Cult of Mac

So many people have mentioned the show is not the same since of departure of Erfon. This is very much apparent. Leander‘s microphone quality sounds like he’s in the bathroom on a bad iPhone. Griffin fades in and out quite often. The show does not have the same vitality. That being said, I think there is room for two competing shows. Erfon‘s new show is not near what it was either. I think he was wrong to air his dirty laundry about this show and I think it’s long wrong for Leander to pretend it didn’t happen. As a listener for more than 15 years, I hope both shows can succeed, but for entertainment value Erfon’s personality makes his new show higher. For a Mac only round up the show is still OK, but very hard to listen to sometimes.

Followed and listed to CultCast from episode 1 over a decade ago. This is still a solid podcast with good levity. For context I also listened to Erfon’s new solo podcast and it felt very insular. Since the original gang split and created two new podcasts, if you want to just listen to one podcast, I think this one maintains the energy and motif, but if you’re a a diehard Erfon fan then of course just follow him directly.

Leander failed to comprehend the primary factor that contributed to the CultCast’s exceptional quality was Erfon. By attempting to take away the show from Erfon, Leander lost its core element and is now left with a significantly inferior podcast. Nobody on the podcast is remotely qualified to be the lead host. Instead, you have co-hosts wandering aimlessly through a lackluster list of news items without the talent to make mundane news entertaining. Erfon’s brilliance lay in his ability to make talking about any topic entertaining. Leander bears the sole responsibility for the situation this podcast is now in. Fortunately, Erfon is still hosting the original CultCast, so we don’t have to endure this imitation.

It seems all these negative ratings are fanboys being hurtful for the guy who got paid for seven months without doing nothing, while Dewey & Lewis keeping the podcast running. I can’t speak for Leander since his behavior is just the same as guy who left.