On this ride, your hosts Steve and Mal hurtle from Point A to Point B while considering the human capacity for manipulation, from humble bragging to scripted politeness to outright fraud, the better for them to appreciate the good old honest vibe. To leave a comment, click here Show notes: Fuzzy dice: this from a Wikipedia […]

On this ride, your hosts Steve and Mal hurtle from Point A to Point B while considering times that they, or others, have been weighed, measured, and found wanting — or not. Show notes: Steve has calculated that, including the word “grade,” there are 33 5-letter words in English that contain the letters a, d, […]

On this ride, your hosts Steve and Mal hurtle from Point A to Point B while exploring ways in which we might translate our feelings for others, the transformation of souls, the importance of touching grass, and of course, the beatific transmogrification of Saint Grubbins. To leave a comment, click here Show notes: Here’s a photo […]

On this ride, your hosts Steve and Mal hurtle from Point A to Point B while they speculate on how there might be some crying in baseball, contemplate bullying and its behavioral opposite, and admire the pileup of dirty snow en route. To leave a comment, click here Show notes: A nice article from the University […]

On this ride, your hosts Steve and Mal hurtle from Point A to Point B as Mal educates Steve on how to wrangle a troll, the new Internet etiquette, and the perils of late-night doomscrolling. To leave a comment, click here Show notes: As Wikipedia will remind you, “Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (née Godwin; 30 August 1797 […]

On this ride, your hosts Steve and Mal hurtle from Point A to Point B while contemplating the road not taken, the road that might still be taken, and lessons learned, back and forth. To leave a comment, click here Show notes: Apparently, the phrase “vampire skills” is at least somewhat commonly used to refer to […]

What are these just ahead?  Oh my goodness, they might be — no, they ARE…  Strap in for the highlights, lovingly culled from Episodes 11 through 20, of The Ride to Redacted. To leave a comment, click here Show notes: In keeping with the highlighting nature of this release (as with the previous highlights release), these […]

On this ride, your hosts Steve and Mal hurtle from Point A to Point B while educating Steve about musical genres and talking about malingering at the piano and elsewhere. Strap in for  … The Ride To Redacted! To leave a comment, click here Show notes: The various names of the rock band Steve was in […]

Listeners, the recording of our ride from Point A to Point B on December 21, 2025, was unusually productive.  On that ride, your hosts were even more conversationally lively than usual, if you can believe that.  As a result, that ride has produced not one but four segments, to be released in three episodes. This […]

Listeners, the recording of our ride from Point A to Point B on December 21, 2025, was unusually productive.  On that ride, your hosts were even more conversationally lively than usual, if you can believe that.  As a result, that ride has produced not one but four segments, to be released in three episodes. This […]