Gilmore Girls isn't only for women. Just ask the Gilmore Guys.

I USED TO BE ADDICTED TO THE SERIAL PODCAST OF ADNAN ET AL. NOW I'M JUST ONE OF THE GILMORE GUYS.

The step from listening to a podcast about one man and his real fight for freedom to listening to a podcast about two fictional girls and their real thing for coffee was surprisingly easy.

When Serial, the podcast phenomena of last year, wrapped up in a rather unsatisfying way, like many others I went in search of another addictive listening experience and found it in what has emerged as the podcast phenomena of this year...

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The Daily Telegraph

The "Gilmore Guys," Fandom, And Feminism

http://bust.com/When Kevin T. Porter  and Demi Adejuyigbe began a little podcast about Gilmore Girls last fall—after the former half-jokingly tweeted the idea—they weren’t expecting a big audience to latch on. “When you first start anything that’s completely independent, you assume you’re operating in a vacuum and that 200 people max are going to listen,” Porter said.

So it’s probably surreal that, last Monday and Wednesday, hundreds of paying customers packed Brooklyn’s The Bell House—twice—and Manhattan’s Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre just to listen to these two dumb dudes (their words) talk about a television show that ended seven years ago.

With upwards of 90 episodes of the podcast available, Gilmore Guys covers each episode of the beloved TV series, placing equal emphasis on sincere analysis and lighthearted mockery. Episodes are released twice weekly, with recaps—usually including guests from the comedy world—interspersed with occasional shows dedicated to answering fan emails, call-ins, and even interviews with people associated with Gilmore Girls. The Guys have now recorded six of their episodes live to sold-out audiences in L.A., Austin, and New York....

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Bust
By Holly Trantham

Episode 416 Visual Companion

Visual companion, as promised, is now available on YouTube!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEl3ASgSsQ4

Podcasts you should be listening to: Gilmore Guys

As a loud and proud fan of erstwhile WB show Gilmore Girls, I’ve already told you why you should be watching: It's smarter and deeper than you think; the writing is supremely clever; it's one of the all-time great escapist entertainments.

The same things can be said about Gilmore Guys, a podcast in which two Los Angeles-based twentysomethings gab about the show. The hook: Longtime fan Kevin T. Porter, who started watching the show as a tween and has loved it ever since, recruited pal Demi Adejuyigbe, who had never seen an episode of Gilmore, to co-host an episode-by-episode discussion of the show. (They're midway through season 4 right now.) Oh, and they’re both guys, talking about a dramedy that’s overwhelmingly adored by females.

Gilmore Guys started on Sept. 30 2014, a day before every episode of Gilmore’s seven-season run dropped on Netflix. Since then, the podcast has exploded in popularity. A couple months ago, the Guys started doing live shows, on-stage versions of the podcast in cities around the country that consistently sell out immediately after they go on sale. Months into the podcast’s run, cast and crew members from Gilmore Girls started appearing for interviews, in segments Kevin and Demi call Gilmore Gabs. Writers, casting directors, minor and major cast members - the Guys even scored Scott Patterson, the actor who played one of the show's leads Luke Danes, for an hour-plus conversation in May. Recently, they’ve slyly alluded to having more guests on the show. (Pretty sure Milo Ventimiglia, the actor who played Rory’s boyfriend Jess, is all but confirmed, and my inner teenager can’t handle such squeal-worthy news.)...

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Tampa Bay Times
By Michelle Stark, Tampa Bay Times Food Editor

Why the 'Gilmore Girls' Fandom Lives On

Art could imitate life, but why would we want it to? Life is missed opportunities, witty rejoinders left unsaid, jobs and homes and boyfriends lost to the sands of time. "Write what you know," goes the saying, but maybe there's something better than what you've actually lived?

Or perhaps there’s a tightly defined fictional universe you know so well it becomes an extension of your life, as is the case with Kevin Porter, co-host and co-founder of “Gilmore Guys,” a podcast devoted to the intimate minutiae of “Gilmore Girls,” a critically acclaimed and beloved show that ran from 2000 to 2007 on the WB (now CW). Together with Demi Adejuyigbe, Porter’s friend and colleague, the two titular “guys” lovingly and painstakingly examine a television show that often resembled the lives of its viewers, with a few key improvements.

“Gilmore Girls” followed Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, a mother and daughter living in a fictional Connecticut town called Stars Hollow: They talked fast, loved a good pop-culture reference and had a powerful addiction to caffeine. At the height of the show’s popularity, more than five million viewers tuned in to watch them navigate work, school, romance and life in a small town...

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New York Times Magazine
By Haley Mlotek