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They give you a sense of the possibilities of a form, a sense of what has (and hasn’t) been achieved. They give new artists in a medium places to start, examples to learn from, accomplishments to improve upon.

But what is a podcast? For our purposes, a podcast is a piece of audio that was created at least in part for digital release. If it was created for traditional radio, too, that’s fine, so long as the creators also made it with podcasting in mind. Podcast purists, if such people exist, might object to the inclusion of radio heavyweights, but This American Life and The Best Show, to take two major examples, are, to our minds, great podcasts as well as great radio shows. And when you dig into the other entries on this list, you’ll find the distinction blurs. There are not only radio shows that have become podcasts, but podcasts that have become radio shows.

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The time to have such arguments has arrived. Here Be Monsters, “The Grandmother and the Vine of the Dead” (2. Here Be Monsters is part of a recent wave of carefully produced, sonically sophisticated podcasts that tell surprising stories full of first- person reporting and adventurous editing techniques. Jeff Emtman says he created the show in order to face his fears, and since the show began in 2.

Juggalos, and slug orgies, among many other topics. But its best episode, we think, is this one, in which Lauren Stelling talks to an old boss called Cherub who, grieving the death of her best friend’s daughter, travels to a rain forest near the equator to take Ayahuasca, a powerful hallucinogen used by American Indian shamans. An interview with Cherub is surrounded by music, Icaro chants, and bird sounds; the effect is, well, trippy—but also surprisingly moving. The Memory Palace, “Origin Stories” (2. On The Memory Palace, host Nate Di.

Meo tells short historical stories that are always moving and humane. This personal episode mixes nostalgia and humor in ideal measures. Di. Meo recalls his time living alone in the house in Providence, Rhode Island, where his grandparents raised their daughters and delves into the family archive, which is stashed in boxes throughout the home.

Most of the material is from his grandfather’s nightclub, the Club Baghdad, where his grandparents met. Watch Connected Online Facebook more. Di. Meo searches for a mythical, long- lost recording of the floor show at the Baghdad—a record he is convinced will help his family come to terms with their grief over losing his grandfather—and doesn’t find it.

Instead, we hear two modern- day podcasters (Maximum Fun’s Jesse Thorn and Jordan Morris) perform, in front of a live audience, comedy sketches that his grandfather wrote. It’s a consolation prize with a point: Even if some parts of the past are lost, there are others we can bring to life ourselves. State of the Re: Union, “Bayard Rustin: Who Is This Man?” (2. On State of the Re: Union, host Al Letson usually takes an excursion to a particular American community. On this episode, he breaks from that format to introduce listeners to Bayard Rustin, the black, gay, Quaker pacifist who educated Martin Luther King in the principles of nonviolence and was the uncredited architect of the March on Washington. Rustin had an unconventional life that’s often omitted from histories of the civil rights movement, and the episode weaves together Letson’s musings on the meaning of Rustin’s work with clips from Rustin’s speeches and recorded interviews and, most moving of all, the voices with people who knew and were influenced by the man. The Ricky Gervais Show, Season 1, Episode 7 (2.

This early comedy podcast, distributed by the Guardian in 2. British writers and comedians Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Picking up on one of that show’s running bits, the podcast focused squarely on their erstwhile producer, Karl Pilkington, whose stubborn dimwittedness soon made him an Internet celebrity (and the subject of much terrible fan art).

In this particular episode, Karl tries to wash dishes without using his thumbs, says doctors should teach people to give themselves prostate exams, and shares his utter bafflement about the saying “a stitch in time saves nine.” Mostly it showcases the podcast’s signature dynamic: a disbelieving Gervais goading and mocking Karl, Merchant playing the supportive straight- man mediator, and Karl sitting at the center of it all, gloriously persistent and oblivious. For a long time, The Ricky Gervais Show was the most popular podcast in the world, and it introduced many people to the medium, showing them how funny and unexpected the format could be.

The Read, “Say No To F**k Boys!” (2. Hosts Kid Fury and Crissle anchor a weekly chat podcast that combines pop culture commentary, advice, and a weekly “read,” i. Fury, a blogger and You. Tube personality, and Crissle, a writer, are friends with an easy conversational chemistry. Read episodes, including this one, are loose and chatty, featuring back- and- forth on ridiculous celebrities and their bad behavior, and occasionally reader mail; when Beyonc.

