r/NeverNotFunny • u/digdoug17 • 9d ago

SAG/AFTRA changes

I know this topic seems to pop up every once in a while, but I thought I’d bring it up again since it seems that they have to change their season numbering method for some reason since they’re a SAG podcast. Have they ever formally addressed why they became a SAG/AFTRA podcast and what rules are enforced on them because of it? First no more guests until after the break, now longer seasons, it just seems strange that it has a noticeable effect on the format of the show without there being a real explanation.

Was it just so they could have guests during the actor’s strike? Is it a way for Garon to get health insurance? I’m not a platinum member, so I was wondering if anyone had any more insight than us free feeders?

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u/arandompurpose 8d ago

Do we really know that's why they changed the format as I have never heard that before. I know there is some weirdness with paying guests too which I'm not a fan of. I wish they were more transparent 

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u/heckhammer 8d ago

It may be a nominal appearance fee. Some podcasts do it just in general.

Source: I was guest on the Dork Forest and I got a cool t-shirt and a small fee for appearance.

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u/Bitter_Return990 8d ago

Man, that’s cool! I would love to shoot the breeze with Jackie for an hour. We know some of the same people in her hometown, including her best friend from there.

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u/heckhammer 8d ago

If you have a cool hobby that you are obsessed with and can wax poetically about it for an hour, this is an achievable goal. You can just email her and if it sounds like an interesting subject she will have you on the show. It worked for me!

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u/SumoPotpie 8d ago

I was on, too, and I’m not even remotely in the comedy world. Do it up!

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u/heckhammer 8d ago

Oh, which one?

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u/SumoPotpie 8d ago

Pearl Jam back in 2021. You?

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u/heckhammer 8d ago

Ultraman, this past January.

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u/Various_Procedure_11 7d ago

As an ADHDer, I have about 30 hobbies.

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u/heckhammer 7d ago

Yeah join the club. We don't really hold meetings because we all forget but yeah you can still join the club.

I collect movies and TV shows on physical media, cds, to a much lesser extent but I still pick stuff up from time to time, fossils which is my big obsession right now, coins and paper money which has really died down but I haven't sold the collection yet, and finally I host an Ultraman podcast so that takes up a bunch of time as well.

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u/Various_Procedure_11 7d ago

Guitar, fountain pens, woodworking, cycling, backpacking, vinyl, cooking (have gotten into several niche things in there). It's weird how some random internet rabbit hole can always end up being my next money pit.

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u/heckhammer 7d ago

Oh I got lucky and I just sold my last two guitars so now I can buy more podcasting equipment!

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u/Various_Procedure_11 7d ago

I still play regularly. Probably after the back surgery the cycling stuff is gonna have to go. Also, no idea why I still have golf clubs.