What we need are more podcasts

The pen is mightier than the sword, it was once said. But the microphone?

While we don’t always cosign Shaun’s advice we would die for his right to administer it and we need you! to help us pay for it. —Bill, Worcester Sucks money-asker-in-chief

---

Dear Shaun,

Should I start a podcast? Me and my buddy have pretty funny conversations. Sometimes at parties other friends say the words, “you two should have a podcast.” I have been kind of averse to it, because it feels like there are already too many, and the medium may have jumped the shark. My buddy is insisting we actually do, but I am hesitant. What do you think?

-Podcast Curious

Dear Podcast Curious,

We here at Bad Advice completely endorse you starting a new podcast. The world needs more ideas, opinions, and thoughts. The world needs more content! In a culture of Intellectual Property, I embrace the original thought factories that are podcasts. You’ll be part of the movement of bringing blue collar creative jobs back to the folks who helped get this industry off the ground. If modern podcasting is solar energy, original podcasting is coal mining.

Sure, there is a din of voices traversing into the ether. But we need yours! I bet whatever bullshit you and your buddy spout out in your garage is brilliant. And it is a shame that only your partner or dog get to hear. More people need your guffaws and giggles as you sip your IPAs. Of course I want to hear your puns on football wide receivers. Of course I want to hear your takes on the trans community. Of course I want to hear how the ships can get through the Strait of Hormuz. Truthfully these takes and jokes are snowflakes and need to be experienced by any who so choose.

I have had podcasts in the past and I had a lot of fun producing them. They were interview based, but I still got my yuks off as well. There is something magical about putting together a piece of content that I was passionate about. When I do stand up it is an immediate reaction: good, bad or indifferent. I used to think that was the only way I wanted to receive feedback. I mean, it definitely is my preferred way. If I told a joke out loud and then got a snarky review two months later I would be not only devastated, I would be hung up in anticipation for said review. But podcasts don’t need instant feedback, in fact they don’t really need feedback at all. They can be consumed or not consumed. They can be ignored or engaged with. If all this podcast is for is to record you and your buddies musings and bits, then have at it!

However, if this is a scheme to make money and enter the manosphere… I say double have at it! There is clearly money to be made in this field and plenty saps willing to spend their money to listen and invest in them. You can be one of those influencers, you can shape the culture, you can help decide who is going to press the button for the atomic bomb! You can have a hand in wiping out an entire civilization, maybe.

The pen is mightier than the sword, it was once said. But the microphone? Well, that is a gun. And why the hell would you ever want to bring a pen to a gun fight? To write an ode to your own death?

My ink filled cylinder wrapped tightly in my grip.

Your steel resting peacefully on your hip.

As I begin to write

You aim just right

And I’m shot into my quivering lip.

NEWS

Friday night is Hot Dog night. Come on out and see the most bonkers comedy show this city has to offer. Plus it is the best damn hotdogs in the city and it is all for FREE. Poster below.

Saturday I will be at Hideout Comedy at The White Bull Tavern. It is an incredible lineup, you should come hang. Tickets can be found here.

Also a quick note. I got to be a part of something real special on Thursday night. WBZ’s Matt Shearer (Reporter Matt) put on a show at the Wilbur Theater. It was the Muppet Show but with Boston characters and I was Scooter backstage wrangling all of these maniacs and making sure they all made it onstage. From the Lieutenant Governor talking with a man who couldn’t stop swearing, to Love is Blind participants nerding out about the MBTA the whole experience was lovely with out being cringey. It was an incredible experience and I believe it was recorded and may be released for viewing soon.