That's three hours of my week I'll get back..

Jacob Tender and Mike Comite ponder the elective cash syphons in their lives. As former broke creatives, how do they pay it forward? What makes a subscription worth it? The guys talk about things that requires more links than usual.

Links:

• Comparing Apple One subscriptions (image)
• Jacob's reading & movie diaries on Hardcover and Letterboxd
• Marc Maron explains why he's ending WTF | The Wrap
• Supported Creators:
  • Earhustle
  • My Brother, My Brother and Me
  • Off Menu
  • This American Life / Life Partners Program
  • Love + Radio (Podcast / Patreon)
  • John Roderick / Roderick on the Line
  • Beau Miles (YouTube / Patreon)
  • Joel Haver (YouTube / Patreon)
  • Geowizard (YouTube / Patreon)
  • Fieldhouse Boys (YouTube / Patreon)
• Dropout.tv
• Mastodon
• Julia Nunes' Kickstarter
• Jacob's Cousin's IndieGoGo
• Bellwether: Sam Greenspan's speculative journalism project
• Bandcamp Friday
• Criterion Closet Picks on Letterboxd
• Don Giller: David Letterman's Unlikely Archivist
• The Spaceshipper (Bluesky / Patreon)
• Donate to Wikipedia and The Internet Archive

It was never supposed to be an obligation.

Jacob Tender and Mike Comite have returned to the mic in spectacular fashion. Lives have changed. Pockets of time have formed. Memories have been digitized. Podchasm has returned for one night only?

Links:

• Podchasm 038 | Recorded live from Terin's kitchen
• Podchasm 039 | Our (lost) episode
• Twitter acquires Breaker team to build Spaces
• Good One: A podcast about jokes
• Headgum
• COVID-19 Pandemic
• Out of the Crisis | Covid podcast hosted by Eric Reis, edited by Jacob
• Dead Eyes
  • Mike and Tom Hanks
• This American Life
  • Episode 850 with a story by Mike (transcript)
  • Julia Nunes and Mike Comite cover "Losers" by The Bell Brigade for TAL
• Jake bought a house and wrote eulogies for his grandmother and dog

“You can’t have everything, where would you put it?”

One day we recorded our last podcast and didn't know it. Then we neglected to edit and release it for 5.5 years. Edited in April of 2025, here's a backwards glance at the guys in late June 2019.

Links:

• I'm afraid you're on your own here, pal.