We'll describe "Laid off" as a basement born talk show.  The general feel of the subject matter is in between bar humor and NPR quirk.  Bob said it best himself: "It's in between 'This American Life' and 'Clerks.'"  For unfamiliar listeners, that's a show with random dissections of everyday culture.  A glance in to the everyday of Joe Schmoe, in Yourtown, USA. (Even if sometimes Joe Schmoe happens to run one of the most influential ska music record labels in America.)  More so, in current-time life on earth, at that.  All explained using rhetoric, banter and sometimes, purified pointlessness.  The name of the show itself, a tongue-in-cheek reference to the economic free zone we all reside in, not just as a nation, but globaly (listen to show # 4, with Wytch, from Melbourne.)  Many of us are compromising with our traditional ideas of employment, and with all this new free time, what the hell are we doing?
 
So with that desription, T.A.L. and Clerks, which are both known to many, one may ask, where's the rub?  Reiterating the question: "How does this show stand out?"  To this, we'll offer the following:
 
Laid Off is 2 things.
 
1.) Easy.  Listening to the show is as non-threatening as picking up a free weekly newspaper.  The ones with all the show listings for the intimate little local venues, and the "now showing" movie reviews for the week.  Gossip, classics tales of party days gone by, opinions on recent album releases by whatever we call music, nowadays and maybe, political debate, just incase "those guys" are listening.  All of these are splashes in the crispy familiar 44 oz. soda fountain suicide drink that is Laid Off the podcast.  The subject matter is aloof and random, yet all the while thought provoking.  Like grabbing a copy of a CD sampler at a music festival.  The label is reliable, the bands are familliar, but the track titles are numbers you've never heard of.
 
and 2.) Welcoming.  Complimentary to the taste of randomness is the feeling of collective comfort.  We are your peers, the guests could be part of your crew, this is your podcast.  With that, Laid Off is willing and eager to go any direction and have any conversation that will provoke thought or just envoke laughs.  In fact, though never really too directly, we encourage listeners to not only pose their own questions, and approach Laid Off itself with ideas and queerys, but to start your own podcast.  And there it is.  D.I.Y.  If everything on the Internet sucks, do somethign about it.  We are.
 
Thank you for listening.  Enjoy!