superego

For his base, Trump functions as what I call a “permissive superego,” the sociopathic daddy who says, “Be cruel, violent and bigoted, just like me. And I will love you even more for it – as long as it serves my interests.”

The winner, I believe, was “Fogland, Logland and Smogland,” but I secretly rooted for “Id, Ego and Superego.”

Disneyland was basically the birthplace of “Superego,” Gourley’s first podcasting venture in 2006.

No one seemed to be listening until one day Paul F. Tompkins outed himself as a fan and signal-boosted “Superego” to his large online following.

“Superego,” “James Bonding,” “I Was There Too,” “Mallwalkin’” — these are but a sampling of the Gourley podcast universe, to say nothing of his sundry appearances on shows like “Comedy Bang! Bang!”