# Ricky Gervais podcast **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 5, 2005, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ricky-gervais-podcast/334255 "2005-12-05T22:30:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ricky-gervais-podcast/334255/1 "2005-12-05T22:30:24Z")
Just in case any US fans don’t know about this. Gervais started out doing this kind of stuff on the radio. There’ll be a new podcast every week for 12 weeks IIRC [http://www.guardian.co.uk/rickygervais](http://www.guardian.co.uk/rickygervais) > [@](#): > > Episode 1 December 5 2005 > In which Ricky, Steve and Karl discuss … > the pros and cons of technological invention, leading on to Karl’s Malthusian concerns and a possible solution. There’s a digression into the extra sensory perception of early hominids. Oh, and some Monkey News of course. Plus strange tales about lethal drinking vessels and stately homes. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ricky-gervais-podcast/334255/2 "2005-12-06T12:52:32Z")
One bump to catch the day crowd. It’s actually very funny indeed. The guy Karl Pilkington is very funny (I hope he’s not actually not stupid however) ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ricky-gervais-podcast/334255/3 "2005-12-06T12:58:47Z")
(I hope he’s not actually not stupid however) should be (I hope he’s not actually **that** stupid however) ---
**Author:** ![mittu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@mittu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mittu)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ricky-gervais-podcast/334255/4 "2005-12-06T13:17:35Z")
I’m slightly confused, how do Podcasts differ from what has been going on using winamp and other products for years and years? I saw a brief report on this on the BBC and they described it as a revolutionary way to broadcast and made out like it was a new invention. So how does it differ from what has been happening for as long as I can remember and why has it been associated with the iPod when you could presumably play the broadcasts on any MP3 player. Sorry for the blatant hijack, to keep this post slightly relevant i’ll say that i’m looking forward to listening to this, if his TV shows and stand-up are any guide it should be a hoot! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ricky-gervais-podcast/334255/5 "2005-12-06T14:00:32Z")
You can subscribe to the podcast and it will download each new episode automatically to play on iTunes. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ricky-gervais-podcast/334255/6 "2005-12-06T14:02:25Z")
Listening to it at the moment. It’s bloody funny. **mittu** , IMO there isn’t anything _technologically_ revolutionary about podcasts (apart from the ability to use XML to subscribe to a podcast series, and download the latest one automatically, with a client such as iTunes). What is new is that the radio stations and other producers have bought into the idea, and are actually producing them, mostly for free. In the past, most internet radio content was streaming only, and recording programmes was a complete pain, and there were copyright issues. I for one am delighted - listening to the BBC Today Programme and From Our Own Correspondent while driving through the mountains of New Zealand’s South Island was a great experience. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ricky-gervais-podcast/334255/7 "2005-12-07T01:24:14Z")
On a second listening, I suspect that Mr Gervais’s skeptical wit would appeal to the majority of the posters on the board (my transcript): > [@](#): > > [After Karl tells a particularly outlandish ghost story involving people touching a particular tankard, followed by their death] > > …Karl, you’re telling me this like it’s _fact_. And I’m meant to go “that’s amazing”. > > Karl, I have no opinion of that story, other than I’m pretty sure there’s no connection between him touching the tankard, and him dying. That’s all I’m sure of. > > I’m not going to even contest the chain of events. > > All I’m saying is there is _no_ connection; there is no connection possible, because I believe in logic and the laws of the universe. So when you’re telling me miracles and strange things - outside coincidence - you may as well be telling me about the tooth fairy and the Easter bunny, because they’re equal, to me. > > It’s ludicrous. It’s _absolutely_ ludicrous. > > [Karl: So what would it take, though, for you to go, “Ooh, I’m actually a believer now”?] > > …I can’t answer that question, because I’d have to base my beliefs on some of your premises, which I can’t do. > > It’s like you’re saying “what if you found out that 2 and 2 equalled 5?” I can’t. It’s a necessary truth that it doesn’t. I’d have to go back and fundamentally disagree with what two-ism is. > > Two-ness. > > And five-ness. 😃