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Take This Job and Shove It! (The Blue-Collar Blues) 

Grab your timesheets and prepare to watch them burn! This week on The Wednesday Night Podcast, we are punching out early and raising a glass to the working class as we spin Johnny Paycheck’s legendary 1977 outlaw-country anthem, Take This Job and Shove It. While Johnny sang about a worker finally giving his boss what for, his music serves as the ultimate trigger for the Wednesday Night crew to swap war stories from the absolute bottom of the employment barrel. We dive into a competitive airing of grievances regarding the absolute worst, most bizarre, and legally questionable day jobs we have ever had to survive before we found shelter in the cozy world of podcasting.

The corporate ladder quickly turns into a slide of horrors as we reveal the actual, unembellished lines on our resumes. We ask the burning questions that society has ignored, like who among us has had to vacuum three years of stale french fries and questionable organic matter out of the dark crevices of rental cars? We then descend to literal rock-bottom with a terrifying recount of what it actually takes to service a septic tank when things go horribly, catastrophically wrong. But the undisputed champion of resume anomalies is the revelation that one of our own employees spent their youth working in an actual, cold-war-era nuclear bomb silo, proving that nothing prepares you for the high-stress environment of comedy recording quite like being surrounded by active megatons of thermonuclear destruction. Tune in to find out who had the most miserable shift, which of us was fired for "unauthorized sitting," and why we will never, ever complain about recording this show again!

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Chris Isaak, Cabernet, and the Great "Aunt" Infestation 🍷🐜

Prepare for a moody, reverb-drenched journey into the heart of travel-induced madness! This week on The Wednesday Night Podcast, Jill brings Chris Isaak’s 1993 album, San Francisco Days, to the table. While the album is full of smooth, lonely-boy rock and pining lyrics, it serves as the ultimate trigger for Jill to recount her latest "stranded in paradise" nightmare. Forget the romantic fog of the Bay Area; we’re talking about a flight cancellation that left Jill marooned in California wine country with nothing but a suitcase and a rapidly deteriorating sense of reality.

The episode descends into a high-stakes survivalist documentary as Jill describes her time stranded amongst the vineyards, where she was forced to deal with the two most formidable "A" forces in nature: Ants and Aunts. We listen in horror (and fits of laughter) as she details the literal ant infestation in her temporary quarters. It’s a tale of double-vision and double-trouble, where Jill had to determine which was harder to get rid of—the tiny insects crawling on the floor or to visit more wineries.

As the melancholic sounds of Chris Isaak provide the perfect "I’m stuck in a luxury prison" soundtrack, the crew debates the logistics of wine-country-exile. Was the Cabernet enough to dull the pain of the Ant-Ant-Ant cycle? How many glasses of Pinot does it take to start hallucinating that the insects are actually harmonizing with "Wicked Game"? Most importantly, after a saga involving closed airports, family interventions, and a very confused rental car agent, we are left with the ultimate cliffhanger: Does Jill ever actually make it home, or is she still wandering the rolling hills of Napa, being chased by a swarm of sugar-starved insects and well-meaning maternal figures? Tune in for the most harrowing travelogue we’ve ever recorded!

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24 Carrots and the Great Vegetable Subterfuge! 🥕🎸

Lock your doors and hide your hummus, because this week on The Wednesday Night Podcast, we are peeling back the orange veil of deception. We kick things off with Al Stewart’s 1980 album, 24 Carrots, a title that suggests high-carat luxury but serves as the ultimate trigger for Chris and his long-simmering resentment toward the root vegetable industry. While the rest of the world sees a healthy snack, Chris sees a global conspiracy of "Carrot Subterfuge" that has infiltrated every school lunch and party platter since the dawn of time.

The episode quickly descends into beautiful madness as Chris exposes the "Whole Truth" that Big Agriculture doesn't want you to know. We discuss the suspicious rise of the "Baby Carrot"—which Chris maintains is just a regular carrot that’s been put through a witness protection program—and the historical propaganda dating back to WWII. We debate the dark origins of the carrot cake, a dessert designed to trick us into eating fiber under the guise of cream cheese frosting, and whether the orange color itself is just a clever branding move by 17th-century Dutch rebels.

By the end of the hour, the "Year of the Cat" feels like a distant memory as we navigate through Chris’s binder of "evidence," which includes blurry photos of grocery store displays and a very confusing chart regarding the vitamin A lobby. It is an episode that is one part folk-rock appreciation and three parts unhinged vegetable whistleblowing. Stay tuned for the conclusion, where we finally determine if carrots are actually a nutritional powerhouse or if we’ve all been victims of the most elaborate, crunchy prank in human history!

