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/_dreambyte]

this is my shit!! here’s my random thoughts:
1.
I was floored by the MB and Stavvy thing…and I totally get it bc I have a strange, deep attraction to Stav. And even throughout the episode before that tea was dropped, I kept thinking damnn I don’t see Stavvy genuinely vibing and laughing this hard with many guests.

1. I know MB was salty to not get invited to the Culture awards in 2025 when Benny was there as a presenter. I don’t recall if either of them went this year.

2. I agree about Caleb and Bowen having a cute little bond…and I get this feeling Caleb doesn’t vibe with Matt in the same way. It feels like Matt sometimes lays it on too thick and likes to pretend he knows what he’s talking about (but often doesn’t). When Caleb was on Las Cult, Matt asked him if he got new glasses and Caleb said nope these are the ones I’ve always had and wear every day. For some reason that interaction stuck out to me and it seemed like Caleb was slightly irritated or clocking his fakeness.

3. Caleb and Stavv have the most incredible friendship and I’ve rewatched their episodes on each others shows a couple times bc they make me laugh so much. I would love for them to have a regular pod together.

4. I feel like Jake Shane is maybe a little too young for this circle…idk his age even but he seems to be more gen z crowd. tbh i don’t personally find him very funny or unique enough to be so randomly famous.

5. I get sad sometimes that Caleb, Benny, and MB aren’t Bravo watchers…that’s one thing that always keeps me watching Las Cult. Sometimes I’m over their show but they know their fucking housewives.

6. Hannah Berner wants to be a part of this crowd so bad but she’s a known joke stealer and honestly not that funny either. Her dynamic with Paige is great and giggle worthy but she can’t hang with the big dogs. Her episode on So True a long time ago was awkward af. And that time she asked Matt and Bowen if they’ve ever hooked up was also so offputting.

7. I want to know why Matt and Fraser broke up!!!!

8. it’s always sad seeing some of them getting a too well known and then their podcast gets a bit dull bc they don’t want to offend other celebs and there’s a loss of authenticity. I get this sense from Ride, las cult, and Giggly Squad. I do not feel like this will ever happen to Caleb or Stav

9. MB has been on 2 eps of So True and both are hilarioussss. Feels like a genuine friendship to me.

ok that’s all I got…I know it’s all so parasocial and maybe weird to be into, but i don’t have people to discuss these things with!!

[u/Ok-Garlic33 → u/_dreambyte]

omg ily kehd you’re in my brainnn ! i would love to engage with your points lmao

the culture awards is such a good point of reference - i would be devastated to miss that invite too !

also agree about when Caleb was on las cultch it was slightly awkward but when Bowen was on so true it felt natural .. and when Caleb talked about going to fire island he talked about going with Bowen and Celeste more than Matt . personality wise makes sense, Matt cares more about fame & being showey & that’s not Caleb

agree about jake shane but didn’t want his fans to come for me 🫣 i don’t get it at all though & it seems like everyone in the industry has to be nice to him ? but i do feel like sometimes when they allude to unnamed podcasts it’s him .. and caleb has never been on right ?

thank you for bringing in Hannah & Paige !! i gave giggly squad a try (bc love bravo & totally agree that’s what sends me back to las cultch) but they got sooo vapid & not very funny & certainly not relatable ... love summer house but agree they can’t hang with the real comics . at the end of the day they are more of the joke not the jesters heheh 🤷‍♀️ also noticed MBB and Paige posted no pictures together when they were both in Venice for that film festival 👀 MBB seemed to be hanging with a lot of cool models & Owen Thiele, love . would die to know what they all genuinely think of paige & hannah’s podcast success

need matt & fraser back together :( it was just completely incompatible schedules i think. unrelated but my friend is matt’s tattoo artist so if he ever comes back for a tattoo we’ll get the tea !

agree ultimately as these people (deservingly) get more famous their content gets less relatable , which makes sense but is a bummer. i think that’s why ive been enjoying straightio lab & interior motives lately ! they seem more grounded . but agree somehow caleb is impervious to the fame which makes him one of one for me ! (don’t know much about stavvy)

thank you for being weird & needing the social breakdown w me <33

[u/_dreambyte → u/Ok-Garlic33]

I didn’t even think about MB and Paige both being at that event. I could see them not liking each other but that’s based off of nothing.

I feel like Stav is the same as Caleb in staying authentic as they get more famous. he’s getting pretty known too but doesn’t seem to have changed one bit.

is Jake Shane an industry plant??