Summer Spouses rocks
Summer S’mores got very bad the past couple of seasons. I think many of us went from seeing it as a highlight of the year to “look how they massacred my boy” as it became forced, overly commercialized and self-referential, and generally bordering on cringe-inducing.
Summer Spouses feels again like a simple, good, organic idea that just works. It’s so great to get to hear these people we’ve heard so much about over the years, and so far they held their own remarkably. I’m sure Lisa’s will also deliver in spades because of how witty and smart she is.
I hope it gives them time to fix Smores, or the willingness to keep experimenting with concepts in future summers. It’s understandable that this podcast has become a mature juggernaut but experimentation by the gang will always beat rehashing old successes like Smores had started doing.