Is It Safe?

Everyone please send John Scott your best vibes as he is not with us today. He is just working so damn hard right now! This show is basically centered around your emails. Richard leads us off and he wants to know where we stand on a list of random conspiracy theories. Did the United States smuggle Hitler out of Germany at the end of World War II? Some of them are absurd, but a few of them have clout. Kanye West bullied Pete Davidson relentlessly. Was it uncool and should we be more respectful of civility in society? Pete Davidson had an AIDS scare this year apparently. Emailer Sid is pissed about the monarchy and he is letting his thoughts be known about the colonization of millions of people who were oppressed. He is not a fan of Queen Elizabeth II. Sid has another email that is even more thought provoking than the royals. This one is about Kobe Bryant and Roy Halladay. Both of them passed in aviation accidents, but has Kobe taken on a new level of adoration because him and his daughter perished in a helicopter tragedy? Sid has some thoughts on that. Luke and Mike are worried about friend of the show Yancy in south Florida and they hope Hurricane Ian doesn't ruin his life. This spurs a rant about how philanthropy has gone off the rails. Charitable causes are noble, but too much money never seems to find its way to the people who need it. Luke thinks that Mike talked too much about Roy Halladay today. Rich has another email where he inquires about which tool of death will be the downfall of humans? Will everybody perish in a nuclear holocaust or will it be when AI becomes sentient? Rich also is curious about Halloween movies. Mr. Pink pops in with his fascination about the new Dahmer show available on Netflix. Luke thinks most serial killers are lame outside of The Zodiac. Jeffery Dahmer also apparently has some solid 90s jams and Mr. Pink is feeling the nostalgia. Luke goes on a rant about how nostalgia for the current generations has inundated everything that you see or hear now. Finally, Sean has an email about the new Hulu film Prey and a shoutout for the official dog of Is It Safe, Yoshi! Sean's email is a teaser as there will be more discussion about it next week. We love you guys! We close the show with Drug Dealer by Macklemore. If any of this nonsense inspires you for better or for worse, email the show at [email protected]

Luke wants to know the difference between a talk show and a podcast. What say you? Mars Volta is back with a new album that sounds like Caribbean rock. Find out for your yourself. Should John Scott move down to the beach and become a part-time disc jockey? Luke got his first poller phone call! Did you know Craig Kilborn is in the podcast game now? He is doing his thing as he keeps us all guessing. The fellas think they found a way to get Bill Cosby to pay his penance. Somehow early 2000s shock jocks come up in conversation which leads to digging into some clips of the original incel himself, Tom Leykis. As you may have predicted, he has latched onto the conservative, sexist talk radio world. He's as awful as you remember. There's also a taste of the hilarious Tom Leykis parody done by Comedy Bang Bang a few years back. You'll be happy to hear we catch up on all of your emails! Richard is pissed about Ducktales, Mike gets annoyed by the common game in society known as fuck, marry, kill. Richard also wants to know how upset everybody was when Kelly broke up with Zack on Saved By The Bell. This show is strongly in the corner of Tiffany Amber-Thiessen. Danny is standing up for Scott! He thinks the MCU is all that is wrong with Hollywood today. Danny also has a major disdain for Central Michigan University. Mike is proud of Dave Chapelle for sharing the brutal truth about the evils of the American entertainment industry. Mr. Pink feels left out because he was not named the number one fan of the Is It Safe? Talk Show. Mr Pink wants to know why there wasn't more hard hitting 9/11 coverage. Finally, Richard is curious to find out who was the biggest crush on a made-up character like Jessica Rabbit that any of the fellas had. Scott goes with April O'Neill as his choice. Turtle Power. We love you guys! We close the show with Harlan County by Jim Ford. If any of this nonsense inspires you for better or for worse, email the show at [email protected]

