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Seriously? Talks too much, talks over the host, takes the "anxiety riddled dweeb" schtick to the extreme. Basically imo he is a cheap imitation Kornheiser in an unentertaining package. And last year towards the end he was on 3 or 4 days a week it seemed. The only cohost that wouldn't get old at that level is Gary. The best shows don't have CC on it.
Yea. I find him entertaining. The Fix is great for politics and I think he's generally pretty funny.
I think Gary was doing more of his 'real job' towards the end of the last season and couldn't make it to the shows. Therefore they needed to bring in a regular guy to take his place. CC was probably the one who could do it easiest.
Huh. Glad for you I guess. The schtick to me is like Tony to the nth degree. Cilizza wears on me. However, I WILL say he seemed much more "in his lane" as Gary puts it on the podcast today. The interplay on his seats at the Nats game was funny.
Not going to get in an argument, but if you have an open mind - listen to a couple episodes and they bring out the issues of how all media manipulates the news and what you hear. They do not lean one way or another, however my dad who is a diehard democrat said the same thing as you - he lasted 20 minutes. They have some great analysis and in a fun way, after 3 years of listening - I don't always agree but they have some great points and are entertaining - to each his own....
It's only 6 episodes, and it's complete. It's called We're Alive: Lockdown.
I hope it doesn't take 5 years to complete. I loved that I came to We're Alive late and it was already done. I could listen to 3 or 4 episodes a day and not have to wait for an in production hiatus.
Here you go for Cilizza...SMART GUY!Was hoping that would mean FAAAAARRR less of Cilizza on the Tony show. And yet he's on today's.
Well ... in fairness to Cillizza, there was some new information between those two articles.
Yeah, but it's still fun to give him a hard time!Well ... in fairness to Cillizza, there was some new information between those two articles.
I listened to his first 2 shows back and its just not good. The format was rushed and way too many people trying to be funny.
Was it the Cillizza show or the Mr. Tony show?
it was the Mr tony show from the link above
As I said above, hopefully they will take a bit and look back on it and adjust. Part of the problem is the fact that they stepped into a time when a bunch of stuff was exploding all at once; College FB, NFL, Presidential Race, MLB towards playoffs, plus they had to catch-up on all that happened over the summer.
Wish I had found Sleep With Me podcast sooner. On a scale of 1-10, I'm about a 7 or 8 in terms of difficulty falling asleep, but this works for me. A small miracle if the success continues.I like the Lexicon Valley podcast from slate, but that's pretty-y. Just the standard warning that "this podcast contains explicit language" cracks me up every time.
Also useful is the "Sleep With Me" podcast, which is a guy with the most boring voice in the universe telling dumb meaningless stories that go nowhere in a near whisper. Guaranteed to knock one out in mere minutes at night.
So I was listening to today's show during halftime of MNF. Cilizza needs to keep his effing mouth shut while football is being discussed. "I thought Legarette Blount retired five years ago!!"Here you go for Cilizza...SMART GUY!
God I hate that guy.
I really like The Dollop - thanks for the recommendations. TGD was decent, but I didn't stick with it.
I've been getting bored with live/interview type podcasts and have been checking out some other serial fiction so I'll check these out, thanks.
Still going strong and awesome.
I didn't know PFTCommenter had a corporeal form. I'll check that one out.
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I am about 1/4 done with this massive episode.
I listened to the first episode and it has potential. But after doing ~140-150 episodes of The History of Rome a couple years ago, I'm not sure I'm ready to go back there.
I tried one episode but something about the guy's delivery or accent or something was annoying. It seems to be highly thought of though.
I find it to be very good. Completely humorless, though. Duncan has a good sense of dry humor, but the Byz guy is just the facts.
Not sure if it's been mentioned, but 99% Invisible is a very good take on everyday architecture and design. Episodes are usually about 15-18 minutes and if you FF through the commercial and promos, they are only about 12 minutes. It is an interesting listen.leftcoastguy7 said:
I started Byz, but haven't gone back to it in awhile. I think I gave up in the middle of one of the end of century recaps that would go on for several episodes. The combination of the guy having zero personality and the narrative flow stalled was a bit too much for me (I guess I could skip ahead, but there's just other stuff that I'd rather listen to.)
