#guess i'll just keep complaining about variations on the John Stewart problem until i die

[queenlua]

it kinda irks me that michael hobbes seemed to get a lil more of the "breakout star" status after the You're Wrong About podcast—while he & sarah have a p entertaining dynamic *together*, without sarah to balance him out, he becomes kinda obnoxious (see: Maintenance Phase), and (crucially) hobbes is the one with a much more, ah. flexible. relationship. to facts. and i like facts. so that bums me out

similarly i am annoyed that peter shamshiri was the breakout star from 5-4 because like. ok that whole *podcast* has a flexible relationship to facts, haha, but rhiannon at least offers some pretty legit #realtalk on-the-ground experience, and i always thought michael liroff's commentary was the most measured/interesting/detailed, like, i can't count the number of times liroff would be in the middle of making an interesting & nuanced point only for peter to cut him off halfway with the quick & lazy dunk

i mean yeah peter's very funny!!! i understand that's what gets listeners or whatever!!! but also: why this