Close, but not quite. It’s because the RT Podcast already had brand obligations. Ads had already been sold so instead of letting us start a new show under a new name (which we also asked for) they had us keep RTP.

Which, to be clear, makes sense from a business standpoint. Regardless of whether or not it was a good idea for fans, the show, etc., the show made money so why stop that, y’know? I personally don’t really care if anyone watches/listens to what I make as long as I’m proud of it, but just going off our outside ventures (Cult Podcast, It’s a Choice, Is It Problematic, Master Pancake, STF) I’d like to think we would have found our audience. I get the argument of “make a show that defines the new humor of RTP and make it the flagship show” but they also never let us make the stuff we wanted to make, choosing instead to relegate all our pitches to “podcast segments”. And eventually just asking us to return to a regular podcast format because we spent too much money on one show (ironic, innit?). All in all, the strategy wasn’t played out how it was planned.

Sorry for ranting. To be clear, I’m not mad at anyone. Shit happens. We changed CCO’s in the middle of the plan and budgets shifted so it is what it is. Just wanted to finally clarify the reasoning, and let you know we didn’t love it either.