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Talking Paragraphs
By Daniel P. FinneyComedy
Talking Paragraphs episodes
- 111: Laser-guided podcast
Topics of minor import that may or may not be discussed in this episode of Talking Paragraphs:
- Lady sent to funeral home still alive
- Laser-guided lightening
- New Zealand President quits
- Paul likes a Fallon joke
- NFL playoffs
- Amazon recommends
1 hr 20 min - 110: Dan's laundry is stolen and the internet is out at his work while Paul faces a flood at his office
Topics of minor import addressed by the dynamic duo of a Des Moines middle school teacher and a Memphis accountant:
- Laundry stolen
- Work Internet outage
- Work flood
- Lisa Marie dead
- Jeff Beck dead
- NFL playoffs
- San Diego meerkats vs. Dallas Clouded Leopard
1 hr 16 min - 109: NFL players are more important than you; Arsenal hates the color red; There's a movie called 'Plane'; and other musings
Topics of minor import discussed by an accountant and a middle school teacher.
1. Damar Hamlin
2. Arsenal
3. "Plane" the movie
4. Listener mail
5. Text-to-speech virtual voice of Alex Trebek
1 hr 1 min - 108: Old celebrities have died and people can't handle it; Big Ten crashes in burns in college football playoffs; and wouldn't be nice to be a guest on 'The Love Boat'
Items of minor import that may be discussed in this episode of Talking Paragraphs include:
- You know it's going to be a good year when both Ohio State and Michigan both lose.
- Pele is dead.
- Barbara Walters is dead.
- Gretta Thurnberg ends 2022 “with one of the greatest tweets in history,” per the Guardian.
- Blockchain smartphone named "the FINNEY."
- Coal Face
- The Love Boat
1 hr 5 min - 107: Analyst predicts Disney dump of ABC/ESPN; winter weather talk; Iowa men's basketball's are gamblers' delight; and the voice of 'Doctor Who'
Topics of modest import that may be discussed on this podcast include:
- Is Disney spinning off ABC/ESPN?
- RIP Franco Harris.
- Gambling odds ruin everything.
- Little House on the Prairie.
- Weather.
- The disembodied voice of John Madden.
1 hr 4 min - 106: Cocaine Bear the Movie will be the next Sharknado? Paul goes to a gastro pub and it triggers Dan. Plus: John Madden.
Items of modest interest that may be discussed in this episode:
- Cocaine Bear
- Digital Trump cards sellout
- Yankees Hot Stove
- RIP Rockford Files character actor Stuart Margolin (Paul is going to hate that he’s from Davenport, Iowa.)
- World Cup final
- Bowl season
- Shoutouts: Terrence Tobin, contribution to the podcast, G. Willard Finney, died 34 years ago today. I’d love one more game of checkers with you, Dad.
1 hr 26 min - 105: Which is worse: Bull in a China shop or cow in a doctor's office? Dan and Paul debate this and more in the latest Talking Paragraphs
The following topics may or may not be discussed in the episode. Expect many deviations and a lot of nonsense in between.
- Wild cow in Virginia
- Kirstie Alley dead
- Mills Lane
- Soccer talk
- Cashman extension
- Warner Bros. canceling DC Comics movies
1 hr 9 min - 104: Famed spitballer Gaylord Perry is dead while giant tortoise celebrates 190th birthday — 'What good amid these, oh me, oh life?'
The following topics may or may not be covered in this episode:
- U.S. out of World Cup.
- College football: USC, TCU shit the bed; Georgia and Michigan don’t.
- Bot writes obit.
- Gina Carano in a Hallmark movie,
- Indiana Jones de-aging,
- 1 in 8 Brits want to fart in public without being judged,
- Pepsi wants you to drink pop with milk?!
- Gannett layoffs.
- Dutch woman smiled at a gorilla/gorilla got out/ attacked her/snack,
- Iowa QB transferred/Michigan QB comes to Iowa,
- Velveta Mac and Cheese takes longer to cook and sues,
- Gaylord Perry dead. Spitballer/Joe Niekro on Letterman in 87,
- Seychelles giant tortoise called Jonathan turns 190.,
58 min - 103: Self-order kiosk debacle at McDonald’s; US men’s soccer team vs. Taylor Swift fans1. Self-order McDonald’s kiosk/tictok2. US national team pisses off Taylor Swift fans3. The mediocre seasons of Iowa and Oklahoma4. Unreasonable UPS encounter5. Netflix — CCR documentary and concert, Wednesday Addams show, and the documentary Hey Pepsi Where’s My Jet6. Watched She-Hulk7. Astros playoff shares8. German win beer joke?9. US vs England and James qCorridon10. SPAM figgy pudding11. Ronald Man U.12. Burrito eating champ technique — July 4 hotdog13. Hugh Jackman diet14. 40 chickens in 40 days15. Cocktail cookbook1 hr 5 min
- 102: Qatar vs. Budweiser, Taylor Swift vs. Ticketmaster, and Dan’s new wheelsSunday, Nov. 20, 20221. New vehicle2. Qatar vs. Budweiser3. Man U. vs. Renaldo4. Browns vs Bills game in Detroit5. Bedlam6. NIL rights for LSU gymnast7. Michael Jordan is dead?8. Taylor Swift Shakespeare class9. Fox News and Taylor Swift10. “Festive” season11. Reddit on Sacramento Kings12. 8 billionth person in born in Philippines.13. “Observably stupid.” Kanye14. Showboats return to Memphis15. Spielberg “Bullit” spin-off1 hr 13 min
About Talking Paragraphs
From the publisher's feed
The old Paragraph Stacker, an exiled newspaperman disavowed by his best friend, talks alone in a secluded Drake neighborhood apartment about news, sports, mental health, and the art of eating root…
beer floats. This is Talking Paragraphs 2.0, minus one host but double the esoteric non-sequiturs.