Tragedy Academy

This is the Academy's worst episode yet...in a good way. You can hear Eric's son enter the studio several times as Jay narrates. Detailed discussion about what stereotypical things Jewish kids do when they're alone as children. Jay puts his evil villain laugh on display for the first time and it is chilling.

From a breakdown of how physical attractiveness factors into the appeal of an artist to why men are attracted to the greatness of fire, this one covers a lot of ground. The rich to poor socioeconomic divide is as relevant as ever with minimum to low wage workers supporting the rest of society during the pandemic. Discussion of this is featured along with some more childhood stories.

TTA friend of the show Brandon is in studio to discuss Tiger King. Breakdown of the logic behind the decision making behind the main players on the show

Our friend Tiffany is in studio. She's hand-making coronavirus masks and sending them out to medical professionals nationwide. Discussion covers a lot of ground; including the importance of dark humor, why food is such an effective method of bribery and how Eric has further damaged his son's psyche using one of his wife's Lifetime movies.

Covid-19 has hit a reset button on society. Follow your dreams: whether they be to write rock operas, make shadow puppets for a living or even be a seal trainer. People look and feel better as their authentic selves, especially women. Be that.

Eric has a brisket in the smoker, which inspires J&E to reminisce about botched cooking experiences. And...detailed discussion of sperm banks. Don't ask how these two topics came to be discussed in the same show.

Eric and Jay believe that dogs have mastered human beings over time and discuss our robotic responses to their request for treats, fights over their poop on neighborhood chat rooms and desperate searches for them on social media as proof. Supplementary discussion of “chicken wing mustaches” and cannibalistic scenarios

In this detention episode, Jay and Eric discuss a variety of techniques for getting through prison. Bottom line: Eric probably wouldn't make it a day and Jay goes for the glory day one.

Eric's technological meltdowns looked at through the eyes of others, cancerous rats, birth control phones and Jay explains how negative news stories can be spun as a positive.

*Detention episode* Jay and Eric discuss the merits of a seafood flavored chapstick that Eric won in a contest.