Music. Genres we like. Genres we don't. That super-special feeling we're all starting to get when the stuff we used to listen to in high school is now considered "classic." Also - the truth about Optimus Prime's unabashed love of Michael McDonald *** Topic - Fusion Jazz. From - Aaron

Timely. Serious. Awkward. This week we have a conversation that everyone should be having. (Although don't feel obligated to record and release yours. But you totally can if you want.) We do our best to tackle a topical and tough topic - Consent. Listen. Learn. Use this EpiDose as a launching off point to have [...]

Does playing an instrument make you more sexy? You're damn right it does. Triangle, xylophone, slide whistle, accordion, sousaphone - doesn't matter. Also covered this week...  - Talent Crushes  - The Dennis System  - Mandolin face  - The storied legacy of male harpist (They used to slay back in Mozart's day...)  *** Topic - Do [...]

How hard do you have to work to get some goddamn alone time? Jay wants to know. For Geoff and Max it's not very difficult. All they have to do is wake up. Hollywood aces his Raiders of the Lost Ark fanboy exam. *** Topic - What lengths have you gone to to get some [...]

Are you ever, you know, kinda into those time when you smell bad? Sierra wants to know. We want to know about spirit scents! Are you zesty like Hollywood? A little spicy like Max? Boozy and and bold like Rachel? Convenience is the opposite of trouble. *** Topic - Do you secretly love it when [...]

Morris? Felix? Toonses? Abraham Delany something-something-something Thomas O’ Malley? Heathcliff? Hobbs? Grizabella? Tom? Sylvester? Rum Tum Tugger? Grumpy Cat? Socks? The mgm lion? The thundercats? Swatcats? Who's the most famous cat of all?  We also get into...  - Andrew Lloyd Weber’s pitch for Cats   - How opera invented hip hop  - The Wicked Rule - [...]

If you had one do-over in life, what would it be? Would you be like Max and take the radio show? Would you be like Hollywood and ponder a different collegiate experience? Or, would you be smart like Rachel, our first-time guest, who steals the show? *** Topic - If you had a "do-over" in [...]

Welcome, contestants! This is your ideal game of Jeopardy. You get to choose all the categories. What, pray tell, will they be? Broadway musicals? Star Wars? US History? American Cheeses? Your favorite foods? *** Topic - What would your ideal Jeopardy board be? From - Chandra Kleinhans

It's astrophysics time! We're talking about gravity and how it actually works. Which, surprising no one at all, we're a little uncertain about... It has to do with divots in space-time but it may as well be magic. We start off with science and descend into dragons. *** Topic - Is everyone hip to the [...]

Bust out your nerd hat 'cause we're talking about hobbits. Who's the bravest Tolkien character? What are the anti-aircraft defenses of Mordor like? Was Jesus a Winchester? *** Topic - Who is the bravest Tolkien characters? From - Jay Seevers