2 people in love doing a podcast and using the guest as their therapist.

This should be called "Rick & Esther Have a Counselling Session"

Can’t believe they’ve made it #11 without Esther snapping

Rick & Esther fight about analogies again.

I honestly hope this podcast doesn’t end and it can continuously flourish and we’ll be looking back at these episodes as the growing pains

Oh I don’t know if this is gonna last with how serious they have been getting lately lmao

To defend Esther, Rick has basically developed the characters for this podcast. He does as many bits as he can find and slip into, but his filler between bits (which is bit also obvsiosuly) is dismissing everything Esther says and not letting any of her ideas or thoughts live for even 5 seconds.  It’s a clear bit to pretend she’s dumb and bad at improv and bad at podcasting and human conversation.   It actually does make a really good podcast that I love.  But it’s also actually absurd to think any person can live in that Esther role for that long.   Even if she’s the best playmate and generous and without ego  - no one could.   It’s probably what she signed up for based on previous amazing pods together - “I do bits and when I’m between bits I’ll be so mean to you and treat you like such garbage that it’s funny.  But it’s only funny if it’s so unrelenting that it’s uncomfortable.”   We love it because Rick is so funny with Esther - since she’s cool being the butt of jokes and bits and his superpower can really be unleashed with her.  Even if Esther knows the deal, it frankly  sucks for her sometimes.   I know fans of hers that don’t like the pod because of that.  It’s unreasonable for her live in that space for soooo long.   The roasty jokes and mean stuff would be actually be fine with her i think if Rick specifically changed his treatment of her thoughts and ideas and conversation (like analogies which is why this triggered her).  Let her talk and be a conversation partner a little so she doesn’t feel like she’s suffocating or getting punched every time she opens her mouth to contribute.   Even if she tries to play in any way that isn’t just eating shite, she gets railroaded. Rick basically demands that everyone play with him but refuses to be a decent playmate for Esther for even just 10min an ep.  It would add dynamics to the pod as well - because we can get exhausted too.  There’s a happy medium where Rick can do his thing but she can actually breath and talk back.  After this episode, this change is actually needed because we now know Esther is not actually having an awesome time always and we will look for it.  You can both “have a time” but there’s a way to keep this thing just as hilarious and not have it be renamed “rick has a fun time and Esther chokes on unrelenting Ds for an hour.”  Huge fan. Keep it up.

Its called A time because its any kind of time good, bad , truth, jokes, awkward , comforting, etc. I like this podcast and wanna see it grow

Lol I love when Rick drinks coffee and gets ultra quick and witty

you can tell after the first 10 minutes rick is on eggshells lol sad cause the whole dynamic of the show was them taking shots at eachother. it’s a comedy podcast

This is the 2nd act of a Romcom where the two realize their feelings for each other.

Rick sitting together with the audience trying to understand the female mind

Esther should be funny if she doesn’t want Rick to make fun of her

This is like sugar free frenemies

In defense of Esther- Rick is a lot. I can’t imagine being the blunt of his jokes for an hour a week lol. Especially when his bit is being defensive when she fights back. Love u both ignore the bad comments Esther!!!!

These real arguments are super necessary. it pull back the blinds. I believe most podcast hosts have shit like this happen but sweep it under the rug and act like there is never a problem to the audience. This is why it works with these two. Love you guys.

Rick is such a wonderful soul. Active listener, self aware, considerate of literally every single person, even those not in the room. Love you, Rick. Love all 3 of you. I can just see the conscious growth Rick continues to embody. Thanks for doing all the works, sir. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Esther either is actually that dumb that she doesn't understand why rick gets upset with her call outs. Rick's playfull jabs fit comically and are timed well, Esther just tries to throw random insults that throw everything off. Rick is upset cuz he is trying to explain why she's wrong, ..... or she's literally trolling him and gas lighting him.  Either way it doesn't work. Rick is better on his own

I love how Rick started this podcast with his grandma and they have been able to keep it going so long

Esther getting butt hurt ruined it for me