We're No Experts

Inspired by this blog post, when and how do you accommodate a picky dinner guest—in particular children? We also speculate about the origin of the idiom "cold turkey" and muse about Scott Bakula.

What started as a well intended discussion of airplane etiquette dissolved almost immediately into Jonathan asking lots of questions about professional sports, but despite that derailing, we managed to get back to it. Enjoy a new Bathroom Break, a new idiom, and maybe even a couple of #lifehacks!

A listener suggestion leads us to unavoidably discuss Star Wars at some length. But we don't start there! Enjoy some wallet talk first at the very least. There is plenty of Terminator talk as a consolation prize.

Merry Christmas to you, we got you a new episode releasing a day early! This episode is all Christmas, all the time. Just wall-to-wall talking about Christmas stuff. Enjoy it on your drive home, or sneak out of your in-laws' dinner early to listen alone in your partner's old bedroom.

It's our favorite: inane chat about time travel, and even better, it's prompted by a listener submission! Thanks to Greg for the email. Also, learn the results of MACARONI & CHOOSE 2019.

Hey, it's Thanksgiving. Throw it into the arena to compete in BEST VS. FAVORITE. Which holiday will emerge victorious, slick with the blood of its foes?

Just how much would it cost to start up a small newspaper? I'd love to say we cover all the ins and outs, but you know how this show goes. Come for the newspaper talk, stay for the rant against advertising!

Which movie monster has the cushiest lifestyle? You think Jason's got it comfy? Freddy? Also, if you had pro resources and money was no object, what's the dopest Halloween costume? You get to pick what job you'll do for one year. You'll get to go a year regardless, but whether you keep the job depends on your performance. What do you go for? The episode eventually dissolves into loose talk about Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter (as you do).

You get to pick what job you'll do for one year. You'll get to go a year regardless, but whether you keep the job depends on your performance. What do you go for? The episode eventually dissolves into loose talk about Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter (as you do).

You can only cook a single dish the rest of your life. What do you pick, and why? Includes a listener email and a bonus listener prompt: If you had to look like a person-sized mantis or a person-sized cricket, what would you go with and why?