The Family with Tom Barnard: Recent Episodes
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The Family with Tom Barnard features local and national guests and is heavily focused on humor. Tom hosts the show along with his wife Kathryn, daughter Alex, and son Andy. It airs live central time, Monday-Friday 11 AM to 12:30 PM CST. You can stream it live at www.tombarnardshow.com on Youtube, reached via iPhone or Android app or listen via podcast at Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Google Play on Android.
When you think Real Housewives, what do you think? Annoying bickering? Constant fighting? How about a peaceful Christian who just wants everyone to get along? If you guessed that last one, you might be a fan of The Real Housewives of Orange County, because Lydia starred in it for several seasons and that's how she describes herself. But the real question is, what's her opinion on the Maccabees? Inquiring biblical scholars want to know. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today we're going to cover the entertainment industry. Did you know that it's somewhat unethical? Yeah, we were surprised too. Turns out people do all sorts of things when you give them the promise of money and power. Once you actually give them money and power, it gets a whole lot worse. That's why we choose to remain humble. Can't let all this fame and fortune go to our heads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The thrilling tale of Tom vs. The Internet continues. This time it offers Costaki a nostalgic trip back into his childhood, because apparently the internet was somewhat crappy back in the day. Remember dialup? Some things are best left in the past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You know how we often lament that you can't say anything without getting in trouble these days? It's not strictly true. We can't say anything. You can't say anything. But some people, for some reason, seem to be able to say anything they want. Joey is one of those people. He was also one of the first ever guests on our show. Remember when we used to put out censored radio edits, manually editing out every swear? Yeah, that was fun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
And so ends our day of sweltering behind a microphone. After this we probably went and got a bunch of cookies and deep fried whatevers. Also a turkey leg. Nothing cools you down quite like a steaming hot turkey leg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Are you a Barbie girl? You're certainly in a Barbie world, and there's nothing you can do about it. You can thank the Germans for that. That's where Ruth Handler got the idea for Barbie in the first place. Although if you follow the chain back far enough, it's ultimately the fault of cavemen and their cavechildren, as usual. For those of us who don't live in prehistoric times, we have a much more complex array of dolls to play with. Could their dolls made of straw and clay drive a race car? I don't think so. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What happens when you sell your likeness to Hollywood? They put your face on cereal boxes and in video games, right? Pretty benign? Not any more. Now you have to worry about them creating an AI homunculus that looks and sounds like you. And the worst part is, you don't even get paid for it. That's why it's important to get a good agent. Or you could just go settle Mars, where money doesn't exist and the only thing you have to worry about is a dome breach. It's like being a medieval subsistence farmer, but instead of smallpox getting you it's meteorites. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Do you have that one song that you could discuss for hours? Dissecting its rhythm, melody, and lyrics? Diallo and Blake do. Except for them it's many "one songs". Enough that they made a podcast doing just that, in fact. Personally, we find it easier to let some children loose in the studio, turn on the mics, and see what happens. Just don't expect any deep dives when your hosts have an attention span of 30 seconds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Being a veteran is tough. Your job was either killing or killing-adjacent, and that takes its toll. Often, that toll comes in the form of suicide. If we had a solution, we'd give one, but all we can do for now is raise awareness. And we do that by platforming Josh, who's decided to hike 22 miles a day for 22 days while carrying 22 pounds on his back. As you may have guessed, the number 22 is significant. Visit op22.funraise.org to contribute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If you've got your ear to the street, you know what the current trend is: calling in sick on August 24th. We don't get it either, but that's fads for you. By the time you read this it may be too late, so make your plans for next year. Call in sick, then get a burger from the St. Clair Broiler. Oh wait, you can't do that any more. Instead, why not go on a shopping spree at Sears? No, can't do that either - at least not in Minnesota. At least you can always take a nice relaxing flight with Yevgeny Prigozhin. Oh wait. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When you hear the term "Pig lady", what do you think? A lady that looks like a pig? Some kind of minotaur-esque creature? How about a sociopath who feeds people to pigs? If you chose the last one, you either have a very strange imagination or you know about the Susan Monica murders. And if you don't know about them, you're about to, courtesy of Adam. