Just as someone who's been interested in radio and programming for so long, I can usually tell when an interviewer is doing a segment just to fill a programming slot. They ask questions, but they don't care about the answers.

The podcast movement was really a creative survival mechanism for standup comics.

I've gone from being bullied by jocks as a kid to being bullied by nerds as an adult.

We are in niche consumption mode, but 'niche' doesn't mean 'small' anymore. Niche can mean focused, and particularly with the Web, which is a global audience you can have something niche and still get 10 to 15 million views.

We just make stuff that we think is funny and fun, and I think that's the most you can do. I think if you're chasing virality, it just feels desperate.

I hate to say it, but because of humanity's capitalistic nature, money is important.

Traditionally nerd-based culture is now a big sector of pop culture.