Quote: (11-30-2016 01:42 PM)Huey Wrote:
Quote: (11-30-2016 11:27 AM)debeguiled Wrote:
Beige Phillip just makes me miss the Black Phillip Show. Patrice made up all his own terminology. Dante Nero was a great co-host on BP, and I am sure he is a player, but he cribs a lot of his terms and concepts from the manosphere.
I agree. I've only listened to a few episodes of the Beige Phillip Show, but it's nowhere near as entertaining as the Black Phillip Show. What made the Black Phillip Show entertaining, in my opinion, was how Patrice effortlessly broke down concepts and refuted arguments while still being funny; Dante, on the other hand, has a penchant (even when he was on the Black Phillip Show) to overexplain what he's talking about and get too carried away with the details. He's more of the "philosopher type," as Patrice called him. There's nothing wrong with that of course, but I personally find it boring.
Anyways, some podcasts I listen to:
The Voluntary Life - Financial independence and entrepreneurship (highly recommend his book Job Free)
School Sucks Podcast - About self-learning, whether it be about finance, economics, philosophy, whatever
The Brilliant Idiots - Discussions about pop culture topics
Agree on the Beige Phillip show, but I have a different take on the Black Phillip show. I thought Dante Nero was one of the best wingmen, in the radio sense, I have ever heard.
Mostly, he just listened, but from what I remember, whenever Patrice was going off on a tangent, or had run out of gas, Dante would come in with a completely on point analysis that was either a restating or a personal experience, or a metaphor coming in from a different angle yet still illustrating the point Patrice was making.
When I relistened to the Black Phillip show a few months ago, what struck me the most was how good he was at fulfilling his role on the show. Patrice had to keep track of the direction of the show, and corral his guests, and deal with the callers, all without ever having done a radio show before.
Not a small task.
Dante made the whole thing a smooth experience, accentuating what Patrice was trying to do, and coming in when needed, and this is an underappreciated skill. Very seldom did he actually take the show off on his own tangents, like getting mad at a guest, or telling his own story, and when he did it was like comic relief in a scary movie, like a little rest from the hugeness of Patrice's personality.
Also, let's face it, Patrice was a high drama guy, and he loved all of the arguing back and forth with the women cohosts who changed constantly because after a show or two of the Patrice treatment they never came back.
Dante's mellow and contemplative personality was a welcome relief when it came from all of the high energy and screaming. I remember one anecdote where Patrice said that he was a bear hunter, and Dante was a deer hunter, and the two of them told an anecdote about a loud bitch Patrice got into it with in a diner. Dante got sick of all the drama and went outside for a little peace.
A little later Patrice came out and said, "She wants your number."
It was an effective point and counterpoint between player styles, and I don't think Dante gets the credit he deserves for taking the thankless role of sidekick.