It’s a complicated time for the comedy community, as it is for the entertainment industry at large. Old guards are collapsing as fans are looking more and more to fresher voices with a better grasp on the current moment. You know: let the past die! You know: kill it if you have to! Even in the relatively young medium of podcasting, this has proven to be true. In general, the best podcasts of the year counted themselves among the stellar debuts and young shows ascending in status. Here are ten of the best.
10. My Dad Wrote a Porno
Not many podcasts can sustain such a unusual concept for as long as My Dad Wrote a Porno has. For three seasons, Jamie Morton has read a new chapter from the series of erotic novels his father has actually written, with cringe-inducing results too graphically horrible to get into here. The podcast’s surprising longevity is in-part thanks to how Morton and co-hosts James Cooper and Alice Levine has capitalized on the show’s…
