The “celebrity interviews celebrity” format has in recent years spread through podcasting like an unpleasant, if largely benign, fungus. Comedians, actors, TV presenters, documentarians and musicians have all hosted variations of the format, sitting down with other comedians, actors, musicians, to make small talk and discuss whatever new project they’re promoting. These chats are full of laughter but rarely funny, chummy but ultimately unrevealing. They are essentially dull.
Seth Rogen, the scruffy, endearing actor and comedian who starred in Freaks and Geeks (1999) and Knocked Up (2007), has broken out of this tired formula with his podcasting venture Storytime with Seth Rogen. In each episode, he speaks to someone with “a great story”, whether they are well known or not.
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