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Now that Dr. Huber has returned to the show, let's celebrate by remembering the first time he was on the show. At least, I think it's the first time. He's been on so much it's hard to sort through them all. Not to mention we get along so well it's like we've always been old friends, right? Right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If there's one thing all four of us have in common (aside from our genes) it's that we're all married. We like to consider ourselves happily married, even. Still, every relationship has its troubles. Why not erase your baggage before it becomes a problem rather than after? And we're not talking about pawning the kids off on Grandma and Grandpa. Well, I guess we are talking about that a little. And your kids being out of the house is the perfect time to listen to some AI-generated football jokes read by Costaki. Not because they're dirty or anything, but because you don't want your kids growing up thinking this is what "humor" is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the days of yore, a rivalry was formed. C.J., also known as Cheryl Johnson, was a Star Tribune columnist who frequently covered Tom's exploits in a less than favorable light. This led to them clashing on the regular...until today. And by "today" I mean over ten years ago. On his (at the time) new podcast, Tom and C.J. buried the hatchet once and for all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
There's a podcast out there called The Parents Lounge. And while we're all parents and we like to lounge, that podcast isn't this one. Sometimes the two meet, though, such as today when Jason called in. As such, we have all the bases covered. It all starts with kids, then cars, then stocks, then the cops take you to prison for insider trading. The prison part may not apply to everyone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Life's full of changes. You start off playing basketball against athletes three times your size, you end up what exactly the doctor is doing to your bladder. You buy a house for 3.9 million, you sell it for 125. Maybe you've never done any of these things exactly, but you get the idea. That's why we aim to be an unmoving beacon in the storm. A point of stability in a chaotic world. Just ignore the 300 times we've changed our schedule, show length, lineup, and name. Those don't count. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Somehow, we managed to go nearly two years without having Dr. Huber on the show. We were afraid of catching COVID over the phone, you see. While our fears might be somewhat ridiculous, there are millions of people out there with more grounded problems, and many of them are children. Kids don't do well with social isolation, constantly being told the world is going to end, and having to worry about a plague. Weird, I know. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
There's one thing keeping us all from taking our dream vacation: lack of teleportation technology. Luckily, in the magical world of hypotheticals, there's no such thing as airfare, travel time, or needing enough free time for the trip to actually be worth it. Come live in this magical realm with us as we travel to Japan, Japan, Japan, and Scandinavia. And Japan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Anxiety is a normal part of life. It can help you process and it can stop you from making a bad decision. It can also be a very abnormal part of life. As they say, the dose makes the poison. This is especially common among first responders, veterans, and other people in extremely high stress occupations. While there are resources out there for those people, they're not all necessarily high quality or available. That's why Russ created the Invisible Wounds Project specifically for them and their families. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
There are many reasons to run. It's a great way to lose weight. It puts distance between you and your demons. And for Alexi, it makes you an Olympic athlete. It also indirectly made her an author. The book is called Bravey - no, not Bravery - and it's about chasing dreams and befriending pain. Hey, there's another thing running can do: catch up to your dreams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 2010, Futurama came back from the dead after being cancelled. A couple years later, Billy West, who voices like half the cast, was on our show. Now, in the futuristic year 2023, Futurama has been resurrected once again. What better time to relive a past when Futurama had only ended once? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Here in America we've never had official royalty. It's kind of our thing. Yet despite the fact that our ancestors sailed the ocean blue and fought a war to get away from them, we can't get enough of the British royal family. Or can we? Support has dwindled over the years and shows no signs of stopping. It's currently at 55%, which means in a few short years they'll be out of majority favor for the first time since the Anglos met the Saxons. Given how much of our media is still about them, it really makes you wonder how bad it must have been a hundred years ago. Luckily we can just ask the average senator, because they'd remember. