Ear Bender

When you watch courtroom tv do you every ask yourself the following questions... "Why did someone actually come on when they KNEW they didn't have a case?"  "Why doesn't this look like the same process when I was in court for a speeding ticket?"  "How the heck does Judge Judy get to be so mean and WHY is the plaintiff and defendant making her angry by talking ove...

Get ready for the Halloween edition!  We’ll talk about hooking up at a Halloween party with people in masks or full makeup… do you call them the next day?  We’ll also talk about the most famous magician ever Harry Houdini and how he was almost a scientist trying to debunk mediums and spiritualists even at his death!  I promise it coincides with Halloween as well:)  You think this Halloween episode...

Are you allowed to take the last donut in the breakroom?  This is our Labor Day special!  Everything is about office etiquette, pettiness and company secrets that restaurants, hotels and grocery stores don't want you to know! Don't get deceived by old reused food and hotels that someone just died in. Make sure to get on my email list in the link below so you can tell me how your office c...

When should a couple think about getting married?  What are some great tips for how to propose?  Does your idea of holy matrimony align with Bob and I?  We tell our silly engagement story and try to answer those questions along the way:)  Also another thesbian account of the tried and true Second Date Update! Make sure to get on my email list in the link below so you can tell me how you got engage...

I want you to judge the POOP out of these party poopers!  3 stories of poor party etiquette.  This isn’t forgetting to bring a bottle to wine to a baby shower.  These are controversial mishaps that only the keenest party goer can possibly solve!  Also necessary facts for how to survive against starvation and running naked from polar bears. Make sure to get on my email list in the link below so you...

Calling all relationship detectives!  Listen to these 3 stories and guess along with us to see how each story will resolve.  Bob has some hot takes, including someone that doesn't smell B.O., but can literally smell a disease! hahahahaha  Make sure to get on my email list in the link below so you can tell me what your story ending theory was! Alexi's Email List, Music and Podcast extras...

Cats having 9 lives isn't even CLOSE to a joke.  I'm pretty sure...FOR REAL... that you can throw them out of a plane and they'd survive.  NO PARACHUTE!   Yes...yes...there's science to back this up!  Bob is going to show us people looking for international love because they can't find a soulmate in the US.  When are expectations out of whack ? Click below to support the s...

Do you remember Catch Me If You Can the movie with Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks?  It's written by a conman Frank Abagnale and it's a lie!  I mean... a con-man wrote it so... of course it is.  Steven Spielberg never fact checked it... Johnny Carson never fact checked it... and there is a good chance after you hear all the facts you are going to not want to believe it.  In Let's Se...

Are you ready to uncover the secrets behind reality television? Join your hosts Alexi and Bob as they take you behind the scenes of  American Idol with personal experience as a six-time auditionee, Alexi reveals the truth about the audition process and what really happens off-camera. From the intense auditions before the real audition to the surprising decisions made by the judges, you'll dis...

What does it really look like to follow your dreams?   When you do what makes you happy people can see it inside of you and can't help but support you.  Michael Block just recently got a chance to do the dream that he has had his entire life and it became contagious!  He had the support of the nation for one week because they saw themselves in him.  See what happens when you are free of stres...

A tall guy finds himself constantly intimidating children due to his height. However, when confronted by a particularly insufferable 6-year-old, he concocts a mischievous plan to teach the unruly child a lesson. The unsuspecting kid, is left  humbled in the funniest way possible!  And he escapes with the parent's blessing:) Also, what is your financial responsibility to your friends if you ar...

Bob and I talk about Ulysses Bucket List as a fun and compelling way to live your life.  You can start tomorrow and life trajectory will forever be more engaging for you and everyone around you!  Sounds too good to be true, but really isn't.  It's always the simple things:)  And we also talk about a celebrity that anonymously rents a residence and completely guts it without the owner kno...

We embarked on a fast food journey to find and review Hunt Brothers Pizza, a franchise we had never heard of despite it being the 9th largest fast food chain in the world. After finding a location, we recorded their pizza review, which was lackluster, but the real story was about their interaction with the franchise's employee, Mamata. We discovered she was originally from India and had an ar...

