The Distraction: A Defector Podcast
By Defector Media
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Dec 21, 2023
Ernie
Feb 17, 2023
Will never stop listening until Roth addresses The Issue, so will never stop listening.
caper
Feb 16, 2023
Great mix of sports and normal human life.
Alex W.
Aug 14, 2020
They're back! They're back! Deadspin was a good website. Defector will be one too.
Zack
Aug 6, 2020
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| Episode | Date |
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Kennedy Levels of Ruddiness with Patrick Redford
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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I Hear Him All Day with Justin Halpern
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Subtraction by Subtraction with Ray Ratto
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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As Basil Exposition Once Said…
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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The 2024 Hater’s Guide to March Madness with Ken Pomeroy
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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I Am a Girl and I Drive! with Kathryn Xu
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Subway Sandwiches Don’t Actually Look Like That! with Rohan Nadkarni
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Run Out of Town with Pitchforks Media with Ed Zitron
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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My University of Austin Class on Bloodletting
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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The Future of Schlong-Form Reporting
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Live From the Bounty House on Radio Row with Matthew Coller
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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I Am Wearing a Christian Black Metal Hoodie in My Headshot With Jason Kirk
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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No One Could Make Fun of Me If I Went to Bed Right Now
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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The Fist Bump That Ages Me 20 Years with Ray Ratto
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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Bury Me with a Terrible Towel with Rohan Nadkarni
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Happy Immunological New Year!
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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A Boy Named Cloud with Dan McQuade
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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The Extreme Bonilla
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Georgia Frat Relatives with “The Simpsons” Exec Producer Matt Selman
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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A Conglomeration of All Sports Writers with Dave McKenna
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Break Out 28 Dollars for Taco Bell with Jasper Wang
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Non-Monster Mash Songs by the Monster Mash Guy with Rob Harvilla
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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It Is Self-Care to Not Watch the Giants
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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The NBA Tush Push with Ray Ratto
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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His Dream Was to Be a Dentist with Emma Baccellieri
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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A Farewell to Guys
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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The Distraction Live in Brooklyn! with Rohan Nadkarni
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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The Haterrr’s Guiiide to the 2023 MLB Playoffs!
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Taylor Swift's Elite Length with Giri Nathan & Samer Kalaf
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Vintage Smarm
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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The Baseball Pathetic-Off with Justin Halpern
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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It’s NFL Good/Bad 2023! with Kalyn Kahler
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Serious, Emotional Vikings Talk
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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Shrimp-Fed Fools with Spencer Hall
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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4,000 Flipped Birds with Andy Behrens
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Dog, I Lived at Warped Tour 2011 with Lindsey Adler and Tom Ley
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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What Is The Worst Profession of a Person You’d Admit to Have Dated?
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Is This a TV Show That Doesn’t Really Know Soccer? with Abigail Segel
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live, with Paul Kix
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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Pyrocumulonimbus with John Vaillant
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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I Want Something that Blows Up Real Good
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Let’s Remember a Podcast with Alex Sujong Laughlin
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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We’re Gatekeeping Mr. Met
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Our Knees Are Almost Touching (with Dave McKenna and Israel Daramola)
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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As Albert Einstein Once Said… (With Ray Ratto)
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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America Named a Team For Chicken Nuggets (with Rohan Nadkarni)
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Are They Going Bud Lite On Us?
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May 25, 2023 |
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The Gulf of Pain with David Grann
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May 18, 2023 |
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You Can Eat ‘Em If You’d Like! with Adam Conover
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May 11, 2023 |
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What Levels of Sacramento! with Patrick Redford
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May 04, 2023 |
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You're Not Making Jet Engines, You're Making Art
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May 02, 2023 |
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How Fast Can You Push This Button? with Rivers McCown
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Allergy Talk! with Lauren Theisen
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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My Legacy is a Few Tweets with Kelsey McKinney
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Distraction Spring Break!!
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Please Have Dan Call Me Immediately (with Dan McQuade)
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Fairly Ridiculous University (with Rohan Nadkarni)
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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The Idiot’s Guide to March Madness (with Ken Pomeroy)
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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GE’s Fart Joke Division (with Mike Schur)
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Ostensible Movie Analysis (with Vince Mancini)
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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Wasabi Peas, Smart (with Israel Daramola)
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Excelsior, Young Man!
