In this episode we are joined by Amy Salley, lawyer, English language geek, and co-host of the "Hugo, Girl" podcast as well as Cristian, Hope's other half and a Spaniard who is fluent in English through immersion in America and its richest lexical motherlode - American television.  We manage to tap dance along a wide range of language-related concepts including code switching, oral posture, standardizing grammar, accents, and accent perceptions.  In addition, Ken shows us how not to roll your "r"s, I still have beef with Britain, Matt shows off his eeeeehhhhh, Benjamin lends his expertise as a vocal coach before we let down our guard and he steers us straight into the conversational ditch that is ultimate frisbee.  After you're done, go check out Amy's podcast Hugo, Girl here!

In this episode we take a stab at the "classic" holiday duet "Baby, it's Cold Outside" with a quartet of fantastic guests:  Bo Bedingfield of Bo Bendingfield and The Wydelles, the band behind our fantastic theme music, Olivia Barnum - a multi-faceted New Yorker lending a keen eye and voice to historical and current misogynistic practices, and returning with us are Megan Guinta and Shannon Zimardo, killin' it as usual.  We take a deep dive into not only the song but patriarchy as a whole, the very idea of cancel culture, what to do with artists behaving badly, and much much more.

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In this episode Matt talks hidden pressures in the game of tennis, Ken tries to make a splash but doesn't know how, Gogi discusses running with the runs, I have no idea what a cannonball weighs, Benjamin casually drops the words, "...one of my teachers who is a Franciscan Friar..."----more----

Post-wrap fact check - private school teachers are on average paid significantly LESS in the US than public school teachers----more----

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In this episode we are joined by (Robot) Ben, a Ph.D. robotics student at CalTech, Megan Guinta, a gyrotonic instructor and thoughtful Christian, and Aubrey Kupstas, also a gyrotonic instructor and owner/creator of That's My Jam.  The conversation runs the gamut as we explore ethics as it might relate to robots together, including robot portrayal in pop culture, possible utilities to programming "religion" into artificial intelligence, consciousness and self-awareness in robots, whether or not autonomy can truly be achieved in an artificial intelligence, and on and on and on.  Our fundraiser is live!  Get your No Good Answers gear that doesn't say "No Good Answers" here.

In this episode we are joined by Jen Kouba, who together with Hope and Ken make a suspiciously well-crafted campaign for emigrating to Chicago - Jen also brings some of her professorial and life insights to help us dispel some of the more common and damaging misconceptions of living while homeless, Hope makes the mistake of mentioning Vermont within earshot of Ben, Benjamin gets choo-choo-choosy, Ken makes Hope stand in line for 4 hours for a hot dog, I eat bad figs, Matt eats good figs.----more----Check out our fundraiser page and get your sizzling fresh apparel while keeping us on air as well as helping Jen's organization Connections for the Homeless.

In this very special Halloween episode we are joined by very special guest Rob Lamb from the Stuff to Blow Your Mind podcast who shares his holiday knowledge as well as the parent's perspective along with a surprisingly deep apple repertoire, Ken dresses up in a four-piece Canadian tuxedo, Matt has a festive soap that answers one candy corn question and leaves us with at least 10 more, Gogi shares her personal twist on childhood candy economics, I get all cranky about pumpkin spice, Ben shares his TJMaxxiphobia, Hope makes a costumed ode to Michael Chiklis.

In this episode we recruit Shannon Zimardo, Larry the Dentist, and Laurence Lebrecque as we fend off the zombie horde.  Shannon prepares us with her wealth of pop zombie knowledge, Larry is our eagle scout in shini - um, khaki - armor, Matt becomes the first zombie meteorologist, I hesitate to make the kill, Ken hunkers down as he looks forward to extra time for doing jigsaw puzzles, and after a lukewarm start to the apocalypse Laurence finishes strong as a threat to put down all comers - zombies, humans, herself.

We celebrate our 21st (episode) by getting our tipple on with friend of the pod Shannon Zimardi, I talk mad shit about screwdrivers and The Neverending Story (to Gogi's extreme disapproval) and Luke Skywalker, Gogi tracks down the origin of screwdrivers to an oil rig, Hope uses a screwdriver to fit into her wedding dress and... so does Ken?

Plus, one and possibly more of us cry when watching The Fast and the Furious franchise, we referee the Sheetz v. Wawa showdown, and someone - not who you'd think, or maybe it is - shares their feverdream of Ben Affleck.

In this episode we chat with Brendan Willey, author, writer, author/writer, and possibly auteur writer, who gives us some simple but sage advice to young writers.  Benjamin reveals a somewhat Burroughsesque approach to his writing, Hope's favorite word is "bubble", I have a skin crawling experience, Ken inadvertently stirs some shaved ice controversy, Gogi shares the sounds of her teethbrushing.

In this episode Ken and Hope share their story that inspires this week's steaming question, Gogi hatches a poop pyramid scheme, Benjamin tells us where he lies on the poop spectrum, in Tommy Lee Jones Hope finds a schmear of potential poop positivity, Matt knows too much about poop postage, I go even money and pick up a deuce for a deuce, and Ken helps a lady friend relax.