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There is no reason that a podcast in which someone pontificates on daily quotes from one of those cheugy inspirational calendars should be so effervescent. But, if the someone is JB Smoove, you can trust it’s a whole ass moment.
May I Elaborate, from Team Coco, is hosted by JB Smoove and his friend Miles. Smoove, an actor and comedian you might remember from early
Def Comedy Jam or
Curb Your Enthusiasm, has a website banner that flashes the words “Create a Ruckus,” and this daily podcast delivers. The concept seems simple: Rip a quote from the calendar and extrapolate its meaning. But Smoove takes the straightforward episode structure and turns it into high concept art. This episode explores a poetic quote from the Talmud, opening up discourses on Neil deGrasse Tyson, why Superman can’t save Lois Lane by flying backwards, and how life isn’t a stationary shadow. Hell yeah. If you are a person who wonders if the sun and moon work at the same factory, beli