Episodes: April, 2013

On the 50th anniversary of becoming the first American to climb Mt. Everest, Jim Whittaker calls in and delights the TBTL faithful.

Luke and Andrew talk hiccups, whether female athletes coming out is the same as Jason Collins and the Best News Tape Luke’s Heard In A Long Time.

The NBA gets it’s first active, openly gay player, and NPR’s Mike Pesca stops by to discuss the implications.

Luke and Andrew descend into another intense show, covering a variety of topics including whether old-school gender roles work better and Motley Crue vs. the christian rock band Stryper

TBTL tries to decide if it’s okay for Zach Braff to raise money on kickstarter, even though he’s already wealthy and successful.

A fan of the show Survivorman decides to see if he can be a survivor man himself. Jen Flash Andrews joins us with some survivor tips of her own.

Luke and Andrew analyze Rodney Dangerfield’s level of fitness in “Back to School” and Luke shares the story of his disastrous debut on public access TV.

Andrew is wracked with guilt over folks at the station thinking he faked being sick on Friday. Plus, Reese Witherspoon argues with the police, and TBTL gets the exclusive audio tape. And, TBTL welcomes a new sponsor, Uber!!

TBTL checks in with listener Christine, locked down in her Boston home.

Luke attends, statistically speaking, one of the most awful games in MLB history. And is secretly stalked by listeners.

TBTL bestows the “Crushing It” award on Patton Oswalt, whose facebook essay about the Boston Marathon Bombing and improvised Star Wars movie plot on Parks and Recreation were stellar this week.

Peter Sagal calls in to tell the story of his near miss at the Boston Marathon, plus, the photographer who took the most iconic picture of the blast says he’d rather be well known for something else.

Luke and Bean (of The Kevin and Bean Show) review a rare live performance from Jerry Lewis. They give it two BLAAVINS down.

Author Bess Lovejoy stops by to tells stories of what happened to the remains of Hitler, Graham Parsons, Oscar Wilde and others.

Drew Magary from GQ joins TBTL to tell the tale of his planned kidnapping, plus Sean DeTore and Rachel Belle try to pun their way to a contest in Austin Texas.

Andrew is not happy about a recent trip to the doctor & Luke wonders if he’s misjudged Jay Leno.

Luke and Andrew move from one thing they know nothing about (Friday’s women’s issues show) to another thing, the African American experience.

Luke and Andrew head down a 90’s youtube music rabbit-hole, but manage to surface just in time to have their Most Intense Conversation Ever regarding men and women in America.