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Today we get into a full blown hot dog debate, stacking up Seattle's cream cheese loaded dog against Chicago, New York, and the homemade version we've been making for years. We also cover a bizarre presidential travel detail that involves a lot more bathroom security than you'd guess. Plus, the sunscreen spots almost everyone skips. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's National Video Game Day, so buckle up. One of us goes to war over the internet's list of the greatest games of all time, and Madden getting snubbed does not sit well at all. Then we dig into the strangest stuff people are paying real money for after Taylor and Travis's big weekend, and someone actually tried to sell a bag of air. We also get into what folks are doing with their old wedding ri...

A dog named Brisket takes a tumble down a well while running from fireworks, and the rescue comes with the most fitting reward possible. A biohacker who drops two million dollars a year chasing eternal youth runs into a diagnosis all that money can't fix. And Pringles decides hot dog buns needed a potato-flavored makeover, so Stitch is already signing up. Houston and Stitch also get into who's rea...

Stitch and Houston are back, still dragging after a Fourth of July that got a little out of hand. On the docket this time: billionaires dropping serious money on indoor snow rooms, a man in Scotland who found a very unusual weapon in the middle of a street fight, and a skydiver whose grand entrance didn't go quite the way he planned. Toss in a heat wave and a wild stat about what half the country...

The guys kick things off with a Fourth of July public health warning you did not ask for, involving a parasite, seventeen states, and a word neither of them can pronounce. Then they break down the ten-hour celebrity wedding taking over Madison Square Garden, lobster, truckloads of chicken, and all. America also votes on one real face to represent the whole country, and the winner is tough to argue...

There's a real-life Batman prowling Jalisco, Mexico, snatching up bike thieves, taping them to lampposts, and writing "thief" across their foreheads. Stitch thinks more people should be doing this. Then meet Orville, the 121-year-old tortoise at Reptile Gardens who got a birthday party, a tiny paper hat, and all the watermelon he could eat. And a Yu-Gi-Oh tournament in Oregon got shut down for a w...

The guys close out June by going down a tornado rabbit hole, from an EF2 that just tore through Wyoming to the deadliest twister in American history, and the reason so many people never had a chance to run for cover. Then it turns out one of America's favorite ice cream flavors was born right here in South Dakota. Plus, visitrapidcity.com spilled where the best secret spots are to watch this Thurs...

Stitch is back from Disney World with swollen ankles and zero relaxation to show for it, and apparently that means the show needs saving. Then there's the giraffe that pulled a great escape in Texas and went full "catch me if you can" for days while a whole helicopter team chased her down. Plus a list of foods chefs say you should never put on a grill, including burgers, which Stitch is absolutely...

Mark Houston's in a suspiciously good mood, which means WalletHub is about to catch some hands. They left Rapid City off their list of the 100 best Fourth of July spots, and he's taking it personally. There's also the real origin story of Renaissance fairs, a deep dive into pool funk that might change how you do summer, and a wind farm out in the desert that's out-muscling the Hoover Dam. Plus tha...

Houston catches up from a Weird Al concert long enough to introduce you to Cookie Monster's new Bruno Mars parody, and yes, there is a lot of nom nom nom involved. From there it's bears wandering in from Wyoming like bored college guys, a Florida man suing Waffle House over a strawberry shortcake photo, and Elon Musk's very brief run as a trillionaire. Throw in some Frankenstein rabbits and a bana...

Mark Houston flies solo this afternoon while Stitch recovers from his Disney World trip. The US men's national team has picked a new World Cup victory anthem, and the choice involves John Denver, country roads, and a stadium full of thousands belting it out. Kentucky police found a bag of drugs that came pre-labeled, with a second mystery phrase printed underneath that nobody can explain. Plus, wh...

Houston's flying solo this week, with Stitch off living it up at Disney World. He gets into the FIFA fifteen, the foreigners packing on extra pounds thanks to America's endless supply of ranch dressing and dirty sodas. He breaks down which airports will ruin your day and which ones won't, plus why Denver's weirdness earns it a pass. And then there's the guy in California who went head first into a...

Mark's flying solo this week with Leslie city-bound and Stitch off at Disney, so it's back to old-school radio. He digs into why someone out there is paying a hundred bucks for a wool diaper that supposedly cleans itself for a month, then breaks down the science on whether your cat actually cares when you've had a rough day. Turns out your cat would rather show you its butt and go lay in the sun....

