Good One

Have you had the funny feeling that content online is just a worse than it used to be – that actually a lot of art – movies, TV, music, comedy is just not has good as 3, 5, 10 years ago?

Or maybe you are a person who makes art for a living who feels like the frog in boiling water, slowly being squeezed by the powers that be out of being able to make a living.

How did this happen? Why is this the case?

To use a word coined by this week's guest Cory Doctorow – Enshittification. That is the title of Cory’s book about how the internet and, in turn, our modern lives slowly and, often intentionally, were made less enjoyable and less functional by the people that control the major tech companies. Cory is an author, professor, and digital rights activist and generally one of the most articulate speakers on how the de facto tech monopolies are degrading our standard of living.

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Certified nice person and actor D'Arcy Carden joins us to talk about her diverse body of work, her new role on Peacock's 'Five Star Weekend' and why she's so good at being friends with celebrities.

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Jemaine Clement stops by to talk about masculinity, Flight of the Conchords and his newest show 'Alice and Steve'.

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This week Vulture critic Kathryn VanArendonk returns to the podcast to discuss Louis CK's new Netflix special. This is his fourth special since 2017, when the New York Times reported accusations of the comedian’s sexual misconduct, but it is only the first on a major platform.

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This week Death Cab for Cutie frontman and The Postal Service member Ben Gibbard walks us through his songwriting process and reflects on indie rock's history.

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This week actor, director and podcaster Jason Bateman joined us live at Vulture Festival at Tribeca Festival for a conversation about his wide-ranging career and being the best comedy straight man in history.

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This week, comedy legend Wanda Sykes joins us for a conversation about her new special 'Legacy', how she approaches doing jokes about political strife, and how her stand-up changed after she came out publicly.

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This week we interview Rhea Seehorn about working with Vince Gilligan on 'Better Call Saul' and the AppleTV+ show 'Pluribus'.

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Comedian Ramy Youssef joins us this week to talk about his new HBO special 'In Love', living through controversy and why he would visit a meme museum.

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This week, Paul Walter Hauser sits down to talk about doing both silly comedies like 'Balls Up' and dark dramas like 'Black Bird'. He also talks about being a very real pro wrestler.

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This week, Oscar-winning documentarian Morgan Neville talks about the modern state of the industry, and what it's like to make films about some of pop culture's biggest icons.

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This week, Joel Kim Booster returns to talk about joining the cast of 'Scrubs', millennial cringe, and why he thinks you could never make 'Fire Island' today.

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This week Ebon Moss-Bachrach takes time out of his very, very busy schedule to talk about starring in Broadway's 'Dog Day Afternoon', the debate around 'The Bear' as a comedy, and why playing The Thing in 'Fantastic Four' was the perfect role for him.

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This week Zach Galifianakis joins us for a rare interview about everything from AI to gardening to 'Between Two Ferns'.

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WWE Superstar Becky Lynch, aka New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Quin sits down to discuss the business of wrestling, building character and the nature of reality itself.

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This week Bryan Cranston talks about returning to 'Malcolm in the Middle' on Hulu and looks back on 'Breaking Bad', hosting 'SNL', and, of course, 'Power Rangers'.

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Chelsea Handler joins the show this week to talk about how she changed both the industry and her own perspective, as she launches her latest stand-up tour 'High and Mighty'.

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This week comedy legend and pranking master Eric André joins the podcast in Austin, Texas for a special live episode at SXSW. He explains his prank process, discusses his influence on talk shows, and reveals the future of 'The Eric André Show'.

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John Slattery joins us this week to talk about his latest role in the Netflix series 'Vladimir', his many great stories of working with some incredible Hollywood legends, and of course, 'Mad Men'.

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Comedian Taylor Tomlinson talks about the work ethic that resulted in four specials in just six years, leaving 'After Midnight' and being the Taylor Swift of comedy.

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