Here's Where it Went Wrong

Wen and Andrew  do their first solo episode since they launched the podcast to have a chance to relax, have fun, and do 12 hours of exhausting research on one of their favorite subjects, the French Revolution! They discuss the wars, the politics, the kings, of course the guillotine, bastille and cake, and EVERYTHING you might not know about this subject!

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Wen and Andrew are joined by Brandon Scott Wolf to trace the entire history of wrestling! They dig deep into the first Olympic games to learn why the Greeks actually fought oiled up and naked, and then trace wrestling's whole timeline through the carnival circuit and the very first arranged fights. And finally end up in the modern era with the Monday Night Wars, and break down how  the WWF and WCW fought it out to finally become the WWE!

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Andrew and Wen welcome the very funny Gianmarco Soresi ("Shelf Life" streaming now on Amazon Prime!) to talk about the history and our own relationships with Therapy! 

From their own experiences to starting therapy, to the history that includes a lot of legitimate tortures as well as  way too much incest, the comics get into all the the triumphs and pitfalls of telling all of your problems to a complete stranger. (We're Pro doing it by the way!)

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Wen and Andrew sit down with comedian and writer Niles Abston (Clowncast, Girls Don’t Twerk to Jokes) to talk about the outstanding career of LeBron James, from his wins to his charity work to how he reshaped the game! Then finally where it all went wrong, when the league made him pay for it!

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Andrew and Wen welcome the very funny Maureen Monahan (Our Cartoon President, Tooning Out The News) to discuss Wen's favorite things, Broadway musicals and comic books. That's right, we're diving in to Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark!

The three dive deep into Spider-Man comics, from his origins as a sickly orphan, to the weird edgy take where his sperm killed his wife, to the Tobey Maguire movies we loved, culminating in the Broadway musical that we absolutely didn't. How did a Spider-Man musical featuring Bono, the lady from The Lion King, and zero comic book fans turn out so badly? The answer is obvious but it's still a fun ride!

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Wen and Andrew sit down with writer and comedian Adam Burke to discuss what was considered the biggest political scandal in American history, from the country's creation until Watergate! It involved the whole Harding administration, adultery, murder, a SECOND murder/suicide, and stealing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of oil from the Navy, to LEGALLY, just give it away. We cover the entire history, the players involved, and the small bribe that finally brought the whole corrupt tower down!

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Wen and Andrew have on the incredibly funny David Saliterman (Funny or Die, Nerdist) finally hop on to this Queen's Gambit craze to talk about the history of Chess and where it all went wrong! From the fears that it was being used to spread secret messages, to a series of players caught cheating in the bathroom, and the large number of players who engaged in colorful behavior after retirement, they discuss all aspects of the game.

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Wen and Andrew sit down with one of their favorite comedians and writers, Daniel Kibblesmith! Having written Loki, Lockjaw, Black Panther vs. Deadpool and more for Marvel, his insights into Blade and how that helped launch the MCU were amazing! But before that, they had to trace the history of vampires! From gods and revenants to 1700s paranoia that gripped entire towns in fear, and finally launched vampires into literature and pop culture. All of this eventually leading to the amazing Blade series, and finally where it went wrong!

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Wen and Andrew sit down with their friend Michael and comedy icon Michael Ian Black (Wet Hot American Summer series, The State, Stella) to talk about bands that overstayed their welcome and became shadows of what they were. Bands that went from playing large stadium tours to instead playing small state fairs, ones that still play stadiums but for your grandparents, and the few that withstood the test of time. They share their own favorite concert stories and try to figure out what leads to longevity.

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Wen and Andrew are joined by their good friend and one of their favorite Chicago comedians and magicians, Angel Garcia! Together they find out how Christmas really started, and got to where it is today. They cover everything from its origins in Yule and Saturnalia, to the pope who made it Jesus' birthday, and the crazy party he couldn't stop. They also discuss how Santa became Santa, and where it almost went TERRIBLY wrong, when a series of British civil wars led to a ban on everything Christmas!

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