Glad You're Here

When Marcus Monroe was a kid, he got gut-punched by his own brother on the first day of high school, was put in special ed by his dad the principal, and paid college tuition by juggling fire on a unicycle. Somehow he survived, only to run into his high school choreographer on a New York subway while dressed head-to-toe as Spider-Man.

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This episode is bonus content available exclusively to our Patreon backers. In this life update Alex and Pam talk about their very long trip to the east coast and along with many other things find how how one salad ruined all other salads for Pam.

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When Brian Wohl was a kid, he grew up next to an abandoned nuclear missile base, copied off the future Boston mayor Michelle Wu all through school, and got certified as a FIFA soccer ref at 14. Somehow he survived... only to grow up and confess to Margaret Cho that he'd had her entire act memorized since he was 12.

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This episode is bonus content available exclusively to our Patreon backers. Listen as Pam and Alex tell you about their trip to Chico CA, their son's birthday party, a bunch of shows Alex did.

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When Felix Kiner grew up in a Soviet Union, he was kidnapped by a horse-drawn wagon, tried to cook his city-rationed banana on the stove, and was stabbed by a school yard bully. Somehow he survived, only to get interrogated by Soviet authorities over a scathing review of his teacher.

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When Julia Jasunas was a kid she lived next door to Hollywood bad-boy Charlie Sheen, she dressed her dad in halloween costumes when he went to the liquor store, andcalled her middle school boyfriend "dickhead" to his face without him figuring it out for over a year. Somehow she survived, only to get detention on 9/11.

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This episode is bonus content available exclusively to our Patreon backers. Listen as Pam and Alex tell you about how they spent Father's Day, why they've missed a few podcasts postings and a show they took their kids to see!

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This episode is bonus content available exclusively to our Patreon backers. We're so sorry we owe you some extra podcasts Patreon board members! But guess what?! This podcast is extra long on purpose to make up for only having one bonus podcast this month! Listen as Pam and Alex list their top three stuffed foods. Yes, that's right food stuffed into another some other type of food.

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When Julian Stern was a kid his neighbor was the D.C. Sniper, he took a direct hit from a friend's backyard bow-and-arrow jackass stunt, and he plotted a county-wide heist to steal track hurdles from every rival school. Somehow he survived, only to be arrested for public urination on St. Patrick's Day.

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When Dante Chang was a kid, his friend tricked him into getting arrested, he was suspended for pulling his pants down in the cafeteria, and he tried to fist fight his church pastor.  Somehow he survived, only to find out as a teenager that his parents were biologically brother and sister.

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