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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The Fresno Venereal Diseases (with Dan McQuade)
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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Innovation in the Dickhead Space (with Patrick Redford)
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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The Popcorn Sweats (with Kalyn Kahler)
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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This Episode Is Sponsored By Bareback Sportsbook
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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Look At Us, High Functioning (with Kelsey McKinney)
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Undisputed And First Take Are The Men's Version of Real Housewives (with Jemele Hill)
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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I'm Floored That You're Nick Swardson's Cousin (with Seth Wickersham)
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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You Know What You Got Into, I'm Watching Sports You Know The Deal Man! (with Tom Ley)
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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If You've Seen How Kirk Cousins Cooks Steak That's How Everybody Cooks Chicken
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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I Wouldn't Do That If I Were Me (with Jason Gay)
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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It's Deeper Than Rap (with Bomani Jones)
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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The Nets Are A Shit Sandwich (with Rohan Nadkarni)
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Rolling Out Of Bed And Just Getting Grilled On The Lakers (with Patrick Redford)
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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I Told You So! (with Dan McQuade)
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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I'm An Old Soul When It Comes To Football (with Tyler Dunne)
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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You've Become A Scrabble Boy?
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Been There John, Been There (with Emma Baccellieri)
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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This Guy's Got Direct TV So You Know He's Going Places
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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How Did They Let You Have A Mic? (with Pablo Torre)
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Tough Shit, This Is Football! (with Kalyn Kahler)
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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Welcome To The Haters Guide! The 2022 College Football Season Edition (with Eric Eager)
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Just Two Sun Tanned Guys Chopping It Up
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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Welcome To The Haters Guide! (with Andy Behrens)
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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I Am A Proud Member Of The Mentally Ill Mets Fan Community (with Ray Ratto)
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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Yay It's Our 100th Episode!!!
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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I'm A Vibe Believer (with Lindsey Adler)
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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What Do You Wanna Do Bro? (with Justin Halpern)
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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Where Would We Be As A Society If It Wasn't For Ray J (with Kazeem Famuyide)
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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Is It Actually Better To Be The 22nd Best Team In The Big 12? (with Ben Mathis-Lilley)
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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No Plays Off!
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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That's Good Parenting Right There
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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No One Who Works At Twitter Uses Twitter (with Matt Levine)
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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You Are The First Person To Say I Wish I Could Still Be A Mets Fan (with Adam Conover)
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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These Are The Things That Keep You Awake At Night
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May 26, 2022 |
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I Love His Kinks (with Pablo Torre)
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May 19, 2022 |
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We’re Gonna Hit That F*&#king Mountain (with Luis Paez-Pumar)
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May 12, 2022 |
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The Dander Is Overwhelming (with Patrick Redford)
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May 05, 2022 |
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I Don’t Want Food That Grows on Me (with Austin Gayle)
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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A Found Footage Horror Movie (with Gabriella Paiella)
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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I’m Gonna Make This Damn Green Sauce (with Albert Burneko and Kelsey McKinney)
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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It’s Been Very Frustrating to See Them Succeed (with Rohan Nadkarni)
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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Retrograde and All Those Things (with Tim Marchman)
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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It’s Oozing Out of His Shoes (with Ray Ratto)
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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Not Everybody Likes A Headband Guy (with Ken Pomeroy)
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Let’s All Get Married On Successive Weekends (with Lauren Theisen)
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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The Strong Boys Podcast (with Jason Zengerle)
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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How Many Sidewalk Cracks Did I Step On? (with Kyle Buchanan)
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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Can You Say ‘Orange’ Again, For Me?
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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A Grim Men's Evening (with Andy Behrens)
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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Coca-Cola Just Needs to Blink Wrong (with Diana Moskovitz)
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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Headed to ’Bama for a Broken Pinky (with Nate Jackson)
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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You’ve Entered WASP Mode (with Vince Mancini)
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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I Will Keep Drinking That Garbage Until I Die (with Kalyn Kahler)
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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I’m Sure This Guy You Picked is Some Sentient Cigarette Stain (with Tyler Tynes)
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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Gonna Need You to Stop Saying “Gingerbread Boy”
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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I Try to Counteract the Bleakness Fetish of the Internet (with Jason Gay)
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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Nice Beer You’ve Got There (with Kelsey McKinney)
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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Are You Getting Me Neutered Again? (with Lindsey Adler)
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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If You're Not Wondering if You Have the Plague After Eating, Are You Even Doing It Right?
