Great guests, topics, and conversations but Jeffrey Zeldman deserves modern audio equipment that doesn’t overlap his poor guest’s thoughts with every breath, paper shuffle, and movement. It’s maddening!

Jeffrey, man, listen to what people say here! Learn how to be a good host, don’t interrupt guests, and for god’s sake record ads separately, don’t do it live! You can paste them later. It’s really hard and funny to listen how you try to read the ad over and over, having trouble with spelling words.

But I don’t think interviewing is a skill he owns :)

The host constantly interrupts his guests and even keeps them from getting into interesting content with mundane comments, doesn’t mute himself when typing and you can hear his breathing. Over complementing and sucking up to guests doesn’t make up for being rude. It is really hard to listen to, even when I want the content.

Good guests but the host needs to mute his mic more. Could hear him opening stuff, using his mechanical keyboard and printing stuff throughout the episode

I've been listening to this podcast every day! I'm a web design student, and Jeffrey and his guests provide endless resources and knowledge to help me in my design journey. I love it! Thank you Jeffrey!

Drawing all the substance out of the podcast, I always look forward to listening to the Big Web Show. Granted, the conversations stray a bit from time-to-time, but the quality of the guests and the multitude of topics over the years, the BWS has become a staple in my listening list. If you let the little things bother you and you focus on the negative, you will never hear the conversation about the topics covered and will be focused on the wrong thing. I didn't are for the background noise or the gratuitous ogling in the earlier episode, but I instead turned my attention and focus to listening for the substance in the topics and conversation the episodes were on and drew great insight and inspiration from those guests.

As a Digital Marketing Manager who oversees the web team at a large healthcare system, I was very excited for this podcast. Unfortunately, I was so turned off by the host's inability to properly conduct an interview that I unsubscribed and will not be returning.

I just started listening three weeks ago. The host has great conversations with people who know what they're talking about. The host has his own set of qualifications that ranks him at the top of Web design. He's also a great conversationalist, so the podcast is entertaining as well.

Can’t go wrong with some solid info from Jeffrey. It’s great to hear his opinions and the guests as they cover many web topics. Cheers

I like to listen to this while driving. The host is awesome. They talk about relevant topics. The guests are great. Everyone on the show is well informed.

I like Zeldman.

A great source for many of my projects. It’s given me a lot of ideas as well.

He always asks the follow up question I'm having in my head as listening, and does a great job of drilling down to the core life decisions the interviewer made to get to where they're at. Very inspirational. Wish he did more often but I understand how difficult that must be.

This podcast has great content for web designers and developers. Zeldman is entertaining without taking over from the guest. The balance of laid back attitude and serious content is spot on. I am a fan and a better designer for listening.

This is an amazingly rich resource for anyone interested in web design. With the podcast format, this is really an education on the go, especially for a newcomer like me. I am actually going to attend the An Event Apart in Chicago because I have been so inspired by Jeffery and his guests. They are really the leading thinkers and shapers in this volitile field. Super well done!

I really like listening to this podcast. I am a web designer/developer in training. I am in my second year of schooling and this podcast gives me inspiration. Thanks Dan and Jeffery!

Being chucked at oncoming traffic because the road shouldn't be there in the first place.

This is an deeply informative podcast. The first 50 or so episodes are excellent. The quality of the interviews who are with true innovators from very diverse corners of the Web. The life experiences of Jeffery Zeldman brings a mature feel to the program. Since he was at the ground floor of many current internet trends and standards he is able approach the interviews from a unique and fruitful angle. However, after Dan Benjamin stopped being a cohost with Jeffery Zeldman the quality of the podcast quickly diminished. It's still worth listening to for learning about trends on the internet. However, the audio quality has become the worst I've experienced on the 5by5 Network. It can be a painful experience at times. It's my hope that this is just a phase and that the podcast will return to its higher production value sooner rather than later.

One of the best web design and development Podcasts available. If I had one complaint, it's that I wish it were more often, but I know it's got to be difficult fitting this in and lining-up some the best guests in the industry. Jeffery Zeldman asks some of the best questions of any interviewer and really digs deep to get the full answers, not just the superficial stuff. If you work in the web design and development industry, this show is an absolute MUST.

I love his writing, his leadership of the web standards movement and will attend an AEA before I die. But... Podcaster he is not. I thought the show didn't need Dan Benjamin's unbridled butt kissing, but without Benjamin it's a distracted Zeldman fumbling around checking email and answering IMs. Great info, sometimes, check out Boag world or other podcasts. Don't get me wrong I own ALL of ABA's books and look towards Happy Cog as a trendsetter and visionary in web design, but Zeldman is an auditory assault of sloth. Just because he is man in design... podcaster is he is not.

I've tried, tried , tried to listen to this show but the quality is so poor it sounds like Jeffery Zeldman is rubbing sandpaper on his mic. It makes it impossible for me to listen

I recently started a new gig and it requires a long commute. This show and several other 5by5 podcasts have made it to where I actually look forward to and enjoy my drive. Zeldman rules and the guests are always top-notch! 5 stars and then some!!!!!

