REVIEW: Missing 'Missing Richard Simmons'

If you've checked out my podroll, then it's no secret I'm a fan of podcasts. And it's absurd that I haven't reviewed one at length yet, so let's do that today. It's been nearly ten years since I was standing at the Dalhousie bus loop, waiting for my transit to work when I saw the first episode of Dan Taberski's debut podcast drop on a cold February afternoon. "Missing Richard Simmons, Episode One: 'Where's Richard?'" The premiere of a six-episode series produced by Pineapple Street Media, released under the Headlong banner. What followed over the course of the next six weeks was one of the most interesting, morally dubious podcasts produced. Taberski dedicated himself to investigating why exactly beloved, flamboyant fitness instructor Richard Simmons decided to suddenly retire in 2014. Because, when Simmons did this, he also stopped teaching his exercise classes at his gym and cut ties with his fans and friends, one being Taberski—a former Daily Show producer who'd been a regular in…