Nosy neighbor, an Obama fundraiser, and the video games of the future.

When Hannibal Buress is at his best, it’s very easy to forget that he’s actually telling jokes. His stand-up set feels like a stream-of-consciousness monologue of some guy’s mundane observations and remembrances that is somehow hilarious. It’s not that his bits aren’t well-crafted (they are), it’s that the main engine of his appeal is simply his tone of voice and manner of being. In many ways, he’s the perfect person to host his own podcast, and now he finally is. We’re only one episode into Handsome Rambler, but so far it’s essentially just him and his DJ, Tony Trimm, shooting the shit about obnoxious nosy neighbors, playing VR games on the White House lawn, and how much fun it is to shoplift. Those topics all flow accidentally into one another in that way that happens when people who are comfortable in front of a microphone allow themselves to riff. Late in the show, they field an extremely uncomfortable question from a listener who probably would have been better served asking Dan Savage. Fans of Buress will find a lot to like here, but those unfamiliar should prime themselves with his stand-up specials first.