Yesterday I discovered the podcast 5 Useless Degrees and a Bottle of Scotch, on which two dudes with extensive theater backgrounds drink whisk(e)y and talk about Portland theater. As a Manhattan-partial theater critic, obviously I was thrilled; plus, their discussions of local shows are substantive, informed, and actually critical, all of which are in short supply in Portland theater coverage.

I’ve also been enjoying Welcome to That Whole Thing, the weekly co-production from Bobby Roberts and Cort Webbers that replaced their long-running show cortandfatboy.

Couple weeks ago I was a guest on Patioh, Patino, which is a mostly-comedy podcast whose four hosts talk dating and other funny junk on patios around town. I’m refusing to listen to my episode, but I helped the ladies with their online dating profiles, and probably said some incriminating shit that I would prefer my boyfriend not know about. (Hi honey!)

I’m also avoiding listening to my recent appearance on Happy Go Lucky, a pop-culture podcast co-hosted by Mercury contributor Ben Coleman. We talk about Enders Game and I strain to sound smart, which is much easier to do in writing, lemme tell you.

Oh yeah, and Mercury columnist Alex Falcone has a great show, did everybody know that? Read It and Weep? They talk about terrible movies and books in a hilarious way.

And finally, a few days ago Marjorie was a guest on Needmore Designs’ design/music/business/culture podcast The Job, which I haven’t listened to, but if they had Marjorie on, they must have good taste.

Anyone else got anything new/interesting/local on their radar?

Alison Hallett served nobly as the Mercury's arts editor from 2008-2014. Her proud legacy lives on.

5 replies on “Podcast Open Thread”

  1. I’m going to use this space to say how much I miss Bobby and Cort’s movie commentaries. I listened to all of them and they were all super fun and interesting.

    Also, what happened to Nerd Fight?

  2. It’s not local unless you’re reading this in San Francisco, but I’ve been enjoying the Boars, Gore, and Swords podcast, in which two comedian-nerds (Red Scott and Ivan Hernandez) and guests riff on episodes of Game of Thrones. Of all the GoT podcasts I’ve tried, this one stands out because they’re actually funny and because they’re not just repeating variations on “I’m confused and angry because the tee-vee show isn’t an exact match of the book.” They’re also good about avoiding spoilers since they’ve only read as far in the books as the tee-vee show has gone (give or take a few long-winded descriptions of medievalesque meals).

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