Paul and Ben talk about the English language, Reuben Solo, please clap, revealing the magic trick, doing twofers, compulsions, the Red Line, urinating while driving, The Devil’s a Liar, the good hotel / bad hotel, thanksgiving, falling down the stairs, Plur1bus, and hourglass time.

Today on the show, Paul and Ben talk about listening photos, the podcast analytics, old corrections, package safety, makeup anniversaries, pans vs pants, the Most Upsetting Guessing Game, wintertime train ridership, the guy who made hundreds of beavers making a movie about DB cooper in Brazil, metric and decimal time, barking, and finally the baseball game.

Today on the show, Paul and Ben talk about doing a twofer, oops all peanut butter, breakfast cereals, McDonalds getting away from children, Illinois’ new candy law, John Candy, is there wheat in it, Naked Ladies, Pamala and the arms, the files that were released, books on Ben’s shelf, IMDb scrolling, spoilers for Slow Horses, and finally dueling dangerfields.

Today on the show, Paul and Ben talk about Auntie Donna, the November 2025 general election, post-hypocratic world, Bah-Hamburg, Ampersand, the time change, the East St. Louis Massacre, Bob Cassilly, Down Cemetery, Road, A Chinese Ghost Story, and finally Froggypants!

Today on the show, Paul and Ben talk about word association, body types, clowning, Six Flags, improv, misrepresentations on candy packaging, AI in advertising, Bert is Evil, coffee, mild weather, phone plans, and finally minimum chips.

Today on the show, Paul and Ben talk about beef taco burritos, tipping, Fat Boy Summer, working out, skewering audience expectations, working in Union Square, being present in improv class, The East Wing, Songs in the Key of X, VR gaming, weed culture, Tim and Eric, and finally getting old.

Today on the show, Paul and Ben talk about vaccines, Mr. Show, Task, The Chair Company, AirPods, dreams, young boomers, how Bill Hicks would feel about the Austin anti-woke comedy scene, reaching across the aisle, Ace Frehley, Dee-Lite’s Groove is in the Heart, Garbage, John Candy’s I Like Me, dead air, our favorite Pythons, and finally Gilligan’s Island.

Today on the show, Paul and Ben talk about joke stealing, the library of babel, the library of AI, the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the Qatar airbase in Idaho, how Illinois and Washington are fighting back against the national guard invasion, S-tier ICE agents, and Jim Morrison death theories.

Today on the show, Paul and Ben talk about improv classes, money, the all-generals meeting, what’s for dinner, talk show hosts getting canceled, making decisions for large groups of people, and soul coughing in chicago.

Today on the show, Paul and Ben talk about comedians doing drama and dramatic actors doing comedy, what we’re drinking, jack white, baseball, people surprising you, doing work that hasn’t been automated, commercial technology, our 500th episode, the Stewed Prunes, the best gudelaurance pull-quote, M.A.S.K. revival, GI Joe articulation, Disney+ price hike, Pluribus speculation, Weapons, the DoD calling all of the generals to a meeting, and finally Penn and Teller.