Category: Podcast

I’ve been intermittently been following along with Rob Haze‘s stand up since the mid-2010’s, but lost track at some point. Last year and this has been a resurfacing in my weekly media diet of Haze and two fantastic podcast he host.

The Inconsistent Podcast

Standard podcast format of a comedian host interviewing/kicking w/ comedian guest. Haze is hilarious and evokes a chaotic comedic energy out of his guest. He is plugged into some sort of DJ control board (I think?) and occasionally breaks out into mixing music that might have been referenced in the conversation. Some podcast in this genre are highly dependent on the guest, but in this case he tends to get good ones and can carry the whole show when he doesn’t.

In Season

Rob and Jamel Johnson co-host a sports podcast where they mostly comment and joke about the recent headlines/results. They tend to stay in the NBA, WNBA, NFL, College basketball and football lane, but dip their toes in other sports too. Sadly Rob seems to have zero time for soccer, and I think Jamel is an Arsenal fan(yuck!). The fact that I tune in for their college football talk is a good sign that the podcast is fun and entertaining despite my lack of time for that sport.

What Now? is a podcast I’m aware of, but don’t listen to regularly. No shade, there are so many fish in that sea and only so many hours in a day. That said if you wanted to spend two great hours with Trevor Noah, Eugene Khoza, and John Oliver this is a good way to start. That’s a long listen, but I cracked up in the car, cooking in the kitchen, and on the treadmill at the gym.

Bonus for the real ones…John Oliver on his annual Men in Blazers episode.