Accidentally Derivative

Jason has a disconcerting culinary experience and Marcus has jury duty

Jason tells of a legendary new gas station entree, and Marcus tells the tale of almost dying and all of the frustrations and revelations that came with it.

In a glorious, two-hour special, Jason and Marcus discuss overgrown trees, unexpected butter, a dodgily-named rental company, encountering strange people at the movies, grocery store, and on the road.

In the show's final episode, recorded live in front of a virtual audience, the guys talk about flying with interesting people, a strange man in the neighborhood, Jason plays some Sneaky Sasquatch, and they answer some questions about the show. Thank you so much for listening!

The guys discuss senioritis, ponder a missing word from a bumper sticker, raise a metaphorical glass to the memory of magnetic tape, and Marcus shares his intense distaste for a particular 1990's science fiction movie.

The guys discuss book "lyrics", appliance woes of many kinds, the affliction that is "swamp waist", board games, Jason discovers Affresh, and Marcus rants about Spotify's ineffective shuffling abilities.

The guys ponder the requirements for a "syndrome," discuss wet shoes and cleaning up people you've spilled Diet Coke on, and discover some of the intricacies of etiquette in the Japanese onsen.

The guys start the show singing Thompson Twins, and it devolves from there into discussion about burning Jawas, the epic saga of Jonathan and Logan, and pondering the life cycle of butterflies.

Jason tells of an incident involving a "flat" turtle, the guys discuss automated cars, Ze Frank's Earth Sandwich, the Japanese word for "rabbit," and different aspects of sleeping.

Jason shares the concern his sleep monitoring software is showing for him, the pair discuss hotel headboards, RV dealerships, and postal awkwardness. Jason then recounts the trouble he once had with a government toilet. The guys also do a Ps and Qs.

Jason and Marcus discuss the woes of timing the ordering of replacement toiletries and the demise of the Dash Button, and Jason unveils "Plan 50," his project to establish numerous new habits before he turns 50. Also, Jason has multiple technical difficulties with his audio.

Jason and Marcus remember Pepperidge Farm, talk about cookies both real and virtual, discuss many of the woes of air travel, compare travel backpack contents, and introduce a new listener-supported segment to the show: Accidentally Derivative Ps and Qs.

Jason brings back from his trip to the west coast a tale of a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad Monday.

Jason talks about all of the drama that occurred when he left his hair salon and went around the corner to his optometrist, he and Marcus discuss their distaste for the Hard Sell™ in both eyeglasses vendors and car dealerships, marvel at Carvana's car vending machine, Jason talks about Rollerblade Dude, and they both discuss the Nuchal Ligament without knowing that's what it's called.

Jason and Marcus take questions from the audience and tell stories about whiskey blending, tequila tasting, shooting safety videos, Impressions de France, and jelly.

Jason and Marcus tackle the topic of alien ghosts, various aspects of dreaming as humans and as dogs, overly loud live music in restaurants, leaving the tails on shrimp, and we get an update on Jason's sous salonist issues.

Jason and Marcus discuss the interesting phenomenon of Committee Face and context-based attractiveness, Marcus shares his admiration for "Mad" Jack Churchill, and Jason tells the epic tale of the DMV Crack.

The pair appreciate Lionel Ritchie, discuss the otherworldly NotMilk, Jason tells the tale of the rock-work guy next door, and the pair share their feelings and frustrations on the subject of belligerent sidewalk merging.

The exciting continuation of Jason's Tale of the Deluge and the pair discover the ins and outs of peanut butter management.

Jason and Marcus discuss the different meanings of the word "quite," we get an update on what's been going on with the Pregnancy Pillow lately, and Jason tells the first part of the Tale of the Deluge.

Jason and Marcus discuss the ins and outs of coffee mug design, the sanctity of morning solitude, and the enormous pressure of their solemn duty to save the world.

Jason and Marcus discuss being dorky disappointments to both fathers and sons, Marcus shares breaking news of a cake fire, the pair discuss dropping stuff, sweetening drinks, and revisit cereals.

Jason and Marcus discuss lightbulbs, Marcus tells the tale of the "shower outage," the pair take on 880s sitcoms, regional restrictions, the rules of the baggage claim, and we find out just why Jason knows all the words to Copa Cabana.

We're ON LOCATION! Jason and Marcus discuss the many weird intricacies of the cruise industry while hanging out on beautiful Castaway Cay.

Jason and Marcus ponder an Iron Maiden symphony, what is "true cinnamon", managing your weight data integrity, and breakdown the hidden meanings in "The Rainbow Connection"