Phoning It In

We've been doing the show for six months now (hard to believe), and since some of us have been traveling and have had a bunch of other work things this week we decided to put together our favorite moments from the first 23 episodes. So if you listen back and like it, this will be the perfect episode to share with friends to get them hooked on the show — so be sure to share it!

We'll be back next week with our mailbag 25th episode, so be sure to send us your questions!

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The brackets have been unveiled and March Madness has officially begun. The NCAA tournament is our favorite time of the year, and this week we talk about why as we're joined by former University of North Carolina basketball player Marc Campbell about the magic of March. Marc talks about being a part of UNC's 2009 national championship run with Nick after the four of us break down this year's tournament, why this is the year a 16 seed might beat a 1 and some of our favorite memories of years past.

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The show's one-time nemesis (and John's twin brother) Michael Terry joins us this week to talk about when he came over to the good side and became a fan of the podcast. We also talk about his time in South Korea for the Olympics, what it was like growing up with John as a brother and begin the #FreeMarloweTheCat movement.

You can call us now at 304-627-1889 and leave us a voicemail. Keep an eye out for future call-in topics to keep the conversation going.

Send us an email at [email protected] or tweet us @PhoningItInPod or talk to us on Facebook if you have any comments or anything you want us to talk about on the show.

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Episode rundown:

Start-8:59 — Talking Michael's trip to South Korea

9:00-16:17 — Getting Michael from hating the show to being a fan

16:18-21:05 — Other things we hated and then grew to enjoy

21:06-30:30 — #FreeMarloweTheCat begins

32:45-End — Growing up with John

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

• Today's show is sponsored by Audible! You can get a FREE audiobook download and 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/phone. Audible is the Internet's leading provider of audiobooks with more than 180,000 titles to choose from for your iPhone, Android, Kindle or MP3 player.
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Michael's gone this week, but our friend Rob Willis stopped in to talk about the trip he took with Nick to England recently. The guys talk about the biggest differences between England and the U.S. before sharing some stories and talking about the Everton match they got to go see.

You can call us now at 304-627-1889 and leave us a voicemail. Keep an eye out for future call-in topics to keep the conversation going.

Send us an email at [email protected] or tweet us @PhoningItInPod or talk to us on Facebook if you have any comments or anything you want us to talk about on the show.

Download the episode and subscribe to our show on iTunes, Spotify or in the Google Play store. Be sure to rate and comment on the show and spread the word if you enjoy it!

Today's show is sponsored by Audible! You can get a FREE audiobook download and 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/phone. Audible is the Internet's leading provider of audiobooks with more than 180,000 titles to choose from for your iPhone, Android, Kindle or MP3 player.

Episode rundown:

Start-6:10 — Nick and Rob discuss their trip to England

6:11-22:31 — The biggest differences between the US and England

22:32-36:20 — Everton matchday experience in Liverpool

39:10-End — Liverpool pub experiences and other stories from the trip

The Winter Olympics are in full swing and that's our topic of conversation this week. Cody and John discuss their love of the games while Michael and Nick try to defend being a little more lukewarm about them. We also talk about sports we think would be good additions to the Olympics and what event we would like to see in person.

You can call us now at 304-627-1889 and leave us a voicemail. Keep an eye out for future call-in topics to keep the conversation going.

Send us an email at [email protected] or tweet us @PhoningItInPod or talk to us on Facebook if you have any comments or anything you want us to talk about on the show.

Download the episode and subscribe to our show on iTunes, Spotify or in the Google Play store. Be sure to rate and comment on the show and spread the word if you enjoy it!

Today's show is sponsored by Audible! You can get a FREE audiobook download and 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/phone. Audible is the Internet's leading provider of audiobooks with more than 180,000 titles to choose from for your iPhone, Android, Kindle or MP3 player.

(Note from Michael: Sorry for some of the technical issues in my audio this week ... not sure what happened with that, but we'll have it fixed ASAP to be ready for next week's show.)

Episode rundown:

Start-17:50 — Do we watch the winter olympics?

17:51-24:45 — The Phoning It In Curling Team

24:46-29:00 — Did NBC miss a huge upset?

29:01-39:10 — What sports would we add?

39:11-45:40 — What Olympic City/Event/Sport would you like to see live?

45:40-End — Winter Olympics Trivia

The great Creed Bratton joins us for this episode as we talk about The Office and why all of us love it so much. We start by talking about all of our favorite things about the show before getting into some listener voicemails about why The Office is special to them before Creed talks about his time on the show and his career.

If we missed talking about a character or episode you loved, let us know! You can call us now at 304-627-1889 and leave us a voicemail. Keep an eye out for future call-in topics to keep the conversation going.

Send us an email at [email protected] or tweet us @PhoningItInPod or talk to us on Facebook if you have any comments or anything you want us to talk about on the show.

Download the episode and subscribe to our show on iTunes, Spotify or in the Google Play store. Be sure to rate and comment on the show and spread the word if you enjoy it!

