It's getting hard to write reviews of podcasts that are consistently good and cover a wide range of topics.
Year in Review 2017: Movies
Though there are (I gather) some key differences between the comic and the film, the most important thing the film carries over is the idea that this is a story in a world we already know.
Year in Review 2017: Music
I was torn about including this. I didn’t really like it as an album and as a musical soundtrack it gives some sense of character but almost no sense of narrative (then again, I don’t know that watching the show would make things much clearer.)
Year in Review 2017: YouTube
Levni Yilmaz’s Tales of Mere Existence series is the kind of slice-of-life humor that makes you feel less alone with your own foibles and insecurities.
Year in Review 2017: TV
There just aren’t enough eyes to go around these days. The rise of prestige TV, beginning (arguably) with Game of Thrones before exploding (again, arguably) with True Detective, coincides with the fall of the standard multi-cam sitcom.
Year in Review 2017: Books
A superb example of the epistolary format, Dear Committee Members fails as a satire only insofar as it succeeds as an accurate portrayal of academia.
Certain of Eventual Failure 