I love reading Mysterious Universe reviews because they almost completely mirror the reviews that my pod gets by these childlike, easily-offended, ANTIFA-loving crybaby SJW snowflakes that demand their language be used and their ideology be adopted by the entire world. Oh, and if you don't, you're a racist, transphobic, misogynist, sexist, proud boy, "MAGAt", trump-loving, Nazi. These morons are cultural terrorists and I'm glad that MU has decided to ignore and mock them, which is exactly what they deserve.

One of the first podcasts I listened to. I enjoyed it for about ten years, and the early iteration of MU would earn 4 or 5 stars. I was a plus member for a long time and canned it when the format morphed to a weekly book review, and the ‘spark’ that propelled the show all but disappeared. The nail in the coffin was the bizarre anti - science and conspiracy rants creeping into the podcast. In earlier days, Aaron was a great foil to Ben when he’d skate into conspiracy land, but at the end Aaron had donned a tin - foil hat big enough for both of them. I know their key audience is the US, and perhaps this style plays to that audience.

I was a steadfast listener of this podcast all the way back in 2012 and 2013. They would tell spooky and weird stories about ghosts, aliens and the general paranormal, but always with a tinge of skepticism. It was fun! Then the desperation seemed to set in and they started pushing their paid premium podcast more and more. Over time, they stopped telling the fun, spooky, weird stories and started delving more in to generic pop culture news, where they were often childish, crude and annoying. Eventually I stopped listening in 2014 after one of the hosts went on a tirade about how people weren't giving them enough money, accosting the freeloaders who weren't paying for their "premium" stuff. Six years later, Mysterious Universe somehow still survives (as it turns out, podcasts don't actually cost much money to produce). And wondering if they ever recovered from their spate of crass pop-culture commentary, I unfortunately discovered the hosts have transitioned in to what is basically just bigotry, now disguised as "edgy comedy." They attack minority groups and spin wildly destructive conspiracies that aren't entertaining, they're just scary and sad. This podcast used to be one of my favorites, but now the mask is clearly off for Mysterious Universe. These guys are bad, bad news, and I advise you to stay far away, because they are clearly drinking from tainted wells.