# A new podcast from a couple SDMB members **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 18, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-podcast-from-a-couple-sdmb-members/661292 "2013-06-18T18:52:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-podcast-from-a-couple-sdmb-members/661292/1 "2013-06-18T18:52:35Z")
Though I am usually loathe to pimp/market myself, I thought I’d post this in case any of you are interested (I got mod approval to do so): Fellow SDMB-er **pricciar** and I have started a podcast, [Pop Culture Continuum](http://www.popculturecontinuum.com/). It’s available for free download on [iTunes](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pop-culture-continuum/id662812338?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4). If you don’t like iTunes, you can download or stream directly from the website in the first link. The first 2 episodes are up right now – we started kind of rough, but are getting the hang of it as time goes on. We compare something from pop culture old and new – the first episodes are _Tim Burton’s Batman_ vs. _The Dark Knight Rises_ and Rush’s albums _Signals_ vs. _Clockwork Angels_, and future episodes will include _Revolver_ vs. _Skylarking_, _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ vs. _30 Rock_, Spinal Tap vs. Iron Maiden, Leo McCarey vs. Wes Anderson, _Soap_ vs. _Arrested Development_, _Fear of Flying_ vs. _50 Shades of Grey_ and all kinds of other crap. I urge you to subscribe and leave positive feedback in the comments. You don’t even have to listen if you don’t want to. Just subscribe, and please don’t leave negative comments (it hurts the ratings and makes it harder for strangers to find). We’ve recorded more than 2 months’ worth of episodes so far, and we’re getting better and more comfortable talking on mic as time goes on. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-podcast-from-a-couple-sdmb-members/661292/2 "2013-06-18T19:43:37Z")
The third episode (_Mary Tyler Moore vs. 30 Rock_) is available now. I look forward to hearing what people here think of the show good or bad. I know there are others on here who have shows, and many others who listen to a wide variety of things. Pus, the famous Bob Ducca! (I think his username is FoieGrasIsEvil) ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-podcast-from-a-couple-sdmb-members/661292/3 "2013-06-19T00:22:26Z")
YaY for this. I’ve enjoyed what I’ve heard so far. ---
**Author:** ![sco3tt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@sco3tt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sco3tt)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-podcast-from-a-couple-sdmb-members/661292/4 "2013-06-19T23:01:03Z")
I’m listening to the current (MTM vs. 30 Rock) episode and so far, so good. Keep it up. BTW guys, re: the rabbit joke on MTM: it’s just an example of the standard 70s trope that [sexually active woman + any mention of a rabbit = sidesplitting humor](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_test). ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-podcast-from-a-couple-sdmb-members/661292/5 "2013-06-19T23:06:32Z")
Thanks - I really wondered if that was all there was to the joke. Not up to the level of writing on the rest of that episode of MTM. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-podcast-from-a-couple-sdmb-members/661292/6 "2013-06-19T23:29:49Z")
I’m going to subscribe now. I need something to fill in between This American life episodes while I’m walking! ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-podcast-from-a-couple-sdmb-members/661292/7 "2013-06-19T23:34:10Z")
Cool! Just don’t expect us to be anywhere near Ira Glass’s level. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-podcast-from-a-couple-sdmb-members/661292/8 "2013-06-20T01:02:20Z")
Well I get the difference between produced radio and podcasts of guys talking. I’m looking forward to hearing what you have to say. After all, I READ what you guys have to say every day! ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-podcast-from-a-couple-sdmb-members/661292/9 "2013-06-20T18:05:32Z")
Thanks for listening, Ellen, sco3tt, and Sleeps! Awesome! Let us know what you think. Thanks, sco3tt, yeah your explanation makes the most sense. I was hoping there was more to the story than that. But, oh well, not every joke can be timelessly hilarious! Also, I like to think of John as a West Coast Ira Glass. And, me? I’m like a guy who won the lottery and wasted all his winnings on movie posters. If only we could get a free version of Sarah Vowell. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-podcast-from-a-couple-sdmb-members/661292/10 "2013-06-20T18:17:56Z")
I guess I’m like a West Coast Ira Glass if he had a high school education, no real cultural insight, and he added a “fuck” to every sentence he uttered. ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-podcast-from-a-couple-sdmb-members/661292/11 "2013-06-20T18:25:12Z")
If I am reading Wikipedia correctly. Ira Glass dropped out of middle school to fight in the Crimean War.