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We talk to comedian and writer Dannah Phirman about strategies and obsessions with fighting personal clutter. We get into practical solutions, the emotional implications, and Anthony King has his mind blown when he realizes that if he photographs his kids drawings he maybe doesn't have to save ALL of them. Plus Will talks about short, absurd fiction (He's reading Can't and Won't by Lydia Davis) an...

On this episode we talk to actor and comedian Connor Ratliff about his obsession with Elvis Costello. Elvis attracts a lot of obsessed fans, but few have the depth of knowledge that Connor has. We get into little-known anecdotes and projects from EC's past, go over some classic songs and talk about how Elvis' music affected Connor personally! Also, Will talks about the first female congresswoman J...

Chris Kula, who has written for such cool things as @midnight, Community, MadTV and The Onion sports TV specials, talks to us about the perhaps unlikely topic of All-You-Can-Eat Buffets! But Chris proves that this is a fascinating topic as we discuss which parts of the country seem to have good buffets, the best strategy for getting the most bang for your buck and finally an in-depth discussion of...

Director/actor Mitch Magee talks to us about the world of type design: fonts, signage, movie titles, handwritten scripts --- we go deep! Also, Anthony discusses bicycling and Will discusses the ancient cribbage-like game of Senet.

Actor/writer/stand-up Joe Wengert talks about his intense and thorough rituals of buying and listening to CDs which has resulted in among other things, his having to cart over 1300 CDs to every place that he's lived. Also, Will discusses the computer programming language Ruby, and Anthony discusses the sub-culture of people who run whale watching tours.

Actor/writer Lennon Parham of the show Playing House talks to us about her intense lifelong obsession/love for Michael Jackson. We get into favorite songs, embarassing romantic gestures, thoughts about the King of Pop's eccentricities and more!  Plus Will talks about a company's amazingly audacious sham of selling bomb detectors which obviously didn't work, and Anthony discusses his dabbling in th...

This episode we talk to storyteller/director/writer/actor John Flynn about Bob Fosse, the legendary dance choreographer / film director. We get into Fosse' unique dance styles, his perfectionist film work, his intense and super-obvious influence on Michael Jackson, and the Fosse's films, including an extended discussion of  All That Jazz. Plus Anthony discusses the newly-found recordings of the Co...

We talk with actor/writer Susannah Becket about crafts and furniture rehabbing -- by which we mean generally an interest in ambitious do-it-yourself home furnishings. We talk about knitting, sewing, furniture reclaiming, lamp bulding and rewriting, woodwork, antique shopping and more! Plus Will Hines discusses the evolution of the phrase "Threat or Menace?" and Anthony King discusses the life of s...

We loved talking to Alex Berg so much about physics and cosmosology so much that we brought him back! Come with us as we discuss time travel, alternate universes, fate vs free will, string theory, the big bang and more! Some of the things we talk about: The Hidden Reality by Brian Green Truck going 50mph firing cannonball backwards at 50mph The Umwelt Griffith Observatory - All Space Considered Al...

In this episode, co-hosts Anthony King and Will Hines are also the guests as they discuss their mutual obsession: singer-songwriter Billy Joel. We go deep -- way, way deep -- as we discuss the appeal of Billy Joel as well as reasons why he is often described as cheesy. We discuss favorite songs, and songs we don't like. Which members of his band were essential? What did producer Phil Ramone bring...

Buckle up, folks. We dive deep early and then go even deeper on the topic of PHYSICS, TIME, MULTIVERSES, and other topics of Cosmology. Alex Berg (former UCB artistic director, Convoy) briefly describes his lifelong passion for physics and then proceeds to simply discuss physics. We start with Newton, crush through Einstein and proceed into theories of alternate dimensions, pre-Big Bang history an...

We talk with Cissy Fenwick about treehouses! What is their appeal, where are the best ones, what makes them SO COOL! Plus Will and Anthony are minorly obsessesed with baseball statistician Bill James and also Michael Keaton's comedic timing. Pete Nelson's Treehouse Point Temple of the Blue Moon Michael Garnier's Treesort Build Your Own Fantasy Treehouse And they talked about: Ice Hotel Underwater...