Episode rundown:

Start-9:20 — How we started watching The Office

9:21-15:15 — Best seasons of the show

15:16-20:05 — Favorite episodes

20:06-25:30 — Listener voicemails

25:31-29:35 — Favorite main character (not named Michael Scott)

29:36-40:55 — Favorite minor character

41:50-End — Creed Bratton interview

ADDITIONAL NOTES

• Today's show is sponsored by Audible! You can get a FREE audiobook download and 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/phone. Audible is the Internet's leading provider of audiobooks with more than 180,000 titles to choose from for your iPhone, Android, Kindle or MP3 player.
• You can see Creed's tour dates by visiting his website or follow him on Twitter. His album While the Young Punks Dance will be out on April 6, but you can pre-order it now, and he'll be in the film The Sisters Brothers alongside of Jake Gyllenhaal, John C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix later this year.
• We'd like to give a huge thanks to Kevin, Ood and Kyle for leaving us voicemails about why they loved the show. It was really awesome to hear your feedback and thanks for listening!
• Cody's favorite episodes: 1) Business School, 2) Casino Night, 3) Fun Run, 4) Diversity Day, 5) Dinner Party.
• John's favorite episodes: 1) Stress Relief, 2) Basketball, 3) Sexual Harassment, 4) Gay Witch Hunt, 5) Product Recall.
• Michael's favorite episodes: 1) The Injury, 2) Goodbye Michael, 3) Dinner Party, 4) Fun Run, 5) Casino Night.
• Nick's favorite episodes: 1) Fun Run, 2) The Injury, 3) Casino Night, 4) Dinner Party, 5) The Deposition.

We usually go into every episode with a nice, thought-out plan of what we're going to talk about. This week was a bit of a rough one, so we just decided to hit record and see what happened — because what could go wrong?! We end up talking about Cody prepping for the Krispy Kreme Challenge, our horrible diets in our college newsroom and what we think are the best superpowers to have, among a few other things.

Send us an email at [email protected] or tweet us @PhoningItInPod or talk to us on Facebook if you have any comments or anything you want us to talk about on the show.

Download the episode and subscribe to our show on iTunes, Spotify or in the Google Play store. Be sure to rate and comment on the show and spread the word if you enjoy it!

Episode rundown:

Start-11:20 — The Krispy Kreme Challenge & other eating challenges

11:21-15:14 — Our college Red Bull habit & terrible newsroom diets

15:15-23:35 — What's the best superpower?

24:46-40:10 — Why last week was bad

40:11-End — State nickname game

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

• Today's show is sponsored by Audible! You can get a FREE audiobook download and 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/phone. Audible is the Internet's leading provider of audiobooks with more than 180,000 titles to choose from for your iPhone, Android, Kindle or MP3 player.

In honor of the return of the XFL, we're talking about whether or not the league can make it work this time around before getting into all the changes we would make to our favorite sports to make them just a little more fun to watch.

Send us an email at [email protected] or tweet us @PhoningItInPod or talk to us on Facebook if you have any comments or anything you want us to talk about on the show.

Download the episode and subscribe to our show on iTunes or in the Google Play store. Be sure to rate and comment on the show and spread the word if you enjoy it!

EPISODE RUNDOWN:

Start-11:25 — Will the XFL work this time around?

11:26-17:12 — Slamball and other favorite fringe leagues

17:13-29:55 — Making changes to our favorite sports

31:30-39:00 — Sports we'd get rid of if we could

39:01-End — Weird sports rules

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

• Today's show is sponsored by Audible! You can get a FREE audiobook download and 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/phone. Audible is the Internet's leading provider of audiobooks with more than 180,000 titles to choose from for your iPhone, Android, Kindle or MP3 player.
• Here's a story on the return of the XFL in case you want more info about that, as well as a list of players who would be fun in the league to go along with our conversation this week.
• Like we said on the show, Slamball was a lot of fun and really should make a comeback.
• The Reddit thread Nick referenced when talking about some of the rule changes.

After weeks of telling us that we need to have more — or any — women on the show, our good friend Mackenzie Mays joins us this week to talk about the work she's doing at the Fresno Bee where her recent stories on sex education in Fresno schools has earned national praise. We talk about that series, what it's like to be a female in the journalism profession and dealing with hate (and love) mail in a really fun episode.

Follow Mackenzie on Twitter and check out her work in the Fresno Bee. Send us an email at [email protected] or tweet us @PhoningItInPod or talk to us on Facebook if you have any comments or anything you want us to talk about on the show.

Download the episode and subscribe to our show on iTunes or in the Google Play store. Be sure to rate and comment on the show and spread the word if you enjoy it!

EPISODE RUNDOWN:

Start-7:40 — Intro, getting to know Mackenzie

7:41-23:08 — Receiving hate (and love) mail from readers

23:09-32:55 — Sex education

34:38-End — Wrapping up and Nick's first resolution success story

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

• Be sure to read Mackenzie's series on sex education in Fresno schools.
• We were featured as this week's Rockin' Libsyn Podcast! Thanks to Libsyn for being great podcast and for featuring our show (be on the lookout for more in the future).
• Today's show is sponsored by Audible! You can get a FREE audiobook download and 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/phone. Audible is the Internet's leading provider of audiobooks with more than 180,000 titles to choose from for your iPhone, Android, Kindle or MP3 player.

In a world where the truth is getting harder to find every day and we keep being misled more and more, it's hard to know what's certain in life. But we do know that Phoning It In is back for another week, and this episode we're talking about lying by confessing some of the biggest lies we've ever told. We also open the show discussing whether or not sports fans should storm the court after big wins.

Send us an email at [email protected] or tweet us @PhoningItInPod or talk to us on Facebook if you have any comments or anything you want us to talk about on the show.

Today's show is sponsored by Audible! You can get a FREE audiobook download and 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/phone. Audible is the Internet's leading provider of audiobooks with more than 180,000 titles to choose from for your iPhone, Android, Kindle or MP3 player.

Download the episode and subscribe to our show on iTunes or in the Google Play store. Be sure to rate and comment on the show and spread the word if you enjoy it!

Episode rundown

Start-10:50 — Should fans storm the court after wins?

10:51-21:30 — Hard to figure out what's true vs. what's a lie in society

21:31-38:15 — The biggest lies we've ever told

39:16-End — Real News vs. Fake News game