We took a week off, but we're back in full force! Mark Morrison welcomes you home. Luke left the country for a week and nobody had a clue. The Queen of England bit the big one and there has to be some cheesy music and tourist takes about the British Isle. We take a moment for a swell of pride as we talk about the show notes for each episode for the very first time. I'm literally writing them right now, which is pretty cool. New emailer Rich is a fun dude who wants to be a part of things to get his two cents in. Who is the worst person in the world? Let us know. Scott is on a new job tip that has him all in his feelings. Working can be a chore and Scott shares his honest opinion while still being grateful for the roof over his head. Scott's tale reminds Mike about his new internship where an older person he volunteers with didn't understand two-factor authentication. A valuable lesson exists here to teach us that our experiences truly do vary. Take nothing for granted. Luke brings up the concept of quiet quitting, but is easily distracted and it never comes up again. Remember that our actions will always speak volumes more than our words. Sage advice. Rob Schneider showed up on Bill Maher's new podcast and Luke is ready to go off on Maher once more. Luke goes too far though when he denigrates Adam Carolla. We play a Rob Schneider skit that stops the show dead in its tracks. Luke makes it clear Carolla has no quality Marxist ideas. Emailer Rich is worried about the lack of MCU love on the talk show. Scott feels more alone than ever when everybody else seems to love the MCU except him. Rich reminds Luke and Mike of the late night 7-11 nachos right outside the door of the largest freshman dorm on campus. There is another new emailer named Sid who may become the show archivist. Apparently Neil DeGrasse Tyson slipped past the Me Too mob in 2019. Sid prefers Carl Sagan. Show OG Danny gets us riled up by talking Detroit Lions. That's always catnip for frustrations galore. The Lions heartache seemed like ancient history until Mike realized there was so much more within him. As the episode closes, former Lion's head coach Matt Patricia ends up being the worst person in the world according to Mike. We're all going to Sunny Day Real Estate this Sunday and we'll have a full report next week! We love you guys! We close the show with Snibe by Sunny Day Real Estate. If any of this nonsense inspires you for better or for worse, email the show at [email protected]

First things first: Scott is definitely still here. He is getting locked in on a new job. He shall return. You're stuck with the Gruesome Twosome today. Luke and Mike apparently recorded a few shows before this show became official with our original foursome. Luke is ready to start the debt jubilee. The revolts of the past never had the comfort that citizens of the USA have today. Mike realizes he's not having enough meaningful conversations for change in his daily life. Except on this show, where he has the platform to dive in. Luke went down some YouTube rabbit holes with the People's University and Mike can relate to Luke's time suck because YouTube Shorts have taken literal hours away from his life. How does Jordan Peterson end up in your YouTube rotation? One way is when your brother puts your YouTube on random while he sleeps all night. How many times have you found yourself wasting hours with endless YouTube Shorts or TikTok benders? Mike shares an example of how his YouTube algorithm is creating his feed. Luke realizes Jordan Peterson sounds like Kermit The Frog. The fellas compare in real-time. Jim Henson was a little too stubborn by the way. We read your emails and we got a new emailer, Richard, who's an old friend from the past. Richard wants to talk Golden Girls and Sega Genesis versus SNES. The Golden Girls theme song slaps, which gives Mike the green light to fire up a few classic 80s TV theme songs. Zelda Ocarina of Time has underrated musical accompaniment. Danny emails us a super long email about Pete Maravich and mental health. There is more to cover here and we owe you Danny. Mr. Pink and Richard also had more emails for us, but we an out of time. Please keep writing the show. The fellas will get to them further on the next show. That's a promise. Big props to Luke for opening up about his own mental health challenges. We are proud to be honest and forthright with an irreverent, self-deprecating sense of humor. We love you guys! We close the show with Adam's Song by Blink-182. If any of this nonsense inspires you for better or for worse, email the show at [email protected]

We read some texts messages from our show text thread. Luke is a little shy, but definitely the most verbose of the three. Scott gets in between a bickering match between Luke and Mike. Old friends have too much history sometimes. Mike wants only the best for Luke in the end. The wrestling match within our thought process about how much to give to others without sacrificing our own well-being is a powerful and popular one. Can you accept help or are you too proud? Luke is surprised to find out the movie Flight (2012) is an excellent film. Jason Lee has stupid names for his kids. That leads to us talking about the TV show The League and which main actor is the most recognizable. One of those dudes Steve Ranizissi lied about being trapped in the twin towers on 9/11. He sounds like a total turd explaining it to Howard Stern. Jon Lajoie regales us with some of his finest jams. Mike admits to lying plenty when he was younger, but it's more understandable when you're trying to not get in trouble. Teenage Dirtbag is getting a lot of love on TikTok and this reminds the fellas of a bunch of lame post-punk bands from the early 2000s like Bowling For Soup. Finally the fellas get to the latest Woodstock '99 documentary on Netflix. How does it fare against the HBO doc from last summer? Mike warns youngsters to avoid depression if they can help it. Of course your emails get read! Danny and Mr. Pink are share their latest musings about Phillip Seymour Hoffman or student loans. We close the show with When Rhetoric Dies by Boy Sets Fire. If any of this nonsense inspires you for better or for worse, email the show at [email protected]

