Listener sentiment
The recent window deepens a split that began with the show's reinvention: what was once a comedy podcast about disastrous dates has now fully relaunched as "Intimacy Coordinator," a more earnest conversation series about relationships, and most of the newest reviews are a reaction against that change. Longtime listeners keep asking for the original bad-date story format back, and a recurring, increasingly pointed complaint is that a different show was placed on the existing feed rather than launched separately — many feel misled by the bait-and-switch and have stopped listening. A smaller but genuinely enthusiastic camp enjoys the new direction, praising host Joel Kim Booster's relaxed, candid interviewing and standout guest lineups; even most critics say the problem is the format change, not Booster, though a handful fault him for the show's drift or for feeling less funny and more one-note. Complaints about the earlier stretch of re-releases and a sidelining of the show amid the host's acting career continue to surface, and the overall mood has hardened since the relaunch: positive responses to the new format are now the minority in the recent window.
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Summary generated Oct 14, 2026
