Getting Through This with Tom and Scott

The business in a Chicago suburb that supported Tom's family for 80 years is closing down, resulting in a large party of family members and close friends, Tom's fiancee Sandy -- and his ex-wife CiCi! Did sparks fly? Did Tom get more than he bargained for? Yes, to both questions, but for an unexpected reason that sent Tom to the very hospital he was born in!

The Great Pedestrian speaks! Will those who stifle sidewalk traffic by looking at cell phones listen? This episode is a festival of thrilling ideas, including a revisit to the greatest pedestrianic idea of all: the trans-continental sidewalk!

What is really the greatest invention of our modern age? The answer, supplied by Tom and Scott, may surprise you. But even more exciting: a huge new museum proposed by Scott to honor this most vital of all of human invention: Indoor Plumbing!

After Labor Day, lolling on the beach or wearing white clothes is an act of social disobedience - but we did it anyway. Today's podcast tells the story of what happened after we smashed conventional norms.

Tom reveals the astonishing truth about how congealed toothpaste on the bathroom sink led him to meet the love of his life!

Tom imagines a nightmare scenario that might have spun out of Scott's recent trip to Flushing Meadow Queens to watch the US Open tennis qualifying match. What if the unthinkable were to happen, resulting in Scott on the wrong side of Serena William's wrath? What is this "unthinkable" nightmare? And how did Scott manage to narrowly avoid it?

What is it like to eat at one of the most expensive restaurants in world.? Tom recounts celebrating his fiancee's birthday at Eleven Madison. Was it worth the hype and expense? And were there any "unintended consequences"?

Scott enjoys a day at the beach, but a partial eclipse prompts our podcast to issue a timely warning and thereby saving the eyesight of perhaps countless listeners. But keep listening to the end to hear how humble we still are.

A scandal in Academia that is quietly going unnoticed, no college currently offers an advanced degree in time travel! But we have an exciting solution. This leads to a discussion of how Tom acquired his PhD without incurring massive student dept..

Our podcast once again scoops the Atlantic Monthly! How long before this very scoop-ability becomes an Atlantic or NYTimes story that we scoop?