David Brent would be so proud.British comedian Ricky Gervais, creator of the original (and best) TV series “The Office,” is topping the podcast download charts here and in the U.K. with his offering, the not-surprisingly-named “The Ricky Gervais Show”.According to Reuters: “Also featured is ‘Office’ co-writer Stephen Merchant and their former radio producer Karl Pilkington, as the trio take on a succession of offbeat topics from vampires to a regular segment called ‘Monkey News.’ ““When I heard that we were the number one podcast, my first thought was that it wasn’t a fair fight as The Office is shown in over 80 countries around the world,” Gervais told the Guardian. “Steve’s first thought was: ‘why aren’t we charging for it?’, and Karl’s first thought was: ‘Is a chimp allowed to win the lottery?”‘ I think Steve works here at NW.com.The latest podcast, available here, features: “little people tormenting big cats and the market-testing of a Serbian sex machine….the blight of the charity mugger and the greater blight of talkative vagrants….an expos Related content news analysis FBI/IC3: Vile $5B business e-mail scam continues to breed FBI/IC3 reports over 40,000 worldwide victims and $5 billion in the latest reckoning By Michael Cooney May 08, 2017 5 mins Security news analysis Ultimate geek dream? NASA challenges you to jump on the FORTRAN bandwagon! NASA opens High Performance Fast Computing Challenge By Michael Cooney May 05, 2017 4 mins Government Open Source Enterprise Applications news analysis Fragmented, disorganized IT systems thwart feds ability to track visas DHS OIG says ineffective IT process has contributed to a backlog of more than 1.2 million visa overstay cases. By Michael Cooney May 04, 2017 5 mins Analytics Data Center Security news analysis TSA: “As you can imagine, live anti-tank rounds are strictly prohibited altogether.” TSA finds live anti-tank round in carry-on bag By Michael Cooney Apr 28, 2017 2 mins Security Podcasts Videos Resources Events NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe