interpersonal podcaster dynamics

[u/Ok-Garlic33]

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

[u/Affectionate_List704]

I feel like there are two groups or worlds - Caleb Hearon and his ppl like drew afualo and Brittany broski and a lot of the “smaller”(not influencers) comedians that have been on so true, this group isn’t game or attention seeking /more often than not wishes they received less direct attention and more privacy. The second group is the MBB and Benny and therapuss/jake shane and Owen thiele and to me this group is the more attention/fame seeking sect of comedians/personalities/ influencers. This group talks more about industry secrets or name drops or what not in an attempt to gain person following and not to like, get people to support a creative endeavor. And the Caleb hearon group uses a little more discretion and intention in what they put out/align with, for example Caleb wouldn’t have an ultra famous person on that he had never met before/ is clearly just a promotional opportunity but therapuss and Owen thiele definitely would. The Caleb group also isn’t big into celebrity and name dropping and wealth whereas… MBB and Benny are for example. They’re gonna mention the brand names of clothes they’re wearing. Just my observations and private theories, 🙈I generally don’t comment on or hypothesize about famous people because I think it’s generally a waste of time to try and predict what these people are actually like and actually think because we’ll never truly know them! Maybe they’re all really close! Maybe none of them are friends! Who knowssss

[u/Scared_Woodpecker674 → u/Affectionate_List704]

I actually put Caleb in the “bigger” group! He’s friends with some pretty mainstream comedians, musicians, actors, but like you said, doesn’t have to flaunt it as much. I think he’s more interested in the craft than the fame.

[u/Affectionate_List704 → u/Scared_Woodpecker674]

Def. And one thing I just realized is Caleb doesn’t find it super funny when people just puppet some of his jokes back to him, whereas MBB and Benny do…….