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“I often think that I don't care about the issues they're going to talk about in a given week, but almost always once the conversation is over I've discovered that there was plenty of interesting things to be said. That's a pretty good test of a quality show. I love the interplay between the three of them - they are pretty well balanced, and playful.
I think the negative commenters here are taking the show a bit more seriously than the presenters themselves. They seem to be very self-aware of the sort of discussion they're engaged in. The occasional references to 'middle-brow' fare are a dead giveaway there. It's a culture show, after all. It's meant to be light-hearted and fun. They do occasionally take on serious cultural criticism, and usually do a good job. But the general aim is to give people a window into the minds of grad-school-attending, French-film-watching folks, who still recognize that a lot of their cultural consumption is nowhere near that fancy.
I do wish they'd talk a little bit less about terrible pop music, though.”Read full review »
Charles AE via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/28/11
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“I, for one, love this podcast and never miss an episode. No, the stars are not experts on many subjects they discuss, but they have generally interesting things to say.
Many seem to hate Metcalf. I think he's a good host for the show. He (mostly) steers the conversation in interesting...”Read full review »
andy_out_there via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/30/09
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“Sometimes this chatshow does manage to get to the heart of cultural matters, but often seems to digress into other weird topics. They spend a lot of time veering onto political topics. I get the feeling that they want to express the zeitgeist, but they often seem to miss the mark. They would be...”Read full review »
AndyH123 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/16/08
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“they have smart brains and they're also funny sometimes. they talk about entertaining non-boring current stuff. movies, books, tv, news, internet.”Read full review »
blobberies via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/29/09
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