Comfort Blanket

For some time I had been mourning what appeared to the demise of Rule of Three, my absolute go to pod die, which i ‘discovered’ just before Covid and consumed the lot. Well this is the able replacement, and it’s just brilliant. Joel’s enthusimgs will enthuse you too. You’ll learn about some thing you’ve never heard of before (for me D&D) and or here someone you’ve never heard of talk passionately about you’re aware. Not the usual set of contributors necessarily either. I love it. Not enough to bring in another pandemic, but not far off! Orchard363

This podcast would be way better if Joel Morris knew when to shut his cakehole and let the interviewee get a word in. I now listen to try and gauge the exact moment when each guest just decides to give up and grunt monosyllabic agreement to the endless stream of thought they are subjected to. The two takeaways I have are that: 1. - If Mitch Benn ever gets on this podcast, the ensuing recording will outlast religion. 2. - Julia Raeside deserves a medal the size of a dustbin lid.

While the host does have interesting insights, he’s completely lacking in self awareness as to how much he steamrolls and lectures his guests. They may as well not be there. He’s mostly interested in his own opinions. Which starts to grate, and then becomes infuriating and embarrassing.

Joel’s great and everything he says is usually funny and on point. I wish he’d pay more attention to the interviewees though. Is it supposed to be a comic bit? Maybe these would be better as lectures.