Keep It!
Keep It!
Crooked Media
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Downright terrible. Honestly, truly.
The pretentiousness masquerading as thoughtful discussion aside, Louis’ voice sounds worse than nails running across a chalkboard. Then again, can you really expect one without an upper lip to sound bearable? 1 star is actually too generous, but, since you can’t rate it a zero, 1 star it is. Avoid this cacophony of mismatched voices and terrible editing at all costs.
jmizz10
Don’t tell Jews what’s offensive lol
Loved the podcast, always reviewed it 5/5 before - but here to remind you Ira that you aren’t Jewish and can sit back down instead of commenting how other Jews and holocaust survivors interpreted glazers words. No one’s out here telling you if you should be offended about the crazy that comes out of Kanye’s mouth about his own people - or if they are, they’re out of line and no one cares. Both Louis and Ira are wise enough to recognize when the convo absolutely doesn’t involve you. I’ve listened enough to know you are usually well-informed thoughtful people but maybe don’t know enough Jews personally to know that you’re overstepping with this. And I mean this with genuine love ~ a Jewish listener who comes from the lineage of just two holocaust survivors
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anna2banana
Talking over each other
Please fix. Really hard to listen
cybbruin
Editing issue
Lots of overlap in this issue that made it extremely hard ri listen to!
SamlH1991
Off Sync?
I love this show so much- it might just be me but it sounds like louis and ira’s mics are off sync- especially in the keep it section. There are strange pauses and then all of a sudden they’re talking over each other when I know they shouldn’t be. Still love the podcast so much though!
scream 100
Editing Issue
My absolute favorite podcast of all time! Listen every week and recommend it all the time. Friendly heads up that the audio editing in the Oscar’s recap has all kinds of issues. Their tracks overlap and lots of weird gaps. Definitely worth taking down and reposting.
loveliz
Editor?
Did they fire the editor? Ira’s voice was off most of the time. The overlap was weird.
Elfherbie
Please let Louis TALK!
I have been listening to this podcast for years and listen every week. This last week Ira kept talking over Louis over and over. It was so rude and made the comments hard to follow. Also, Ira please stop saying “to be honest” in every paragraph.
Marty!
Can be entertaining
They both can get super annoying, I feel like everything has to be made into a joke or a pun and it gets very old very quickly. I wish I liked it more
Lasercatstakeover
Better than ever!
I’ve been a listener since day 1 almost to a religious degree. I feel like the past month or so especially, they have been making me laugh, think, and conspire about pop culture more than they ever have. Keep It to anything below 5 stars!!!
whoneedspalswhenpodsexist?
Nothing but love ❤️
The two human beings that host this pod are absolutely fabulous. I look forward to hearing from them every week. The guests are always interesting.
treeenuh
Keep it (in my ears)
I love this podcast and hope I can listen to Ira & Louis talk and laugh together for the rest of my days. Their banter is so entertaining and witty, and in their interviews, it’s clear they truly know their guests’ work/background (either through thoughtful research, or as a genuine admirer) and are not BSing any of it. Or if they are BSing, their hosting skills are fine enough to mask it. Thank you for the excellent podcast. (Note to fellow sufferers of Misophonia: Ira near-constantly sounds like he needs to clear phlegm from his throat/lungs. You may not be able to tolerate this. I take my beta blocker before listening and it helps ❤️) Feb 2024 update:: Ira’s phlegm rattle intensifies as time marches on. 😔😔😔😔😔
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Kria88
Great
The girls were on one this week 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Keep it up 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Wwnisee
New Favorite Podcast
I’m clueless about 90% of the artists, shows, movies etc that they discuss, but they’re so delightful to listen to and so funny that this is my new favorite, can’t miss podcast.
dudjisjx fo
Top notch interviews
Love their dynamic as cohosts, and they are clearly fans of the people they interview. Thoughtful questions, deep dives into the back catalogue, good conversation, and space for the guest to answer.
galfriday612
Great except…
Ira sounds like he always has to blow his nose.
ghdnnsneneiejjebrbd d bfb
My favorite podcast!!!