Comedian and actor Jon Gabrus (Guy Code, Hairjacked!) talks to us about his longtime love of rugby. We get into how he discovered it, interesting things about the sport, the many and intricate post-game drinking rituals, the types of people who are drawn to it and the contrast of thuggish and gentlemanly elements within it!  Also, Will talks about bike lanes and Anthony discusses mechaphiles (peop...

Charlie Sanders (UCB performer, writer for Key and Peele, Deadbeat) talks to us about Dungeons and Dragons, and we go deep. Which edition? What ground rules do you use for letting the dice rule the game? What's the coolest thing that ever happened to you on a campaign? Do you use voices? Learn about Charlie's love for D&D! Also, Anthony talks about the George Saunders collection Tenth of December...

Luka Jones (Best Friends Forever, Up All Night) talks about the rise of people having passionate, angry arguments in areas where they have no expertise! Why is that? We talk about it. Also, Will discusses Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintanence and Anthony discusses the strengths of a little 'ol town called Burbank.

Alex Fernie (UCB's Convoy, director of Hotwives of Orlando, Children's Hospital) talks to us about the books of Elmore Leonard. We get into how Elmore's book's grab you, how great the characters and dialogue are, the problems with the movie adapations, Elmore's famous 10 rules for writers, and other stuff! Also, Will discusses the Johnny Cash album At Folsom Prison and Anthony gets really into sma...

Kate Spencer (VH1) tells us about her lifelong love of famed jam band Phish. We include some exceprts Phish songs in this podcast, and we need to mention two things: Phish songs are very long and deliberately have slow starts --- we tried to excerpt enough of the song to get a taste for that but ultimately an excerpt falls somewhat short of listening to an entire track. Also, we told Kate that any...

Neil Casey (writer for Kroll Show, Inside Amy Schumer, SNL) talks to us about his interest in the emergency of the surveillance state, and how it affects the government, our interactions with each other and maybe even the way you interact with yourself. Co-host Anthony King talks about the preponderence of sugar in far more foods than he suspected, and other co-host Will Hines talks about the Moto...

Suzi Barrett (UCB's Sentimental Lady, Disney XD's Kirby Buckets) talks to us about treasure hunts, as she has designed several for adults to play. How many clues? What makes something too hard or too easy? What are some great ones she's made or encountered?  Also, Will Hines discusses trains and Anthony King discusses Laura Ingalls (the Burbank avaitrix, not the author of the Little House series)....

DC Pierson (author of The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep And Didn't Have To, Crap Kingdom, co-star/writer of the film Mystery Team) tells us about Kanye West. Hosts Anthony King and Will Hines don't know much, but we cover a lot of ground, from Kanye's debut The College Dropout through his latest work Yeezus. DC also tells us when Kanye's album releases tended to coincide with huge life moments, as one's...

Notebooks! Day planners! Journals! Though it seems like everyone puts their planning and notes on the internet, writert Jen Krueger organizes her life with good old fashioned paper and we talk with her about what makes a notebook useful and good. Also Anthony King talks about coffee ice cubes and Will Hines rambles just a bit about Albert Brooks. Jen talked about: Baum-kuchen (good store to get Mi...

Kate Dippold (comedy writer - The Heat, Parks and Rec) tells us about her lifelong obsession with scaring, being scared, haunted houses, ghost tours and more. What makes a good haunted house? What's the best and most fun way to scare your live-in boyfriend? Also Anthony King talks about the Stephen Sondheim musical Assassins and Will Hines discusses the memory technique of mind palaces. Here's lin...

Nicholas Mandernach of the UCB Theatre discusses the New York School of Poets, a group of poets from the 1950s who led a movement of plain-spoken, emotionally direct and often very funny poetry. Anthony discusses the Billy Joel song Leningrad and Will mentions the rejected books of the New Testament (especially the Acts of Paul and Thecla) -- two subjects of equal import. NY School of Poets (parti...

Our guest this episode is actor Eugene Cordero who tells about his experience with Muay Thai fighting, a martial art from Thailand. In addition, hosts Will Hines and Anthony King tell us about their minor obsessions with, respectively, comics inker Wally Wood's 22 Panels That Always Work and Dan Carlin's Hardcore History podcast about World War I. For more information on the center where Eugene cu...