In part, bringing a special guest on a show can help the host or hosts look cool. This certainly isn't what happens on this episode, in which Dom bears witness to Nicole's friend, the dangerously witty Alden, airing her dirty laundry. Gather 'round for the famous Lost Sock Story of 2013 and light a few dozen candles for National Lost Sock Memorial Day.

Teacher Appreciation is every day in our household but nationally gets this one measly week. On this episode, we chat with special guests Mr. C and Mrs. C, teachers in the Beloit School District, about what motivates them to keep doing God's work. Students and fellow teachers beware.

Six minutes: it's a fraction of the time Harry Potter spent in a closet under the stairs, nothing compared to the 12 years Sirius Black was locked away in Azkaban, certainly not sufficient time to take an Occlumency exam, not even enough time to really enjoy a glass of butterbeer. And yet we attempt to make a six-minute episode on the greatest series of our generation. The making if this episode contained many ideas, lots of outtakes, and not an insignificant number of consumed chocolate frogs. Happy International Harry Potter Day! 

We cashed in some favors and booked superhero Incredi-Man as a special guest for our National Superhero Day episode. From humble beginnings on a farm to being a guest on the foremost aunt-nephew collabortive comedy education podcast of our era, Incredi-Man has really done it all. Recipe for Incredi-Man's Bologna Rosettes coming soon.

For National Audubon Day, we master hyper-realistic bird calls, hear Nicole's favorite bird memories, and head out on a couple of family bird watching outings to complete our Bird Bingo sheets. Thank God this is one of multiple annual bird days. 

We know what makes really good radio: hearing people smell things. On this episode of National Podcast Day, we celebrate National Sense of Smell Day and all that our sniffers (honkers, schnozzes, secondary face holes) are capable of, which as humans is about 1/5 as much as the African Elephant. But who's keeping track? 

Late April hardly seems like the ideal time to picnic but that won't stop us. For National Picnic Day, we head into the unknown: Janesville, Wisconsin's Park Place, to daringly read plaques, eat snacks, and review picnicking conditions at five parks. Excuse all the munching while we do this serious work.

For Record Store Day, we pay homage to record stores and music with special guest Papa (Nicole's dad, Dominic's grandfather), the man that sherpherded us to many a concert and gave us our love of music. Despite our guest receiving the questions ahead of time, we still all managed to be surprised. Take a trip down memory lane, as we dig out Papa's old vinyls, discover where to find the most "kickbutt" barbeque beef the Chicago area had to offer in 1978, and deepdive into the drama behind the lyrics of Fleetwood Mac's Rumours. Oh, and please support a record store! 

There comes a certain point in any creative endeavor where you wonder if you've gone too far. Ours came one and a half hours into a dramatic visual reenactment of the sinking of the Titanic in our bathtub. And then, we thought, perhaps we hadn't gone far enough. We pretty much started this podcast so we could celebrate this day. With more history and compelling storytelling than a Ken Berns documentary and more drama than the James Cameron film, we bring you our swansong, the National Titanic Remembrance Day episode.

4/12 apparently equals National For Twelves Day...? On this episode of National Podcast Day, we celebrate the ubiquitous and mystical number 12, while somehow failing to mention both the Twelve Disciples and a dozen bagels. Which is probably for the best as the "b-word" is Nicole's great Midwestern accent trigger word.