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March 5, 2019 6:37 PM Subscribe
The world is terrible and my chief coping mechanism is indulging my thirteen year-old boy sense of humor. My Dad Wrote a Porno gives me life in these trying times but is sadly on hiatus right now. Please recommend other PODCASTS, AUDIBOOKS, or other non-visual works that feature people good-naturedly mocking terrible writing or other media, especially terrible descriptions of sex and human anatomy. More specifics after the jump.
My requirements:
-I prefer other people commenting on pre-vetted terrible things to trying to source terrible things myself. I’m aware that I could dive into the world of self-published Amazon erotica and find the over-the-top descriptions I desire but who has time for that?
-Audio only, since I typically listen to these things while doing other activities that occupy my eyes. I know and like MST3K but it’s not what I’m looking for now.
-I don’t mind if the source material being mocked has moments that are racist, sexist, etc, but I like when the mockers gently call that stuff out.
-For podcasts, I prefer them to be focused around a particular piece of media and not be a more general comedic thing. My Brother My Brother and Me is chattier and more free form than I prefer.
-Are there things of this nature written/hosted by women and/or queer people? That’d be awesome.
-Seriously, the more dick jokes and moments that make you say “what, nipples definitely do not work like that” the better.
Things I know
-My Dad Wrote a Porno, obviously. This is my gold standard.
-I Don’t Even Own a Television (unveven, but the good episodes are really good)
-Pounded in the Butt by my Own Podcast (love this, but it’s also on hiatus now)
-The F Plus (just starting to get into this one. So far I like some moments but sometimes find it a little mean-spirited)
-How Did This Get Made? (Not feeling it. Single episodes of The Good Place are about as much Jason Mantzoukas as I can take in one sitting).
My requirements:
-I prefer other people commenting on pre-vetted terrible things to trying to source terrible things myself. I’m aware that I could dive into the world of self-published Amazon erotica and find the over-the-top descriptions I desire but who has time for that?
-Audio only, since I typically listen to these things while doing other activities that occupy my eyes. I know and like MST3K but it’s not what I’m looking for now.
-I don’t mind if the source material being mocked has moments that are racist, sexist, etc, but I like when the mockers gently call that stuff out.
-For podcasts, I prefer them to be focused around a particular piece of media and not be a more general comedic thing. My Brother My Brother and Me is chattier and more free form than I prefer.
-Are there things of this nature written/hosted by women and/or queer people? That’d be awesome.
-Seriously, the more dick jokes and moments that make you say “what, nipples definitely do not work like that” the better.
Things I know
-My Dad Wrote a Porno, obviously. This is my gold standard.
-I Don’t Even Own a Television (unveven, but the good episodes are really good)
-Pounded in the Butt by my Own Podcast (love this, but it’s also on hiatus now)
-The F Plus (just starting to get into this one. So far I like some moments but sometimes find it a little mean-spirited)
-How Did This Get Made? (Not feeling it. Single episodes of The Good Place are about as much Jason Mantzoukas as I can take in one sitting).
Well. 372 Pages We’ll Never Get Back started with the book Ready Player One. With MST3K’s own Michael J Nelson and RiffTrax writer Conor Lastowka.
+1 for punch up the jam
posted by Crystalinne at 6:43 PM on March 5, 2019 [2 favorites]
+1 for punch up the jam
posted by Crystalinne at 6:43 PM on March 5, 2019 [2 favorites]
Yo, Is This Racist also might check a couple of your boxes. It gets into serious topics while remaining funny and informative without turning into a clusterfuck (both hdtgm and mbmbam get too chatty/clusterfucky for me.)
posted by fluffy battle kitten at 6:47 PM on March 5, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by fluffy battle kitten at 6:47 PM on March 5, 2019 [1 favorite]
Why Won't You Date Me definitely gets into sex and relationship stuff. Hosted by Nicole Byer. Depending on the guest it can get chaotic but it is also pretty hilarious.
