Waste Your Time Wisely with Tae & Ryan

Dental Guilt, Buick Rental Road Trips, & 2-Foot Hot Dogs We’re testing out a brand-new format this week! Instead of spiraling five levels deep down a single rabbit hole, we’re bouncing rapidly between all the ways we’ve been wasting (and saving) our time. From dentist office interrogation tactics to road-tripping in a brand-new Buick, we cover it all. On this episode: Format Shakeup: Keeping i...

From surviving Alaskan "Rocky" mosquitoes to dissecting Soviet vs. Peek-a-boo boxing mechanics, we’re back to break down all the ways we waste our time—wisely or otherwise. Plus, Tae takes a trip to Atlanta, Ryan gets triggered by Dragon Ball Z Abridged, and we debate which modal verb actually holds the ultimate hierarchy. On this episode: Mosquito Survival: Blood types, Korean bugs, and Ryan’s ul...

Welcome back to Episode 57! Recorded back in July, Tae and Ryan cover a massive spread: the real math behind lottery taxes, military separation loopholes, Ryan’s swollen hand courtesy of a a friend, miter saw woodworking mishap, and the sheer inefficiency of airport line skippers. We also tackle Trevor Noah’s stand-up message of men’s vulnerability, the 10-year anniversary of La La Land , and the...

New room, slightly off audio, but full-on cinema and theory talk. This week, Tae dives deep into his latest movie hyperfixation , breaks down music theory modes, and gives you the exact trick to dodge Google’s AI search. Sponsored by Tae’s Substack: https://substack.com/@taesian On this episode: Literary & Cinema Corner: From The Odyssey and wood-splitting debates to Tae's film bro diagnosis,...

We’re definitely not posting this a week late. Our colors are off, but hey; We’re an audio-first experience anyway. Give us a play, or "Fletch" this episode, (let it play and you go do something) Because we're all about time efficiency. On this episode: What’s Your Waste? Is work itself a waste of time? Plus: starting books you never finish and closet DIY projects. Architecting Systems: Why creati...

Welcome back to Waste Your Time Wisely — Season 3! Ryan's got a garage to rewire (already did), Tae's got a cloud to compute, and you've got dishes piling up. Perfect timing. We're back after 3 months, and a lot happened: Tae's 12 years sober — and he's off social media, back on Substack, and somehow still standing. Ryan went to Alaska (Tae's old stomping grounds) and m...

Ryan is rewiring the garage. Tae is ghosting the algorithm. What are YOU doing? Welcome to the Season FINALE of Waste Your Time Wisely Podcast. Don't just sit there—hit play, crack open that LEGO set you’ve been ignoring, or finally empty the dishwasher . It’s time to level up your Efficiency Quotient. This week, Tae and Ryan break down the "Fletch Method" and explore why the most pr...

Ryan has a "red alert" at 200lbs. Tae is gardening in 4K Falcon Vision. What are YOU doing? Empty the dishwasher and hit play on Ep 52. This week, Tae & Ryan redefine "wasting time" with the Efficiency Quotient :Why just sit there when you can fold a load of laundry? Why just listen when you can finally pull those weeds out of the grass? We’re diving into: Regulations Written in Blood: A heavy...

Welcome back and Waste Your Time Wisely. Put in the clothes in the washer/dryer, load up the dishwasher, or check your mail and cue this grand episode up. MARCH MADNESS IN APRIL?!?!? Are these Wildcats showing up for their team? Is their team going to show up? Fun Fact Friday (FFF) have you ever BROKEN-WINGED yourself? Is it a hockey play? (like the flying V?) This Day in History (TDIH) Ryan's...

Wow, 50th Episode! We're joined by my friend, my brother, my ex-suitemate and part time "hey, Yoo, pick me up!" Sergeant First Class Ahkenaten "Kenny Lamar" Manson. We're talking about Spurs, we're talking about Vets love Applebee's! The NCO Standard: Coaching the Next Generation of Leaders. Proud of him, not because he decided to hop on during his off-weekend,...

Ryan has dishes to put away. Matt is doom-scrolling Mormon Housewives. What are YOU doing? Start a load of laundry and hit play on Ep 49. This week, Tae, Ryan, & Matt redefine "wasting time" with the Efficiency Quotient : Why just watch TV when you can balance on an ankle stabilizer? Why just listen to a podcast when you can finally load that dishwasher? We’re diving into: The Legend...

FOR THE TEST! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG698U2Mvo >>> Do this first! Matt's Here, Cruz Went to Cancun & Someone Stole Our Uranium @ AOL.com - Ep 48 Tae and Ryan are joined by the one and only Matt, and things get delightfully chaotic. We're talking homemade tortillas, pull-up competitions, Myspace nostalgia (beach blonde babe at AOL , we see you), and the great corn vs. flou...

CLICK HERE >>> http://linktr.ee/wytw to help us out! Thank you. Please consider sharing, comment, liking, and rate us after you hear us. OH HI there —Literally the longest episode EVER for WYTW. (PLEASE look at the chapters and get snippets. Don't have to have the whole feast. Take something and go) We are wasting our time wisely by literally recording the longest podcast ever. In this on...