What a great show! A must for designers and developers alike!

I've caught up with the shows and now starting over. I hear even more the second time through. Highly recommended for beginners to advance designers and developers.

If you take the web, working on the web or staying at the forefront of the web seriously then this is your essential listen! Great guests and I always learn something or discover something new every episode!

This is a great podcast for the whole ecosystem of web design, strategy, implementation, content, engagement. Great guests. Perfect mix of moderators, just enough casual context and super rich information and discussion. Almost as good as attending An Event Apart! Keep it up... and thank you.

Really makes my commute productive and inspiring. The best thing about The Big Web Show is that it is frequent, relevant, and usually very concise. Dan Benjamin does a great job driving discussion but not feel as though the co-hosts are being pumped for information. Excellent and professional podcast.

Hosts and guests are great. A must listen for all web geeks.

Whether you're a web designer, developer, or just care about what goes into your eyeholes, shut your piehole & listen to The Big Web Show with Jeffrey Zeldman & Dan Benjamin.

I loved episode #35 with Jen Simmons. It took me two times through the podcast before I realized that Jen has worked a ton with Drupal and was designer of the default Bartik theme. I really like that Jen is knowledgeable without being full of herself... And of course I can't get enough of Dan & Jeffrey.

You really can learn a lot about the state of web design from this podcast, but it takes some work to extract it from what is often a series of stream-of-consciousness musings from Jeffrey Zeldman. You never know whether you're going to get some insight into the semantic web or Adobe or Google projects or a lengthy discussion about whatever New York neighborhood the guest happens to work or live in. And the interviews often drift into discussions of the conferences Zeldman and the guests attend -- kind of like comedians joking about airport malls and airline food. These 'casts should be edited for both content and length.

Great content and guests. Another 5by5 success!

Dan and Jeffrey have created a show that blows away all other website shows. The quality of guests and material is above all others.

This show is for you. This show consistently brings on knock-out key people in the web design and web developing world. One of the biggest problems with being a web designer is knowing what technology to invest time in as so many come and go so quickly. This show consistently reviews web developing trends and keys you into where the industry is headed. Way to go! Keep it up!

The podcast, hosted by Dan Benjamin and the "Godfather" of web standards, Jeffrey Zeldman, interviews a broad spectrum of web professionals, from web designers, to developers creating the kool tools for the web and mobile. Interesting themes, topics and conversation. A must for the commute via iPod.

@Zeldman and @DanBenjamin have already changed The Game. Now they get together every week on this show, bring in a game-changing guest, and they change MY game plan with every episode.

I am a web designer and I must say that this show is very INSPIRING and INFORMATIVE! Love it!

If you are a web designer there is no way around it: you have to listen.

It's like NPR's 'Fresh Air' or 'On The Media', but about Web design. Great stuff.

I am an aspiring web designer/developer hybrid building a small web-based business in Erie, Pa. A no-where town where all the local websites are table based and last updated in 94'. That being said I do whatever I can to keep up on latest web technologies. To make a living I am currently delivering newspapers 7 nights a week. You guys keep me company from 230am - 6am everyday. It never gets old and my skills grow exponentially. The Big Web Show is by far "The Best" podcast involving web publishing that there is out there. Dan and Jefferey really get information to sink. I'll admit it I am obsessed. Keep them coming. Ed P.S.I listen to three a night so if its possible record three a day please :)

Dan and Jeffrey bring some of the most influential and interesting guests in the industry to this show. Always informative and instructive, the spirit of this show is delightful. Cheers to Dan and Jeffrey.

When Jeffrey speaks, web designers listen.

As a print designer expanding into design for Web and digital tablets, TBWS has helped me tremendously. Listening to each show is the equivalent of attending a great class—after it's over I'm inspired to learn more. The intelligent, unpretentious and entertaining dialogue between Jeffrey, Dan, and their guests is really interesting, and also provides a guide on where to search next for the highest quality information on specific Web topics. The discussions also informally teach the history of, and possibilities for, this vast communication medium. Thank you for the show!

Week after week I am impressed by the people featured on this show. This makes me excited about being involved in this industry!

I listened to this podcast pretty consistently since it began however over the past several episodes it has become just design in its focus. Honestly it's the same conversation week after week. Hopefully Dan and Jeffrey will mix it up more in the future. 5by5 has replaced TWIT for me in it's quality and even handedness. Good job Dan.

Fascinating guests and engaging conversations. What more could you ask for?

Love the show, along with many of the 5by5 podcasts. When will we be getting "Story Time" with Jeffery Zeldman?

Discussion and interviews that should be interesting to any web developer/designer. The combination of Dan and Jeffrey as hosts is a nice balance. I definitely recommend you add it to you're listening cue.

Great material for designers, developers and smb entrepreneurs