Everyone knows the importance of breakfast. We even know the nutritional value of starting the day off with a well-balanced breakfast. The problem is making time to actually consume this meal. Host Brian Durkin has struggled lately adding this meal to his morning routines. His funny friends Greg Trout and Casey Kuftic give him some fun advice on what he can do to plan for breakfast better.

Breakfast sandwiches are a part of the American fabric of life. Meat, egg, and cheese on a bread product equals morning glory of goodness. The problem is that this combo is a notorious recipe for disaster on your system. Sure a bacon, egg, and cheese might be nice once in a while, but you can't slam them down every morning. So should there be a time in your life that you give up breakfast sandwiches? Is that time now? Is there a way to improve your breakfast sandwich game so you can still life a relatively healthy lifestyle. All these questions and more discussed on this comprehensive episode of Full Belly Laughs. We have the lovely Megan Goetz, one of the top contributors to Full Belly Laughs. Joining her is the amazing Jessa Reed from the Mormon and the Methhead podcast.

Return guests James Hancock and Brian Isley do a bunch of fun trash talking about who's better at basketball. That leads to an education for host Brian Durkin to learn some fresh new basketball slang. After the gang chats about sports, they jump into some hilarious games. A round of Hypertheticals and several rounds of Super Fight concludes this great hang.

As a Philly-based podcast, it's crazy it took us this long to talk about wooder ice. Needless to say our fans had a lot to say on this matter. All the classics got plenty of shout outs, but some really interesting flavors made it into the spotlight as well. Host Brian Durkin is joined by some hilarious comedians as they discuss the best flavors, then round out the chill evening with some board games.

When it comes to breakfast you need to ask yourself the following question: waffles or pancakes? We all not that savory breakfasts are for dongle heads. You can grab a bit of savory on the side, like 9 strips of bacon. But at the beginning of the day you need to kick star your sugar high. But what vessel is the best way to get you there? Should you enjoy discs of fluffy sugar freedom? Should you fill the nooks and crannies of a waffle with more sugar? Find the hilarious answers to all these questions on this episode of the Full Belly Laughs podcast.

A trading card game (TCG) is like a board game, but the game pieces are collectible. Imagine if you had a stamp collection, but each stamp did something different in a game of Monopoly. YuGiOh! is one of many TCGs, but it's most notorious for a community of thieves. Host Brian Durkin shares some wild stories from back in the day when he used to help run events for this game. You won't believe the kind of stuff kids, teenagers, and adults would do to steal valuable cardboard.

One dessert pairs best with ice cream while the other dessert can be made with ice cream. That's right we're debating pies vs cakes. So many passionate opinions on this episode, which makes this one of the fiercest debates in our history. But all in good fun of course. At the end of the day our crazy rants are meant to bring joy, and we sure deliver on this episode. Comics crack themselves up listening to some of the wild answers from listeners. This is a great episode for anyone who loves to chat about food.

Cheesecake, ice cream cake, cheesecake, pound cake, etc. etc. These are all great cakes? Or are they? Is there another cake that actually reigns supreme? We do our best to navigate the murky waters of what makes a cake great. Comedians Emily Pavie and Charles Blyzniuk join host Brian Durkin on the couch as they chat about cakes. They then discuss fan nominations for the best cake. Finally the episode closes with an interview of a pastry chef and recommendations from Philly Food Porn.

You're at a restaurant. You can get baked potatoes or mashed potatoes. What do you choose? Does your answer change if it's a dinner party instead of a restaurant? Is mashed or baked objectively better than the other potato? Do people actually care about this topic? That last question we can answer with resounding "YES!" That was the spark of our conversation on this episode, and many fans wrote in with their passionate opinions on the matter. Find out the pros and cons of mashed vs baked potatoes.

Trading card games are a whole world most people know nothing about. It's pretty wild and zanny. Host Brian Durkin goes down memory lane with long time friends Tyler and Zach Hine. They used to travel to play in TCG tournaments together. Now they are wrapped up in other pursuits, and just adult life responsibilities. But every now and then they get together to play in a competition for fun, and reminisce the good old days of dueling. Hear their crazy stories and learn some of the hilarious jargon from this subculture.