Dan says "uh" and "um" a lot. Paul pauses before every take, making editing longer and more tedious. That's right. It's another edition of Talking Paragraphs. Join us for humor set to medium.

Low-key duo Dan and Paul trim their wordy format. Less time, more takes. TikTok of the Week. The official Talking Paragraphs Playlists.

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Former newsman and current grad student Daniel Finney chats with his pal Memphis Paul about the latest stupid trend, which animals we think we could beat in a fight, and a TikTok with the final word on the "Field of Dreams" game.

A BLOCK: Special guest retired Army Sgt. Lew Jordan explains Afghanistan was always going to end like this.

B BLOCK: Lew joins Dan and Paul in talking about their favorite "G.I. Joe" toys and cartoon episodes.

A Block

Thoughts on Afghanistan

B Block

Field of Dreams game

Batman ’89 comic book

C Block

Emojis new meanings

Quiz: Who plays in that ballpark?

And a joke from a Johnny Carson rerun

A Block:

Pepsi betrayal state fair

Airplane passenger taped down

Zero hedge of the week

B Block:

Messi changing teams

Remembering JR Richards

USWNT loses

Iowa vs. Iowa State: Bar version

C Block:

Game: 90s vs 80s

Joke from a British show

A Block: Paul's illness and an amusing note from Zero Hedge.

B Block: Watching the silly Olympic sports.

C Block: Scarlett Johansson sues Disney over "Black Widow" streaming.

A. Block: Accidentially deleted by hamfisted engineer with a bum knee and numb hands slathered in lidocaine. 

'B Block: Recap of the missing A Block, sports talk on Oklahoma and Texas destroying college football, the Cleveland baseball team's dumb new name, and some other dumb stuff that's long been forgotten in a haze of Tylenol and iced tea.

C Block: It's really just another part of B Block because the engineer was too damn lazy to cut a seperate track. Topics include the new He-Man cartoon on Netflix and a planned Frogger live-action game show.

Dan and Paul discuss wild fans at MLB games, the Olympics, Turner and Hooch, and Biz Markie.

Dan and Paul discuss "Dress Coded," Iowa hailstorms, and acts of kindness.