Salman Rushdie was stabbed and it's not a joke. he got shivved and he may lose an eye. Not cool no matter how you slice it. Does Rushdie know who Bozo is? Is he a Day Man or a Night Man? That Curb episode with Rushdie will never hit the same again. Mike is really stretching to get some new drops in the conversation. Mr. Pink is our lone emailer today. HE wants to know if there is a person or an issue that people from all backgrounds can come together on. Luke and Scott remind everyone that WE are responsible for our plight in the end. The Hate Machine is powerful. If you actively participate in the routine of the mainstream media talking points and fear-mongering, you are part of the problem even if you don't see it. Scott and Mike both happened to be at Ford Field last Friday without even realizing it! Mike actually had fun doing his job, while Scott was miserable at a kiosk. Luke wants you to know about mirror neurons. Check out Mike's news videos on The Game Day on TikTok, Twitter, Instagram or YouTube. Luke analyzes another Bad Religion song! Watch It Die is today's selection. Eddie Vedder is on this one! Mike has some missed connections from the last episode, but ends up talking about his real-life missed connection experience on Craig's List in 2011. There's a bed with canopy involved, which you don't get to see every day. Mike also has follow-ups about last week's rehab stories that he forgot to mention. Finally, Mike wants to top Scott's story about quitting Service Merchandise after three hours. Mike left a new job at Cracker Barrel after one hour. Scott was high at a Cracker Barrel one time too. Mike had a job driving around the campus of Central Michigan counting parking spaces instead of going to class. We still owe you analysis on Armie Hammer, The Most Hated Man On The Internet and the latest Woodstock '99 documentary. Lastly there's a story about Tyler Barris who became famous for something called SWATing. It's awful. We close the show with Arc Arsenal by At The Drive-In. If any of this nonsense inspires you for better or for worse, email the show at [email protected]

The show begins as it always does. Scott got a job and he doesn't know how to feel about it. Luke would kill for a job he could skate at. Mike recalls a relative easy job he could skate by at for awhile. Of course rehab and failing others are involved. Cold call sales jobs, they're the worst, right?! Telemarketing comes up and supposedly one dude made 400 calls per hour or per day. It's unclear but neither are absurd. Luke witnessed embezzlement at a young age when he worked at Staples and then suddenly Mike's girlfriend pops in! How do you determine if a person looks like someone famous? The fellas dissect doppelgangers versus similar looking people. Scott has a serious issue with January Jones and her thousand yard stare. Luke says his favorite move is Oh Lucky Man, but Mike thought it was Two-Lane Blacktop. Of course Scott starts talking about Warren Oates. Luke loves Alan Price. There are some poor sound clips mixed in from the movie in the meantime. It turns out Trump and Fred Durst are very similar. Sam Harris nailed it perfectly a couple years ago about why Trump is so appealing to the every day person. CKY and Disengage The Simulator come up after Break Stuff starts a musical discussion. We have one email from Mr. Pink this week. He brings up the Mar-A-Lago raid which we hadn't thought of at all until the email. Olivia Newton-John died and Scott has to put the death of celebrities in context once more. Nobody cares says John Scott. We decided to close the show with Two Gunslingers by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers. If any of this nonsense inspires you for better or for worse, email the show at [email protected]

