A Pickle Home Companion

Happy Failure Puddle Friday! The Squids kick off this episode by having Missy & Sarah join for another exciting segment of "What's In Pete's Mail?".  Then they welcome queer and trans author Pip Dolyn on to the podcast with open arms.  They discuss a wide variety of topics like IKEA, Wegmans, Tim Tebow, D&D, and dive into the book making process, inspirations, and sending playlists as a love language.

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In today's Second Part Sunday episode, The Squids wrap up their conversation with Jeremy Alan Gould and dive into some voicemails. They discuss community appreciation, what got them into comedy as kids, and talk more about the 7 Nips of the Apocalypse episode of the Pickle & Boot Shoppe podcast.

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Jeremy Alan Gould (Rumors Are True Podcast) makes his triumphant return to Lake Skabegon! This week's topics include "Clipping", recognizing a listener in public, a fact check about The Prodigal Sign, games, and more. Then they are joined by Jason from Unoriginal Vinyl to talk about public speaking, the Tooth & Nail box set, and the ill advised Pickle & Boot Shoppe "7 Nips of the Apocalypse".

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This week The Squids welcome special guest Caleb The Spy from the Album Anniversary Podcast. They discuss Patreon, listen to voicemails, get distracted, talk Switchfoot, go off topic, Kevin talks about meeting a major league baseball player as a kid, and they eventually get back to answering the question.  They play a round of games and their guest surprises them with a secret game that he had been playing.

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It's Valentines Day! So The Squids check voicemails, talk Dad-core, recap the recent Five Iron Frenzy show.  They invite Joe Yerke (Insyderz) & THE Heidi Emery for a lovely discussion with exciting topics like the anatomy of chickens, starting a podcast stage at Furnace Fest, overthinking answers, the benefits of hidden tracks and steak and cheese. Then they make Heidi choose the best love poem for Joe.

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This week The Squids discuss the benefits of the Dad-core music scene, check some voicemail, and sit down with Jeff Bettger from the bands Ninety Pound Wuss, Suffering & The Hideous Thieves, DRYBNZ, and Raft of Dead Monkeys. They talk about life in the northwest, Furnace Fest, music, vegan punk bars, and what the future of Ninety Pound Wuss looks like. 

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This week The Squids welcome Caleb Jackson, the director, editor, and producer of the documentary Squad Five-O Is Here To Stay to town.  They discuss being bad with names, Furnace Fest (naturally), Spring Break, Unoriginal Vinyl, finding new music, movies, play and some games. Kevin also continues pushing for Squad Five-O to return to Furnace Fest to record a live album play of Bombs Over Broadway.

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In this episode, The Squids check some voicemails, a caller writes a theme song for the show, and then they continue with part two of their episode with Matt Kelly. They talk about "finding your people", the Reply All podcast, the peer pressure to evangelize as a kid, interviewing Five Iron Frenzy, and discuss Matt's goals for Five Iron February on the Christian Cringe podcast.

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This week The Squids are joined by Matt Kelly from GeekscapeTV, One Hit Thunder, Weird Al-Gorithm, Christian Cringe, & more! They talk about his various podcasts, Christian music, Weird Ass Movie Night, DC Talk, ska music, lurking on message boards, play some games, and have a lot of laughs.

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In this episode The Squids continue their conversation with Jeff Fortson of Squad Five-O. They talk about taking Brock Dittus to Furnace Fest, the mindset of A Pickle Home Companion. Jeff touches on what it was like trying to make teaching class online in the pandemic interesting as well as why Jaws is a Christmas movie in his house.

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