Happy Sad Confused - Podcast Rankings and reviews

It’s so fun to listen to the conversations the guest have with Josh Horowitz—he comes to the table well-prepared and knowing his stuff, but remains relaxed and normal when engaging his accomplished guests. They are disarmed and the result is that we get to listen in on an unguarded conversation, and bear witness to an easy, friendly chat: highly unusual to see in today’s society, when stars are often heavily “spun” by PR agents, interviews edited to be sensational or trite or overly promotional, etc. Josh is the opposite. Honest, casual, smart.

Pretty much whenever you see a big movie-related headline in the news, you can bet that it came from Josh’s Happy Sad Confused interview. He asks all the questions you could ever want an interviewer to ask, which invariably makes it a very satisfying listen. Even if Josh is interviewing someone you may not know or be super interested in, the conversation is always fascinating and worth checking out. Could not recommend Happy Sad Confused more!!

I really enjoy listening to your podcast. Happy Sad Confused is my favourite podcast. From the moment I hear Daisy say, “Prepare your ears, humans,” I feel excited and know I’m in for another treat! I listen every week when I’m cleaning and doing my laundry and sometimes at night if I can’t sleep or my eyes are too tired to read or stream a series. Love your guests, especially recurring ones. So happy to hear Brett Goldstein. Ted Lasso is a phenomenal comedic and heartwarming show. Thanks again! Keep up the good work and here’s to a great new year of Happy Sad Confused!

The dulcet tones of Josh Horowitz’s voice occupy a special spot between my ears with Marc Maron, Terry Gross and Ira Glass. His deep knowledge, provocative questions and profoundly absurd humor place him alongside this Mount Rushmore of Podcast Innovators. A must!

Given the caliber of guests and friends of the show… it’s kind of embarrassing. I’m tired of cranking my volume to max just to make out what folks are saying. This should be appointment listening, given the selection of pods available — but unfortunately due to the inconsistency, now I rely on the name talent to sway me to tune in. Rather than just randomly coming across a great conversations like I did with my first tune in, with Andrew Garfield and Josh’s sharing on loss. Also I’m sorry if it’s just me, but the interview questions are getting more and more softball. And the recurring segment of lightning round questions need to be shorter and refreshed. Seems like a struggle for Josh and the guests as of late... Not fun to listen to whatsoever so I can’t imagine going through live.