&WhatNot

In this Episode We talk about a windy coastal low ruining Amanda’s apple picking plans, naming every apple you can under pressure, whether Red Delicious or McIntosh is the most famous apple, Cosmic Crisp apples, what goes in a good apple pie, not being able to find cardamom, trying to remember the name of an expensive red spice, whether anyone actually cares about pie crust, inventing apple pie di...

In this Episode We talk about the first day of fall, a free box of Japanese shrimp chips from a pickleball league that taste exactly like the ocean, shopping at international markets and a possible candy haul, and then Andrew tells the full story of trying an edible for the first time in almost ten years: taking a fifteen milligram gummy at a sports bar, feeling it in fifteen minutes, losing track...

In this Episode We talk about what the world would be like if babies came out talking at a fifth grade level, having to change a diaper while the baby holds a conversation with you, whether you’ve ever had a real conversation with a kid, kids who need you to see every single thing they did, feeding a whole gaggle of geese, realizing you and a twelve year old are watching the same TikToks, why ever...

In this Episode We talk about a perfect weather day, whether Cupertino really has perfect weather all year, why Hollywood ended up in California, Apple’s new event and Amanda wanting her iPhone 12 back, technology stagnating while AI takes off, how fast drives made loading screens disappear, whether you’re actually getting the internet speed you pay for, the first time you ever had Wi-Fi, data pla...

In this Episode We talk about being past Labor Day, Amanda starting to like fall more than summer, whether retirement homes are actually depressing or secretly a great time, the difference between a retirement community and a nursing home, Amanda’s great aunt who stole jewelry in her nursing home, her nanny who never cursed once until Alzheimer’s, the railroad worker who survived a spike through t...

In this Episode We talk about it officially being September, the summer going by too fast, Amanda not making it to the beach once, Andrew handing Amanda his orange instead of a microphone, Andrew's trip to Rhode Island and Amanda's trip to Aruba, the McDonald's wedding, the worst places to get proposed to, people proposing at someone else's wedding or bar mitzvah, the one scenario where Amanda wou...

In this Episode we talk about who our ideal sponsor would be, doing a fake ad read for the Chili's triple dipper, doing another one for NASA complete with a word from Buzz Aldrin, whether we'd actually go to space, leaving a legacy versus exploding in a rocket, the teacher who died on the shuttle, Sally Ride being asked if a hundred tampons was enough for a six day flight, Amanda thinking she was...

In this Episode We talk about Amanda convincing herself she's having a stroke, whether flushed is something you look or something you feel, what our most memorable years were, another dump truck ruining the recording, using ChatGPT to build a pop culture quiz on the spot, the 2016 round with Leonardo DiCaprio finally winning an Oscar, Beyoncé's Lemonade, Pokémon Go, Zootopia, Stranger Things, Batm...

In this Episode We talk about Dolly the sheep and the first time anything was ever cloned, why it was a sheep and not a llama, whether clones live shorter lives because of deformities, trying to clone a mammoth without the full DNA, why we don't clone people, a truck that pulled into the parking lot to dump its load right as we started recording, the overgrown lot that finally got cut down, gene e...

In this Episode we talk about a humid August day and summer going by too fast, packing your days full to get ahead of the winter slump, Amanda going to her sister's bachelorette party in the Poconos and pretending the rental is a villa, how badly Love Island is mixed and having to master it yourself on the remote, the premise of Too Hot to Handle, the robot named Lana that runs the show, the priso...

In this Episode We talk about dropping the three two one from the top of the show in favor of a sync clap, a very windy day, the things your parents told you about the weather, God bowling when it thunders, angels crying crystals when it hails, never going to summer camp, brownouts on Long Island, the big blackout and the block party Amanda's family threw during it, hurricane parties in Florida, p...

In this Episode We talk about the Canadian wildfire smoke that blotted out the sun and made us both feel sick, a pickleball partner canceling because of the air, a shout out to Phoebe about heavy breathing on the mic, a hypothetical about meeting your fiancé again for the first time that turns into a sunflower field, two beekeeper outfits, a lot of stings and a bee ring, the abandoned pavilion at...

In this Episode We talk about a quick weather update, hearing "Howdy Doody" from a toll booth attendant on a road trip through Oklahoma, toll booths that still have a person in them, old infrastructure that doesn't get used anymore, Sunken Meadow, stealing street signs as a kid, potholes and broken streetlights that nobody fixes until enough people complain, whether the United States should go bac...

