Jul 27, 2026 · 49 min · 15 segments
Charles Star is a self-described podcast slut. He went from lawyer to comedian and is now on a quest to do 53 podcasts in 52 weeks. **Show Notes** \[00:00] Introduction of Charles Small…
Charles StarGuestRichard MunchkinHostUm, but the thing that caught my attention was you are trying to do, as a guest, you are trying to do 53 podcasts in 52 weeks.
It is on a bet, but a bet on the level of trading places [laughs] where, you know? Like there, it, and it's not a bet.
What happened was, and I'm not gonna shy away from promoting my colleague, but Josh Berman, who has two of his own podcasts, decided around December of last year, Christmas-y, uh, said, "I wanna promote my own stuff.
And to promote my own stuff and to, you know, kinda put my marker down on forcing me to do that, I wanna get on 52 podcasts.
I wanna average a podcast a week in 2026." And I saw that, and I, just as a joke, but it's only sort of joking on the square 'cause I also very much meant it, said-
And so, and so that established the challenge is now he wants to do 52, and so I said, "Okay, I wanna do 50." And if he beats it, I still have to beat him by one.
Uh, and [laughs] so, uh, you know, we are just, we are now in, um, an arms race.
Um, but the thing that caught my attention was you are trying to do, as a guest, you are trying to do 53 podcasts in 52 weeks.
It is on a bet, but a bet on the level of trading places [laughs] where, you know? Like there, it, and it's not a bet.
What happened was, and I'm not gonna shy away from promoting my colleague, but Josh Berman, who has two of his own podcasts, decided around December of last year, Christmas-y, uh, said, "I wanna promote my own stuff.
And to promote my own stuff and to, you know, kinda put my marker down on forcing me to do that, I wanna get on 52 podcasts.
I wanna average a podcast a week in 2026." And I saw that, and I, just as a joke, but it's only sort of joking on the square 'cause I also very much meant it, said-
And so, and so that established the challenge is now he wants to do 52, and so I said, "Okay, I wanna do 50." And if he beats it, I still have to beat him by one.
Uh, and [laughs] so, uh, you know, we are just, we are now in, um, an arms race.
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