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Game show hosts are often known for their longevity. You've got people hosting the same show for over fifty years. Can't say that about most industries. Unfortunately, our status as a mortal species gets the best of us eventually, and all those names that were synonymous with a show are starting to leave. It's kind of like how superheroes are on their way out, except in that case people are happy about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Most of our audience is either in Minnesota or Wisconsin, so we don't encounter a lot of deadly venom. It makes it easy to forget that in much of the world, there are animals the size of a quarter that can kill you. There are also animals the size of of a room that can kill you. Oddly, those ones choose not to. Perhaps it's because they've already eaten every mammal in the Everglades. They're called Burmese Pythons, and Amy hunts them. It helps nature, it gets you some nice leather boots, and there aren't many titles cooler than "python hunter". Everybody wins. Except the pythons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A pastor and a professional wrestler walk into a bar. They also occupy the same physical space. Impossible? Not when you're Chris Whaley, a pastor who was also known as The Saint in the ring. With a name like that, it was a foregone conclusion, right? Plus he refused to use steroids, so he had the whole "body is a temple" thing going on. Hard to imagine someone like that bringing the smackdown to The Undertaker, but it happened. And we have proof. His book, The Masked Saint, is a semi-autobiographical account. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This is a tasty episode. Who doesn't like a nice steak? Of course, it helps when the steak hasn't sat in a hot garage for a week. How about some Dairy Queen? Oh wait, those have all been sold off to land grabbers. Okay, I guess if we can't eat then we'll just talk about cars? Dang, wrong again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The saying "give a damn" is interesting. Who are you giving it to? To give a damn is a good thing, but does that mean it's also good to take a damn? Also, how many times can you say "damn" before it starts sounding like a made-up word? Let's find out if the answer is five: Mark wrote a book called Give A Damn, which is basically what Tom has been saying on a daily basis for the past few years condensed into book form. Will we ever get along? What do we do about all this hatred? And what the hell is a Cap Snaffler? Disclaimer: we can't guarantee that last one is actually in the book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Everyone has their own version of escapism. As children, we play with dolls or cars. Then as we get older, it's wrestling, video games, and playing pretend. As adults, we have movies and TV. In the past, these things were all separate. Not any more. Now we have movies about toys, movies about video games, video games about wrestling, and wrestlers in movies about pretend cars. And soon everything will become one: make-believe AI-generated people pretending to play a video game that doesn't exist about a toy line that also doesn't exist. At that point, we fully expect that going outside and playing with rocks will become suddenly very popular. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You may recall, or at least be aware of, UFO Mania in the 50s and 60s. Roswell, crop circles, abductions, UFO sightings. All swamp gas, of course. It's back, and this time we have 4k video cameras in the pocket of every American. We also have military officials testifying before congress that there are Martians living among us. Well maybe they didn't say that but they said something. Why not watch Accidental Truth, UFO Revelations to find out what? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You could call this a serious episode. "Serious" can mean a lot of things though. It can be a synonym for dire, grave, or appalling. For example, the Jacob Wetterling kidnapping. That was all of those things. It hits close to home, too. Robert is from Wisconsin and wrote a book all about it, from the crime to the resolution. "Serious" can also mean things less awful too. Money is good, but it's also serious business. You should take it seriously. Or, failing that, hire a financial advisor to take it seriously for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Are you ready for a chemistry lesson? Our first topic is isomers. Delta 7, delta 8, delta 9. No, it's not a military designation, it's different types of THC. Which leads us to our second topic: psychoactive chemicals. You'll be seeing a lot more of them in a few days. That's why it's important to know your limits, use caution, and above all else, never leave your house. No, not just when high. Better to just stay home forever. That's why God invented food delivery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Have you been feeling like your parenting could use some more bhakti principles lately? Then I have good news for you. That's exactly what Mother Gopi Gita brings in her new book, Leadership Parenting. The "correct" way to parent has been eluding humanity for thousands of years. Every generation has its own spin, and it's usually the polar opposite of what their parents did. Gopi, instead, unifies wisdom from all generations. Kind of like the USB of parenting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
