• Podmass Fiona Apple talks colonics on WTF and The Bugle makes a triumphant return 

    The best podcasts of the week of July 12-18. 

    July 20, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Podmass JB Smoove dominates WTF and Kevin Smith binges on Batman 

    The best podcasts of the week of July 5-11 

    July 13, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Podmass The best podcasts for the week of June 21-27

    Doug Loves Movies descends into madness, Judge Hodgman spoils Breaking Bad, and Brian Regan makes a rare, swear-filled appearance in this week’s podcast roundup. 

    June 29, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Podmass The best podcasts for the week of June 14-20 

    Jack White visits the Cat Ranch, the Sklars meet their MST3K forebears, and Mike and Tom man up and face the Rain. 

    June 22, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Podmass The best podcasts for the week of May 31-June 6

    The Bugle gets highly British, The Best Show gets highly absurd, and Comedy Bang! Bang! gets highly illogical.  

    June 8, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Podmass The best podcasts for the week of May 24-30

    Sklarbro Country doubles down, Doug Loves Movies busts out the swear jar, and The Best Show returns with a vengeance. 

    June 1, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Podmass May 17-May 23 

    Alison Brie gets naughty, Stephen Tobolowsky does Broadway, and Doug Loves Movies has a busy week.  

    May 25, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Podmass The best podcasts for the week of May 10-16 

    Dungeons & Dragons, dick jokes, and Don Draper populate this week’s podcast roundup. 

    May 18, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Podmass The best podcasts for the week of April 26-May 2

    Jay Mohr has some stories, some modern witches have a podcast, and Comedy Bang Bang has a cavalcade of fan favorites.

    May 4, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Podmass The best podcasts for the week of April 5-11 

    Checking in on a conspiracy-theory podcast, David Cross visits the Cat Ranch, and Pluto Nash.

    April 13, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Podmass The best podcasts for the week of March 29-April 4 

    Moshe Kasher has a book, Jeffrey Tambor has an attitude, and yes, there’s a podcast for renaissance-festival music. 

    April 6, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Podmass Podmass: Week of March 22-28

    T.J. Miller cashes in, everybody goes to SXSW, and Michael Cera clarifies that he is not Jesse Eisenberg

    March 30, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Podmass The Week of March 15-21

    A bunch of podcasts go to SXSW, Ira Glass scolds Mike Daisey, and James Adomian is pretty much everywhere.

    March 23, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Podmass Week of March 8-14

    An A.V. Club article ruffles some podcasters’ feathers, The Bugle goes face-to-face, and Joan Holloway reveals her goth past.

    March 16, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • TV Club : Portlandia “Brunch Village”

    Brunch gets its long-overdue comeuppance

    March 9, 2012 | 9:30pm -

  • Podmass Week of March 1-7

    It’s a meeting of titanic neuroses as Paul Gilmartin visits WTF, we check out Keith And The Girl for its seventh anniversary, and, of course, racist candy.

    March 9, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • He has no idea what was up with the toothpaste, you guys.

    TV Club : Portlandia “No Olympics”

    Can a hot tubbin' Greg Louganis change Fred and Carrie's minds about The Olympics?

    March 3, 2012 | 8:00am -

  • Podmass Week of Feb. 23-Feb. 29

    Diablo Cody reinforces and bucks your disdain on WTF, How Did This Get Made? takes on Birdemic, and Hannibal Buress opens up on You Made It Weird

    March 2, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Woo hoo.

    TV Club : Portlandia “Feminist Bookstore 10th Anniversary”

    Penny Marshall swiped a million-dollar idea from the feminist bookstore owners, and now it's time to pay the piper.

    February 24, 2012 | 9:30pm -

  • Podmass Week of Feb. 16-22 

    Hey, Larry Miller has a podcast too, Jeff Tweedy charms on Nerdist, and RadioLab delivers again 

    February 24, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Book Review Ben Marcus: The Flame Alphabet

    The experimental writer known for publicly battling Jonathan Franzen over writing style returns after a decade with his most accessible book to date.

    February 22, 2012 | 12:00pm -

  • And a bunch of extras.

    TV Club : Portlandia “Motorcycle”

    Swingers and 9/11 jokes, both aged to perfection, make this episode a cut above.

    February 17, 2012 | 9:30pm -

  • Podmass Week of Feb. 9-Feb. 15 

    Conan goes long on Nerdist, a podcast devoted to Bravo reality shows called Watch What Crappens, and Tobolowsky concludes his heart-surgery trilogy. 

    February 17, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • One of these people is an Oscar nominee. It's the cat.

    TV Club : Portlandia “Cat Nap”

    Whether you're a Tumblr account or a rock band, you can never have too many cats.

    February 10, 2012 | 9:30pm -

  • Podmass Week of Feb. 2-8 

    We black it up, the Pod F. Tompkast shows shocking prolificacy, and Jake Fogelnest says you don’t like Lana Del Rey because you’re ugly and poor. 

    February 10, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • I don't like pale Carrie Brownstein.

    TV Club : Portlandia “Cops Redesign”

    Portland's protectors of the peace finally get their makeover.

    February 3, 2012 | 9:30pm -

  • Podmass Week of Jan. 26-Feb. 1

    Paul Feig out-talks Marc Maron, Doug Loves Movies has a top-notch week, and Scott Thompson pokes his head out with a new episode of Scott Free. 

    February 3, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • Podmass Week of Jan. 19-25 

    The Jerky Boys still exist, sort of. The Bugle goes independent, and Graham Elwood is everywhere. 

    January 27, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • That's horrifying.

    TV Club : Portlandia “Cool Wedding”

    Really, can a wedding have too many slideshows of people dying?

    January 20, 2012 | 9:30pm -

  • Podmass Week of Jan. 12-18 

    Todd Glass wins Podmass this week.

    January 20, 2012 | 12:00am -