Going Terribly

Get ready for the hottest of takes in this episode. Should cursive still be taught in schools? Is tofu actually flavorless? Has there ever been a less appropriately named food than "Fun Size" candy bars? Other discussion topics may include: - Why encyclopedias from the 1950s will teach us everything we'll ever need to know - The Adventures of Brock Johnson and Cooter Wang - Why air fryers are bett...

Podcasters, filmmakers, and w'hores for s'mores, Emily Durchholz and Jake Bilinski, join us for our big, fat 75th episode in celebration of Valentine's Day (belated), International Women's Day, and most importantly, James Van Der Beek's 45th birthday! Here are some highlights: 09:07 Shattering the Glass Ceiling! 23:10 "Heard It in a Doug Song" -- a delightful name-that-tune game! 43:40 Jake and Em...

Is your blood haunted? Do you need to exorcise some of that pesky, intransigent blood? Try bloodletting! It's the newest scientific craze! Lots of It Went Terriblys to unpack here at the beginning of March. We learn about leeches, barbers, leeching barbers, and Pat Sajak's intolerably difficult day-job. And we make at least three really great food puns. You'll wanna stick around for those. Other d...

Apparently, lots of internet people are up in arms about not using toilet paper anymore. Bidets are the big hygienic thing. But wouldn't that change everything about you as a human being? Are you ready to take such a step? Other discussion topics may include: - How far inside the hole do you clean? - The most spot-on Ray Romano impression you will ever hear in your life - How to tell if you're a r...

Have we told you philately that we love you?  See, philately means stamp collecting, so it's like we're sending you old-fashioned correspondence. Through your ear holes. That's like, aurilexisynchronicity, maaaan. Other discussion topics may include: - The best and worst ways to ingest summer sausage - Fantasy sports, or grown men pretending they own other grown men - Which side of your genit...

It's a short but hella satisfying episode this week cuz all of winter came crashing down on us last week. This past week. Whatever. You know what we mean. And if you want to listen to Alice talk in a high, childlike voice for four hours, order her first Big 5 Publisher audiobook here! https://www.audible.com/pd/Maizy-Chens-Last-Chance-Audiobook/0593505743?ref=a_typ_c1_lProduct_0_1&pf_rd_p=9161...

This week's episode boasts a JUMBO-SIZED It Went Terribly, so let's share some alternative episode titles:  Two Dutch Rudders in a Media Frenzy Two Nips, Ands, & Butts in a Controversial Biology/Art Exhibit Two Indefinite Hyphens in a Dave Matthews-esque Extended Jam Two Celebrated Jumping Frogs in a Clean and Clear Morning Burst Two Animals with Beaks in a Workplace Comedy Two Small, Fur...

You ever wonder how sex would be for people of wildly varying heights? Like if Kristin Chenoweth and Yao Ming got into some polyamorous sixty-nining, will their heads and genitals still line up? I guess anything can happen. Imagine the possibilities. He shoots; she scores (like a musical score)? Heh, heh, sixty-nine... Other discussion topics may include: - The good, the bad, and the awkward of re...

Thank Doug for Being a Friend! It's Doug's birthday episode, and since yesterday was what would have been Betty White's 100th birthday, Alice devised a saucy gauntlet of Golden Girls-themed games for Doug's Ruby Jubilee (40th birthday)! Hands get cocked. Feet almost get measured. Danger comes quickly. It's a blast. Please also tune in Saturday 1/22 and play Jackbox with us on our celebratory video...

Alfredo goes to the vet, gets addicted to teabagging, and narrowly avoids being dressed up as a mime, a gondolier, a zebra, a referee -- basically anything black and white with a pop of red -- because all black cats look the same *GASP* Oh, and tomorrow is National Kiss a Ginger Day, so you know, don't. Other discussion topics may include: - When should you take medicine, and when should you just...

Swinging the pendulum from sacred to profane, as is our wont, this episode runs the gamut from existential crisis born of bicycle thievery...to matter-of-fact categorizing of unfortunate skin conditions, such as furuncles, boils, wart, and corns. Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy year. Other discussion topics may include: - Pearl Jams, epileptic orgasms, and other sex stuff - The ong...

It's been a long December, and there's reason to believe...maybe this *something-that-rhymes-with-"round bouncing ball of marsupials"* will be better than the last. Candi and Jason Vincent, of Pranksgiving 2020 fame, are up in the canyons for our *something-that-rhymes-with-"ghost's-occupation"* episode, and GAMES are afoot! Or anose. Or akidney stone. Something Operation-related. Other discussion...

