On The Cross with Lucas Murphy

Zac Carman returns to the show for a New York Times crossword puzzle that's heavy on the Scrabble trivia. We talk Dad's Rules, Zach Braff's Prank Gaffes, loose sausage, and Jason Alexander's Godzilla movie.

The Rowdy Boys are back again, doing a puzzle that may or may not be written by a Mr. Joe Fagliano, definitely ISN'T from 1993, and covers everything from an hovering Popeye's chicken to DIY euthanasia. 

Hey there sailor, we got a real doozy of an episode for you today: from the lost archives of On The Cross comes an experimental episode from the cutting room floor. Our good friend and practical co-host at this point Tyler Gooch was in the neighborhood and we decided to try out some different smaller show formats. There's two (count 'em TWO) crosswords solved in this episode, plus all the dumb conversation you've come to love: an acapella rendition of a classical impressionist masterpiece, a Where Are They Now: The Shining Edition, the completely unnecessary sexualization of Terry Gross, and Lucas Tries out a new music review segment: Playlist Party!

Andy Fleming returns after a couple months (has it been that long? It almost feels like his episodes were recorded back-to-back) with lots of facts about Kid Rock, the Addams Family, the golden age of rap music, the California Raisins, fetish horse racing, Lord of the Flies ASMR, D programming, and Milo Vanilli. 

It's another Up Late With Penelope! Oliver decided to take some time off and everyone's favorite guest host Penelope stepped up and took over this week. We talk about Penelope's interests in architecture, review the new Thor movie, and have an enlightening interview with the Caped Crusader himself, Batman.

Comedian/producer/friend Greg Welsh stopped by for a quick crossword puzzle and a chat about the Soviet Union, thanksgiving foods, monkey meat, skeleton rapture, and corn units.

To keep up with Greg, as well as seeing what a lot of previous guests are up to here in the secret comedy mecca that is Louisville check out www.lolvillecomedy.com, and don’t forget to give our show a review on Apple Podcasts! CLICK HERE!

Those boys and their shopping cart full of post-apocalyptic scraps are back from a long hibernation with that friendly bear from chapter 2. There's a leprechaun, a gullible orchard owner, a pony, and a gas station standoff where nobody really knows who anybody is.

If anyone out there knows Cormac McCarthy can you please let him know we're sorry about what we're doing to his book?

Chills! Thrills! Boos! Woos! It's our Halloween holiday Spook-tacular! Oliver and Nathan discuss ghost protocols, we have an exciting new delivery service sponsor the show, and then we cross over and make contact with the great beyond!

Topics discussed include pink lips, ghost sounds, a witch with lice, Mars Anus, werewolf pickle delivery, a message from Houdini, Mr Big and Mr Little from Pennsylvania, how to annoy Reggie, and olden times viral videos.

Zac Carman put on his nicest Sunday-go-to-meeting outfit and joined us for a crossword puzzle that sparked conversation about ribald telegraph operators, night farts, old-timey detective melee weaponry, Old McDonald genital mutilation, Michael Douglas’s amateur cobblery, and the honorifics of local used car salesmen.

The second chapter in our recreation of Cormac McCarthy's literary classic "The Road". 

The Man and The Boy come across some geographically confusing ruins, The Boy performs a questionable autopsy, there’s some timeline confusion, a book about rocks, our heroes run afoul of a very tenacious lightning strike victim, a very gullible cannibal, and an ursine restaurateur.