Is It Safe?

Luke, Matt, Scott and Mike are back from vacation just in time to talk about WWE biographies on A&E. Piper, Warrior, Macho Man are all dead, but there are still a lot more alive than dead when you dig into the research. Did you know that Action Bronson lost 127 pounds recently? Fuck, is it still delicious? Friend of the show Danny has his own podcast called Music Friends, but what blows Scott's mind is how much better Danny sounds with a lesser mic than him. Breaking news: Les Miles is still an unscrupulous bastard. Make sure you check out the You, Me and An Album podcast that Mike was on recently. Picking a favorite album is an impossible endeavor for Mike, so he started a playlist of his favorite albums of all time. One of those albums is by Slowdive and it turns out that Luke would constantly be on the brink of suicide if he had to listen to music like Slowdive's on a regular basis. Mental health talk gets real too on this episode. Luke opens up a bit to share some insight on the challenging disorders that he deals with daily. The band Hum is a classic 90s band and their drummer Bryan St. Pere died a couple weeks ago. If you don't know Hum it's time to give them a chance and pay tribute to their fallen drummer who died at 52. Matt makes a great point when he says that Destroyer and LCD Soundsystem drive him bonkers. Will Luke hate it? Tune in to find out! Lastly, over 20 years later and the debate between Peyton Manning and Ryan Leaf rages on. Give us your thoughts on any of this nonsense by emailing us at [email protected]

Luke, Matt, Scott and Mike love doing this show! We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we love bringing it to you. The massive flood in southeast Michigan was a headache for Matt's basement and the fun plans that others had scheduled. It turns out the local Detroit flood hotline wasn't working so efficiently either. Do you have any pets? Have you ever bought a pet as a goof? Mike was attacked by birds as a teen and in an attempt to overcome that fear, the joke was on him. You're also going to learn about skunks and opossums on this show as well. There is a terrible fear running through the podcast. The fear of becoming a holy roller is a real fear, especially for Matt. Of course we bring you the latest highlights from our most recent softball game. Mike definitely struck out swinging and missing in slow-pitch softball. We learn that Matt is neighbors with a local celebrity! Show mascot Danny asks the crew who their favorite Piston's player of all time was. John was the king of a local basketball camp back in the day, Mike had a scary experience with Ben Wallace in 2003 and new Trailblazers head coach Chauncey Billups has skeletons in his closet. Give us your thoughts on any of this nonsense by emailing us at [email protected]

Luke, Matt, Scott and Mike are here for all your podcast needs! Music League is fucking rigged and Mike is pissed! However, we go over some local Michigan favorite artists. Luke tells the tale of getting his knee drained just in case you ever wanted to know about that. Email time with Danny inquires about our favorite Detroit Tigers especially Ron LaFlore who has an amazing story. Plus Ty Cobb was exploited and his story was completely fabricated in Al Stump's bogus biography which the movie featuring Tommy Lee Jones was based on. The Pistons win the NBA Lottery live while we were on the air which Scott and Mike are stoked about! The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 in favor of allowing college athletes to make money, but Luke certainly has his doubts that the money will end up in the athletes hands. Have you ditched certain friends that were not up to snuff as Covid is ending? Have you taken stock of which friends are not good for you? Also, Uber and their scummy pals passed Prop 22 in California where they spent over $200 million to get it passed. Would you be surprised to know that prop 22 is against workers rights? Also, make it to the end to find out what song we close the show with. Give us your thoughts on any of this nonsense by emailing us at [email protected]

Luke, Matt, Scott and Mike go over the latest trials from their softball team. Matt reminds everybody that I-75 traffic going up north and returning is always a nightmare in the summer months. Matt is the resident Mad Max expert here and Luke is not. Blade Runner 2049 is also a questionable film according to Luke. Tina Turner turns everybody on and we find out she lives in Sweden! Then a big sector of the show is dedicated to lambasting the University of Michigan and their handling of the horrendous claims made against former scumbag Dr. Anderson. Is Bo Schembechler culpable? Why are so many institutions put before the well-being of others? Then, the show goes off the rails in the best way possible. Listener Eric created a treasure trove of audio drops from all of our previous episodes. The laughs ensue from there and you can get a great breakdown on chicken sandwiches from Luke. Listener Danny emailed the show with two concepts for each of the fellas to answer: what was the best Detroit sporting event you've ever been to and what experience you went through that was originally very painful, but eventually you came to see as a useful experience? There is music in this show too. Luke demanded Poor People by Alan Price of The Animals. Mike had to be annoying with Lucky Man by Emerson, Lake and Palmer first. Give us your thoughts on any of this nonsense by emailing us at [email protected]

The softball season is finally under way, so Luke, Matt, Mike and Scott are excited to talk about their team who nobody else cares about. There's a spin-off in Training Day that Mike is pushing for. Vaccine talk takes over briefly as the fellas try to understand the mostly bogus arguments against the covid vaccine. Matt takes us back to his librarian days as he watched homeless people openly watch porn in the library. The G7 countries signed a pact to go after tax dodging assholes like Jeff Bezos who everybody hopes dies in space. Are workers more lazy than ever or less incentivized than ever because of unemployment? When it comes to inflation Luke says it's not so clear cut. Mike wonders exactly when it was that one sentence uttered by a human being could move markets. Kwame Kilpatrick is back preaching in Detroit. What a time to be alive! Lastly, the Dr. Andersen scandal at the University of Michigan is just the latest example of an institution taking precedence over an individual's well-being. Give us your thoughts on any of this nonsense by emailing us at [email protected]

