With Twitter being all the rage these days, it was only a matter of time before a podcast would grow out of new Twitter friendships. And the time has apparently come, since You Look Nice Today is a podcast created by three friends that decided they enjoyed each other's senses of humor so much in their tweets that they ought to start recording their interactions for everyone else to hear. You Look Nice Today describes itself as a "journal of emotional hygiene". Whatever that means.
The subject matter of You Look Nice Today meanders pretty erratically, but fortunately it's pretty consistently entertaining. Topics range from what each host uses to wash themselves in the shower, to the relative merits of each of the types of nuts in a can of mixed nuts.
The show is squarely aimed at adults (and probably primarily male adults), and It should be noted that despite the innocuous title, You Look Nice Today is decidedly not work-safe. It proudly sports an Explicit tag in iTunes, due to both subject matter and the odd forceful expletive.
The topics are certainly entertaining, but this podcast is really about the personalities. If you're familiar with the concept of "ratholes" from MacBreak Weekly (and how they can sometimes be the most entertaining part of the show), just consider You Look Nice Today as one huge rathole, and you'll be on the right track. Your hosts are @hotdogsladies, @lonelysandwich, and @scottsimpson. This is how they describe themselves in the credits of the show, by their Twitter names rather than their given names, ostensibly due to the fact that the show grew out of their Twitter friendships. Their real names, respectively, are Merlin Mann, Adam Lisagor, and (unsurprisingly) Scott Simpson.
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4-25-2008 @ 12:54PM
Doug Stewart said...
YLNT is doubtless one of the funniest podcasts that I've come across in a long while. Strange as it may sound to MBW listeners, Merlin Mann actually plays the role of set-up man/straight man more often than not.
As stated, definitely NSFW, but hilarious nonetheless.
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4-25-2008 @ 6:23PM
Eleventeen said...
Truth be told, I think Merlin Mann is really why I listen to MBW. Andy Ihnatko is pretty good too, last week's episode where it was jsut the two of them and Leo was hilarious.
If Ihnatko was on YLNT, that would be awesome.
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5-10-2008 @ 4:56AM
Xell said...
I found ylnt to be hilarious. I think this obsession with twitter, flickr and all aspects of life online to be slightly strange, but these guys are hilarious.
Does anyone know of a similar podcast? I don't want flat out comedy, but something more along the lines of subtle trivial banter I've grown to love with ylnt.
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