On Feb. 19, Manhattan’s Beacon Theater was at capacity for a live taping of The Read, the beloved pop culture podcast hosted by comedians Kid Fury and Crissle West. This show was particularly meaningful because they were celebrating the podcast’s 10th anniversary. Given their profession, Fury and West are always talking, but when their introduction was met with prolonged, thunderous applause, just for a moment, they were silent. “I definitely had a moment backstage where I started to get emotional,” West tells TIME a week later. “It’s wild to see how much progress we’ve made and how far the show has gone.”

Since 2013, three presidents and a never-ending list of celebrity antics have provided fodder for The Read. The for…