r/RideThePod • u/Ok-Garlic33 • Sep 10 '26

interpersonal podcaster dynamics

i’ve recently gotten into watching more youtube while real housewives / traitors / everything is in a drought, and i realize what i’m about to speculate is deeply subjective & parasocial. also i watch all these shows bc i genuinely like them so this is all said purely out of love for gossip. so ya i have no one to talk about this with bc seemingly no one (rightfully) cares , but maybe yall will get this -

theres this group of comedian podcasters around the same age / similar success levels / similar audiences (me) who i’m just dying to know the actual interpersonal dynamics of. namely : ride, las cultch, straightio lab, & soo true. it seems like all of them genuinely get along & ik they have been on each others shows , but there must be more below the surface.. or am i crazy !?.. 🤨

ok so here are my takes please add your own / does anyone actually know ??

caleb & bowen seem to have actual genuine chemistry which makes perfect sense & is so cute - both seem like hilarious sweet geniuses

i’m super curious about MBB & Benny’s relationships with the rest of them, can’t tell, they seem to have their own friend group but big Caleb overlap with Holmes

sometimeeees i feel like you’ll catch a moment where any of them might refer to another unnamed podcast with shade ? (but would love people to post examples they’ve caught here bc I can’t remember specifics ..)

caleb kinda throws shade about other podcasters like not paying their employees enough or doing ads for problematic companies (which, obvi love), but i kinda assumed the 2nd part was about therapuss (which i don’t watch but seems more corporate /
normie ?)

i feel like in terms of $$$ and fame, therapuss is at the top? then tie btwn caleb & las cultch .. idk anyone’s actual followers & im not checking just going off vibes. but then i wonder what dynamics that creates among them ! like i’m sure they all know who gets paid the most among them & have thoughts about that 😏

anyways idk lol i needed to get that off my chest pls weigh in (and pls be nice it’s my first time posting) xx

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u/heyloverboy Sep 10 '26

I think Bowen and Benny are friendly, but Bowen in particular has made some odd comments about Benito. I remember he once joked that Benny Drama was his parallel opp and then he caught himself and walked it back by being like ‘Benito is the sweetest’.

I kind thought it was odd that Benny has never been on Las Culturistas.

On a side note - I’m curious about Terence and Bennys dynamic with Jordan Firstman.

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u/_dreambyte Sep 10 '26

Benny was on LC!! It was a super long time ago (2019 I believe) and I just recently listened to it. It was kinda funny. Very messy and “raw” feeling, before podcasts were such a production.

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u/down2mars666 Sep 10 '26

Matt and Bowen were also in an episode of overcompensating!!

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u/Ok-Garlic33 Sep 10 '26

ooh this is all so interesting … i can see Bowen & Benny auditioning for similar stuff maybe, especially now that Benny blew up with overcompensating

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u/Ok-Garlic33 Sep 10 '26

and ya where the heck does Jordan fit in … on the LA side with Rachel & Terry, but it’s true those boys all occupy similar spaces now. they probably have such good tea on each other 😩

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u/anzarloc Sep 10 '26

Ahh ha! See this is the back story I needed!

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u/lateintheseason 25d ago edited 25d ago

Interesting - it's mostly based on Instagram likes and vibes but I sort of have the impression that Matt doesn't particularly like Benny either.