So Barbie and Oppenheimer are doing well. Really well, in fact. Especially when you factor in all the doomsaying about how theaters are dying. Turns out the secret was to stop making superhero movies years after everyone got tired of them. That's Hollywood for you: always on the ball. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Don't worry, it's still a normal show. However, about halfway through it we offer a fascinating look into what goes into keeping the show going, courtesy of Brad and Bilski. Not only does it pay the bills, but fans of impromptu recording sessions will love it. For everyone else, there's Costaki. If your local team has any hope of ever being good again, it's fun to talk about how great you are. If you're from Minnesota, on the other hand, we've got plenty of gallows humor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Once upon a time, a man decided that a chainsaw was a musical instrument. Thus, Tom's interest in Jackyl was born. On today's lost episode, you get to hear not only all about the song, you get to hear the song itself along with commentary from the man responsible for it. Then you'll hear our commentary of his commentary. Maybe one day, someone will commentate on our commentary. I guess that's technically what I'm doing right now. You see, it all connects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A cop, a marine biologist, and Mr. Money Talk walk into a recording studio. The result is this show. It may sound like a completely random assortment of people, and I assure you, it is. But this family is also a completely random assortment and we've been on the air for eleven years, so it's a proven formula. You know what else is a proven formula? Hanging out with great white sharks. A very important part of that formula is knowing what you're doing, so put that scuba gear away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We frequently have both mamas and papas on this show, but we've never had The Mamas and the Papas on. In our defense, all but one of them is long gone, so it's physically impossible for us to do that. That doesn't mean we can't deliver; Scott G. Shea wrote a book chronicling their rise and fall, which took place in under five years. He also dispels a popular myth involving a sandwich. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's the cool young people episode today since Tom and Kathryn couldn't make it. Of course, we're all in our thirties so "young" is subjective, but do you really want to hear a podcast that's just a bunch of teenagers? Believe me, you don't. With us young adults, you get more erudite topics like eye crust, eating dog biscuits, and haunted F250s. You're not going to get that kind of informative conversation anywhere else. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
They say life in plastic is fantastic. Judging by how many people are freaking out over a movie about a plastic doll, it must be. That or people just enjoy wearing pink. You know what else people enjoy? Being serial killers. It's not quite as popular as Barbie, but there are enough shows about it to make you think so. If you had to choose one, we recommend the doll. Just don't go all Sid from Toy Story and you should be fine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
No, she's not related to Alex. For one, both she and Alex are Rasmussen by marriage, not birth. For two, Leslie's husband's family is from Connecticut. And for three, Leslie pronounces it like Rasputin. Okay, I made that one up. What I didn't make up his her writing career, her husband's writing career, and her son's writing career. Would it surprise you, then, to learn she wrote a book? If so, please try to pay more attention. If not, check out The Stories We Cannot Tell once it releases. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This is the second half of our 500th episode event from 2014. If you missed part 1, it was uploaded yesterday. And also in 2014, but there's a reason they're called "the lost episodes". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ten(ish) years ago, we made it to episode 500. It was a milestone we weren't sure was ever going to happen, so when it did, we made a big deal about it. We had a live appearance before an audience at the New Hope Cinema Grill, invited as many people as possible to be guests, and did over two hours on stage. Today, we're approaching episode 2500. That's five times the episodes. Now that's what I call value. Part 2 to be released tomorrow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Have you ever wanted to watch two billionaires who are probably not in terribly great shape punch each other over and over? As you may have guessed, that's not a trick question - it's an allegedly upcoming event between Zuckerberg and Musk. We say "allegedly" because we have doubts it'll ever actually happen. They'll probably cancel it due to some convenient wildfires somewhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's the return of Josh Arnold, and this time he's going to tell you what running shoes to buy. Also financial advice, of course, but they say that a sturdy foundation helps keep everything aligned. Maybe it helps keep your bank account aligned too. Probably not. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What does the future of entertainment hold? Depending on who you ask, it's robots delivering lines written by robots to other robots. And those robots will be dressed up like real life actors. Does that sound like a dystopian nightmare? Or is it at least better than yet another superhero movie? Of course, it might never actually happen. The whole Tupac hologram thing never took off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
