Mustard

Secretly Incredibly Fascinating

Alex Schmidt

Society & Culture, Comedy, History

4.7 • 720 Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Alex Schmidt is joined by comedy writer Dan Hopper and writer/podcaster David Roth for a look at why mustard is secretly incredibly fascinating.

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0:00.0	Mustard.
0:03.0	Known for being a condiment.
0:05.3	Famous for being a yellow condiment, mostly.
0:09.5	Nobody thinks much about it, so let's have some fun.
0:12.3	Let's find out why mustard is secretly incredibly fascinating.
0:37.9	Hey there, folks, welcome to a whole new podcast episode.
0:43.2	A podcast all about why being alive is more interesting than people think it is.
0:46.2	My name is Alex Schmidt, and I'm not alone.
0:48.5	Two amazing guests join me this week.
0:51.5	They are hilarious podcasters and writers and people.
0:56.5	Dan Hopper is a longtime buddy of mine. He's a managing editor at Rancor.
1:01.1	He's written for The New Yorker and for The Washington Post and many more fine publications.
1:06.2	Me and Dan Hopper go way back to college humor.com, and he's just one of my favorite people in comedy, writing, the internet, everything. I'm also joined by David Roth.
1:11.8	You may know that name as a co-owner and writer at Defector.com.
1:16.0	He's also co-host, along with Drew McGarry, of The Distraction.
1:20.0	Defector is a wonderful and amazing website, especially if you like sports,
1:23.7	especially if you like an actually interesting take-on sports,
1:27.2	and especially if you like a website interesting take-on sports, and especially if you like a
1:28.7	website that knows that the idea of just sticking to sports is a waste of time. It's about the
1:34.9	broader context. It's about everything that that means. Dave is also low-key, one of the best
1:40.2	writers in the world about Donald Trump, and specifically what Trumpism means and what it is
1:46.2	truly about. As I say that, every fan of David Roth is just nodding along, like, yes, of course.
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