The Melting Pat

By Pat Johnston

Pat rambles on dad life, sports, and the general public, takes your questions (and answers), and more. Plus hear new music by independent bands from around the world. Crap open a cold one!

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The podcast currently has 571 episodes available.

The Melting Pat episodes:

February 07, 2026 Episode 569: Real Alarm Sounds
Pat plays music from Peter Hunt & The Great Outdoors (3:09), gets a Flyers Update from The Captain (8:24), and shares a Patreon-exclusive about how Harriet Tubman apparently never existed (11:39).
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34min
January 31, 2026 Episode 568: Songs for Chicken Sandwiches
After a Flyers Update from The Captain (1:53), Pat welcomes back Paul McCoy from 12 Stones (4:45). They chat about married life, being an independent artist vs having a label, Uber Eats, and more before playing the band’s new single, Golden Child.
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38min
January 24, 2026 Episode 567: Read the [W]hole Story
Pat rambles on AI in emails, streaming service pause screens, [w]hole milk, and the Baseball Hall of Fame election before getting a Flyers Update from The Captain.
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46min
January 17, 2026 Episode 566: What a Cage Match
Pat plays new music from Too Close for Comfort (3:18) and shares our favorite Nicolas Cage movies (7:25).
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38min
January 10, 2026 Episode 565: New Space, Same Peeves
Pat rambles on switching rooms (2:08), holiday food markups (9:56), and reads fan mail on free labor (15:00), before sharing books we’d swear in on (22:19), and a Flyers Update from The Captain (31:36).
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40min
January 03, 2026 Episode 564: Back to Reminisce
Pat shares some well wishes for the new year before playing some of the best moments of the show from 2025.
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57min
December 26, 2025 Episode 563: Year-end Cleanup
Pat rambles on museum trips, THPS regret, songs sounding the same, how to use streaming services, and poor taste.
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39min
December 20, 2025 Episode 562: Be Weird, But Keep It Classy
Happy holidays! Pat tells his favorite retail story (3:05), recaps the two-part Classy Christmas episode of The Office (15:55), and rambles on how holidays can be odd (48:55). Plus: Music from The Wild & Free, BRONNIE, Hana Kahn, and MUCH BETTER!
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1h 11min
December 13, 2025 Episode 561: A Sweet KISS at Christmas
Pat plays new music from glimmers (2:58) and gets a Flyers Update from The Captain (8:04) before recapping A Freakin' Sweet Family Guy Christmas (10:45).
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38min
December 06, 2025 Episode 560: Just Pretend It’s Christmas
Pat plays music from Last Night Saved My Life (2:15) and gets a Flyers Update from The Captain (7:03) before recapping a holiday episode of Frasier (11:01).
Find more from Last Night Saved My Life here!
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31min

FAQs about The Melting Pat:

How many episodes does The Melting Pat have?

The podcast currently has 571 episodes available.