by Dingdongfootball » Tue Oct 10, 2017 1:28 pm
My favorite podcast right now is . I started listening to these guys when they used to do a weekly video game podcast just called Idle Thumbs. Then I sort of lost interest in video games and, although I really liked their banter and humor, lost interest in Idle Thumbs. Coincidentally though, and much to my delight, about a year after I stopped listening, they also sort of lost interest in video games and put Idle Thumbs on the back-burner to do this new non video game related podcast, Important If True, where they just talk about random tech news, science stuff, random funny news stories, etc. "Robot News" was a popular segment on the old podcast they would do sometimes, so they basically just made a podcast out of that, and other related stuff.
It's a really loose and fun podcast. These guys have been podcasting together since like 2007 so their rapport is really great and they have a great sense of flow and when to talk. Production quality is great too. Every episode they usually talk about a couple weird news stories and a few listener emails. They're all game devs in SF (two of the three, Chris and Jake, work for the indie studio that made Firewatch), so they're not like improv comedy people or anything, but their improv and yes-and-ing is better than some dedicated comedy podcasts I've tried to listen to. The way they weave all the stories and emails of the week together into a weird narrative is really fun. They have a hilarious, exasperated but not overly-cynical tone and outlook. I give it my highest recommendation. It's the highlight of my week.