Getting Through This with Tom and Scott

Although there are spiking case numbers in many states, we find solace in the good news that the CDC said that there is no risk from food or food packaging and very low risk from surfaces. But there are risks going to a bar in Texas, not just from the virus but by riding the mechanical bull or having the bouncer throw you out and say.”And stay out!”

We time travel back to 1951 and sex education pamphlets for young girls that Scott discovered in his garage. The Gift of Life, Sally and Mary and Kate Wondered, and You’re A Young Lady Now are our book club selections for today.

Tom sings a work in progress version of the Getting Through This theme song, Scott welcomes a 14 day quarantine for visitors to New York from states with spiking virus cases, and thinks they must agree to wear masks, socially distance, and not heckle at comedy clubs.

Tom and Scott love wearing masks. For the anonymity, for the woman who smiled and waved at Tom while he was wearing his mask and sunglasses, and for the chance for Scott to shop online for hours for all different kinds of masks.

One of the positive things about staying at home these last four months is having the time to appreciate squirrels. They’re cute and lovable, even when they climb between the walls of Scott’s house.

Barbershops reopened today in NYC, and Scott gets his first haircut in four months. Tom and Scott hope that the “before” picture of a wild haired Einstein looking Scott will help them win a Nobel Prize for Science.

After more than two months of bare shelves, toilet paper and paper towels are finally available again. And masks and hand sanitizers are now cheaper and easier to find. The downside is that’s because there are so many selfish and ignorant people who don’t want to wear masks. Plus a salute to the second longest day of the year.

Today marks the summer solstice, the first day of summer, and the longest day of the year. Tom and Scott share what they will do with those extra seconds today, as well as why they’re grateful we don’t live in a time when men wore suits of armor.

Tom hits the streets in his electric bike, which is so powerful he laughs going up hills. But as Scott discovers, hills always make Tom laugh. And Scott premieres the imaginary instructional film, “The Wonders of Walking.”

Scott looks forward to the opening of barber shops in NYC four days from now, for his first haircut in four months. Tom, who bravely cut his own hair, worries about running into his barber at the juice bar next door.

Tom’s talking cat Oliver occasionally bites him, but Scott finds the silver lining in that. Plus another potential Nobel Prize winning invention: the pre-obituary. A chance to thank someone for the things you found out about them by reading it, while they’re still alive.

Tom and Scott dish on dishes. When Tom reveals he talks to his plates, bowls and mugs, and imagines how they converse with each other, Scott sheepishly admits he has never talked or listened to his dinnerware or flatware, and vows to start doing so.

In a first of its kind podcast intervention, Scott convinces Tom to put aside his fears and start walking in his neighborhood again. Tom still thinks of himself as a cat who likes to stay home, but now he is also an outdoor cat.

Scott gives our listeners an all access pass to what goes on behind the scenes in the life of a pundit, along with do’s and don’ts tips. Plus Tom ponders the most elective of all elective surgery-cosmetic.

It’s Caturday, and no that’s not a typo, it’s the way we think Saturday should be renamed. And you’ll thrill to the never before released recordings of Tom and his cat Oliver having actual conversations.

In our new “Unspoken But Not Forgotten“ segment, we revisit topics that we still have more to say about. Like scary trees and the Brock-A-Brella.

Stamp collecting has become very popular since the pandemic began, and Tom and Scott take their time machine back to their childhood when they collected large octagonal stamps from Togo, as well as mint stamps from the US.

Tom and Scott talk about the Eames chair and the LaZboy recliner, and how these two iconic seating devices, can help us bridge the divide, and bring people together.

Tom hears banging and scraping noises against the wall of his house as the Santa Ana winds swirl. Tom and Scott ponder whether the culprit is a bored tree or a man-monster. We let you, the listener, decide.

As New York City slowly opens for business, we yearn for play dates for adults. With instant virus testing to make them safe. Science Fiction? We say Science Non Fiction, a breakthrough idea that Tom and Scott offer to bookstores and publishers at no charge.

Tom and Scott don’t just sing the praises of Sunday, they create a new song “We’ll Take Sunday” to celebrate the best day of the weekend, even at a time when, for many people, the weekend doesn’t exist.

Tom watches 12 hours of cable news and reads three newspapers every day. Scott is also a news junkie but limits his consumption to the NBC Nightly News and reading the print edition of the New York Times. Which is more normal in The New Normal?

Sometimes the best way to deal with a challenging current reality is to seek comfort from the past. So we talk about how great it would be if some dinosaurs paid us a visit. And we explore new ways of setting words into stone.

Tom gives himself a haircut and we both get goosebumps hearing his thrilling story. Scott prefers to wait until barber shops reopen in Brooklyn in about three weeks, because these days, the only time he needs his hair to look good is on the way to get a haircut.

Two months ago, Tom asked why the fashion industry wasn’t making stylish face masks.. Now it’s a booming industry which just introduced the trikini, a matching bikini and mask. We also discuss how to pronounce this brand new term.