes lol.
Not OP, but if you have a recommendation for podcasts that have a “topic” but there’s lots of friendly bullshitting around the topic of the day, I’d love to hear some!
Absolutely! Heres a totally random assortment!
Your Kickstarter Sucks (Two dry funny guys mock dumb/weird Kickstarter campaigns)
Get Played (Two, then three hosts talk about weird/bad video games. Two hosts are or have been in the video game industry in some form.)
Doughboys (This is a long shot as they get REALLY weird sometimes lmao. Don’t listen if you don’t like jokes about cum. But two dudes go to and review fast food restaurants.)
Podcast: The Ride (Theme park dorks talk about theme parks/rides with full understanding of how dorky they are but they’re funny about it.)
Underunderstood (This one is a lot more controlled than some of the others, but I really enjoy it. They investigate questions “the internet can’t answer” aka a lot of weird stuff the internet thinks is a mystery just requires some digging.)
Fraudsters (A bit more topic-focused but again they’re very loose, not rigid and riff a lot. Talks about famous and not so famous fraud cases.)
I could do much more but they’ll lean more topic-focused or chat-focused.
Perfect, I’ll definitely give some of those a whirl. Thanks!
I guess casual conversation that matters sort of? I’d appreciate some of your favorites.
Given the amount of time I spend participating in the podcast this way, I would rather say that I sometimes pause my thoughts for a little podcast rather than the opposite
I feel seen and possibly attacked.
If you think that’s bad, consider all the people who sing along with recorded music like they are part of the band.
Hey, Amy Lee loves how well I harmonize with her. You’re obviously just jealous.
Huh, I never thought about doing this. Maybe I should start.
How to develop a parasocial relationship
Is this why people like podcasts and YouTube? This makes so much sense.
I dont do this as often as the meme implies but I do stop and talk things over out loud sometimes, either to grapple with what I just heard or to follow a tangent thought to its conclusion before the podcast continues
Ah, yes. I like to call it “my social life” for short.
If you are not social and want to be, this is actually a good way to practice conversations. The idea is to pretend to be one side of a conversation and try to mimic what a person would say in a situation. It’s more practical with planned conversations, like TV shoes because those conversations are designed to lead to something. Casual podcast conversations may have more conversation threads that may end abruptly.
There is a picture where a boy sits next to a commercial with talking people and first you think he is part of the group but then you realize he’s sitting next to the tv
I met a family member’s kid once who would both narrate himself while playing Minecraft, and have full conversations with whatever youtuber he was watching on a second screen (who was also narrating himself playing Minecraft)
I also met an old lady with dementia once who would have full conversations and arguments with people on TV.
I’m not sure if this phenomenon has a name, but it’s something currently afflicting both the silent generation and generation alpha.
