How Long Gone - Podcast Rankings and reviews

Amusing mix of fashion, culture, fitness, 90’s punk ethos, drugs, and sobriety commentary.

Enviable rapport, wit, and keeps my 42 year old finger age-appropriately on the pulse — bang on target market if you were a teen in the 90’s.

There’s more depth than meets the eye, but most of the time it’s just clever fun.

Chris and Jason are the duo I never asked for. I feel too poor to listen sometimes, sure, but the dialogue is hilarious and it’s the adrenaline I need to start my day. They give their unapologetic opinions about the culture and I often ask myself: WWJCD?

The comfort in How Long Gone is that we can enjoy their posh musings and celebrity anecdotes without envy. They are cool but not that cool, smart but not that smart. They are 40 and podcast about Gen Z after all. We can reach them, and even pass them. We have time.

TJ and Chris are on the highest comedy gear. So many spit take lols. They make the punishing production schedule look so easy. Not easy. I respect what HLG has grown, and look forward to years and years of jokes about bad rappers and Gen-Z growing up. Bravo boys.

Great guests (especially musicians). DJ guy is funny, foodie guy reminds me of high school jock mentality— might be a better fit for a fancy restaurant pod— very L.A. in priorities. Give them props that they don’t ask the standard interview questions and get the guests to go into new places. Will be listening for the future, quality guests.

I’ve been a fan since the start but increasingly, this is just a pod for the hosts to tell us who they are. This is mostly shallow, now-predicable commentary, obnoxious humor and “insider” signaling. Put it all together and it’s tough to even get through 10 minutes of an episode anymore. Think of the listener, not your IYKYK image crafting.