When I travel to Switzerland there's inappropriate touching, almost setting people on flames, a fact finding mission at the top of a mountain and CHOCOLATE!  Plus an advanced Do's and Don't's when it comes to traveling abroad that you probably don't know! Click below to support the show.  It helps so much! Alexi's Email List, Music and Podcast extras here!

A man reveals how he swapped his then-girlfriend's aggressive black cat with a well-behaved lookalike six years ago. He had joked about it before, but the idea eventually became a reality after the cat scratched him. He found an identical cat that was already litterbox trained and more friendly, adopted it, and settled it in his girlfriend's apartment while taking the original cat to a s...

Bob found a story about a lady that ran a half marathon by mistake.  The circumstances have to be SOOOOOO perfect, right?  If you're a runner, you can do this too:)  Also we found the easiest way to find ghosts. Your grandparents had to get out Ouija boards and light candles, but now you don't have to have your dad flicker the fuse box on and off, you can use a tesla and find as many gho...

Bob and I share our own disastrous dating stories, so you can rest easy knowing that even if your date goes wrong, it's not as bad as what happened to us. But that's not all, we also sprinkle in some fun Valentine's Day trivia to help you perfect your lovey-dovey bouquets and playlists. Tune in now to make your Valentine's Day even more special! Click below to support the show....

So you’ve crashed a party… or at least know someone who has.  Or maybe the gold standard…crashed a wedding! Dion Rich has crashed 8 academy awards (Oscars), 14 Olympics, 35 Super Bowls, the Kentucky Derby winners' circle, the Playboy Mansion, Frank Sinatra's memorial, and he re-counts in his 2 books 8,000 different crashes. Do you want to meet all your favorite celebrities?  Let’s learn...

Bob is a hardworking babyface at her first "big girl" job, but underutilized.  To pass the time between sudoku puzzles she plays Truth or Dare with co-workers sans the "truth."   Peer pressure and her thespian roots goad her into eating the unexpected to win the disgusted credit of her peers Also we're playing a Name That Celebrity Game.  See if you can get the celebrity c...

Where is the best place to get hit on these days?  People are so busy and plucking your bushy Greek eyebrows to go to bars sounds like a lot of work AND expensive!  Here in Chicago a glass of wine can be $14 !  So what about a grocery store?  a library?  maybe...just maybe when you are super sweaty at a gym:)  Here are some things to watch out for when you are trying to fall in love at a gym.  Thi...

We asked for Christmas stories from you and YOU DELIVERED!  Remember when you were told that the perfect gift for someone else is something you would like?  How do you know that's REALLY true?  We proved it:)  There are 3 Christmas stories that come from folks like you and and and the robot overlords are upon us and we are lovingly prepare you for what to expect as the new tech of 2023 and if...

When do you stop believing in Santa?  Do you ever stop believing in Christmas?  No one has to tell you... you kind of just know... but then someone does tell you.  They're secretly telling you to grow up.  Is Christmas a lie or a rite of passage?  Is Lindsay Lohan synonymous with Christmas for you?  When you think of Jingle Bell Rock do you think of her...were you not thinking of her and now...

Yes, we know you love pizza.  Yes, you tell all your friends that you know more about pizza then them and you tell them THE PLACE to get the proper Za for your region of the world!  And we're all grateful for you...but there is someone that knows a little bit more about pizza and is gonna teach us all a few things so we can have a better time eating a slice.  Scott Wiener has a few credential...

Everyone has jumped on the viral social media trend with the Corn Kid video.  There has been skits and songs made about Tariq and his love for corn.  Oliver Richman wrote a musical about his favorite corn....thing.  The Corn Popsicle Musical!  Oliver is the grandson of, Ron Miller, a producer of the Temptations and songwriter of "For Once In My Life" sung by Stevie Wonder.  He's bee...

This is one of the strangest coincidences in American History.  This is not your snooze-fest history lesson!  I was worried to tell historical stories but then I thought about Bridgerton and The Crown and the musical Hamilton...  historical stories are all around us!  It's all about how it's told that transforms a freshman 101 history lesson to some Netflix-like drama:) Edwin Booth is th...