In this Episode We talk about hiring a saxophonist for a wedding, whether Bill Clinton could show up and play it, whether world leaders attend each other's weddings, the 4th of July heat wave and the storm that blew through Amanda's party, state fairs getting canceled because of the heat, a carnival ride called The Zipper and being too scared to stay on a roller coaster, skydiving and whether the...

In this LOST Episode We talk about Kyle finding out he's 23% German, whether the Nazis were superstitious, the ice cream man who only shows up on cold days, weird superstitions we each believe in, Kyle's habit of re-playing a song or show so it doesn't end on a bad word, setting the volume only to even numbers, Andrew's belief that a streetlight going out as you pass under it is bad luck, holding...

Me and Bri are back on bikes around an undisclosed part of Long Island, six months after we got frozen in a block of ice on Christmas. We talk about why Spielberg's new alien movie doesn't hit and what I call the illusion of wonder, why indie kids in their twenties write better people than legends do, the near-perfect misery of Obsession's ending, Bri getting her actual FAA remote pilot license an...

In this Episode we talk about her mystery ear clog sending her down a WebMD spiral, my own ear infection history and a fake nine-month countdown to imaginary childbirth, that time I convinced myself I had male breast cancer from a bully's nipple flicks, the neighborhood hearse restoration guy, my traumatic winter camp story about a counselor who punished any talking with forced nursery rhyme singa...

In this Episode we talk about our terrible taste in music, building summer playlists (and wedding playlist secrets Amanda won't share), the choreographed Snapchat dances from our old daily-video days, Amanda's $14,000 Amazon habit, her surprise 400-viewer TikTok stream, forgotten mushroom gummies and paranoia-inducing weed math, an old Spanish CD we found on our walk, summer goals (Amanda's attemp...

In this Episode it's just me and Amanda (Kyle texted in but didn't make the cut) and we talk about Amanda's $600 Mew Mews, whether this podcast will ever pay real money, the new "wish gone wrong" horror flick and the discourse trying to make it something darker than it is, Sydney Sweeney's questionable range and her OnlyFans detour, nearly getting flattened saving a gaggle of baby geese, the strea...

In this Episode we talk about Kyle's unemployment and his five-pancake workout regimen, lawn sign decorations, Andrew turning 30 and waking up to the Grim Reaper, a Vegas casino brawl involving a tequila executive, Clavicular's height maxing journey, the Fanta virus and its human-to-human glow up, whether you'd live in a glass luxury apartment at the zoo for $200K a year, Mr. Beast stealing our gr...

In this Episode We talk about Mountain Dew, Andrew’s birthday, Disney Channel movies, Mean Girls, Twitches, Smart House, Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure, High School Musical, a fake workplace allegation story, The Great Gatsby on Broadway, Alex Cooper and Alex Earle drama, what we would do if someone broke into the house with a bat, Cinco de Mayo, making one $300 taco, and the best items at Taco Bell...

In this Episode We talk about the transition into spring weather, Amanda's sister's upcoming wedding, and a pearlescent fake AirPod found on the ground. We discuss the upcoming release of GTA, our changing sleep schedules as we age, the benefits of alone time in relationships, and a potential "and whatnot" YouTube channel layout. We also touch on old viral videos, our shifting sense of humor, new...

In this Episode We talk about the foul smell of local Callery pear trees. We dive into childhood memories of building treehouses and immediately breaking through the floor of a small one. We discuss the film Bridge to Terabithia. We reflect on how visiting other kids' homes exposed us to completely different ways of living. The conversation covers a wealthy summer camp friend who lived in a gated...

In this Episode We talk about getting into a dispute over a game of ping pong. We cover the Artemis mission, advancements in space technology, and the possibility of building a base on the moon or Mars. We debate the risks of spaceflight and the modern habit of recording tragedies on smartphones. The conversation moves to listening to local emergencies on police scanners and the widespread appeal...

In this Episode We talk about Amanda’s recent engagement, the ranking of the High School Musical trilogy films, a character analysis of Sharpay Evans, the history of bootleg DVDs and camcorder recordings in movie theaters, watching a copy of Avatar with Korean subtitles, the evolution of HD video quality and the heavy weight of old CRT TVs, a comparison of smartphone upgrade cycles , the marketing...