Episodes: September, 2010

Luke worries what will happen to the Chilean miners when they come above ground (which will be happening very soon) Jen presents the biggest National Anthem Fail of all time, and The Return of The TBTL Players! Who teach us about the original debate over the Nation’s most important song. Oh, and laugh and break character a lot.

Dan Savage phones in to talk about his new Youtube Channel called ‘It Gets Better’ as part of our ‘Hey There Stranger’ segment. Also, Luke has some very musical advice for Vanessa as to how she can constructively channel her anger at him.

Luke battles hurtful allegations of wearing ‘dad jeans’ and Jen tries to stage an on-air intervention for George Lucas (who announced he’s making the Star Wars movies into 3-D).

Luke tries to patch things up with The Wire creator David Simon and Telekinesis stops by to chat and perform some never before heard stuff.

The owner of the Segway company dies in a pretty ironic way, which has the gang wondering if that’s okay to point out. Also, Stephen Colbert’s hilarious congressional appearance has some idiot congresspeople up in arms, and TV Roundup! Jen has a new teevee crush (and Jason totally approves).

Steve Weibe (King of Kong) talks about recently re-capturing the title of World’s Highest Donkey Kong score.

Luke talks DUI’s, John Franzen and ‘Peacemaker’ sandwiches with The Stranger staff. Plus, Jen gets settled into Ft. Wayne, and Vanessa, who grew up next to the city of Bell California really hates those city officials who probably fleeced the place.

Luke’s is waaaay off in his assessment of a frivolous lawsuit filed by Lindsey Lohan (in that, apparently, it wasn’t frivolous), Sean reconsiders giving away all of his trivia earnings each week, and Call Makers! This week, listener Grey in Nashville tells of almost killing his family with exploding wine.

Fences!! (plays some awesome tunes and talks about Steve Vai vs. Joe Satriani.) Plus, Luke is in a raging mood over the GOP holdup of something called ‘The Dream Act.

Marc Maron talks about his secret photo/twitter session w/ Ken Mehlman (former GOP leader, now openly gay fellow) on a recent flight, Jen hears the honest truth from husband Jason regarding her ‘decorating’ style, and MoMo The Dog goes all Steve McQueen on it right before showtime.

Live from Chicago, Luke and Jen talk about bedbugs, fictional acid attacks, and a nominee for the sweetest karaoke jam of all time (spoiler alert: it’s a Cher song)

Luke heads for Chicago, but not before he rolls out two new segments: ‘This Week In Fakes’ and ‘Hey There Stranger’. Don’t miss them, because like most TBTL Segments, they’ll probably never happen again.

Politics Run Amok Edition! Featuring unhinged would-be treasurers and masturbation-oppossed would-be Senators. Appearances by Chris Hayes of The Nation, Owen Ashworth of Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, and MoMo the dog. Because damn he’s cute.

Luke and Vanessa welcome their new dog MoMo to the TBTL Family, plus why are so many people washing their hands in the bathroom? And. why is violent crime falling even as poverty grows. (but mostly, they just talk about MoMo).

TBTL Live from The Troubadour Part II. Dana Gould, Princeton, Jesse Thorn, Rob Corddry and Garfunkel & Oates bring the interesting/hilarious.

TBTL Live From The Troubadour Part 1! Garfunkel & Oates, Marc Maron, Dana Gould, and The Dinner Party Download join Luke, Jen and Sean onstage for music, fun and joke-times.

Live from LA, the gang ponders the upcoming Troubadour show, talks about supporting the troops, Lady Ga Ga, and of course, yard gnome theft.

Live from LA, Luke gets wistful thanking all the listeners for supporting the show over the past year, and plays the episode during which TBTL’s radio sh**-canning was announced.