Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome aboard LRB Airlines Flight 120, with service to Seattle and continuing on to Chicago.  We have a few safety announcements we’d like to make before departure. First, please ensure that any electronic devices for combating moles are turned off, as they cannot be used in flight. Second, ghost apps are not reliable indicators of spectral activity, so don’t believe the four-star ratings. Third, there will be a surprising amount of MN Twins nostalgia on this flight; remember to drink your cheeseburger-topped Bloody Marys and gently guide your opponent off the bag. Finally, no matter how misty-colored your memories are, those Clark and Lewis radio spots probably aren’t as good as you remember. Please enjoy the trip – it’s our pleasure to serve you!

Perfect Colorado Ten and TBTL Science Council diehard James McCracken catches a case of the munchies as he joins Mike and Meredith for a Cooking with Sean classic: Prisine. Grab a sip of Toilet Tanqueray, wash it down with a spot-on cup of coffee from our guest’s pristine brewer, and listen back to what some good ol’ incarcerated ingenuity can do with canned mackerel, Cheez-Its® and a hot plate. (Warning: Trying this in your home radio studio may result in angry drivetime colleagues. Please ventilate accordingly.)

Bobby, Mike and Meredith take a break from their quixotic romp through Edmonds for your latest TBTL Week in Review, chock full of things you probably don’t want to Google. Plus, disconnected plumbing plagues both Mike (literally) and Meredith’s puppy Eddie (figuratively). But at least we’ve sold enough LRB stickers for the crane shot.

Bonus: Producer Jeremy got in touch with the ashtray collectors mentioned this week on TBTL, and interviewed them for his and Christy’s podcast, Nerd Out Loud. Check out a clip from their chat at the end of today’s show!

Dear Students,

The school year is drawing to a close, and we’re about ready to grab our towels and beach reads, grill up some burgers and dogs (hot dogs, that is) and make the most of these dreamy summer days. However, it’s come to our attention that some of you are a bit rusty on your TBTL knowledge, and we’re going to need you to rectify that before we can pass you on to the next grade. Luckily, Ann and Christy are here to teach a refresher course on the history of some important TBTL terms. So grab a #2 pencil and be sure to show your work, because partial answers will get zero credit.

Bobby, Miss Christy and Miss Ann saddle up with Diamond, Champ, Rocky and I Forget for four-and-a-half pounds of steak and a side of unsellable potato art in your latest TBTL Week in Review. Remember: Keep the armrest down, be careful where you stick that Dyson, and Republicans are people, too. Oh, and either go vegan, or at least check those eggs carefully. Bonus: Listen through to the end for Linh Pham’s supercut of every time the guys used the M-word in Tuesday’s show. (Which M word? Think great cake and terrible everything else.) If you don’t hate him and us by the end of it, check out other gems isolated from TBTL at marsupialgurgle.com.

Join Meredith, Bobby and MichiTen Dawn Hafner for a long overdue road trip from the Windsor Ballet all the way down to an Airbnb well south of Marfa, with eyes out for Bigfoot the whole way. Thankfully, we’ve all got our emergency car kits packed, and we see how they stack up against Jen Flash Andrews’ setup from 2008. So when you injure yourself trying to play Suwannee River on your armpits, we’ll be ready with bandages, Advil, snacks and liquor. Note: We tried to record this episode months ago, but audio problems caused catastrophic failure. While there is no evidence it was Mike’s fault, he wasn’t on this time around and it worked just fine. Just sayin’. (Bobby)

Ann, Meredith, Christy and Bobby brew a fresh pot of hotel room coffee, strap the LRB Bluetooth speaker to a Roomba, and pile into a 1988 Ford Tempo (or was it a Topaz?) to bring you your latest TBTL Week in Review. Get ready for an ear volcano of insight, because we’re burning through hot takes faster than the government burns through batteries. Plus, we didn’t loan our recorder to Fay Canale.

As mentioned on this episode:

Nerd Out Loud #93: Is That A Face Tattoo Or A Birthmark?

Takedown Podcast #66: Tinder is the Night

Mike, Fletch and Bobby roll down their jeans, get in a few miffs, and take a Phyllis Phaves Phlashback to May 2008 for a very special pre-Mother’s Day radio show edition of TBTL featuring Luke, Jen, Sean, and more importantly, their moms. Plus, reflections on our own moms and childhoods. It’s the perfect soundtrack for an adolescent mail heist and subsequent car chase.

Hey, Everybody! It’s time to round up your stolen monkey,

It’s a Little Red Bandwagon family reunion. Christy is back (!)