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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Do You Dare Confront the Squircle? (with Seth Wickersham)
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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I’ve Dedicated Myself to Altering the Curvature of the Earth (with Lauren Theisen)
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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This is the Media’s Fault (with Dan McQuade)
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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Please Don’t Tell Anybody How I Live (with Christian Finnegan)
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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You’re Going to Have to Accept Being a Sloppy Boy (with Patrick Redford)
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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It’s a Big World and a Lot of Bad Things Happen in It
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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Now I Have Knowledgeable Hate (with Justin Halpern)
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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Drew and David are Doing Fine (with Liz Cook)
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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The Heartbreak of Learning You Married a Prankster (with Dom Cosentino)
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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Nicki Minaj’s Cousin is Never Going to Marry You (with Spencer Hall)
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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Swag Ahoy! (with the Defector staff)
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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I Like to Tell Stories About Types of Guy (with Patrick Wyman)
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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What if Eli Manning Had Sex Appeal? (with Andy Behrens)
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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It’s Your Show, You Can Do What You Want (with Ray Ratto)
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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Brought to You by America’s Blueberry Growers
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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I Was a Huge Failing Upward Guy (with A.J. Daulerio)
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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Maybe the Apocalypse is Nigh (with Jason Gay)
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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It’s Time to Open Some Third Eyes (with Gabe Fernandez and Nick Walden)
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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You Don’t Get to Reminisce (with Albert Burneko)
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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I’ll Approach the Bench (with Kelsey McKinney)
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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It's Raining Acid on Jupiter
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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I’m Not a Sticky iPad Kid (with Chris Bosh)
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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I’m a Baseball Apologist (with Michael Schur)
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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On Behalf of the Goa Tourism Board (with Rohan Nadkarni)
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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Swimming in the Ocean of Time (with Peter Brannen)
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May 27, 2021 |
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I’m Also a Toast Boy (with Albert Burneko and Lauren Theisen)
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May 20, 2021 |
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I’ve Got Nothing Else (with Will Leitch)
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May 13, 2021 |
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If You’re Working in Politics, You Probably Suck (with Jason Schreier)
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May 06, 2021 |
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It’s a Very Dumb Podcast (with Tyler Dunne)
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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It’s Been a Big Year for A**holes (with Ashley Feinberg)
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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I Hope I Get it Wrong (with Tyler Tynes)
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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That’s as Simplistic as I Can Possibly Make It (with Thang Pham)
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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That Way Lies Madness (with Tom Ley and Meg Rowley)
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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We’re Not Talking About Trolls, We’re Talking About Film (with Amy Nicholson)
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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We Have More to Hate Here (with Maitreyi Anantharaman)
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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Have I Forgotten How to Go to a Bar? (with Rachel Handler)
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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The Magary Conundrum (with Dan Pashman)
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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We Were Talking About the Weather (with Kalyn Kahler)
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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This Is Your Legacy (with Dan McQuade)
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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Would You Like Me to Sign This? (with Mina Kimes)
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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You Can’t Steal All the LaCroix You Want (with Justin Halpern)
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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Why Move to New York to Make Bread? (with Pete Wells)
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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It’s a Happy Occasion
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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It’s a Freaking Graveyard Smash (with Lauren Theisen)
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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Sublime Is the Word (with Dom Cosentino)
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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I’ve Had Dreams About Parties
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Dec 24, 2020 |
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Hater’s Guide to the Williams-Sonoma Catalog (with James Austin Johnson)
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Dec 17, 2020 |
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I’ll Wait for the Movie (with Kelsey McKinney)
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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A Virtual Visit with Santa (with Nathan Thornburgh & Chris Jones)
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Dec 03, 2020 |
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Do You Want to Jam Some Tunes? (with Albert Burneko)
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Nov 26, 2020 |
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It’s Awkward to Lie if You’re Not a Sociopath (with Reeves Wiedeman)
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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You Can Get A Tart-Ass Kiwi (with Isaac Chotiner)
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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Words Will Only Get You So Far
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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Nerd Bullies Are the Worst of Both Worlds (w/JUSTIN ELLIS)
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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Collecting Villains is the Fun Part (w/Anna Merlan)
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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Dogs vs Blogs (w/Megan Greenwell)
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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Walking Harley Quinn (w/THE LOX)
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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Do You Ever Miss Metaphors? (w/BOB MOULD)
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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You Can Finally Be a Certified Dick (w/Tim Marchman)
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Sep 24, 2020 |
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Talking All-American: Tiger with Shane Ryan (Bonus)
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Sep 22, 2020 |
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Talking to Pilgrims with Bomani Jones
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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It's a Big Week! with Lauren Theisen
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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Consider the Nightgown with Ray Ratto
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Sep 03, 2020 |
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Andy Behrens and the Hater’s Guide to Fantasy Football
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Aug 27, 2020 |
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Waiting All Day to Watch A Richard Marx Video
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Aug 20, 2020 |
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WE'RE BACK! WE'RE BACK!
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Aug 13, 2020 |
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Introducing: The Distraction
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Jul 28, 2020 |