I have listened since the beginning and Ira and Louise have truly taught me how to properly watch a movie/TV, listen to music, and take in culture. I have learned so much about the LGBTQ and other minority communities and they are TOP NOTCH interviewers!!! Please have Guy Branum and Diablo Cody on more! Love you guys!
cjgbjkfjkt
SOOOO glad you’re back!
I came to the party late but I’m all caught up so I’m listening to old episodes which I LOVE😍One thing that STILL needs work is the editing…not sure if it’s just me but on a handful of episodes (this new one included) I hear playback of the same parts I just heard. It’s pretty distracting because I LOVE the size of the episodes but it throws me off hearing the same thing in a row. KEEP it up🙌🏾
YoGab3
Funny and smart, always makes me laugh
Fun listen, good conversation with memorable jabs. I don’t have their taste in music but still enjoy the gossip, opinions and the show. Every once in awhile Ira sounds too stoned and the ums and giggles can be annoying but overall I still enjoy.
eg portland
Dud
Ending the year with AC 🤢🤮
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Had to Unsubscribe
Subscribed and weekly listener since the very beginning but I think the hosts (especially Ira) forget that not everyone is as up-to-date on screeners and movie premieres as he is. The straw that broke the camels back was when he spoiled the tragic framing of “The Iron Claw” in an episode where it wasn’t mentioned in the title or description. I’d been avoiding trailers and everything about it but he tossed it off so casually as if we all live in Los Angeles. I’m a pop-culture/film obsessive who lives in the middle of the country and I understand there’s not a lot I can do here but I can’t take it anymore. Also a bit strange that they cannot hold on to a woman-of-color cohost for more than a year. Will miss Ira’s bad Catherine Deneuve impression and Louis’ enthusiasm for geography but I’ve realized this podcast has outgrown me.
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klubshaffer
Host are too good
I love this show. I listen every week. The host know so much and expose me to so much art. On top of them being very smart they are very funny and entertaining. Which means they are routinely more interesting than a lot of their guests. They do such a good job being extremely knowledgeable hosts and then the celebrities just end up being so boring in comparison. More Ira & Lewis, please!
Ms.Teel
The best podcast
Look forward to it every week. Best podcast out there
ahall4488
Antisemitic
These guys keep repeating lies about Israel and praising antisemites. They know absolutely nothing about politics either. Foul. I used to like them
AbbyMarcs
Spoilers
Guys!!! Be careful of spoilers - if people haven’t seen the movies yet / they’re not out yet for the public - don’t spoil!!
IntuitiveEating!
IDK how to explain it
if it were JUST either Louis or Ira I would hate it but they balance each other out and make sure the other doesn’t get too powerful
Dan in Los Angeles
Love the show
But Sai? Really? Skipping this one
UmmmKai
Keep It Real
Love Ira & Rae’s takes on classic reality tv!!!
Hinge173637
Come on Crooked
I mean, where do I start? Between Louis seeming to be above everything (girl, you’re in your 30s, calm down) and complaining nonstop about things that don’t concern him (see: privilege) and Ira breathing heavily into the mic while name dropping and being so self absorbed it borders on narcissism, there’s nothing to be gained from this podcast. Crooked needs ton axe this immediately or bring in hosts who can speak knowledgeably about pop culture and current events without much ego and self serving.
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brannyou
Yas grandzaddy
Omg I just started listening to this podcast because of las Culturistas and one of the hosts is so grumpy, the white guy, I love it! 😄 we love the good old grumpy grandpa energy
Pale Tin Soldier
My favorite forever!
