Breaking up isn’t hard to podcast

While the dominant genre in the past year’s emergence of podcasting has been "married couple banter" – recalling popular radio formulae of the 1940s according to a recent USA Today piece – the tension of a freshly severed relationship may improve a homemade show’s lucidity. The courtin’ co-hosts of Toronto-based Molar Radio – which debuted in March – split up last month, and the subsequent episode was full of awkward pauses on top of their typically lethargic dialogue. Discussion of feelings didn’t seem to be the forté of Chris and Erin, as they reviewed the graphic novels and comic books he purchased each week. Reunited for a fresh 27th episode yesterday, they’ve suddenly gotten over the disaffected mic technique in favour of a mostly buoyant conversation. Sure, it’s called a breakup because it’s broken, but time will tell if all that can be transcended with a podcasting fix.

Molar Radio [podcast]