Gift Horse

Mike and Tracy are back in the gift saddle after a dust-up with COVID-19. Mike's gift celebrates the power of Zoom to forge new forms of community. Tracy's gift celebrates the right of every person on Zoom to see what's on your walls.

Mike and Tracy exchange stories of childhood, and then, relatedly, playground equipment. Can anyone govern a cousin? What would a Hieronymus Bosch painting look like if it were both fun and for kids? Who will win the Queen's Award for Enterprise? The only way to find out is to listen, rate, review, subscribe, and spread the word about this pod.

NFTs are still funny, right? The premise of this episode is: they have to be. Join Mike and Tracy in proving the promise of ape community. Come for the legal lecture; stay for the Cheetos.

Music credit:

Envision by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4706-envision License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Upright napping, weird showerheads, dude broth, misapplying the term "half bath," snuggle boys not meant for the wet, bubble products/bathroom fizzers, sonic sidebars, recommending sexy phrases, material birds, bone conduction, and more. There is no yellow. And it's Sauron!

"ShOw NoTeS"

Follow Tracy's video game development at https://bikeandbug.itch.io

In an episode that threatens several times to become as painfully self-serious as their swordstravaganzas, Mike and Tracy exchange robot friends. One favors stealth, and the other: raw power.

Wish Background by Kevin MacLeod.

Mike and Tracy square off in the Chili's, which was Mike's idea of a fancy restaurant until 2013, to see who can best celebrate the other's graduation. Tracy brings an airhorn to the fight and Mike brings a thermos.

Mike and Tracy trade cameos. Who has the higher tolerance for punishment? Why is this our most wrestling-heavy episode yet? And who will chant for Grandma?

It's come to this: Mike and Tracy exchange horse-themed gifts. Two hearts, two bodies, one soul; when there was one set of tracks in the sand, those were clearly horse tracks. Look at the shape of the shoes. I was carrying you on my back.

This week, Mike and Tracy exchange burdensome gifts. But first they must remember--partially--America's former sweetheart, Tom Cavanagh. Why is the garden Tracy's problem? What can Mike say now that his grandma is dead? There's only one way to find out.

Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego, and what does she want? Mike and Tracy gift the crimson caperer items that will either incrementally improve her day job OR completely transform her life. It's a battle of ideologies when these two titans clash.