Charm Offensive

Dan is recovering from a procedure. Isaac thinks his book was in a Super Bowl ad. Dan wishes guys would talk about sex more. Dan and Isaac have thoughts about the new Kennedy Center board chair. February 13, 2025.

Dan met a fan. Isaac got a letter from Georgia. Dan saw The Brutalist . Isaac is 10 percent more angry all the time. Dan is playing more pickleball. February 1, 2025.

Dan's watching The Straight Story . Isaac says he's not a Centurion. Dan thinks tennis players are bullshitting about tennis balls. Isaac thinks congestion pricing is misnamed. January 16, 2025.

Isaac saw the northern lights. Dan has some bad news. Isaac once told Richard Foreman to his face he didn't like his new show. January 7, 2025.

Dan is jealous that Isaac gets to interview famous people. Isaac saw a hockey game. Dan made a fatal Washington, DC travel error. Isaac met a lady on Fulton Street. Dan's numbers are down. December 10, 2024.

Dan went on a friend date. Isaac's being tortured by Christmas songs. Dan ate some chubby churros. No one wants to talk about the election. November 16, 2024.

Isaac plays the bass. Dan has complaints about Senior Skip Day. Isaac did the 24 Hour Plays. Dan got asked to do an ad. October 31, 2024.

Isaac heard a theory about Billy Joel. Dan explains some baseball terms. Isaac once stayed in a murder hotel. Dan took a 40-hour Greyhound Bus trip. October 14, 2024.

Isaac is a class parent. Dan is cautiously editing his daughter's college essay. Isaac went to Beetlehouse. The Mets win, then lose, then win again. September 30, 2024.

Dan was asleep. Isaac is great at being sick. Dan likes the guy who dances in a hat for Arrested Development. Isaac saw  Between the Temples.  September 12, 2024.

Isaac and Dan are watching tennis. Isaac saw  Beetlejuice Beetlejuice . Dan's hearing a bunch of sirens. Isaac met a lady who just ate a lot of arugula. Dan's daughter is in a food co-op. Isaac met a service dog. September 6, 2024.

Dan has a problem with dentists. Isaac had a mortifying thing happen at Pilates.  Dan has a problem with operas. Isaac loves Brooklyn at the end of the summer. Isaac and Dan discuss what would happen if they commissioned expensive, ugly statues of their wives. August 26. 2024.

Dan's on a walk. Isaac went to a waterpark. Dan's reaping what he sowed. Isaac has a sensitive question about Dan's book tour. Dan thinks Isaac should see "It Ends With Us." Friday, August 16, 2024.

Isaac drove a Tesla. Dan has a new book proposal. Isaac saw "Oh, Mary!" Dan and Isaac disagree about August. August 9, 2024.

Isaac wants to play the bass. Dan won the Biden bet. Isaac's kid is at camp. Dan's doing a Grub Street Diet. Isaac's journaling. July 25, 2024.

Dan's in Milwaukee. Isaac revisits the Biden predictions. Dan wants to know why Isaac's on Instagram all of a sudden. Isaac hates that article from the Cut by the guy who wants to be a friend with a famous person in Brooklyn. Dan once yelled at a famous actor. July 19, 2024.

Dan’s watching the Euros. Isaac met a guy at the bus stop. Dan never got to be a camp counselor. Isaac went to New Jersey for the Fourth of July. Dan and Isaac make their Biden predictions. July 10, 2024.

Dan’s at the beach. Isaac doesn’t know what a Shibumi is. Dan went to the world’s worst bar trivia. Isaac hated an opposing softball coach. Dan has never listened to Soul Coughing. June 20, 2024.

Isaac saw the “Mr. Burns” anniversary reading. Dan wants to know how you jack off a unicorn. Isaac loves finally being the target for the nostalgia industry. Dan’s daughter’s high school yearbook has a controversy. June 6, 2024.

Isaac got a letter from Washington, DC. Dan reads some messages from librarians. Isaac has a problem with Zadie Smith’s essay about the Gaza protests. Dan’s letting the lawn grow. May 9, 2024.