PlayFebruary 1, 2010February 1, 2010Robert and Jad from the awesome show RadioLab join us for TBTL-athon Day One. Plus, Jen stumbles into a love triangle involving a school girl named “Brandy”, and Luke tries to keep from crapping himself during a taping of ‘Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me.’
PlayJanuary 28, 2010January 28, 2010Part II of our live special from NYC. It features Kumail Nanjiani (kind of. more on that if you listen to the show intro), Cooking With Sean DeTore! Eugene Mirman and Mia Riddle.
PlayJanuary 27, 2010January 27, 2010TBTL Live From Brooklyn! Part 1: John Hodgman, Les Savy Fav, Eugene Mirman, Kumail Nanjiani, Mia Riddle & much much more.
PlayJanuary 25, 2010January 25, 2010Operating on 45 minutes of sleep, Luke bravely mounts a podcast from rainy rainy Brooklyn. Vanessa tells the story of how she used to overdose on NyQuil before taking the Greyhound bus to Sacramento, and Sean calls in from The MoMA fresh off his turn as a New York Stripper (seriously. he did that. and talks about it).
PlayJanuary 21, 2010January 21, 2010Listener Tyler agonizes over whether he should sing ‘Wind Beneath My Wings’ at a funeral, Luke stumbles on the most sexual tv ad for a heater company and Vanessa furiously defends her purchase of a crappy fountain pen.
PlayJanuary 20, 2010January 20, 2010Vanessa tries to toughen Pagoda up for life in the wild, Brendan Kiley from The Stranger foretells of a coming bed bug menace, and is it okay for tourists to enjoy Royal Caribbean’s private beach in Haiti which is not destroyed right now?
PlayJanuary 19, 2010January 19, 2010Luke officially declares Charlie Rose a creep (w/ the audio to prove it!), plus comedian HariKondabolu stops by to be hilarious.
PlayJanuary 15, 2010January 15, 2010Marc Maron of the WTF podcast talks about Conan vs. Jay, generating money off of podcasts, and the Accidental Public Lovemaking he’s been doing while in Seattle.
PlayJanuary 14, 2010January 14, 2010Larry King somehow makes the Haiti Disaster worse, we remember Jay Reatard, and Jen’s review of Avatar (because like no one has seen it yet).
PlayJanuary 13, 2010January 13, 2010Luke finds out that 200-pound tumors are actually kind of boring, Ann Powers from the LA Times tells us that Simon Cowell has changed how we think about pop music, and Canada’s second oldest magazine has to change it’s name because of internet pervs.
PlayJanuary 12, 2010January 12, 2010Jen wants you to know that she does not forgive Mark McGwire, Avatar- related depression? Shut It Down America! And 50 Cent performed on autoharp. Seriously. That actually happens on today’s show.
PlayJanuary 11, 2010January 11, 2010Sean reports on his reality show tryout, Vanessa checks in with a new diet craze that involves crawling around on all fours in Manhattan, and Luke gets a listener tip that might snag him a replacement iPhone (for the one he stupidly lost after 4 days of having it.)
PlayJanuary 8, 2010January 8, 2010Luke has a new favorite thing in the entire world (involving 200-pound tumors), Jen finds out something disturbing in Alabama, plus, JayLeno: Dooshy Doosh.
PlayJanuary 7, 2010January 7, 2010Tom Tangney wonders if Michael Cera does, in fact, have a rich inner life, and Luke weighs in on how Alvin and The Chipmunks The Squeakquel is retarding american children.
PlayJanuary 6, 2010January 6, 2010Luke’s run-in with the karaoke dj has him wondering if he was being kinda racist, Jen’s time in the south has her eating ‘European Style’ and Sean pads his resume in advance of his reality show tryout this weekend.
PlayJanuary 5, 2010January 5, 2010On today’s show, Luke makes an emergency call to LA to tell Van about his amazing plan for the cat, plus TBTL hands out it’s second-ever ‘Waste of Skin’ award. Who will the lucky winner be?
PlayJanuary 4, 2010January 4, 2010On today’s show, Luke’s mortifying run-in with the hotel staff has him swearing out a fatwa on Empire Waist dresses, plus, real actual audiotape of Luke being hypnotized in order to kick his fast food habit.