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Vehicle to Victory: The Scientific Search for America's Top State 🏀🇺🇸

Buckle up, listeners, because the friendly strangers in the black sedan are taking over! This week on The Wednesday Night Podcast, we celebrate our annual March Madness tradition with a twist that will probably get us banned from at least thirty-eight state capitals. We’re using the brass-heavy, high-octane 1970 album Vehicle** by The Ides of March** as our emotional springboard to launch into the most high-stakes competition known to man: The Best State in the Union Bracket.

Join the chaos as we navigate the musical engine, breaking down why Jim Peterik’s vocals are the only thing powerful enough to fuel this level of geographic disrespect and debating whether "Vehicle" is the ultimate road trip song or just a really groovy way to describe a kidnapping. We then dive into the "science" of the bracket, pitting the "Fifty Nifty" against each other using highly rigorous, peer-reviewed metrics such as "Average Mullet Density," "State Nickname Intimidation Factor," and "Likelihood of Being Attacked by a Mythical Swamp Creature."

The journey continues through the Cinderellas and the busts, exploring how Delaware made it to the Sweet Sixteen and why Florida was disqualified in the first five minutes for "General Florida-ness." The debates get heated, the alliances get messy, and JIll almost loses a finger defending the honor of New Jersey’s rest stops. Finally, we reach the grand finale to reveal our scientifically determined #1 State—a choice so controversial, so unexpected, and so fundamentally flawed that it could only happen on this podcast.

Grab your brackets and your brass sections—it's time to find out which state reigns supreme and which ones are just hitching a ride in the back of the sedan.

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Having My Baby (And Having Second Thoughts) 🤰😱

Shield your ears and hide your face in your hands! This week on The Wednesday Night Podcast, Andrew has committed a musical hate crime by bringing Paul Anka’s 1974 hit, "(You’re) Having My Baby," to the turntable.

Commonly cited as the "Worst Song of All Time" by people with working ears, we dive deep into the lyrical choices that make 2024 sensibilities scream in terror. We discuss the production, the sentiment, and the question on everyone’s mind: Why, Andrew? Why?

But the musical trauma is just the beginning. Inspired by the sheer awkwardness of the track, the crew dives into a Cringe-Fest for the ages:

• Our Personal "Hall of Shame": We share our own worst cringe moments—those memories that hit you at 3 AM and make you want to move to a different continent.
• The "What Was I Thinking?" Archive: From failed romantic gestures to public speaking disasters that still haunt our dreams, no embarrassing stone is left unturned.
• The Ultimate Verdict: Is Paul Anka’s song more embarrassing than Joe’s middle school poetry? Is anything more painful than Chris trying to act cool in front of a barista?

Come for the music... stay for the cringe! This episode is 10% soft rock and 90% collective social anxiety.

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Nancy’s Boots, Chris’s Hiking Obsession, and a Very Awkward Museum Trip 👢🥨

Buckle up (or lace up), because things are getting weird. This week on The Wednesday Night Podcast, we are broadcasting "live" (depending on who’s asking and what the security guards saw) from the NYC Museum of Sex. We thought it would be a classy, provocative backdrop. We were wrong.

The inspiration for this episode is Nancy Sinatra’s 1966 classic album, Boots. But while Nancy was singing about walking all over people in her go-go boots, Chris decided to hijack the theme to talk about his true love: his brand-new pair of Limmer Hiking Boots.

Join us for an hour of pure chaos as we navigate:

• The Ultimate Gear-Heads vs. The Ultimate... Well, You Know: Chris attempts to explain the "superior leather-to-welt ratio" of his custom-made hiking boots while standing next to exhibits that are decidedly not about outdoor recreation. The contrast is jarring. The silence from the museum patrons is deafening.
• The Nancy Connection: We try to discuss the iconic production of "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'," but Chris keeps interrupting to point out that Nancy would have much better arch support if she’d just gone with a heavy-duty Vibram sole.
• Museum Mayhem: We discuss the logistics of trying to record a comedy podcast in a place where everyone else is trying to be "serious" about human anatomy. Let’s just say Chris’s boots are loud, the acoustics are questionable, and we may or may not be banned from the gift shop.

Whether you're into 60s pop or you just really, really like specialized footwear for ascending the White Mountains, this episode has something to make you uncomfortable.

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Loveless Melodies & Joe’s Bloody Nose Trilogy 🩸🎸

Happy Valentine’s Day! Whether you’re head-over-heels or just head-in-your-hands, we’ve got the perfect soundtrack for your existential dread. This week on The Wednesday Night Podcast, we’re spinning the feedback-drenched masterpiece My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless.