Mike has some bad news about the Earth's rotation. The guys are convinced Kramer was the first person to ever get canceled online. Mike drove down to Georgia last week and it was hell. He learned a lot of lessons about driving that much in that amount of time. There comes a point where sharing a hotel room with your mother just isn't fun anymore. Have you ever heard Forward Down The Field when the Detroit Lions score a touchdown? Dennis DeYoung asked Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine to play guitar on a dumb new song. Do you avoid concerts because the fees from Ticketmaster are so out of control greedy? Scott wonders if we're the old stodgy idiots who are talking about the good old days. Dynamic pricing for concert tickets for acts like Bruce Springsteen are creating monster sticker shock situations for the best seats in the house. Working class people denied. Scott talks about the Michigan primary election with Devos family pawn Tudor Dixon having a big victory this week. The Michigan governorship will be Tudor vs. Gretchen Whitmer this fall and we couldn't care less. Mike's pissed about how corrupt Michigan is as toxic waste was dumped into the Huron River recently. Will we vote and does it matter? Will you? Scott and Mike think people might say they love The Clash, but don't really listen to them. We got your emails of course! Danny talks schools us on The Clash. Mr. Pink wants to hear about Armie Hammer and then Eric has a crisis about his neighbor moving his lawn. Scott is baffled by how much Luke and Mike keep up on the news. Is Scott the last guy in society to know about Armie Hammer? We decided to close the show with Ride My See-Saw by The Moody Blues. If any of this nonsense inspires you for better or for worse, email the show at [email protected]

The show kicks off with grocery store talk. What else do you come to this show for other than what name Kroger is hiding under in your local region? Mike used to pound entire strawberry shortcakes right before bed. Trump made fun of one of the kids from the Meijer clan known for their popular department stores and we wanted to share Trump's doofus audio with you. There are many Hollywoods outside of the California version. Luke can't do any impression either. None of us can do a quality Trump impression. Scott went to Cedar Point last week and we get into our favorite coasters and early Cedar Point memories. Did you know the Millenium Force has kick-ass techno music from the turn of the century? Mike first went to Cedar Point to ride the Magnum XL-200 and bond with his once removed stepdad. Why does anybody need to add substances to roller coaster adventures? There's a lot of Million Dollar Man laughs in this show. Just sayin'. Mike wore a dumb hat in high school that everybody hated. Ravishing Rick Rude brings a flow of memories back for John Scott. What was the first thing you ever bought on the internet? Was it a shirt? A mug? drugs? Luke used to love Eastbay catalogs. He also bought bootlegged Seinfeld. Scott was hardcore into Fat-Wreck stuff online. Mike bought Andro and DXM with his brand new credit card that he didn't know how to use as a freshman at college. We got your emails covered! We start with Danny who finally reveals the meaning behind squids! What director is must-see for you when their movie comes out? Also, Jon Bernthal is a positive bad-ass. Luke and Mike get pissed about people immediately dismissing a Heat sequel, but will rush out to see every Marvel movie right away. Former guest host Jason emails the show and wants to know if RDJ will get canceled again. Mr. Pink sneaks a message in at the end of the show, but we will give his message more time next week. Keep the emails coming! We decided to close the show with Lost In The Super Market by The Clash. If any of this nonsense inspires you for better or for worse, email the show at [email protected]

Thanks to Jason for subbing in for John Scott last week! Scott talks about his time on Beaver Island including all the beers and dudes. Former host of our show returns to remind us he's always here. Charlie Brown is the existential comic strip we didn't know we needed. Email time means we read your messages while offering our random commentary. Brian wants to know if Mickey Rourke was right about Tom Cruise. Somehow this means Piers Morgan makes an appearance on the show. Has Tom Cruise been the same guy in his movies for 30 years? Is Mickey Rourke the actor's actor for a legitimate reason? The fellas ponder which actors can shed their surface while others never seem to shake the view we have of them. Scott loves Jon Bernthal a bad-ass method actor who isn't a dick on set which reminds Mike for some reason of his time in Baltimore giving Uber rides from The Block. If you live in Maryland, you know what's up. We talk about coded media words that always mean more than they appear to up front. Riots and thugs for example. Mike can't forget some thugs from high school with one in particular invading his living space 20 years ago. All of us are judging people all the time. When it comes to Cruise and Rourke's beef, who gets to judge who is open to interpretation. The brand of crazy that Cruise and Rourke offer are vastly different according to Luke, who would much rather watch Rourke over Cruise any day of the week. Luke also idolizes Brad Pitt's smoking prowess. Danny writes us to find out how and when we get our creative headspace rolling. Luke gets pissed about condiment talk. Just know we love ALL the time and energy you give us and it's absolutely reciprocated. Mr. Pink says hello. He also wants us to remember that we can pray any problems away. Mike reminds us that at this very moment stoned teenagers are driving around in your area. Our friend Ryan Liberty died 19 years ago this week. So we decided to close the show with Million Days by Dag Nasty. If any of this nonsense inspires you for better or for worse, email the show at [email protected]