Boomer's guest, Bob LeMent of the podcast Static Radio, agrees that midwest living is the way to go, that those on the coast can keep their wild fires and hurricanes to themselves. Gratitude for midwest values and for escaping lethal childhood ventures that include mechanized death are discussed in this episode.

Allegedly, Jesus told the Cubs organization, "Don't do anything until I get back." That's part of the conversation with Andy as he, Boomer, and Jimmy Ahmahdoofous talk about the rivalry between the Cubs and Cardinals baseball teams and Andy's first book "90 Days in the 90s: A Rock N Roll Time Travel Story." In addition to his new book, Frye has written articles for Rolling Stone, ESPN, and Forbes magazine.

Just in time for Halloween, Boomer and Jimmy take a break from interviewing people with interesting careers to hear the tale of terror from two grandparents in western Illinois that were kidnapped and held hostage in an attempt to extort money from them. Part I related their abduction. Part II brings you their escape from their kidnapper but not an escape from being victims as they struggle to find normalcy, to escape PTSD and the permanent scars left behind.

Remember the scene in one of the Lethal Weapon movies where Danny Glover's character is awakened in the middle of the night by criminals who use duct tape to restrain and silence him and his wife while threatening them and their children? It is a terrifying scene, even if it was enacted. But this scene REALLY HAPPENED to two grandparents outside a small town in western Illinois: Larry and Connie Van Oosten were similarly abducted and held hostage for 48 hours. Hear this story of evil and how they survived not only the initial terror, but the life changing after effects of this bizarre crime.

"Name dropping is really tacky. Paul McCartney told me so," quips James Alcroft as he shares stories about his decades long success as a comedian in the 1980s and 1990s. Having performed on the Tonight Show for both Carson and Leno and opened for Diana Ross, Jamie has a lot of names to be dropped, including Bob Saget who was his competition for the role of Danny Turner in Full House. Get inside stories on Saget, Paul Lynde, and others in this episode.

Between being jailed for marching for the legalization of marijuana and fathering current star singer Hayley Kiyoko (aka Lesbian Jesus), James Alcroft found his way onto the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and Jay Leno, put together a dynamic comedy team and received a heart and liver transplant. His conversation with Boomer and Jimmy Ahmahdoofous is definitely funnier than a heart attack.

Bill Cushing has held many an instrument in his days: a shovel for digging ditches, a weapon for service in theNavy, an ohmmeter for working as an electrician. He now wields a pen as an award winning poet from Glendale, CA. Bill discusses the advantages of having a diverse life, about not being locked into aspects of your life, and of course more of his writing.

How does a guy go from years in the navy and working as an electrician to teaching college and becoming an award winning poet? Bill Cushing explains how he did it and some of his ventures on an incongruous road to becoming an award winning author- and he shares it via his rotary phone in Glendale, California!

Imagine what it must be like to compete on the national level as an athlete. Imagine what would be like to compete on the national level as a wrestler. How about a female wrestler? A real Beauty AND a Beast, Keira Dafnis continues sharing a bit of her brief 17 years on planet earth as a wrestler and in thoughtful discussion about diversity, her own asexuality, and whether young people can be optimistic about the future.

How many resumes can list winning a beauty pageant and a wrestling tournament? At least one and it belongs to Keira Dafnis, a female wrestler who will continue her grappling in college. Only seventeen, she is an accomplished wrestler on both the state (Illinois) and national level. Her beauty pageant winning face regularly sports the badges of honor that a wrestling match produces: bruises, cuts, scrapes. Listen to Keira talk about the various challenges in her young life, not just about the uniqueness in being part of a male dominated sport.