Your old pals from the Is It Safe pod are back and better than ever! Do you ever wonder what Bill O'Reilly is up to these days? We do. Mike recalls a Baloo lookalike at a Cincinnati TGIF's. Somehow we get on the subject of Korn and nu metal where it turns out J-Scott is down with 6 Korn songs. Papa Roach's Infest is still a kick-ass album and no apologies will be given. Your emails are a big part of the show and we go through both of them! Listener thoughts range from which state would each of us would prefer to live in, which country and the impact legalized weed will have on our collective culture. Do fellow Michiganders have pride in their home state? Mike bounces about halfway through, leaving the show in the capable hands of the remaining triumvirate. Luke has a desire to dive into meta-ethics while Matt regales us with the most productive prison term ever. Give us your thoughts on any of this nonsense by emailing us at [email protected]

No Govier this week but three originals are here to guide you through the latest offering. Do you fear injuries related to softball? Luke does. It does happen believe it or not. Scott loves Javier Bardem more than you ever knew. Matt ponders the records he owns but never listens to. Spotify can give way to a lack of control. Matt has to get political because he can't help himself. Yet, we understand because nobody knows why the hell Gretchen Whitmer was at the Landshark Bar. The election audit has Scott at his wits end because anything that happens in government can be questioned now. The environment we are in now means that certain people are locked in on their ideals. How do you help people see the light? Of course, Luke is not satisfied with Biden coasting along and the labor force needs to sit on ass long enough to provide livable wages for the most people possible. Give us your thoughts on any of this nonsense by emailing us at [email protected]

Four podcast hosts to rule them all and one audience to find them. Scott, Matt, Mike and Luke bring you more fascinating tales that you can't get enough of. Did you miss Trump and his endless unintentionally comedic soundbites? Dating seems like a distant memory for these dudes, but Scott wonders why a first date is so challenging for so many folks. When it comes to online dating though, Govier has been involved in many dates that didn't go as planned. He shares some stories from his previous dating life that are far from romantic, but absolutely true. Catfishing, where did it come from? Not to be outdone by his cohorts, Luke shares stories from his recent trip to Folly Beach, South Carolina. The fellas also talk about the new HBO Max documentary The Crime of the Century which is about the opioids nightmare. If you haven't seen it, check it out. Especially if you want to lose even more hope for the human race. Govier is in recovery from opioid addiction so he has a lot of awful experiences that can give context to this massive force of awfulness. Luke also gets frustrated with the people on the ground that pushed the agenda of the Sacklers and Purdue Pharma. Vigilante justice: yay or nay? If you've never been down on the Chattahoochee you'll get your fill near the end of the show. China drops crypto news while the show is being recorded that will piss off a lot of crypto lovers. Luke also has A LOT more pop country knowledge than we knew. Give us your thoughts on any of this nonsense by emailing us at [email protected]

The fearsome foursome is reunited! Back from Arizona, Matt fills us in on the latest happenings at the Grand Canyon. Plus we get Matt's experience flying to and from the southwest. Luke is the next host of this podcast to take a special trip. He's off to Charleston, South Carolina to soak up some rays on the coast. Did he use AirBnB or a hotel? You'll find out when you press play. Luke also has opinions on the lack of regulation with AirBnB. It turns out Luke is staying on Folly Beach where Mike used to live! So Mike shares plenty of stories about his roommate, his job, being on TV and the Civil War. We have MULTIPLE emails this week and we dive into both of them with tremendous fervor! We finally close the book on the Radiohead debate which also includes a debate about which definition of punk music is the one to rule them all. The email segment also provides a fantastic segment on Bill Bonds versus Mort Crim. Which of these Detroit TV anchors was the better anchor of the two? Bonds versus Crim is a controversy that will never end. Throw in some Coleman A. Young banter and you have a recipe for madness! The shows closes out pondering the apparent struggle for aging rappers. With the recent deaths of Shock G and DMX, does the hip-hop community foster an environment for aging artists or does it promote a live fast, get rich and die trying attitude? Give us your thoughts on any of this nonsense by emailing us at [email protected]

Now Matt is off this week. Again, we wish him the best on his bozo travels. Scott is back to regale us with his worldly travels to Mexico plus flying on the plane and the type of people you will meet. Mike talks playing baseball with the kiddies in the Dominican Republic. Have you ever been to Lake Tahoe? Is it as lovely as it appears in movies? Scott wants to cover all the great musical discussions that he missed on last week's show, so get ready for more Kings of Leon and Radiohead references again! Luke has an odd interaction with his neighbor. What do you do when someone you love has been brainwashed by the internet and is living in fear of the Covid vaccine? Scott and Luke have the answers! We have our very first mailbag thanks to two unread emails from friend of the show Danny! Thank you so much Danny! This segues into the best album by Pearl Jam, which leads to Luke and Mike's 2013 adventure to Pittsburgh to see Pearl Jam which leads to the story about the next day when the boys slept on a former Penn State football player's floor for the Michigan/Penn State game. We close with Chris Illitch and his awful stewardship of the Detroit Tigers. Should it matter? Should we hold power brokers accountable? Give us your thoughts on any of this nonsense by emailing us at [email protected]