Welcome to the much-anticipated second season of Shooting the Shindig! This week Garr and Éric are joined by Steve Caton. Some will know him from playing guitar with Tori Amos, but he also builds guitars and surfs! Which, if any, of these would he describe as his passion? Of course these three are also going to swap some stories and shoot a little Shindig, so you won't want to miss out on this one!

Recorded 4 & 13 April 2024.

Today join your intrepid young hosts Garr and Éric as they discuss scents, their primal rôle in attraction, and their relation with memories. They revisit Halloween, a holiday where you get to dress outside the normal rules of society. Éric has some information about language to share: humans evolved to make language; why do we think of French as more romantic than German; and the Indo-European language family. Sculpture's pretty crazy when you think of, or at least it is to Éric. There's a short discussion of fears, why we have them, and if they're reasonable. Éric briefly brings up (then-)current events, but your duo quickly transition into talking about money, economic systems, and direct democracy. What do capitalism, communism, and socialism mean anyway? Cryptocurrency even comes up at one point. Did you know Cyrus McCormick invented the mechanical reaper? Garr talks about Dr. Demento and winds things down with a long love letter to cable-access television, spotlighting some of his favorite characters from 90s Portland cable access, including Dr. Ben Abraham, Sister Paula, Jim Spagg, and Reverend Lime. There's even a bit about the Fizzies! You won't want to miss this one. Recorded 25 April, 2024.

Welcome back once again as your intrepid hosts Garr Montalbano and Éric Fontenot yap over the first Republican debate, hosted by Fox News and Rumble. Doug Burgum, Chris Christie, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Asa Hutchinson, Mike Pence, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Tim Scott are in attendance, all thinking they might have a shot against Donald Trump, who skipped this do. Listen to them debate the critical issues facing the country, like climate change, abortion, and Trump himself. Who will abolish the Department of Education? Who thinks Mike Pence did the right thing? Would President Christie tell Americans about UFOs? All while your favorite duo are chirping back at them, straight from the peanut gallery! Éric even gets to squeeze in a little about baseball, much to Garr's chagrin. All this and more in this special episode. Who will win the debate? Does it matter?

(recorded 23 August, 2023)

Welcome back to your favorite shindig! Did you miss us? In this episode your hosts Garr and Éric reminisce about old phones, talk about how to structure a show within the season format, and reflect on the Johnson administration. Remember Blackberrys? How did television change media and American culture? There is also brief discussion of boomer culture, the spoils of the second World War, and advertising. Don't hold on to anger, a lesson that Garr's neighbour seems not to have learned yet. Get ready, coz it's going to be wild! Recorded 29 April 2023.

NB: This was recorded before Henry Kissinger died, so don't @ us.

Your regular friends are back again to shoot the shindig! This episode concludes the trilogy of They Might Be Giants discussions (we promise, we probably won't talk about them again, at least for a long time). Other topics include Apecon (the Planet of the Apes one, not whatever NFT thing the idiots went to), blimps and other airships, and the looming menace of AI. Garr has strong opinions on liquor, and Éric is a Scrooge about many holidays, birthdays included. Garr's going to tell you some stories about birthday and Halloween parties (including the saga of Fred Flintstone). How do we communicate? What sense is the most tied to memory? Music, sex, and relationships are also covered in this tour de force, so you won't want to miss this one! Recorded 19 April 2023

This week Garr and Éric are joined by their friend Richard (as well as Bruce). They discuss the differences between sex and love, compare Florida and Arizona, and swap personal stories. Will Richard successfully rehabilitate Barry Goldwater? Garr and Éric also discuss their They Might Be Giants concert, as well as Genesis and The Musical Box. Recorded 16 April 2023.

Join your friends Garr and Éric as they launch on the first episode of your favorite podcast! This episode covers Shia LaBeouf, dick pics, internet comments, insults, H. R. Pufnstuf, the Aquabats, and much more. Recorded 5 April 2023.

Garr and Éric discuss cannabis culture, parties, Prohibition, mushrooms, and other drug topics in this episode. Recorded 5 April 2023.

In this special episode your hosts Garr and Éric are joined by Mickey Kakes and Kevin Whaley, drummer and guitarist in Garr's '80s band the Fizzies. The band members talk about the music scene in LA in the '80s, swap stories about the band, and even listen to some Fizzies jams. Recorded 19 October 2023.