This installment features Crissle’s epic rant against what she calls “fuckboys,” weak men of bad faith who betray, manipulate, and mess with women. Seven Second Delay, “Andy Outbids the Tooth Fairy” (2. Seven Second Delay, with hosts Ken Freedman and Andy Breckman, is a live radio show that is also available as a podcast. Each episode is devoted to an on- air stunt. Ken and Andy take calls, needle each other, and relentlessly pursue the given episode’s stunt premise, sometimes into the realm of absurd unfunniness. Like Tom Scharpling’s The Best Show, also from WFMU, Seven Second Delay has accrued rabid fans and frequent callers. This particular episode’s stunt—Andy offers a princely sum to any kid who would bring a tooth into the studio by the end of the episode, instead of leaving it for the tooth fairy—ends in a suspenseful race to the finish line.

Even among podcasts, the show feels incredibly loose—and more than most podcasts, Seven Second Delay conveys a strong sense of place and community. It feels local, without being provincial.

The Flop House, “Tango & Cash” (2. Why are there so many podcasts dedicated to talking about bad movies? Is it because teenagers who loved Mystery Science Theater 3. Whatever the reason, the best of them is The Flop House, hosted by two Daily Show writers, Elliott Kalan and Dan Mc. Coy, and fellow comedian Stuart Wellington. The three have a silly, improv- informed approach that suits well the idiocy they have generally just witnessed; many of their best moments come in ridiculous riffs that have nothing to do with the movie under discussion. The Tango & Cash episode is even more joyful than most, in part because Tango & Cash is a movie they actually like—it is what they call a “good bad movie,” i.

Strangers, “Love Hurts 3” (2. Producer and host Lea Thau’s show Strangers usually tells other people’s stories, but in this four- episode arc, Thau looks at herself, wondering why she has had trouble finding a new partner after suffering a life- altering heartbreak.

Ranked: The 5. 0 Best Christmas- Themed TV Episodes Ever. Some of TV’s greatest holiday episodes are uplifting, some are packed with harsh realities, but the best episodes give us a little bit of everything. Robot Chicken – Robot Chicken Christmas Special (2. When Adult Swim first premiered Robot Chicken, it was a new entirely insane take on all the nerdiest corners of pop culture and the Season 1 Christmas episode did not disappoint. Dragonball Z Christmas remains something of a classic sketch, plus the stop- motion animation sends the episode to a place mildly reminiscent of the crazy California Raisins “Claymation Christmas” special.

That 7. 0s Show – The Christmas Party. Who could forget the episode that found Eric battling for Donna’s affections while Hyde gives her the sweetest, most thoughtful Christmas present while Kitty gets tipsy as State Troopers storm the Forman home to retrieve the Christmas tree Eric chopped down on the side of the highway. Kids will be kids, and those kids needed to use Red’s Christmas tree money as beer money, okay? New Girl – The 2. This episode gave Jess and her roommates a chance to spend Christmas together while yelling at an entire neighborhood to turn on their spectacular Christmas lights at 3 a. It was the moment that the series ensemble truly started to feel like a family. It’s basically a Christmas miracle with Peter Pan collars.

Frasier – Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz. Frasier wasn’t often sentimental, but one Christmas, when Frasier meets a lovely new lady, the series managed to get to the heart of Frasier and his father’s relationship. When Frasier brings his new girlfriend and her mother over, he promises to pretend to be Jewish so he doesn’t upset her mother, obviously this ruse fails in traditional sitcom style and Frasier witnesses his girlfriend and her mother fight, come to a realization, and make up. He tries it with his own father, who’s upset over Frasier vetoing his kitschy Christmas decorations, and they fail miserably. They’re left crying and realizing their squabbles are better buried, which is an oddly adorable, totally unhealthy, and heartwarming little Christmas miracle. Ren and Stimpy – Son of Stimpy.

To some, this episode is known as the one that got Ren and Stimpy canceled, thanks to its dark and brutal look at love and family. When Stimpy experiences his first fart he believes it is his child.

After searching endlessly for his fart, they reunite at Christmas and Stinky is happy, but decides he’s too old to stay with his “father.” Despite its disgusting animated wrapping, the episode is an oddly real look at family and holidays. All in the Family – Edith’s Christmas Story. All in the Family had many Christmas episodes and with that came plenty of opportunity for Archie to spew his misinformed ideas while Edith sighed “Oh, Archie,” but the sweetest Christmas episode might just be “Edith’s Christmas Story” in which Edith has a breast cancer scare at Christmas and attempts to hide it to keep the holiday happy. Instead, Archie finds out and rushes to her side at the hospital. He may have been a backwards son of gun, but when it came down to it, he truly had love for Edith – and isn’t that what Christmas is all about? The Cosby Show – Getting to Know You.

