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The comedy-podcast universe is ever-expanding, not unlike the universe-universe.

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Were here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more manageable.

Each week, our crack team of podcast enthusiasts and specialists and especially enthusiastic people will pick their favorites.

We hope to have your ears permanently plugged with the best in aural comedy.

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Oh, Hello: The Pdcast Oliver!

George St. Geegland (John Mulaney) and Gil Faizon (Nick Kroll) are back.

It obviously leans toward the latter, given that the duo has literally nothing to do with Dis death.

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He always looked like a big, round apple pie.

Becca James

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Best Friends With Nicole Byer and Sasheer Zamata Sasheer Scrubs!

Having a hard time deciding if your heart wants a podcast recorded pre- or during quarantine?

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Strangely, and perfectly, this episode is both.

Hosts and best friends Nicole Byer and Sasheer Zamata recorded the first half in-studio and the second remotely.

What begins with an old Twitter hit (Do you wash your legs in the shower?)

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Its time to rethink everything you thought you knew about how humans use washcloths and wash their butts.

Plus, Zamatas rant about using tools, not hands, to bathe is inspired.

Its a conversation around cleanliness filled with boisterous laughter instead of … whatever it is now.

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The episodes second half addresses the virus andTiger King, of course, and answers listener questions.

Regardless, its a fun, listenable interview with the quietly funny (and self-admittedly reserved) Georgia native.

(When kids hear a banjo, says Helms, they always always start dancing!

Its some incredibly primal thing that it hits in kids, he says.)

So I did my very best Stephen Colbert and did it the way he had done it.

And Colbert became a good friend and sort of mentor until he left the show.

Shortly afterward, Helms was tapped byThe Office, and the rest is comedy history.

A bit of a stumper forDoug Loves Movies, which is over 1,200 episodes in and always recorded live.

Its finally back this week after a monthlong break.

With no live audience, no crazy altered movie posters, no prize bag (!

), theres a decidedly more subdued, rowdyless vibe to the proceedings.

His guests are definitely funny comedians, but their movie knowledge is scanty at best.

With Bec HillListen:Spotify|Apple|Website

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