He lost his dad at 12. He lost his mom at 14. He lost his skin and fingers at 30. To say he's had a hard life would be the understatement of the century. Yet despite this, he re-enlisted in the Air Force, got a gold medal at the Invictus Games, and he wrote a book. How's that for overcoming adversity? So next time you order a grande and they give you a tall instead and you want to yell at the barista, think of DT and gain some perspective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fans of classic Minnesota radio, rejoice! Wait, have I said that already? If you stick around here long enough and you like Minnesota radio personalities, you're going to rejoice sooner or later. This time, it's because we have not only John Hines, but Paul Stagg and Don Shelby on with him. Another reason to rejoice is that we've turned The Lost Episodes into a game. Write down all the different intros you hear. There's no prize, but you could start a Tom Barnard Podcast Intros wiki. You know, if you really wanted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You know how all anyone has talked about for the past six months is AI? It'll write your books, paint your art, steal your job, and of course, manufacture your human-hunting robots. Well here at The Family, we've always been ahead of the curve, and this topic is no exception. Nine years ago, Louis was on to talk about The Artificial Intelligence Revolution, a book about what it sounds like. Seems like he was spot on about the future. But the really spooky part was when he predicted the name "ChatGPT". No, not really, I made that one up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Everyone's talking about money lately, and generally it's not positive. Why not bring some optimism into the conversation? A little investing now is a lot of money later. Right now boycotting products is all the rage, so why not jump on the bandwagon and stop spending your money at the corporate evil of the week? That's money you can put into an IRA right there. Boycott a few more and watch your portfolio grow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brad and Angelina's once-idyllic love life has become a tragedy as they battle in court. Harry and Megan are finding themselves lacking an audience. Even Tom Cruise and Christopher Nolan are waging a war for IMAX screen time. Is there no peace in Hollywood? No, not really. Watch some of the crap they've been putting out lately and you'll never experience peace of mind again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hungry? Well then don't go the hot dog eating contest. Those aren't about satisfying hunger. They're serious business. You have to train for months just to avoid a reversal of fortune. If you're a serious eater with a seriously stretched out stomach, head over to New York City in a week. The rest of us can watch it on ESPN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Remember Hillbilly Handfishin'? Of course you don't. Who the hell would? Dave Mordal, maybe, out of sheer disdain. You know what I bet you do remember though? When Tom and Dave were both on a certain local radio station and a certain local podcast. The podcast is this one, if you hadn't figured it out. The radio station we'll leave unspoken. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ali is one of those people who've been on the show since the early days, but only manages to come in once every couple years. Touring is hard. Making specials is even harder. Such is the life of a comedian. But did you know he's also an interviewer? We didn't. And we assume April didn't either. That's what we've been bringing since the dawn of human history: knowledge and laughter. Well okay, our guests brought it this time, but we contributed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Car Selling Secrets is back, Officer Dave is an officer again, so let's celebrate with the first time the latter was on the former. Even back then, he was telling us not to text and drive. Maybe that's why he couldn't stay off the beat. Too many people texting and driving who need to be thrown in the slammer. You know what they say: evil never sleeps. Although I'm not sure who exactly says that. Probably Batman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If you don't know what an "NBC Page" is, don't feel bad. Apparently it's an extremely difficult position to achieve. Unless, of course, you're Shelly. She made it in the 70s, when celebrities were celebrities and half of them died young for some reason. And yes, their personal lives were often...interesting, to say the least. Read all about it in My Peacock Tale. Get it? Because tail? