Friday Release Valve: Recent Episodes

Andrew Heaton

Andrew Heaton and comedian friends explore the week's best, underserved headlines from around the world.

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Nick Sperdute, Kevin Delano, and Jenny Guiffre rejoin the show to discuss the week's best, underserved headlines. 

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Andrew Young and Josh Jennings return to the show to discuss the week's best, underserved headlines

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Nick Sperdute, Kevin Delano, and Jenny Giuffre join the show to discuss the week's best, underserved headlines

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Grover Norquist and Justin Robert Young rejoin the show to discuss the week's best, underserved headlines. Including:

  • A conspiracy over a dead groundhog
  • Canadian ax-weilding pizza shenanigans
  • Government builds a giant chicken 

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Turner Sparks, Andrea Jones-Rooy, and Michael Ira Kaplan join the show to discuss the week’s best, underserved headlines

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Josh Jennings and Andrew Young return to discuss the week's best, underserved headlines

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Grover Norquist and Justin Robert Young join to discuss the week's best, underserved headlines

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Comedians Negin Farsad of “Fake the Nation” and Ophira Eisenberg join the show to discuss the week’s best, underserved headlines

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Andrew Young returns to discuss the best underserved headlines of the week. Including: crummy narco submarines, the Korean War, and rhinoceros backflips. 

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Brett Weaver and Chloe Effron return to sort the week's best, underserved headlines

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Comedians Negin Farsad and Ophira Eisenberg join the show to discuss the week’s best, underserved headlines, scheme to become Kentucky Colonels, and learn about multicultural witchcraft

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Brett Weaver and Chloe Effron join to discuss the week's best, underserved headlines

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Michael Ira Kaplan and Andrea Jones-Rooy join the show to discuss the week's best, underserved headlines, including: stuff about Watermelon Crushers, and scam calls.

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Brian Brushwood and Matt Donnelly join to discuss the week's best, most underserved headlines

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Jack Helmuth and Brian Sack of "Questionable Material" join the show to discuss the week's best, most underserved headlines.

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Andrew Young and Jeff Maurer join to discuss the week's best, underserved headlines

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Brian Brushwood and Matt Donnelly join the show to discuss the week's best, underserved headlines

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Andrew Young and Mike Blejer join the show to discuss the week's best, underserved headlines

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Jack Helmuth and Brian Sack join the show to discuss the week's best, underserved headlines

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Comedian Turner Sparks joins the show to discuss the week's best, underserved headlines--particularly regarding Oklahoma

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Andrew Young and Jeff Maurer join the show to discuss the week's best, underserved headlines.

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Sarah Rose Siskind and Tom Barnard Leopold join the show to discuss the week's best, underserved headlines.

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Andrew Young joins the show to discuss the week's best, most underserved headlines

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Sarah Rose Siskind joins the show to discuss the week's best, underserved headlines

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Turner Sparks, Michael Ira Kaplan, and Andrea Jones Rooy join the show to discuss the week's best, underserved headlines

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The five sorts of folks you find hitchin' a ride out on the open road!

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The quickest way to get high-velocity meat particles from A to B in a straight line. Period.

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Start your day right. Start your day with delicious caffeinated crab dip.

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Is your yard or office overwhelmed by roosters? Call Gillian's to eliminate unwanted rooster infestations

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Nick Sperdute and Andrew Young join the show to discuss the week's best, most underserved headlines

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Mary Jo Pehl, original writer for Mystery Science Theater 3000, and actor and comedian Nick Sperdute join the show to discuss the week's best, most underserved headlines

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It's the best part of baseball season!

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Learn to make an absolutely delicious meatloaf with Chef Heaton!

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JD Durkin and Negin Farsad join the show to discuss the week's best, most underserved headlines

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Chad Prather and Josh Jennings join the show to discuss the week's best, most underserved headlines

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Don't let tax season get you down. Let Heaton walk you through the basics!

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An introductory message to your training at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Matt Sienkiewicz and Andrea Jones-Rooy join the show to explore the week's best, underserved headlines

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Jennings reluctantly agrees to gather reviews for Heaton

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Little-known facts about Independence Day

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An educational amusement park which explains sexual education to children and the entire family

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Mike Blejer and Alice Vaughn join the show to discuss the week's best, most underserved headlines

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Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan join the show to discuss the week's best, most underserved headlines 

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Avid gardener Andrew Heaton explains the basics of home botany

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I recently broke my leg, and reflect on the upshots and downsides of it

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We're gamifying funny headlines! Everyone on the show gets a funny headline, but some are real and some are fake news. Each team hears the headlines, asks probing questions, then guesses which is real and which is fictitious. 

