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Keith and The Girl

3935: The Podcast Pantheon w/ Sean Malin

Keith and The Girl

Keith Malley

Chemda, Funny, Girl, Selfhelp, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Comedy, Katg, Mentalhealth, Keith

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Culture critic Sean Malin, author of The Podcast Pantheon: 101 Podcasts That Changed How We Listen, joins Keith to discuss the importance of art and how we appreciate it. Oh, and Keith and The Girl is featured in that book in a big way. [POW.emoji]

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0:00.0

Hey, all you are you all welcome and listen to us.

0:02.3

I'm Keith and the Girl. I'm Keith Malley.

0:07.3

Today's guest, the great Sean Maylin. Hello, Sean. Hi.

0:11.7

How you doing? You're looking good today. Good morning. I was just going to say the same about you. You look like you're about to go to a very important meeting.

0:17.6

Oh, this suit jacket? I kind of always dress up for podcasts. I don't know if

0:22.3

when I had the New York Times or something like this interview me once and I put on a suit as if

0:27.6

this was how I normally dress for the podcast. I had newspapers and all different languages on my

0:34.2

table. Luckily, they didn't ask any follow-ups. So, no, Sean is a very important

0:38.8

person, and I'll explain what's doing today. First of all, Sean, you were born in Long Island,

0:44.0

New York, raised in California. So it's true or false? Completely true. You are, and you got a

0:52.1

bachelor, a bachelor's of arts in cinema studies, and then a master of arts in media studies.

0:59.1

True.

0:59.6

All true.

1:00.1

So people say, who can judge art?

1:02.1

You can.

1:03.9

Yeah, I don't know that anyone's more qualified, but I have the skills.

1:08.4

I've got the tools.

1:09.7

A culture critic since 2007 speaks on film, comedy, and food.

1:14.9

So when people giving an opinion about a movie goes, no, Sean, you're wrong about Nosferatu, for example.

1:21.4

And you go, did you study film? Obviously, I'm right. I know about comedy. I studied it. I know about podcasts. I study them.

1:30.6

My opinion is worth more than yours. Yeah, and if they disagree, I have like a little hammer that I just

1:36.0

kind of conk them with. It's not violent or anything. So speaking on film, comedy and food,

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