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June 11 Reddit Bad Dating Story & the Type A/B Personality Test
KP Parker and Matt Bragg unpack a whirlwind work-trip romance that ends with a second-story escape and then take a surprisingly deep dive into Type A and Type B personalities.

What You’ll Hear

The Great Balcony Getaway: In tonight's Reddit bad date story, a chance meeting at a conference turns into an instant connection, a return visit, and one very questionable exit strategy.

Dating at Warp Speed: KP and Matt debate whether some romances burn a little too bright, too fast—and why a 72-hour first date might be more commitment than it seems.

Type A vs. Type B: After weighing in on unpacked suitcases, travel habits, and personal organization, KP puts Matt through a personality test to see where he lands on the spectrum.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro & a work-trip romance begins
01:04 The instant connection story
02:13 Red flags on the return visit
04:06 The balcony escape plan
06:03 Dating too fast
08:28 Advice for "Mark" and the mystery woman
10:01 What is a Type B personality?
12:57 Matt takes the Type A vs Type B personality test
16:00 The results are in!
18:22 Good nights and final thoughts
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25 min
June 10 I Took Two Ferries to Get Here w/ Alison Leiby
Josh Gondelman and guest host comedian Alison Leiby set sail on a cozy conversation about ferries and the joys of taking the scenic route.

What You’ll Hear

Ferry Weather Forever: Alison makes the case for New York City’s most relaxing form of public transportation, from waterfront views to the simple pleasure of feeling briefly on vacation.

Two Boats and a Dream: A pandemic-era comedy gig leads to an unforgettable journey involving multiple ferries, a long walk, and the feeling of starring in your own historical adventure.

The Perfect Boat Name: From Lunchbox to Friendship, Josh and Alison celebrate the delightfully wholesome ferry names dreamed up by New York City second graders—and debate where boat-naming goes wrong.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro & ferry weather appreciation
02:22 Lighthouse group texts & boat enthusiasm
05:26 Two ferries to a comedy show
08:07 The internet’s favorite ferry account
09:00 Could Alison captain a ferry
11:22 Toronto’s airport ferry memories
13:48 The art of naming boats
15:17 Ferries to spas and beaches
17:05 Boat names that work and don’t
18:47 Drifting off with ferry dreams
19:01 Goodnight to Lunchbox and Friendship
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24 min
June 09 An Ode to Wet Hot American Summer w/ Alison Leiby
Josh Gondelman and guest host Alison Leiby celebrate 25 years of a comedy classic that shaped their sense of humor.

What You’ll Hear

The Summer Camp Movie That Changed Everything: Josh and Alison revisit Wet Hot American Summer, from its stacked cast to the delightfully strange comedy that made it an instant favorite... for a certain kind of comedy fan.

Friendship Lore & Favorite Comedies: A conversation about the movies, shows, and performers that become shared language among friends, from The State and NewsRadio to Phil Hartman and beyond.

The Art of Being Weird on Purpose: Why absurd comedy sticks, how cult favorites find their audience, and what makes some funny worlds feel endlessly revisitable.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro & anniversary celebrations
00:40 Why Wet Hot American Summer still works
03:00 Finding your comedy people
05:25 Sketch comedy influences
06:20 Phil Hartman appreciation hour
09:00 Comedy inspirations & creative projects
11:00 Why the movie felt different
13:00 Favorite scenes and big swings
15:10 Cult classics, sequels, and world-building
17:00 Friendship lore and comedy references
18:10 From cult favorite to mainstream influence
20:00 Why the movie still feels timeless
22:00 Goofing off as a life philosophy
23:25 Good nights and college memories
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30 min
June 08 Charlie Puth or Charlie Tooth w/ Alison Leiby
Josh Gondelman and guest host comedian Alison Leiby swap stories about surprise run-ins, celebrity sightings, and the one casino game they’d actually like to understand.