posted by fluffy battle kitten at 6:49 PM on March 5, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by fluffy battle kitten at 6:49 PM on March 5, 2019 [1 favorite]
Dead Authors Podcast
posted by Grandysaur at 6:50 PM on March 5, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by Grandysaur at 6:50 PM on March 5, 2019 [1 favorite]
Look Inside This Book Club (reading the previews of bad books, usually romances)
The Worst Bestsellers (also discussing bad books)
Dave and Jeb Aren't Mean (discussing Hallmark movies)
posted by eponym at 6:57 PM on March 5, 2019 [1 favorite]
The Worst Bestsellers (also discussing bad books)
Dave and Jeb Aren't Mean (discussing Hallmark movies)
posted by eponym at 6:57 PM on March 5, 2019 [1 favorite]
Nobody listens to Paula Poundstone does a movie segment where they watch the original terrible movie whose terrible sequel is out and based on that tell you whether or not to watch the sequel. The whole podcast is hilarious and it goes on for a luxuriously long time because Paula just doesn't ever stop talking. But if you're only in it for the movie segment, it might not work for you, because that's not really the main bulk of it.
-Are there things of this nature written/hosted by women and/or queer people?
Not a thing of that nature but a thing that I laugh at helplessly and that is hosted by a woman and a queer person is Throwing Shade.
posted by Don Pepino at 7:21 PM on March 5, 2019
-Are there things of this nature written/hosted by women and/or queer people?
Not a thing of that nature but a thing that I laugh at helplessly and that is hosted by a woman and a queer person is Throwing Shade.
posted by Don Pepino at 7:21 PM on March 5, 2019
This isn’t exactly what you’re asking for because the source material isn’t terrible but The Greatest Generation does a episode-by-episode take on Star Trek TNG (and now DS9) with soooo many dick and fart jokes. Lots of good natured mocking of the silly stuff, plus nerding out about the great parts of Star Trek. It’s the best.
posted by bananacabana at 7:42 PM on March 5, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by bananacabana at 7:42 PM on March 5, 2019 [2 favorites]
Topics podcast basically mocks conversations themselves. Pretty fair amount of pee pee and poo poo jokes.
posted by Buddy_Boy at 8:43 PM on March 5, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by Buddy_Boy at 8:43 PM on March 5, 2019 [1 favorite]
The Worst Idea of All Time
Til Death Do Us Blart
posted by supercres at 8:58 PM on March 5, 2019 [1 favorite]
Til Death Do Us Blart
posted by supercres at 8:58 PM on March 5, 2019 [1 favorite]
The Queer As Fiction podcast has a respectable amount of overlap with your requirements. It's a group of queer women reading queer erotica and commenting on it. There's a bit of "um, wait, bodies don't do that" and "consent is important!" They also write and read fan fic based on reader requests. It's fun, I wish they were a tiny bit more structured and cross-talked a little less. But once they settle down it's fun to listen to.
A bit more earnest than mocking. Would love a podcast that outright mocks all kinds of erotica.
posted by bunderful at 8:59 PM on March 5, 2019
A bit more earnest than mocking. Would love a podcast that outright mocks all kinds of erotica.
posted by bunderful at 8:59 PM on March 5, 2019
Hello from the Magic Tavern has MST3K-esque improv, comedy, and absurdity.
posted by nickggully at 9:13 PM on March 5, 2019
posted by nickggully at 9:13 PM on March 5, 2019
Judge John Hodgman! Not so much sex, but lots of good natured mocking
posted by brookeb at 9:15 PM on March 5, 2019
posted by brookeb at 9:15 PM on March 5, 2019
Suicide Buddies isn't quite what you describe but maybe try it? Extremely inappropriate humor over an incredibly dark subject. It gets overly chatty in the first half but in the second half they tell the story of a person who had completed suicide interspersed with horribly raunchy humor. It's with Hampton Yount, the newest Crow. The best ones to start might be their episodes on Attempts.
posted by wannabecounselor at 1:43 AM on March 6, 2019
posted by wannabecounselor at 1:43 AM on March 6, 2019
+1 for Worst Idea of All Time. As they watch the same terrible movie week after week for a year, they end up building a fictional world around it. You also get a feel for their friendship as they talk each other through despair and dread over what they have committed to.