Host: Andrew Heaton
Team Captains: Andrew Young and Jeremey Kareken
Guests: Nicholas Sperdute, Brian Sack, Jack Helmuth, Andrea Jones-Rooy

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Nick Sperdute and Andrew Young join the show to discuss the week's best, most underserved headlines

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Horoscopes can be complicated--let me walk you through the basics

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Ranking the sorts of eggs I throw at houses based on heft, price point, and general enjoyment

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When you need the convenience and firepower of a cannon, but you DON'T need the hassle of maintenance and storage!

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Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan join the show to discuss the week's best, most underserved headlines

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Alice Vaughn and Yvette D'Entremont join the show to discuss the week's best, most underserved headlines

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Heaton explains basic dog training for potential dog lovers

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Show producer Josh Jennings once again attempts to destroy Heaton's sanity

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Jeremey Kareken and Andrew Young join the show to discuss the week's best, most underserved headlines

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Leo Kearse joins the show to discuss the week's best, underserved headlines

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Former producer Josh Jennings inadvertently facilitates an organized crime syndicate via the show's listeners

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Why eat sedentary vegetables when you can nab a rolling salad?

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Paul Mattingly and Matt Donnely join the show to discuss the week's best, most underserved headlines

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Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan join the show to discuss the week's best, most underserved headlines

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Is your house besought by twisters? We're here to help

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Kevin Seefried and Andrea Jones-Rooy join the show to discuss the week's best, most underserved headlines

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Come to Snuffy's for Valentine's Day for some fantastic specials, delivered to you on horseback

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Comedians Nick Sperdute and Andrew Heaton travel to exotic Static Island, where they encountered the Lizardman

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I got invited to fill in as a radio host on a Chicago radio station, and so pretended I had been in a coma for ten years prior to coming to studio

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Look great, taste great

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Andrew Young and Nick Sperdute join the show to discuss the week's best, most underserved headlines

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Alice Vaughn and Yvette d'eEntremont join the show to discuss the week's best, underserved headlines

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You won't slide off this couch--we guarantee it!

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A heartwarming family story about the real meaning of Thanksgiving

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This Thanksgiving come take the whole family to Snuffy's, where you can pick and shoot your own turkey before we dunk it in a deep fat frier

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Jack Helmuth and Brian Sack of "Questionable Material" join the show to discuss the week's best, most underserved headlines

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Can you afford not to get some?

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Basically "Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan," except with more jokes

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Next time you reach for a bottle of wine, make sure it has the consistency of syrup

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Heaton fixes America's favorite eggball sport

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The Seeing Eye Horse Foundation is a fine non-profit which assists the optically impaired by providing them with guide horses

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Comedian Brian Parise and Andrew Young join the show to discuss the world's best, undeserved headlines

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Finally, a guitar that sounds great which you can play in a thunderstorm!

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The intrigue and magic of the world of George R. R. Martin. As explained by a caterer.

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When you need a monkey, but don't need to own a monkey

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Jack Helmuth and Brian Sack of "Questionable Material" join the show to discuss the week's best, underserved headlines

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The sharpest wind turbines on the market

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Comedians Andrew Heaton and Nick Sperdute visit the enchanted land of Narnia

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When emergency strikes, do you have time to "look" for the airbag?

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Vermont's senior senator explains the art of football

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To get mustard in those hard to reach places

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Andrew Young and John DeVore join the show to discuss the week's best, most underserved headlines

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Your horse deserves 20/20 vision

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Basic banking advice from Heaton to you

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Don't use an elevator you can barely fit a piano in--use the biggest industrial elevator size legally available

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Jeremy Kareken and Joe Terwilliger join the show to discuss the week's best, underserved headlines

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For the guy who wants to mow his lawn and then drift off to sea

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Comedians Nick Sperdute and Andrew Heaton go into a virtual reality version of Sim City to meet the mayor and fix the digital metropolis

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Is your horse too stubby and short? Do him a favor. Buy him some horse stilts. 

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The senior senator from Vermont joins the show to explain a popular film

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Delicious pizza you can drink on the go!

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Alice Vaughn and Yvette D'entremont, hosts of Two Girls One Mic, join the show to discuss the week's best, most underserved headlines

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The world's very first USB-programmable knife

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Jennings arranges a surprise for Heaton

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Make your pony's hair silky and soft!

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Andrew Young joins the show to discuss the week's best, underserved headlines