It's a solo flight for Mark Houston this Juneteenth, and he spends the afternoon pulling one thread he's never pulled before. Turns out almost every song on the radio, from Taylor Swift to your favorite country tune, traces back to one day in Galveston, Texas. The banjo on your front porch playlist took a much longer trip than you'd think. Then we get into Father's Day, a holiday that started with...

Leslie's cat Oswald is about to endure a triple whammy of misery, and the gang debates whether you can morally body-shame a trillionaire. Somewhere in there: a self-driving toilet that grinds up the evidence, McDonald's bringing back the fried apple pie, and hot dogs boiled in Gatorade until they turn a disturbing shade of blue.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Leslie brings in a tallboy of banana water, and things go downhill from the first sip as the crew tries to figure out how you even squeeze water out of a banana. Then an orange cat crashes a stage production of Romeo and Juliet, attacking poor dead Romeo mid-death-scene before settling in to watch the rest. And it turns out people will pay serious money for a chair, as long as the right celebrity...

The Knicks finally win it all, and the guys realize hip hop didn't even exist the last time it happened. Then Japan's World Cup fans pull out blue garbage bags and start cleaning a stadium that isn't theirs, which somehow spirals into who's to blame when kids grow up to be slobs. And a high school lacrosse team gets caught with cigars at graduation, so the parents fight back with a receipt swearin...

This time we're getting into tan maxing, the viral trend where people are tracking UV indexes and chasing the smell of their own skin. Leslie defends her habit, the guys stage an intervention, and somehow it all ties back to the movie Idiocracy. We also meet a Georgia handyman who turned a pink Barbie Dream Camper into a working three-dollar-a-tank vehicle, complete with a grocery compartment. The...

Leslie drops the big news: she's leaving for Minneapolis, and the universe confirmed it with a Skol license plate in the Safeway parking lot. The station's web developer builds his own Jarvis and earns himself Tony Stark status in the building. Plus, Europeans visiting for the World Cup are losing their minds over Buc-ee's, ranch dressing, and air conditioning, and a woman on TikTok swallows her A...

Two large, wolf-colored animals were spotted drinking from a puddle under an overpass, and the studio can't agree on what they were. Houston has Leslie and Stitch stand up to test research showing humans naturally turn counterclockwise, with mixed results. And new reporting connects big tobacco to the snack aisle, where the same minds behind Camel Lights helped engineer your Lunchables. Hosted on...

Stitch is back from Chicago with stories about a dinner cruise on the river, a fake birthday shoutout from the boat DJ, and a parking situation that nearly broke him. Then the crew finds out the entire town of Hell, Michigan is for sale for six hundred twenty five thousand dollars, and the merch ideas start flying. Plus a TikTok time traveler claims humanity goes extinct next year, which sends eve...

The Mount Rushmore fireworks drew over 100,000 ticket requests for fewer than 5,000 spots, so Houston and Leslie break down where you can actually catch the drone show for the 250th. They dig into "email apnea," the very real habit of holding your breath every time your inbox dings. And Sherwin Williams is somehow trying to sell the loneliest paint color on the shelf, a green that's been compared...

Leslie loses a battle with her impulse control in the target pharmacy aisle and ends up cracking open a bag of spicy ramen yucca chips on the air. There's a deep dive into a list of things ruined once too many people found them, from food trucks to Etsy to storm chasing. Plus a UK makeup artist who had her late dog's ashes mixed into her eyeliner so he could keep seeing the world through her eyes,...

Stitch flew to Chicago, but not before Houston and Leslie roasted the flimsy basketball shorts, black socks, and slides he wore to the airport. Then it's National Cheese Day, complete with the tragic tale of fresh cheese curds hitting the pavement at Summer Nights and science confirming cheese is basically addictive. Plus, someone wants to build a cruise ship that holds 80,000 people, and Leslie h...

Stitch's AC unit picked the worst possible week to die, with 95 degrees on the way and a 15,000 dollar replacement quote in hand. Houston spends the afternoon trying to cheer him up with air conditioning history, from crooked magazine centerfolds to movie theaters bragging about refrigerated air. Then scientists bake sourdough with 5,000 year old yeast pulled off Ötzi the Iceman, and the crew has...