Maybe also Lovett or Leave It? They have regular mock the news segments and a usually diverse slate of guests. Jon Lovett was a speechwriter for Obama and Clinton, so when there's a badly written speech going on, he lays into it.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 4:00 AM on March 6, 2019 [1 favorite]
Maybe also Lovett or Leave It? They have regular mock the news segments and a usually diverse slate of guests. Jon Lovett was a speechwriter for Obama and Clinton, so when there's a badly written speech going on, he lays into it.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 4:00 AM on March 6, 2019 [1 favorite]
Podcasts by women that might meet your requirements (and are IMO hilarious):
Again With This: Beverly Hills 90210 goes through the 90s teen soap episode by episode.
Double Love takes on the Sweet Valley High series book by book.
I Hate It But I Love It discusses a different movie (maybe other media?) each episode. (They aren’t all terrible movies, and some of the discussion tends more towards the “love” than the “hate” side.)
posted by mskyle at 6:31 AM on March 6, 2019
Again With This: Beverly Hills 90210 goes through the 90s teen soap episode by episode.
Double Love takes on the Sweet Valley High series book by book.
I Hate It But I Love It discusses a different movie (maybe other media?) each episode. (They aren’t all terrible movies, and some of the discussion tends more towards the “love” than the “hate” side.)
posted by mskyle at 6:31 AM on March 6, 2019
Good Christian Fun is a podcast hosted by an M/F team plus a guest (really interesting mix of religious, nonreligious, formerly religious folks with diverse backgrounds & experiences). It covers Christian pop culture stuff (mostly 1990s/2000s White protestant culture) with healthy self awareness and mocking about the hamminess AND problematic messaging of much of it. It's really interesting and funny for this ex-Christian.
A recent episode "Pamela's Prayer" is a good example of the format - in depth interview of the guest followed by a deep dive into a truly odd movie about not kissing anyone before your wedding day.
posted by heyforfour at 9:23 AM on March 6, 2019 [1 favorite]
A recent episode "Pamela's Prayer" is a good example of the format - in depth interview of the guest followed by a deep dive into a truly odd movie about not kissing anyone before your wedding day.
posted by heyforfour at 9:23 AM on March 6, 2019 [1 favorite]
There is an episode of The Dollop called Women and Transportation. Dear god, so funny, I wept real tears. Many descriptions of women's somehow simultaneously glass-fragile and yet extraordinarily(!) dangerous(!) wombs(!) and how the hysteria (coughcough) over them intersected with the rise of bicycles, trains, trolleys, cars, etc.
posted by SinAesthetic at 10:49 AM on March 6, 2019
posted by SinAesthetic at 10:49 AM on March 6, 2019
Another recommendation for The Worst Idea Of All Time, with a caveat: listening to the first season gave me an insatiable desire to actually watch the Grown Ups 2. And that was truly a bad idea.
posted by queensissy at 11:27 AM on March 6, 2019
posted by queensissy at 11:27 AM on March 6, 2019
My voice actor friend does a podcast where he reads fanfiction - Your Immortal.
I am the listener who recommended the fic which was read in episode 4, and I'm not even ashamed.
posted by chainsofreedom at 2:57 PM on March 6, 2019
I am the listener who recommended the fic which was read in episode 4, and I'm not even ashamed.
posted by chainsofreedom at 2:57 PM on March 6, 2019
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posted by fluffy battle kitten at 6:40 PM on March 5, 2019 [1 favorite]