• Bridging the rift between the left and the right – #2894

    We talk about how nobody gets along a lot on this show. Too much, some would say. But it is a real problem. Kraig from Braver Angels knows this. That’s why his organization gets people together from both sides to have conversations. And yes, it’s very sad that simply getting people to talk and not immediately throw a hissy fit is something that requires an organization to achieve, but that’s America right now.

    On the show:

    • Andy
    • Kristyn Burtt
    • Brittany Hagan
    • Mike Bryant
    • Kraig Finwall

    Topics covered:

    • AI-generated products
    • Various docu-series and biopics
    • Braver Angels
    • Conversations across party lines

  • Stalking the United States budget – #2893

    Stalkers are weird. They’re also weirdly common. It seems like every other person has a story of an ex stalking them to some degree. Why do they do it? Perhaps the same reason people think being so famous you can’t leave your house is a good idea: some people are just wired different.

    On the show:

    • Tom
    • Andy
    • Kristyn Burtt

    Topics covered:

    • Stalkers
    • Dancing with the Stars 20th anniversary
    • Tom Bergeron
    • Government shutdown
    • Trump’s $2000 dividend
    • Lifestyles of the rich and the famous

  • Serve our country by having 67 children – #2892

    It’s veterans day – not to be confused with memorial day – so let’s take a moment to thank all the men who fought for our country. Then let’s take a moment to thank all the women who had double digit numbers of children. Then let’s get crazy and talk about nonuplets why not. Beats talking about sports or backed up sink drains.

    On the show:

    • Tom
    • Kathryn
    • Andy
    • Kristyn Burtt
    • Bob Sansevere

    Topics covered:

    • Veterans day
    • Backed up sink
    • Sally Kirkland dies
    • Dogs
    • Big families
    • Michael Jackson biopic and controversy
    • Deer hunting
    • Minnesota sports and the suckage thereof

  • Health of both the physical and mental variety – #2891

    We didn’t set out to make a podcast about health. Things just turned out that way. Maybe it’s because everyone is constantly losing and unlosing weight, making sure their mental state is sound, and getting diagnosed with various neurological disorders. Or maybe it’s because we’re secretly part of the MAHA movement and it’s our insidious plot to get you to eat your broccoli. It could be either.

    On the show:

    • The family
    • Kristyn Burtt

    Topics covered:

    • Emotional wellness
    • ADHD/Autism/Dyslexia/Etc.
    • Med overprescribing
    • Weight loss

  • A birthday of cupcakes, dystopian futures, and brutal alien hunters – #2890

    Tom is 74 today, which normally would call for cake. Alas, the quest for pound droppage takes priority. But that’s okay. You don’t need cake to enjoy your birthday. Movies about evil extradimensional entities and tentacle-faced monsters who want to kill you are just as enjoyable. Depending on who you are, of course.

    On the show:

    • The family
    • Kristyn Burtt
    • Tim Lammers

    Topics covered:

    • Tom’s birthday
    • Favorite birthday cake
    • AI
    • Predator: Badlands
    • IT: Welcome to Derry

  • There’s a reason doctors and lawyers both make big money – #2889

    Health insurance keeps going up, which is no real surprise because everything has gone up by approximately 5000% since 2020. We just wish it would stop at some point. But you know what’s even more expensive than health insurance? Being found liable in a civil suit. So if you have the choice between a tort or a doctor’s visit, choose the latter.

    On the show:

    • Tom
    • Kathryn
    • Andy
    • Kristyn Burtt
    • Mike Bryant
    • Brittany Hagan

    Topics covered:

    • Health insurance
    • Woman who looks like Howard Stern
    • Brittany’s theater story
    • Mike’s many trials
    • Marshawn Kneeland apparent suicide

  • There’s plenty to do in Minnesota if you’re afraid of flying – #2888

    It wasn’t a good 24 hours for airplanes. First one blows up in Kentucky, then there was the bomb threat in NYC. Maybe stay grounded for a little while, just to be safe. And while you’re down here, why not check out the hundreds of things to do in Minnesota courtesy of Julie Jo Larson?

  • Near death and taxes – #2887

    Andy’s back, several pounds lighter. The Twins have a new manager and his record is mediocre at best. Bob’s dogs ran away. And to top it all off, how about those taxes? The only news today that makes up for it all is that they chose this year’s sexiest man alive and he’s not a politician. Because you know they would.

    On the show:

    • Tom
    • Kathryn
    • Andy
    • Costaki Economopoulos
    • Kristyn Burtt
    • Bob Sansevere

    Topics Covered:

    • Football
    • Sexiest man alive
    • New Twins manager
    • Old TVs
    • Mayoral elections today
    • West Palm Beach taxes

  • A real house of horrors – #2886

    Andy’s family is still sick with a horrible stomach virus, which is ironic because that you’re supposed to be getting sick from eating too much candy this time of year instead. The rest of the family did just fine though, with tales of Halloween making its way through the gloom here and there.

    On the show:

    • Tom
    • Kathryn
    • Alex
    • Kristyn Burtt
    • Ellen Cousins

  • Maybe Friday really is unlucky – #2885

    It’s Friday, and you know what that means: it’s time for Andy to be absent because of an illness again. And it’s also time for Tim Lammers. This Halloween it’s the battle of the century, on one side being people who liked Frankenstein and on the other side being Tom and Kathryn, apparently.

    On the show:

    Tom

    Kathryn

    Alex

    Kristyn Burtt

    Tim Lammers