Episodes
Friday Jan 24, 2020
Conversations with People Who Hate Me
Friday Jan 24, 2020
Friday Jan 24, 2020
Review of Conversations with People Who Hate Me from Dylan Marron.
Jazz provided by Mario Rom's Interzone.
In this episode....
The Kerouac Project has published an alumni update from Andy and he remembers his time at the house. Santa is a dick. Axe throwing is fun. Andy is very excited to share with you Dylan Marron's Ted Talk and video series, Every Single Word and Unboxing. Andy attempts to heal the horrible feud that has sprung up between this show and the Scene by Scene podcast. Transcript of the show will be available here eventually. Writers can apply to live for three months at the Kerouac House through March 15th. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe and spread the word! To be showered with compliments, buy me a coffee.
Wednesday Dec 25, 2019
Christmas Bonus - Lemon Assimilation
Wednesday Dec 25, 2019
Wednesday Dec 25, 2019
Christmas Bonus 2019 - All the bits of the Lemon Assimilation story through the first 15 episodes. Great place to catch up with the first part of this one thread. Andy is also very pleased to have got the impeachment he's been asking for all year.
Jazz by Mario Rom's Interzone.
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Happy holidays and all the best for 2020!
Tuesday Dec 10, 2019
Drama Pods II
Tuesday Dec 10, 2019
Tuesday Dec 10, 2019
Reviews of Welcome to Night Vale and The Orbiting Human Circus.
Jazz provided by Mario Rom's Interzone.
In this episode...
Andy has a biopsy performed on the growth on his neck he got from using the Lemon Assimilation shower gel. William helps Andy wrap up his review of Night Vale. The State of South Dakota spent almost half a million dollars to tell the world that it was on Meth. Republican goombah, Rick Perry tells the world that Trump is 'God's Chosen One' and so we should just get behind all the graft and crimes and stuff. The host of the Scene by Scene podcast is still very upset with the bad review Andy gave him on the Tom Waits episode.
December is Winklepicker awareness month at the American Shoe Council.
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Accordion music generously provided by accordion love, the best place on the web to go for sheet music and lessons.
The transcript of the show will appear here when I get around to it.
Sunday Nov 17, 2019
Drama Pods I
Sunday Nov 17, 2019
Sunday Nov 17, 2019
Reviews of Limetown, Homecoming, The Horror of Dolores Roach and Blackout.
Jazz provided by the incomparable Mario Rom's Interzone.
In this episode...
Andy discovers the recall of the Lemon Assimilation shower Gel is a very real and disturbing thing. Andy muses on arrival of big name superstars in Podcasting and worries about Sir Ian McKellen. President Bone Spurs is convicted of stealing money from veterans from his fake charity but is still allowed to pretend to honor and respect veterans during the usual Memorial Day propaganda photo opps. Andy goes on record to explain he is not a 'boomer'.
More links and sourcing available in the show's transcript here, when I get around to it.
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Friday Nov 01, 2019
The History of Stand Up
Friday Nov 01, 2019
Friday Nov 01, 2019
Review of The History of Stand Up from Wayne Federman and Andrew Steven
In this episode...
Andy and the kids begin the day telling jokes. There has been a bumper mailbag. Andy upset the host of Scene by Scene with his review last week. Hedge is upset to discover his tattoo of the Death Star is made up of hundreds of cocks. There has been a recall on the Lemon Assimilation shower gel.
Thursday Oct 17, 2019
Tom Waits Podcasts
Thursday Oct 17, 2019
Thursday Oct 17, 2019
Reviews of With Confetti In Our Hair, Song by Song, Down in the Hole and Scene by Scene.
Jazz provided by the amazing Mario Rom's Interzone.
In this episode...
Jen completes the second draft of her new play and asks Andy to not get a tattoo of Tom Waits face on his body. Andy remembers his time in San Diego when he received a custom made scowl from his musical hero and pursued him down the street. Andy calls a celebrity tattooist to discuss getting 'inked'.
Thursday Sep 26, 2019
Syrian War Podcasts
Thursday Sep 26, 2019
Thursday Sep 26, 2019
Reviews of:
The Mother Jones Podcast, Behind the Lines
The Modern War Institute Podcast from West Point
Forced Migration Review: The Syria Crisis
In this Episode...
Andy attempts to understand the Syrian War. He becomes frustrated with Pete Townshend from The Who after his strange recruitment P.S.A. for the U.S. Air-force at height of the Vietnam War. Andy is considering getting a tattoo for the next show about Tom Waits Podcast but Hedge refuses to give him the cell number of his famous tattoo guy.
