Entries Tagged as 'podcast'

Monday, December 17th, 2007

Episode 41

Well what have you really sacrificed lately?
The best thing about my girlfriend’s unplanned pregnancy? All the unprotected sex we could have in advance of the abortion!
If a zit on David Segui’s bicep flaps its wings in Baltimore . . .
Child Pornograph-T
A return to hanky panky
Post-worthy wordplay in the headline
If there’s a link between disaster tourism [...]

 
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Monday, December 10th, 2007

Episode 40

Oh boo hoo, the plight of the Manhattan town house owner
Cops that shoot and how often they hit
Get the hell out of my mental space
Another installment of The World According To Jocko
Vacations are for indulgences
Forgive yourself for buying all those tomatoes from Costco
The golden year of Bel Biv DeVoe
And the Year in Ideas

 
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Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

Episode 39

The week that was:

Time Was . . . no one with a five-letter first name beginning with “O” endorsed anyone — now, not only is someone with a five-letter first name beginning with the letter “O” endorsing someone but that someone actually has a five-letter first name beginning with “O”! (and that person [...]

 
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Monday, November 12th, 2007

Episode 038

Long-distance edition…

Some days, Ron Paul comes off as the Sanjaya of the Republican primary
Turkish newspapers in Germany
Great strides are being made in unraveling the mystery of DNA . . . but you can’t handle the truth!
Broadway stagehands strike …
And tourists don’t know what to do with themselves 
Isn’t the idea of adults reviewing books written by [...]

 
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Sunday, October 28th, 2007

Episode 37

We’re back!

When in doubt, go to law school. Then run for President
Guns N’ Roses scented candles
Halloween without pitchforks . . . unthinkable!
Go on and put the “green” back in Greenland
You don’t deserve Philadelphia, which is not the sixth borough
My So-Called Life on DVD
Divorce ironically

 
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Sunday, October 21st, 2007

Episode 36

We’re back!

Hugo Chavez tweaks the U.S. by pumping money into the South Bronx.
Middle school kids on birth control
The New York Times Best Seller List banishes Elie Wiesel
Suffice it to say, supplying Sexy Bumblebee outfits to the masses has become a big business

Fun Fact of the Week: forget abortion, leaded gasoline is what causes crime
Quote of [...]

 
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Sunday, October 7th, 2007

Out of Town

We’ll be out of town for a couple of weeks… more soon!

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

Episode 35

It’s eminently debatable as to whether anyone stole our New York Times this week.

An Ahmadinejad blog wrapup
Also, Iran figures out a better way to fix gay people
Now that the Phillies are in the playoffs, Philadelphia might have to postpone getting all those volunteers out there
The Clinton Cackle (Also, YouTube Video of the Cackle)

Fun Fact of [...]

 
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Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

Episode 34

This week, featuring a real-live print edition of the Times:

Honor killings in Syria
Is it time to cut loose your slacker boyfriend?
Jen says Katha Pollitt needs a makeover (but not an extreme makeover)
S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders 40 years later

Fun Fact of the Week: When you need filler for a bunch of full-page advertisements, look to Tina [...]

 
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Sunday, September 16th, 2007

Episode 33

This week:

Old Maids vs. the Salvation Army
As Billy Walsh might say, Suits Suck
You think it can’t possibly get any worse, and then it does

Fun Fact #1: Japanese desperate housewives moving large quantities of foreign currency
Fun Fact #2 Ethan Hawke’s great-uncle is Tennessee Williams
Fun Fact #3: Jane Fonda caused global warming

 
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