What You’ll Hear

Everybody’s Here: A chance anniversary dinner turns into an unexpected reunion, complete with Shirley Temples, karaoke memories, and the particular magic of running into friends where you least expect them.

Famous People, Normal Parties: From book events to neighborhood restaurants, Josh and Alison share their favorite celebrity-adjacent encounters and what makes some famous folks blend right into the crowd.

The Allure of Craps: Why does one casino game feel oddly wholesome? A conversation about low-stakes bets, group cheering, and the dream of being celebrated for pure luck.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro & summer co-hosts
00:25 Surprise Paul at dinner
03:18 Karaoke memories and singing strategies
04:29 Celebrity sightings and party stories
10:09 Getting recognized in the wild
11:52 Final-sale shopping as gambling
14:11 Why craps seems fun
16:37 The desire to be cheered for luck
18:43 Everybody’s here in New York
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23 min
June 07 Let Me See Your House w/ Alison Leiby
Josh Gondelman and guest host comedian Alison Leiby imagine a world with friendlier neighbors, cozier apartments, and cats who might just become roommates.

What You’ll Hear:

The Great Pillow Debate: From flat pillows to pillow stacks to pets that double as armrests, Josh and Alison compare the sleep setups that help them settle in for the night.

Neighbor Goals: After years of hallway hellos, Alison finally becomes friends with the neighbor across the hall—and immediately starts dreaming of a friendship between their cats, Riz and Eggs Benedict.

A Peek Inside: The conversation turns to apartment curiosity, home tours, and the surprisingly universal desire to know how other people arrange their bookshelves, plants, and kitchen counters.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro & pillow preferences
02:34 Pets as bedtime companions
04:23 Making a real neighbor friend
09:33 Let me see inside your house
11:13 The accidental home-tour show
13:30 If I can hear you, I should see
16:30 Goodnights to neighbors and cats
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22 min
June 06 The $2 Million Wu-Tang Clan Album
Josh Gondelman and Wils Pelton discuss apartment makeovers, one-of-a-kind art, and why some experiences feel more meaningful when they’re a little harder to access.

What You’ll Hear

The Great Living Room Reset: Wils shares the latest chapter in their ongoing home décor adventure, complete with furniture regrets, surprise purchases, and the ripple effects of moving one thing... and suddenly needing to move everything.

The $2 Million Album: Josh brings a fascinating piece of music history to the Pillow Fort: the Wu-Tang Clan album that existed as a single copy, and the winding story of where it ended up.

For the People Who Like It: A conversation about niche art, live performance, paywalls, newsletters, and why not everything needs to be made for everyone.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Intros & Wils' apartment updates
02:47 The endless cycle of buying stuff
05:25 The one-copy Wu-Tang album
08:00 A perfectly guessed number
09:29 Where the album ended up
11:07 Why rare experiences feel special
15:13 Making things for the people who care
16:39 Secret shows and intimate venues
17:40 Bed, the most intimate venue of all!
18:18 Goodnights
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24 min
June 05 Books We Can (& Can't) Put Down
Wils Pelton and Josh Gondelman swap reading recommendations, abandoned books, and the joys of a well-timed nighttime stroll.

What You’ll Hear:

Strollmaxxing After Dark: Josh shares a new end-of-day ritual that turns an ordinary trip home into a little pocket of calm, while Wils introduces an even dreamier upgrade: creekmaxxing.

The Books We Can’t Quit (and the Ones We Can): From putting a novel on pause to revisiting a favorite with fresh eyes, Wils and Josh talk about reading habits, memorable characters, and the authors who keep pulling them back in.