Tuesday Jun 18, 2019
Austin Thou Art Weird
Tuesday Jun 18, 2019
Tuesday Jun 18, 2019
Adventures in Podcasting...
Andy travels to the Outlier Podcast Festival in Austin and attempts to discover why Austin is weird. Photo credit, Dana Greyson of the excellent travel blog Galley Wench Tales.
Backing music for the Poem and Outro from Mario Rom's Interzone.
Saturday Jun 01, 2019
Comedians Doing Interviews
Saturday Jun 01, 2019
Saturday Jun 01, 2019
Reviews of The Adam Buxton Podcast, Larry Wilmore's Black on Air and WTF with Marc Maron.
Jazz from the superb Mario Rom's Interzone.
In this episode...
Andy receives a viral video from a friend, of Chinese Vlogger, 'Seaside Girl Little Seven' and shares it with William. Andy reviews the featured shows with Dan. William's case worker calls and implements a time out.
Wednesday May 08, 2019
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls
Wednesday May 08, 2019
Wednesday May 08, 2019
Review of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls.
In this episode...
Andy asks Siri for help explaining the patriarchy to a six year old. Hedge attends Gender Sensitivity Training at the American Enterprise Institute. Sierra and Andy review the Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls Podcast. A poem, 'How to Explain the Patriarchy to a Six Year Old'.
Jazz provided by Mario Rom's Interzone.
Episode image of Sierra taken by the Miki Devivo, circa 2012, San Diego.
Wednesday Apr 24, 2019
The Ballad of Billy Balls
Wednesday Apr 24, 2019
Wednesday Apr 24, 2019
Review of The Ballad of Billy Balls by iO Tillett Wright.
Jazz provided by the excellent Mario Rom's Interzone.
In this episode...
Andy receives hate mail and is told to 'GO BACK TO BREXIT'. Jen and Andy reminisce about NYC. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service has a new mission statement and the civics quiz has now become, 'The American Values Test'.
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
Pod Save America and Chapo Trap House
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
Reviews of Pod Save America and Chapo Trap House.
In this episode...
Andy accepts the challenge from his big brother to attempt to review every podcast in existence. Hedge attempts to buy duck poutine again. Klaxton joins Andy to review the political podcasts. Andy is inspired by Screamin' Jay Hawkins and foolishly attempts a homage to the track 'Ignant and Shit', but this time calling out his white brethren.
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
Myths and Legends
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
Review of Myths and Legends from Jason and Carissa Weiser.
In this episode...
Andy is corrected by an anthropologist. Big Brother Carl poses an interesting challenge. Jeff helps review the podcast. Andy and Hedge get the munchies and attempt to buy poutine from a Food Truck.
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
Death Podcasts
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
Reviews of Death in the Afternoon, Death by Misadventure, Coroner Talk and Grief Out Loud.
In this episode...
Sierra is upset at the death of the Japanese Maple tree. Andy is upset at the concept of a 'Nation in Mourning' over George H.W. Bush. In the review of the Coroner Talk Podcast, Andy discovers Trans-phobic fear mongering from a coroner and has to issue a strongly worded rebuke. The family have a funeral for the tree. Two news anchors report on the state funeral of an American hero, heroically, for a nation of heroes.
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
Tiny House Podcasts
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
Reviews of The Tiny House Podcast, Tiny House Lifestyle, Roll With Me, Tiny House Talk, Billy and Morg's Tiny House Hunt, Tiny House Tiny Heart and Giant Head / Small Kitchen.
In this episode...
Andy seeks help from Siri to send a robot army to stop Trump. Andy explains to Sierra that we are all skeletons covered in meat. Hedge procures lollipops from Hector's Herbals for a night at the Renwick Gallery. Andy attempts an Australian Sonnet about the Lemon, embracing the citric insults that beset English Americans and the overpowering aroma of his body wash.
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
Song Exploder
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
Review of Song Exploder from Hrishikesh Hirway.
In this episode...
Andy has trouble with the Lemon Assimilation and gets lost at Home Depot. Hedge demands a stronger sponsor message for The American Shoe Council.
Friday Apr 05, 2019
S-Town
Friday Apr 05, 2019
Friday Apr 05, 2019
Review of S-Town from Brian Reed.
Jazz provided by the incomparable Mario Rom's Interzone.
In this episode...
Blaise wakes up his Dad with a special gift and demands chocolate coins for breakfast. Andy begins podcasting and has found his first sponsor. Jen picks up some new body wash out of a long list of options.