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If you're claustrophobic and want to start exposure therapy, then we have just the episode for you. There are five people trapped in a tiny submarine two miles beneath the surface near the ruins of the Titanic. They can't stand. They can't leave. And in about two days, they won't be able to breathe either. That, or the sub imploded and they died instantly. One of the two. So if you have a fear of implosions, we'll work on that too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's the day after father's day, and while we have plenty of fathers on this show, we still need to indulge in some festivities. And what better way to do that than with some dad jokes? Don't worry, we segue to regular jokes pretty quickly, because Alycia's comedy special is a mere 11 days away. Why not watch that instead of spending $1300 on a Taylor Swift ticket? Unless you're one of those people who makes corkboards covered in red string to connect all the secret messages from pop stars. Then you can stick with Taylor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If you're over a certain age, you're almost guaranteed to be directly related to someone who was in the military at some point. That's what happens when you have multiple drafts across just a few decades. Another thing that happens is a lot of families are left without husbands or fathers, or saddled with lifelong medical bills, or any of the other things that come with war. Enter the Inspire Up Foundation, courtesy of Jessica. They've got community outreach. They've got volunteer services. They've even got a local newspaper from 1936. Oh wait, that one was Jimmy Francis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Food these days is too expensive. You're lucky to get out of a grocery store for under $200, and a restaurant will run you fifty a person. Nik has an easy solution: just move to Sicily. 60 cents for a bag of chips? Sign me up. Plus you don't have to wear your motorcycle helmet, if you're into that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Over the years we've recorded well over 5000 hours of content as two generations of the Barnard family. Today we have a rare three generation segment, and we also have Michelle, who wrote a book about parenting. Some might call it serendipity. And that's not all. We also talked about Mouse Trap, which is specifically advertised as a family game. If that's not fate, I don't know what is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Checks. The bane of cashiers. These are the things that cause generations to polarize. To invent strange new words. To seek out new grocery bag regulations. To boldly go where no one has gone before...because they use GPS and rarely get lost. Generation Alpha should consider themselves lucky that they're too young to have fads. Just give it another six years. We'll find ways to make fun of them, don't you worry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Is it a tradition if you only do something once every five years? In this case, it's having Ali on the show. A lot has changed in the last five years. New morning show, new office, several new things for everyone to be afraid of, and a new special called The Domino Effect Part 2. It just released last week and it's already got a million views. Who knows what we'll all be up to in 2028? Maybe The Domino Effect Part 3? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Long ago, there was a show called Car Selling Secrets. Ryan Winkler was on it. Both the show and the guest became a custom around here for many years. Then, suddenly, it was over. Or was it? Both Car Selling Secrets and Ryan returned last week. Is this the continuation of the status quo? Probably not, because both Ryan and Doug have changed jobs since then. For now, immerse yourself in an era when there was no New Normal and we still, sometimes, talked about cars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Thirsty? Why not grab a can of THC? Apparently you can do that now, at least in Minnesota. And it's all thanks to Ryan, because he's the one who brought some cans in. And what better thing to pair with a drink that shortens your attention span than a book? Arthur Smith has met just about everyone there is to meet, being a television producer, and he's also learned a few things. He has yet to learn how to stop saying "eh" though. Some things stay with you forever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In March, we bid farewell to Car Selling Secrets. Now, not even three months later, it's back. Doug works quick. That's why he's a world-famous car salesman. In addition to reviving the show, he's living out another dream: he's finally selling Fords. Probably not part of his dream is talking extensively about baseball, although we made it work. We took the backseat at that point and let John and Gelfand take the wheel. Get it? Wheel? Back Seat? It's car humor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fritz is back after a month and a half. In that time, the weather in California has not changed. But you know what has changed? Comedy. Not since March, but in general. You've heard us complain about a lack of Don Rickles and Blazing Saddles these days, but it goes beyond that. In a bid to reduce "hate", we ended up replacing pretend hate with real hate of a different flavor. Inquisitions rarely increase the total amount of joy in the world. You know what does though? Fritz's new special, Unassisted Living, now on Tubi. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices