“This is a good one.”
Merlin Mann is definitely my favorite podcaster. I've been listening to him for over a decade(!), since the original run of You Look Nice Today.
Merlin doesn't make bad stuff. But sometimes, when he hits upon something, he knows right away. It's become a catchphrase: "This is a good one."
I keep on the lookout for that phrase. And now I've finally put together a list of — as far as I know — all of the podcast episodes it's been said of. These are the good ones. Enjoy.
Back to Work
- 572: My Open Source Thomas Edison Film
- 501: You're Sad Wrong
- 484: Default Settings for America
- 482: Two Pills Only
- 471: One-Drawer Project
- 469: Israel, Jr.
- 464: Winter's Not Done with Me Yet
- 439: Servant of the Red Badge
- 414: Inheritance of Pain
- 393: Legacy Meat Stuff
- 349: The Kid Who Never Won Anything
- 331: Hidden in Wigs
- 325: The Real Celebrity Chefs of the Hollywood Hills
- 319: Contract with the Universe
- 317: Zero Gun Salute
- 313: Parents, Old People, and Perverts
- 305: Quadruple Down
- 293: The Frame for Our Relationship
- 280: The Big Filter
- 271: Gravy Dumpster
- 254: Fixed Points in Time
- 247: On a Farm with a Monkey
- 228: Tibet's Next Top Buddha
- 221: Minimally Viable Interruption
- 204: Space Geisha
- 180: Deus Ex Machina for Your Gut
- 172: Somewhere Between a Habit and a River
- 168: It's Okay for Cats to Wander Around on Planes
- 153: Anxiety's a Goat
California King
Do By Friday
- 308: What is Meal?
- 275: Mx. Sugartits
- 264: So Many Chicken
- 260: Small Story
- 253: Jimmy Eats Chemicals
- 248: Existential Sculpting
- 242: Made for Your Heart
- 223: You're Stuck with You
- 218: The Key in the Cake
- 214: Yelling at Plywood – After Show
- 149: Regional Knife Law
- 148: Bopium – After Show
- 138: You’re Dirty and God Hates You
- 117: The Good Plastic
- 112: Make America Candy Again – After Show
- 81: The Human Version of a Minimalist Desk
- 37: Hand Taint
- 18: Space Period
- 2: A Reasonable Monster
The Incomparable
Reconcilable Differences
- 222: It’s Captured My Almonds
- 194: Hard Four – Members-only version
- 193: The Wrong Helen
- 164: Casual Injustices (4x combo!)
- 163: Big Flyers (3x combo!)
- 162: A Pile of Bed (2x combo)
- 161: ASCII Salad Bar
- 118: THAT's the Star Wars!
- 106: Tales from the Elder Days
- 64: All Fight
- 42: The Punching in Me
- 34: All These Assistant Principals are Now Dead
Roderick on the Line
- 519: Even Doves Have Pride
- 515: Existential Plasticity (2x combo)
- 514: Q.R. Crabs
- 484: Chief Technical Chief
- 480: Intake Engineer
- 462: Cheese Cave (2x combo)
- 461: The New Alignment
- 456: The People's Traffic
- 453: Guardstone
- 426: My Little Cowboy
- 424: The Beaver, the Badger, and the Buckwheat
- 418: Ensuring Daddy's Slice
- 414: Groomed Into Insanity
- 409: Prime Joe Customer
- 397: Open Ticket
- 380: The Impossible Me
- 367: Inescape Room
- 355: The Lieutenant Colonels of Hell
- 343: My German Underpants
- 342: The Scrappy Sessions (part 2 of 2)
- 341: The Head of Two-Thousand (part 1 of 2)
- 331: Magic Lawyer
- 329: Useful Hippie
- 325: Covered in Science
- 318: The Best Chicken
- 286: Ginger Dagwood
- 273: One Kilometer
- 270: An Archipelago of Stops
- 262: He Never Swore
- 257: Sonic Posture
- 252: The Ur-Choad
- 248: Hubris of the Moment
- 246: Night Burrito
- 232: The Going-With Years
- 194: Permanent Geranium Lake
- 158: My Citadel Is Irrelevant
You Look Nice Today
- Morning Glory (but they're all good ones.)