Episodes: September, 2014

Luke deals with nautical stresses while Andrew does some deep research on the cartoonist behind “Watermelon Toothpaste-gate”

Luke and Andrew sift through the terrible news of the day, and make some plans for the disintegration of the world as we know it.

Luke is feeling the pressure to support a lot of kickstarter projects he may or may not be jazzed about. Andrew has bad instincts regarding business cards.

The problems start early, and continue on throughout this friday afternoon edition of the show. TBTL: meeting the minimum definition of being a “show” since 2008.

Luke rolls the dice on coffee with questionable cream in it, and TBTL wonders if we really should all be so mad at Rob Schneider for his wing-nut vaccination theories.

Luke and Andrew delve into the seedy world of Malibu Tortoise Theft thanks to a possibly made up press release.

Jad Abumrad stops by to talk about Love, True Detective, and handling your Gut Churn.

Luke returns to Port Townsend and Andrew receives a mysterious cassette tape he debuts live on the air.

Luke and Andrew chat with the hilarious Ron Funches, from @midnight and “Undateables”.

Luke chats with Paula Poundstone post “Wait Wait” recording and asks her to name all 16 of her cats. Which she does, quite remarkably.

Luke and Andrew drive around L.A. and debate some of today’s most pressing issues, including controversial sweatshirts, mixed nuts, and Girl Talk references.

Luke and Andrew meet face-to-face for the first time in months…in a dive bar parking lot, naturally.

Luke lands in LA for the week, and remembers a previous trip that didn’t go so well.

Luke spends 85% of the show trying to compose an emoji-based message for his wife.

Luke deals with the pangs of professional jealousy on his drive home from a fancy public radio conference. Andrew cyber-stalks his barber.

Rico Gagliano and Brendan Francis Newnam of The Dinner Party Download discuss the most expensive guest they’ve ever booked, and why it was totally worth it.

Luke gets ready for his Big Night In Portland and to get pumped up, replays one of his favorite Live Wire interviews, from SNL and Portlandia, Fred Armisen.

Luke gets a new toy, sure to annoy Andrew and the listeners. Plus, the guys are having some serious reservations about their football obsession, in light of the Ray Rice video.