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, which means guests! games! ... and gas? Let our leading extra, Gennie Adams, jingle your bells with baking stories (both weed and culinary), OnlyFans ASMR, and the filthiest anagrams known to Baby Jesus.  Other conversation topics may include: - How to feign interest in what your podcast co-host is saying - What is the world's hottest food? Spoiler...

Let's get intimate, shall we? Are you a rowdy sleeper and wake up with limbs all akimbo and pillows strewn all over the bed and whole asscrack hanging out, like Doug? Or are you a vampire and sleep on your back with your arms crossed on your chest and wake your partner up by laughing in your sleep, like Alice (and Captain Holt from Brooklyn Nine-Nine)? Tune in for further fascinating discussions o...

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It's almost Alice and Doug's anniversary of the couplins. AND WHY DOES AUTOCORRECT REFUSE TO LET ME SPELL IT THAT WAY?!?!?! Anyway, they'll celebrate with some high art and low balls and of course, swordfuls of meat brought to their table at regular intervals. Other discussion topics may include: - The pure art and sheer brilliance of a sideways urinal - How pockets should be far more respected in...

Have you ever served on a jury? Do you know anyone who has? What about in a restaurant test market or a Gallup poll or the survey of 100 people on Family Feud? Does anyone know anybody who's ever responded to any allegedly significant public opinion research ever? WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE WHO HOLD OUR LIVES IN THEIR HANDS?!?!?! Alice was rejected for Jury Duty again, and Doug unearths a conspiracy abo...

If all of our episode titles didn't have to strictly follow (split infinitive FTW!) the "Two Peas in a Pod " format, we'd call this one "In Loaf and Breadsketball." Get cozy as we riff on dough balls, the NRA (the NBA one), and the etymological legacy of Hitler's Germany. Other discussion topics may include: - A well bred breadth of breaded bread - The professional wrestling legacy of Millard Fill...

To Alice on Her 37th Birthday... That movie allusion FINALLY makes sense! Other discussion topics may include: - Listen, it's Alice's birthday. You don't need any other reasons to listen to this episode. It's her freaking birthday. Be a pal and listen. She's pretty awesome.  [This shameless plea brought to you by Doug, Intern Sean, and Alfredo]

It's November, and you know what that means. It's the season of food and togetherness, paranoid Covid scares, reinforcing of gender roles, and figuring out once and for all, what the heck happened to that guy from Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. You know, that lead singer guy. Other discussion topics may include: - NPR vs. Australia: The Great War of 2020 - A celebration of the world's #2 #2 museu...

Halloween is upon us, and so is Kevin Roach. BOOM. Alternative title ideas for this episode: Three Zombie Abe Lincolns in a Body Swap Killer Movie Three Buttcheeks in a One Nightstand Three Freshly Graduated High Schoolers in a Squid Pro Quo Game Three Pigeon-Livered Wagtails in a Sentient Meatloaf Three Door-to-Door Knife Salesmen in a Cheesy Commercial about Saving on Your Electric Bill Frighten...

Digital Dynamo Josh Weiland is back to plug our annual 24-Hour Extra Life livestream where we sit on our asses and play video games all day for charity! Doug also masterminded the most inscrutable word/phonetics game of all time, and we share our shoplifting stories. Come on. Everybody's got one. Or two in Alice's case... Other discussion topics may include:  - Canada, Blu-Rays, and other mad...

WE HAVE A GUEST! WE HAVE A GUEST!  After 26 guest-less episodes, we reverse the curse with our most Royal King of the Food Court, the Emperor of Ice Cream, the Llama's Pajamas: ANDY JONES! Come learn about piezometric surfaces. It'll change your life. Other discussion topics may include:  - Everything's bigger in Texas. Except the fungus. - An outright declaration of war on Charlie's Gra...

For the second greatest moment of synchronicity in Going Terribly history (the first being 16:08 in Episode 13), check out 23:06 in this here episode, which is dedicated to September ending, funky ones, and dookies. Other discussion topics may include: - Grocery store family dramas - The downfalls of lying to your bathroom scale - Ghost Writer vs. Wishbone vs. Lambchop: Which is which? Does anyone...

Thursday is International Podcast Day, and this week's short but sweet episode is full of neato-torpedo audio-didactic trivia...like how the ancient Romans invented indie filmmaking and how Thomas Edison's first sound recording was actually an episode of King of the Hill .   Other discussion topics may include: - An umbrella repurposing life hack that could change your world forever - Which b...