Social Sciences · 8th Kind
by 8th Kind
Always interesting and often hilarious, join hosts Joe Hodgdon and Brandon Thomas as they investigate the latest in reality, futurology, weird science, consciousness research, alternative history, cryptozoology, UFOs, and new-age absurdity.
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I was concerned about getting new hosts for a podcast that I loved, but these guys have great banter and tell interesting stories in a humorous way. Bravo! I am living the change so far.
I’ve only checked out two episodes so far, but they’ve been quite good. No blaring or thumping music, over-the-top exclamations, or endless ads for garbage products. Looking forward to more entertaining and engaging content!
MU was one of my favorite podcasts but Ben seems to have dropped the ball in vetting the new hosts. Brother-dude Brandon is a major annoyance, defaulting to spouting rapid-fire new age “manifesting” nonsense in between all the shout-outs to his buddies. The other guy, Joe, is less annoying, but not also very good. Both seem under-educated and fairly ignorant, and not particularly interested in the facts and details of the material they’re covering. MU needs to start over and find two new hosts worthy of its audience.
Used to be one of my favorite shows, had to cancel my plus subscription, tried to give the new guys a chance, but they are so immature, and dull, with constant vulgarity. They act like teenagers, and sound like they are reading verbatim from a script, not telling a story the way Ben and Aaron could. So sad to see one of my favorites die
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