Budden and two of his buddies, Rory and Mal, ushered the show to popularity, but they have since exited following contract disputes and been replaced with an oddly huge cast of characters drawn from a mix of Budden’s old friends: His engineer Parks Vallely (the only holdover from the original lineup), Lamar “Ice” Burney (rumored to be an electrician), Antwan “Ish” Marby (in construction), famous video vixen Melyssa Ford, and a guy named QueenzFlip, who does comedy skits on social media. They are the opposite of people who worked in public radio and worship Ira Glass, and while I can’t believe that their whole thing works, it does. They don’t fall into the usual podcast tropes, and they rarely have guests. Twice a week, they sit together on two ugly white couches and talk for three hours. They have real arguments that turn into full-blown fights, and they ruthlessly make fun of each other in a way that the talent on most shows just don’t. It’s probably the most honest depiction of friendship I have heard.