I love the new editions of Keep It Real. A great great podcast! I do miss the 3rd host vibes but Ira and Louis are wonderful and funny.
jrknapp
Love the podcast, but…
Louis needs to find a way to engage with conversations about T Swift. She’s not going anywhere anytime soon and her cultural impact is undeniable. He always has such thoughtful commentary on everything else (maybe not Barbie 😒) but his insight on Taylor amounts to 🙄 I’m a huge fan of the podcast but this is just a bummer.
Ghostdeservedbetter
Kendra as KIR host?
L o v e Kendra James on keep it real
Lollipoppa
Love!
Loving the addition of Keeping it real episodes
Rachelle RR
Idk half their references but listen religiously
I could listen to these two chat about anything, and can Louis please start a podcast about classic movies? These guys are great! I’m not up to speed on some of their more recent cultural references but I still love it.
Eilah Wood
5 stars for louis.…
and only louis....that’s it.…
cmdm
My favorite pop culture podcast
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Arkansaw
Ira Madison
Keep Ira in the studio bc it’s way funnier when he’s in LA.
Cocobat9
Eating
How rude
JPUphl
Mouth Sounds
Ms. Menzel eating through an interview was wild. I had to just turn it off.
Ginamoe
Love Louis, Ira is so hard to listen to
I think both these hosts have thoughtful and funny things to say, and I’ve been listening since the beginning with Kara, but Ira’s inability to say a sentence without filler words is getting worse and worse. Most recent episode had him saying “um you know um like” as an entire sentence and the number of “you know”s when he speaks makes it so difficult to follow. That and the awkward trailing off laughter followed by ummmmm. Phew. It’s getting harder to stay engaged. Plus Idina Menzel EATING her way through an interview or something. It was painful.
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ogmeggie
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Love the podcast, love Idina Menzel, but Idina eating her way through the interview was gross and RUDE.
Pamularia
Ira needs an ENT
I used to love this show. I miss Kara! I love the substance of what Louis has to say. Ira is REALLY hit or miss. He’s so obnoxious and self absorbed and I CANNOT listen to him breathe into the microphone anymore. Don’t people produce these?! Can anyone check the levels? Edit it out? Teach him how to use a mic?
Pagtron
Never stop
I love this show.
krystalcovert
Ugh.
This used to be my favorite podcast. Now I can’t listen to it. Louis is wonderful and deserves everything coming his way. Ira on the other hand has become so self obsessed. So into name dropping his “famous” friends. And his takes have gone from being smart and hot to just mean and misogynistic. This podcast no longer brings me joy…just irritation.
s_teich
she is the moment, now cmon now
she get money her body tea she’s super thick she’s super pretty
tmcknight11
Great guests, abysmal talking points.
I only checked the show out because I am a fan of sweetheart Minnie Driver. As I was listening to the interview, the hosts started bad mouthing Florida and how Covid was handled there (5th lowest cases in the country) and spewed far left wing talking points and disinformation. Bad mouthing Kanye and pushing D.E.I. rhetoric. The interview, and the production was fantastic, but they clearly are fine sacrificing the numbers of their audience to push political views they clearly never researched.
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AT TalkMMA
Take down the Barbie episode. Right now.
Unless you wanna come off as sexist bros, take down the Barbie episode and record again with people who understand feminsim. I have now un followed Crooked media on all channels and platforms. So have lots of other people. Do better. Progressives deserve better.
EmilyD1974
Great show but editing issues
This show is great and so entertaining, but there have been numerous instances where whoever is editing on the back end will cut a section of the episode and splice in another section by mistake, resulting in the discussion abruptly and confusingly switching topic. Most recent example is the episode released the week of July 24th (I am listening on the 26th). Twice in this episode, in the middle and in the final 11 minutes, the dialogues cuts to a different topic (they are talking about families and funerals and then within a second they are back to talking about Steve’s emotional scene at the end of AJLT) and it’s clearly the result of accidental editing.
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Riss B
Love this show!
If you’re not listening to this show I feel sorry for YOU! Always enlightening, funny and engaging. Missed Louis this week but loved Jay Jurden 🙌
Sheri in PDX
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