Sponsored by tiffanydnaka.com — custom pet portraits that actually look like your pet. CLICK HERE >>> ⁠http://linktr.ee/wytw⁠ to help us out! Thank you. Please consider sharing, comment, liking, and rate us after you hear us. Browse btw Chapters. Brought to you by Spotify. We're back! Possibly with vengeance. Kicking things off the right way — board games. Catan, Uno, Monopoly, and of...

CLICK HERE >>> ⁠http://linktr.ee/wytw⁠ to help us out! Thank you. Please consider sharing, comment, liking, and rate us after you hear us. Thoughts: There's a lot of X-mas songs, but not a lot of NYE songs. What's with that? It’s the final episode of 2025. With Ryan literally stuck in a dryer (long story), Tae takes the mic solo for a "late-night radio" style year-in-rev...

🎄 Was Jesus really born on Christmas? Hey — it’s Christmas, but make it historically confusing . This week on Waste Your Time Wisely , we’re unpacking the holiday everyone celebrates… but almost nobody questions. This week on Waste Your Time Wisely , we unpack the surprising history behind December 25th. From pagan solstice festivals to Roman politics, from biblical clues to astronomy theories —...

Episode 43 already (RAUL MONDESI?!) Treat or Treaties?! Dual Screen episode, Double trouble.  This year has been going by FAST. We’re looking back at October 1st.  Garlic sauce from ZANKOU! CDs, Things are Dire Strait, going Gold, Platinum, Diamond, sending out Thank you Letters, Not Rage Bait at all, Rage Bait, Very Rage Bait, then skipping stone — scandal?  Check it out folks!  And please Follow...

Google AI, For the Love of God, Let Us Turn Off Your Voice. We’re back, time-warped, Memento/Tarantino style. This episode actually happened right after the Estonia–Finland–Greece trip, which explains absolutely nothing but sets the mood. Ryan is… playing Fantasy Football now? We spiral into downfall arcs, redemption arcs, and the University of Arizona storming the field way too early because of c...

WYTW Thanksgiving — READ HERE ALL ABOUT IT! We’re BACK! We hope that you’ve been wasting YOUR time wisely. Ryan’s been drilling. Drilling holes — Until his overlord found out. Uh oh. Tae’s been exploring Lacto-Ovo’s. Not O-V-O, Lacto Ovo. Pies and Tom Cruise Coconut Cake list. Movie list, over another movie list. Juggling multiple podcasts. What we missed! (WWM!) - Films We blab on about films for...

Tae's Europe 2k25 trilogy ends here. Please check out part 1 and 2 if you haven't. We recap Germany, Estonia, Finland, and final tour at the Isles. We visit Milos, jumped off the Moon rock beach, cliff jumping, Children of Bodom in Finland. Spas, nice libraries in Helsinki, other topics, Reddit, ChatGPT too specific and not correct (sorry <3), Hollywood movie magic where locations are the used...

Hey, Full In-Person Episode, Travel Recap Pt. 2, Check it out. We’re going over some Suffrage, some amendments, and then recapping part 2 of Tae’s Summer European travel to Germany, Estonia, and Finland.  Germany, cute towns with PHILOSOPHER'S WAY, trains, planes, and automobiles of Mercedes Benz museum! Estonia - got priced out by AC/DC?? Finland - has a literacy rate of .... %???? AND SHE&#3...

Hi everyone! You asked for it. You want us to talk more about travels. This is our FIRST in person episode. Ryan’s getting a bit wild with the Energy Drink. Check out what Ryan's been binging on. What we doing about some video that should be released? What took Tae to Portugal, and to Europe. Chapters (00:00) — Cold Open (01:00) —  Intro; Our 1st in person episode. Energy drinks, Europe, PTO,...

Please WASTE YOUR TIME WISELY by deleting your emails, unsubscribing, putting a load in the laundry, running the dishwasher and click PLAY on this episode. We all have that people in our life, where someone can’t wait, and they pull the trigger: they open the Oven before the cake is ready, you know those. So usually that’s TAE. Because he’s impatient as fuck and he HATES inefficiency. I’m not sure...

Greetings from WESTERN GERMANY! That’s what I would have said, but STARLINK has a very slow upload speed. Here’s an episode where.  So now I'm in a new city, new country, hopefully this upload is amazing, or good enough. But with that being said, let's go. CHAPTERS (00:00) — Bad Intro (02:00) — How we’ve been wasting our time (wisely) Where to listen Podcasts (not just ours), going over ol...

Ryan's................. ???? Waste Your Time Wisely.... Pod Dogs.... Wise Dogs.... Waste Your Pod Dogs Wisely.... Ryan likes to hop around so he's a Co-host on TWO podcasts: This one, WASTE YOUR TIME WISELY, and POD DOGS Tis' our FUSION episode, we fission about different topics. DISCLAIMER: I definitely BUTCHERED the Prince Fielder facts. I apologize. It's fixed on the audio. Please follow, rate...