Stories Worth Staying Up For: A decades-long game of capture the flag, a would-be Bond villain chasing nothingness, and a conversation about what makes a fictional world impossible to leave behind.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro & roadie adventures
01:51 Designing dream Nightly merch
02:57 Stroll maxing and nighttime walks
04:28 Giving up on a book for now
06:18 Revisiting Detransition, Baby
10:17 A new favorite graphic novel
13:00 The appeal of Dr. No
14:30 Authors worth reading cover to cover
17:40 Good nights and favorite writers
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24 min
June 04 Why Shrek Was So Formative w/ Oscar Montoya
KP Parker and guest host comedian Oscar Montoya revisit the glorious, chaotic world of teen movies, book adaptations, and the films that shaped their younger selves.

What You’ll Hear

Beach Trip, Rain Check: A getaway with high school friends turns into the perfect excuse for seafood dinners, board games, and an unexpected Twilight movie marathon.

Books vs. Movies Forever: From The Hunger Games and Divergent to Ever After and The Princess Bride, KP and Oscar compare beloved adaptations and the stories that worked better on the page...or on the screen.

The Shakespeare Cinematic Universe: A nostalgic tour through She's the Man, 10 Things I Hate About You, Get Over It, and other teen classics that quietly borrowed from the Bard.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Oscar's still here!
00:40 KP's rainy beach getaway
02:18 The Twilight marathon begins
03:00 Books vs. movie adaptations
06:10 Shrek nostalgia and childhood favorites
08:45 Revisiting Twilight as adults
11:00 Ever After and fantasy favorites
13:00 Movies our parents loved
15:20 Amanda Bynes appreciation time
17:10 Shakespeare-inspired teen movies
20:00 Are high school comedies due for a comeback?
21:13 Good nights to Julia Stiles and Ghostwriter
22:32 Oscar’s farewell and where to find him
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27 min
June 03 Are Rats The #1 Animal in Cinema? w/ Oscar Montoya
KP Parker and guest host comedian Oscar Montoya tumble down a late-night rabbit hole of reality TV, Broadway obsessions, and deeply cursed Titanic media.

What You’ll Hear

Reality TV Brainworms: From "For the Love of DILFs" to wild email casting calls, KP and Oscar unpack the strange magic of competition shows, niche reality concepts, and the people brave enough to audition for them.

Broadway Kid Energy: Phantom of the Opera lunch-table debates, Rent-era awakenings, and the musicals that permanently rewired their brains.

The Titanic Expanded Universe: A surprisingly emotional deep dive into Titanic adaptations, including an animated version featuring talking animals, questionable accents, and a truly unforgettable rapping dog.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Oscar is back!
00:49 For the Love of DILFs discourse
05:20 Game shows vs competition shows
08:17 Bar trivia and Broadway kids
11:32 Titanic The Musical explained
14:15 Did you know there's an animated Titanic movie with a rapping dog?
18:00 So many movies with rats
20:42 Goodnights to Unsinkable Molly Brown and Italian animators
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27 min
June 02 For The Love of Dilfs w/ Oscar Montoya
KP Parker and guest host comedian Oscar Montoya wander through the strangest corners of reality television history.

What You’ll Hear:

The Golden Age of Chaos: From Kid Nation to Whodunnit?, KP and Oscar revisit the deeply bizarre era when reality TV proudly called itself a “social experiment.”

Delusion as an Art Form: A loving celebration of unforgettable contestants, wonderfully chaotic hosts, and the very specific magic of people fully committed to their own fantasy.

Reality TV Hall of Fame: The duo swaps favorite all-time moments from Flavor of Love, Survivor, Big Brother, and more — including speeches, breakdowns, and one legendary microwave chicken.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro & Oscar returns
00:01 Amazing Race and reality TV obsessions
00:03 The bizarre premise of Extracted
00:04 Big Brother discourse and live feeds
00:07 Kid Nation and ethically questionable television
00:09 Whodunit and murder mystery reality shows
00:13 For the Love of DILFs enters the chat
00:15 The Search for the Next Elvira
00:17 Scream Queens and Saw movie dreams
00:19 Favorite reality TV moments ever
00:24 Goodnight to Hottie and reality TV delusion
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31 min

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