Meet the 'Podcast Police' - a joke "task force" vowing to "stop white guys from starting podcasts about nothing".<br /><br />Pals William Peters, 25, and Brett Dodenhoff, 28, wrote and filmed the sketch as a joke response to being "inundated" with podcasts.<br /><br />The spoof sees the duo act as 'cops', shutting down "white guys" launching their own podcast.<br /><br />In the video, the two can be seen apprehending 'suspects' throughout Los Angeles, US, whilst they reveal the extent of the problem.<br /><br />One amusing scene shows William arresting a 17-year-old for podcasting and questioning "what life advice he could be sharing."<br /><br />Whilst in another Brett's character details how his brother became "hooked" on podcasting.<br /><br />The video - which has garnered over 2.5million views on TikTok - also follows the two 'cops' as they bust people for selling podcast equipment and recording on the side of the street.<br /><br />The pair say they wanted to create the video in an "investigative Vice style" with the idea that podcasting could be an addiction.<br /><br />Brett, from Los Angeles, US, said: "We all know podcasting can be annoying at this point so we knew the idea was there. <br /><br />"In general it's kind of mapped to treating it like this idea of it being like a drug problem - what if this was an addictive thing?<br /><br />"We riffed enough to probably make three of these videos! <br /><br />"We had to cut a ton out."<br /><br />Will, also from Los Angeles, added: "Within 15 minutes we'd pretty much written the whole sketch and the punchlines.<br /><br />"We were kind of going for a Cops episode investigative Vice style."<br /><br />The duo admit despite their character's apparent 'hate' for podcasts in the skit, they are partial to them.<br /><br />Brett said: "Anything under the sun can be a podcast, if it's two interesting people it can be great but because there is no barrier to entry you can put anything up online. <br /><br />"We're pretty inundated in the comedy podcasting world and I think it's just funny that so many people have something to say."<br /><br />Will agreed, and added: "I consume a lot of podcast content and here I am talking rubbish about it, but it is a bizarre concept with the no barrier to entry.<br /><br />"We're poking fun at ourselves and friends too - we've talked about starting a podcast a couple of times!"<br /><br />Brett and Will's favourite scenes from the video - which was shot on just an iPhone - are when the 17-year-old is arrested and Brett's brother lost to podcasting.<br /><br />WilL said: "The whole emotional aspect of Brett's brother being lost to podcasting was great.<br /><br />Brett added: "I felt like that 17-year-old giving life advice scene really resonated with people as that's what it comes down to."<br /><br />Will and Brett post all their skits here: https://www.tiktok.com/@squilliam_peters
