Today on the show, Paul and Ben talk about Denny’s, Extraordinary Claims, dream games, improv gone wrong, spoilers for Widow’s Bay, knowing your stuff, Ringo isn’t even the best drummer in the Beatles, The Wombats, bass players, Weird Al is a vampire, Jimmy Carr, black coffee, Denis Leary and calling out comedy.

Today Paul and Ben talk about Audio Mediums, Widow’s Bay, playing the comedy, Huell, dream ants, what is an animal, the new digs of the Floating Museum, corrections from listener Catherine, Eugene Mirman’s car accident, Paul’s birthday, David Milch, and what the Six Feet Under actors are up to now.

Today on the show, Paul and Ben talk about Theater of the Mind, gentrification, back pain, anti-antibacterial movements, mixing medicines, Widow’s Peak, True Detective S2, googling yourself, naming things after yourself, Nixon history, Chevy Chase slapping Rob Huebel, and finally model cars.

Today on the show, Paul and Ben talk about Ted Turner, foundational comedy, getting rejected by bots, how Paul was saved by The Chair Company, Silver Streak, doing dirty jokes, Josh Fadem, thinking wrong things, Adam Scott looking like a Ben, old dog new tricks, Starfield, how to do math, transit tourism, and finally the new ChatGPT.

Today on the show, Paul and Ben talk about trains, teeth, singing as yourself, david dastmalchian, theatre of the mind, not laughing, mind meld, corrections from Catherine, and finally public vs private personas.

Today on the show, Paul and Ben talk about Chicago deep dish, bean dad, twitter threads, the Christmas card that It’s A Wonderful Life is adapted from, Door Dash, the Chicago White Sox, ampersand improv, True Detective, Scott Aukerman’s The Pitt rap, spoilers for Honey Don’t, the appeal of the right, and finally animism and AI.

Today on the show, Paul and Ben talk about coffee, Huel, hail storms, Goof Juice, fat-shaming livers, sugar-free Jolt, the Strait of Hormuz, desks, Carlin, Jason Finn, nostalgia, Weird Al, The Boys, Highlander, Toyota, baseless music, and finally slide dad.

Today on the show, Paul and Ben talk about Paul’s loudness levels punching objects, haircuts, the US bombing Iran into the stone ages, Fatboy Slim, classism, diets, the moon mission, the were-house, They Live, Fab Tool by Carpenter Brute, train fare, junk removal, visiting each other in prison, Jason Statham and body oil, and finally Blades of the Guardians.

Today on the show Paul and Ben talk about Erwin Laurance’s Sweet Water Vengeance, Paul’s new chest of drawers, plumbing issues, when Gen X retires, the piloted mission to the moon, comedia dell arte, spoilers for Bodies, Can’t Find a Buttermint, why aren’t we watching Sandman anymore, Pam Bondi being fired, and finally congressional testimonies.

Today on the show, Paul and Ben talk about water, improv, headlines, requirements engineering, diets, Chicago, western novels, a visit by Stephen, and finally holidays.