Episodes: 2010

Sean tries to piece together the events of the previous night (in which he ingested 2 cans of Four Loko and went on a midnight bike ride), Luke remembers all the ways Dave Niehaus made his childhood more awesome, and Jen tells the listeners to take it easy on the criticisms (we were dealing with some intense Alien-Related News yesterday).

George Bush forgives someone named ‘Conway’ for saying he’s a racist, Jen solves the childhood obesity epidemic, and Luke gets a little too obsessed w/ Chinese Jump Rope.

The Gang reviews Conan’s triumphant(?) return to late night tv, Jen feels for the folks stuck on a cruise ship in the middle of the ocean, and Luke is distressed by the results of the President’s Commission looking into the BP Oil Spill.

Danny Boyle talks about folks passing out during his new film ‘127’ Hours. Jen hates Good Morning America’s news judgement, and Luke tries to host the show on just a couple cups of coffee and some Sun Chips (with pretty lame results).

David Sedaris on racist jokes and pets who chew their owners’ faces off, plus Luke and Jen eat ‘News Food’ aka, McRibs chased w/ Four Loko.

Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie and The Postal Service performs live plus tells stories of The Korean Michael Jackson.

TBTL says goodbye to the crazy candidates who made the election so fun to watch, plus the triumphant return of Awesome Not Awesome.

Jen has some debatable theories about elections and the attractiveness of candidates. Plus Nikki With Two K’s tells a story of being saved by some weird Bear-lovers with a creepy dog.

Jen makes her full-time return to the show in a new segment called ‘How Did I Get Here?’ and Luke has some trick-or-treating issues from his childhood that he clearly hasn’t fully worked through.

TBTL Halloween Show Part II. Cooking w/ Sean DeTore, Gross Eyeball Food Edition, Jen reports from The Ft. Wayne News Desk about a mysterious smell, and The Gang tells stories about the scariest moments of their lives.

Brendan Kiley from The Stranger tries to figure out why it was that Evi Quaid sent him those naked photos of herself a few years back, and speaking of horror-shows, David Boze and Hot Greg join us to reprise two of our favorite TBTL Halloween moments of all time.

Sean investigates mysterious South African Rap/Circus Carnies ‘Die Antwoord’, Jen is horrified by something on Twitter, and Luke picks the worst possible vending machine lunch just prior to a show taping.

Luke makes an announcement regarding the Worst Kept Secret of all time, Larry King outdoes even himself for title of ‘Most Senile TV Host’ and a scientific look at Randy & Evi Quaid, who just might be suffering from ‘Double Crazy Syndrome’.

The Gang discusses whether or not Quidditch is a real sport (ans: no), if Randy Quaid has lost his mind (ans: yes), and if it’s a good idea for Taylor Swift to writes songs about schtupping John Mayer (ans: who knows, but it sure sounds gross).

Rainn Wilson swings by to talk about fantasy football, directing The Office and his misshapen nether regions. Plus Jen faces the prospects of a Very Stressful Dinner.

Cupcakes that will probably give you instant diabetes, Dianna Favre’s plan for not worrying about her husbands sexting habit and Cameron Esposito on how The Wire makes her parents say the eff word.

Jen reports from Ft. Wayne Update Desk, Luke recaps some of the audio gems from Monday’s show that failed to record and Mark Baumgarten from City Arts stops by to talk about the upcoming City Arts Fest, a plan so ambitious and crazy, it just might work.

Bouncing back from a show that failed to record, TBTL discusses Jimmy McMillan (of the ‘Rent Is 2 Damn High Party’) who just might be the most amazing political candidate of all time. Plus, Mike Pesca joins us for a slightly informal round of ‘On The Bubble’