This isn’t explicitly a Christmas episode – in fact, many fans of the show maintain the series never had one – but the episode delivers two very holiday moments. First, it’s an opportunity for Cliff (Bill Cosby) to get to know his daughter’s new husband. Second, and more adorably, it’s a time for Cliff to get to know his daughter’s new step- child – a tiny Raven Simone – who’s just learning the concept that men of different ethnicities dress up as Santa at Christmas. Little kids trying to understand Christmas traditions? LOST – The Constant. It’s the only time LOST spent significant time on the holidays, and it did so in a big way.

On Christmas, star- crossed lovers Penny and Desmond finally reunite. For those of us who came to love every single one of the LOST islanders, there’s nothing quite as heartwarming as the moment Penny reconciles with her long- lost love – even if this was the point at which LOST’s time travel really started to get out of hand. Futurama – Xmas Story. Futurama is a strange bird, but we knew it had some merit when in its first season, it took the greed and corporate infiltration of Christmas on in a huge way.

The concept of a terrifying killer Santa robot, created by a corporation who accidentally programmed him to be too strict in his definitions of “naughty and nice” is perfect. He deems almost everyone naughty and spends Christmas Eve killing all the naughty folks he comes across. In the end, it’s Fry’s generosity (a 5. Leela) that saves them from the murderous Clause. Despite the corporate monster, they still manage to maintain the true meaning of Christmas.

Roseanne – White Trash Christmas. Roseanne gave us a few Christmas episodes over the years, but none exemplified the series quite like this one (and none as good as their Halloween episodes) in which Becky gets a job at Hooters- wannabe Bunz in order to put her husband through college. At the same time, Dan bonds with Becky’s husband as they work together to put up the gaudiest, cheesiest, “white trashiest” Christmas decorations they can muster in protest to the neighborhood’s new “white twinkle lights only” rule. The Flintstones – Christmas Flintstone. Christmas needs just a few elements to feel homey: Santa, reindeer, and togetherness.

This Flintstones episode offers all of these things, except that Fred is Santa (filling in for the Big Guy when he comes down with a cold), the reindeer are rein- dinos, and Fred almost misses his own Christmas when he spends all night sprinkling every city in the world with Christmas presents. Wait, weren't these decidedly BC? How I Met Your Mother – How Lily Stole Christmas. This take on the classic story How the Grinch Stole Christmas also turns the push and pull of Marshall and Lily’s romance on its head.

As Lily is prepping the apartment for her first Christmas since her reunion with Marshall (after she ran away to San Francisco and broke his heart), she hears an old message from Ted in which he calls her a Grinch. She hoards all of the Christmas decorations in her tiny, crummy apartment until Ted visits her and tells her he called her a bitch because while he was upset that Marshall was hurting, he was also upset as a friend. Lily banishes him from Christmas and he ends up with his crazy relatives in Staten Island until Lily and the gang show up to rescue him. Who needs weird extended family when you’ve got friends like these guys?

The Fresh Prince of Bel- Air – Deck the Halls. For his first Christmas in Bel- Air, Will wants to make himself feel a little more at home and give his cousin Ashley a taste of real Christmas, so he decorates the Banks home in flashy, non- Home Owners Association approved decorations. Naturally, the whole neighborhood (which includes Evander Holyfield) comes out in protest.

Eventually, a group of neighborhood kids comes by to bestow an award for the best Christmas decorations in Bel- Air to the Banks and their “eye- sore” because it has the whimsy of a child’s idea of Christmas. The HOA gives up the fight and Will chips away at another snobby Bel- Air tradition. It’s cheesy, but it’s sweet and ridiculous, just like all of the best Fresh Prince episodes. Scrubs – My Own Personal Jesus. Christmas in any hospital is one of the dreariest times of the year, something the show captures with a version of “1. Days of Christmas” that replaces the partridge in a pear tree with “a drunk who drove into a tree.” While J. D. But by episode’s end, Turk finds a missing pregnant woman and he and Elliot help deliver her baby, performing a miracle and restoring Turk’s faith.

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