Getting Through This with Tom and Scott

We reveal the previously unknown solution to your Election Day blues, that involves a delicious chocolate pastry and other details that you can only discover in this episode.

This one boggles the mind: Tom and Scott do something so unlikely it's the equivalent of winning the lottery twice while getting hit by lightning from three different seriously. Only the truth is way better than the metaphor because of the lightening,obviously.

As we countdown to election day Tom and Scott boldly challenge pundits who fill the air with "what to watch for" advice, desperately given because it's impossible to intelligently talk for hours and hours about an event that has not yet happened.

Scott vigorously defends the UN, but the conversation soon ltakes on the rarely-discussed danger of walking too close to the UN building and getting swept up in a crowded demonstration, followed by an additional series of mishaps that accidentally results in the hapless pedestrian being expected to address the General Assembly -- without a written speech or even an idea of what to say!

The historic run of lovely weather continues unabated prompting Tom and Scott to wonder why it isn't covered b local TV news the way weather disasters are covered, with reporters in parts of the city most affected by the pleasant temperature.

A rare historic follow up to our previous nice weather alert, Scotty walks back a forecast of inclimate weather that thankfully did not pan out.

A relentless string of perfect weather in New York has us asking a question no climatologist has dared to ask: Why stop with ending global warming? Why not keep not burning fossil fuels until every single day of the year is perfect weather everywhere on the planet?

Tom and Scott describe how they searched Madison Square Park for a place to put a statue to honor Tom and Scott for having saved democracy with a novel voting idea that borrowed from American Idol. Much effort is made by both Tom and Scot so that the future statue does not mean fewer tables or benches in the park

The debate between Trump and Kamala Harris inspires Scott to suggest just make Kamala president. Tom offers a democracy-saving compromise: after a debate allow everyone to immediatelyvote with their phones like American Idol. Also we expressed hope that the host of the debate never has the power to pick the winner and therefore president. But saving democracy leaves us with a dilemma: where to put...

The end of summer? Not so fast, as Scotty proves in a stunning word symphony that by Scott's own eloquence about his and his girlfriend's late summer pleasures. But Tom vigilantly faces down an possible unintended consequence: will listeners find Scott's joyful elegy to the not yet end of summer inspirational and a vicarious delight? Or will there be envy, jealousy and bitterness?

Tom reveals (again) he is one of the 400 most most embarrassing people in North America but proudly reveals that at a recent party several extremely embarrassing things did NOT happen, including the fact that Tom did not drive his car into his friends living room, which would have been hugely awkward.

After more than 700 performances the Broadway show "Wicked" is finally criticized by Tom Saunders, who finds the tunes not "catchy" enough, but who also is joyful that no one critic, including himself, has the power to close a show.

Tom reveals he drove all the waty to Providence Rhode Island to get together with an ex-girlfriend -- and brought his fiancee along! The incredible true story of their exciting "near-cation" is told in unflinching detail but -- trigger warning -- there's an embarrassing and terrifying twist!

Tom gets together with his ex-girlfriend Margie and brings his Fiancee along for a visit to what may be America's most under-appreciated tourist destination: Rhode Island,. Days of problem-free happiness threaten to leave them with no good travel anecdotes, until a Hitchcokian nightmare caused by the need to go to the bathroom in the middle of a busy turnpike.

Horrifyingly loud, incessant and stupid music ruins a Mets baseball game for four fans. WARNING: To vividly illustrate the problem actual hideous stings recorded at Citi Field are played on this podcast, so baseball fans over age of 45 may need to leave the room.

After 40 years Tom reviews his bucket list and discovers he has accomplished everything except for one item: become the greatest international bio-comedian of all time.

Not only does Scott Blakeman's intro to this episode deserve a Pulitzer Prize but a phrase in the episode should get a special Pulitzer for outstanding sentence fragments! And a regrettable comment about the inability of restaurant guests to leave until the check is paid is walked back with blinding speed, possibly a record for quickness of mea culpa after a gaffe or "mispeaking."

"Small Towning" a new National Pastime safer than skiing or surfing is explained and discussed with a focus on one of the best small towns in the world: Saratoga, recently visited by Tom. Thus have we again scooped the New York Times, possibly by months!

Tom and Scott unveil a new beverage to compete with liquor and coffee but is way better than either: Jarboo! While the ingredients have not yet been discovered the new beverage is expected to be delicious, not habit forming and makes operating heavy machinery a breeze.

Scott goes back in time to the Borscht Belt Fest in Ellenville, where he performed and reveled in the Catskills memorabilia at the Borscht Belt Museum. And he even toasted s,mores on the campfire for the very first time!

Tom pioneers new form of heroism by watching heated, devastating congressional hearing on TV so others don't have to, a selfless act possibly deserving of the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Bastille Day in NYC leads to travel tips especially the “near-cation” concept that the NYT won’t report on for months.

Our guide to meeting the moment leads to Tom revealing his addiction to news has only worsened.

The 700th episode! Exciting look back at 3 plus years of podcast excellence yields Nobel- worthy introspection.

Scott returns from Hawaii where a lovely summer breeze gave him an idea: why not capture Hawaiian breezes and ship them to less pleasant places in the world— but how? Tom provides a solution.