podcasts

Did you listen to the Zizians series? If you haven't, you should first listen to episode 191: Network (this ep is, sadly, pretty ableist to plural folks, although I think Brace was trying to talk about people who had been misled by social media into thinking they had an illness that they don't actually have, but is otherwise brilliant and has some of the best commentary from Brace and especially Liz), then episode 434 and 435. If you're not a paying member you can get 435 at https://jumble.top/

Their ZORT series of fascinating.

for light listening as an intro - the tip line episodes as they're all bite-sized discussions and recommend other episodes throughout

then for single episodes mostly without guest interviews that I like/remember - Mr Mayor goes to Turkey / Mayor: Pig in the City, Midtown Martini, We Schmuleys Three (this ep is unhinged), JSUC, COVID Cliff (for the 1320 rant)

good series - Zizians series, ZORT series, Il Polpo (this one is straight-up ), Lamest Show on Earth, Falun Gong series

some interview eps and live coverage eps can be dry as hell (I recently couldn't finish 'Smiley's Person', i'm sure some people were interested but i was bored shitless) but bangers often follow down episodes imo