Episode 12 - Podcast Host Ira Madison III (Keep It!) / Podcast Producer Brendan McDonald (WTF with Marc Maron)

Things Are Going Great For Me with J. Claude Deering

It’s podcasters day on Things Are Going Great For Me! J. Claude Deering (Twitter/Instagram) spoke with screenwriter, culture critic, and podcast host Ira Madison III (Keep It!/Crooked Media). Nylon Magazine has called him “one of the most reliably hilarious and incisive cultural critics writing today”. Ira is the creator and one of the hosts of the hugely popular Keep It! podcast on Crooked Media. Claude and Ira talk the intersection of pop culture and politics, Ira’s graduate studies at NYU Tisch School’s Dramatic Writing Program, and his latest movie project for Jennifer Hudson.

Followed by a second interview with podcast producer Brendan McDonald (WTF with Marc Maron Podcast). Brendan is the producer of one of the biggest and most beloved podcasts in the world, the WTF Pod with Marc Maron. Brendan chats about his work as a senior producer on MSNBC’s All In with Chris Hayes. The origins of the WTF pod in the offices of the old Air America liberal radio network. The history of podcasting, and the roots of a lot of its success in the LA comedy scene. Some of the more famous guests of WTF, and the historic interview they landed with then President Barack Obama.

Also, Winston Carter (Twitter/Instagram) and Claude chat pop culture, and debate cable vs streaming services.

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