Join us as we dive into:

• Shoegaze 101: We attempt to explain the "Shoegaze" genre—a musical style where the performers are so shy (or just really into their guitar pedals) that they refuse to look at the audience. 
• The Bloody Nose Trilogy: In a not accidental thematic twist, Joe unveils his legendary "Bloody Nose Trilogy." It’s a three-part saga of nasal betrayal that spans years, continents, and a surprising amount of white t-shirts. Was it the dry air? A stray elbow? Or just the sheer intensity of the reverb? Joe leaves no gory detail behind.

Tune in for an episode that is one part wall-of-sound, one part medical mystery, and zero parts "traditional romance."

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Hail Satin, Food Fighters, and Culinary Crimes of Our Youth 🕺🍔

Dust off your sequins and prepare to boogie (ironically)! This week on The Wednesday Night Podcast, we are worshiping at the altar of the Dee Gees—the disco-lovin' alter egos of the Foo Fighters—as we spin their glitzy 2021 masterpiece, Hail Satin. It’s high-energy, high-falsetto, and higher-than-average risk for a disco-related injury.

But the real showstopper begins with a classic Craig-ism. It turns out Craig spent years mistakenly referring to Dave Grohl’s legendary rock group as the "Food Fighters." While we’ve informed him that Dave Grohl is not, in fact, an elite culinary soldier, the slip-up sent Craig down a rabbit hole of "Food Guilt."

Inspired by his own error, Craig leads a deep-dive into the processed, neon-colored, and nutritionally-void childhood foods he now feels absolutely guilty for loving. From questionable canned meats to sugar-coated cereals that probably doubled as industrial glue, no snack is safe.

Naturally, the rest of the band joins in, exposing their own dark culinary pasts:

• The "Yellow" Phase: Why did everything Chris ate in the 70's come in one shade of artificial gold?
• The Lunchbox Regrets: The Liverwurst sandwiches that Andrew loved but are now considered health violations.
• The Guilt Rankings: Which childhood favorite is so shameful we only eat it in the dark?

Join us for an episode that is one part Bee Gees tribute and three parts collective shame over our past diets. It’s the disco-food-fighting crossover you didn't know you needed!

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If You Like Getting Stuck in Puerto Rico... (The Great Airspace Escape) 🍹✈️

Pack your bags and prepare to stay exactly where you are! This week on The Wednesday Night Podcast, we are spinning Rupert Holmes’ 1979 masterpiece, Partners in Crime. It’s an album famous for the ultimate song about cheating on your spouse through a newspaper ad, but tonight, the crime is our travel itinerary.

As the smooth, yacht-rock vibes of "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" play in the background, Jill recounts her harrowing—and surprisingly thirsty—tale of being stuck in Puerto Rico. When the airspace closed and the planes stopped flying, Jill didn't panic; she went on a tactical, high-stakes manhunt for the original Piña Colada bar.

Was it San Juan's Barrachina? Was it Caribe Hilton? And how many "samples" does it take to truly verify a historical landmark while the FAA holds your life in its hands? Jill shares the story of navigating closed borders and the absolute necessity of pineapple-coconut beverages during a national crisis.

Tune in to find out if Rupert Holmes’ lyrics actually come true when you're stranded in the tropics, and whether Jill ever made it home, or if she’s still wandering the cobblestone streets of Old San Juan looking for more rum.

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Gold Flakes, Ol' Blue Eyes, and a Hoboken Horror Story 🎄🤢

Is it getting boozy in here, or is that just the legendary baritone of Frank Sinatra? On this final night of our Christmas Season Spooktacular, we are basking in the timeless, ring-a-ding-ding glow of A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra. It’s the ultimate soundtrack for people who want to feel like they own a penthouse in 1957.

To ensure our holiday spirits are sufficiently "liquid" (and possibly sparkly), we’ve cracked open our trusty copy of Booze & Vinyl: Christmas to whip up a festive drink featuring—you guessed it—Goldschläger. Because nothing says "Merry Christmas" like drinking actual gold flakes and questioning your life choices by the second round.

But the real "Spooktacular" finish comes when Jill shares a vomit story from Hoboken, New Jersey. In the very hometown of Frank Sinatra himself, things get decidedly less "Classy Blue Eyes" and more "Public Health Hazard." It’s a tale of holiday excess that proves that even in the most legendary of cities, some nights are best forgotten—or at least shared in gruesome detail on a comedy podcast.

Join us for the grand finale of our holiday season for an evening of legendary crooning, questionable mixology, and a Hoboken story that would make Frank himself reach for a second drink.

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