Last thing I write about ‘The Talk Show’, I promise. So Dan posted a clarification yesterday, which you can listen to here.

In it he explains that as widely predicted John was the one to make the move away from 5by5. That’s not a problem and Dan acknowledges that it wasn’t an issue. What’s probably the most surprising is not the fact that Gruber went somewhere else, but the fact that Gruber kept the name of the show without consulting Dan - that is definitely a dick move.

In my previous post, I speculated that part of the moral high ground was with Gruber on this one. However it’s clear that actually that’s only a small part. The part where he chose not to do the Talk Show with Dan anymore.

You want to go podcast somewhere else, that’s your right, but the manner in which this was done was ALL wrong. I’m not talking about disrespecting the audience as much as disrespecting your friend. The name should have been retired like Dan said. Like I’ve said before, it’s just a shame how things went down.