Is It Safe?

Salman Rushdie was stabbed and it's not a joke. he got shivved and he may lose an eye. Not cool no matter how you slice it. Does Rushdie know who Bozo is? Is he a Day Man or a Night Man ? That Curb episode with Rushdie will never hit the same again. Mike is really stretching to get some new drops in the conversation. Mr. Pink is our lone emailer today. HE wants to know if there is a person or...

The show begins as it always does. Scott got a job and he doesn't know how to feel about it. Luke would kill for a job he could skate at. Mike recalls a relative easy job he could skate by at for awhile. Of course rehab and failing others are involved. Cold call sales jobs, they're the worst, right?! Telemarketing comes up and supposedly one dude made 400 calls per hour or per day. It'...

Mike has some bad news about the Earth's rotation. The guys are convinced Kramer was the first person to ever get canceled online. Mike drove down to Georgia last week and it was hell. He learned a lot of lessons about driving that much in that amount of time. There comes a point where sharing a hotel room with your mother just isn't fun anymore. Have you ever heard Forward Down The Field...

The show kicks off with grocery store talk. What else do you come to this show for other than what name Kroger is hiding under in your local region? Mike used to pound entire strawberry shortcakes right before bed. Trump made fun of one of the kids from the Meijer clan known for their popular department stores and we wanted to share Trump's doofus audio with you. There are many Hollywoods outs...

Thanks to Jason for subbing in for John Scott last week! Scott talks about his time on Beaver Island including all the beers and dudes. Former host of our show returns to remind us he's always here. Charlie Brown is the existential comic strip we didn't know we needed. Email time means we read your messages while offering our random commentary. Brian wants to know if Mickey Rourke was righ...

John is on the lam at Beaver Island so we recruited long time Hartland pal Jason Welichko to step in for him. Turns out Jason loves Beaver Island just like Scott. Do you remember Grumpy Old Men ? Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau movies of the 1990s become the focus for the moment. We're having a heat wave! Are you using somebody else's HBO Max account at that moment? Mike has been exploiting...

Scott opens the show with his business papers and a tribute to Sunny Day Real Estate . Does the way you start the day say everything about your disposition as a human? We hit the emails early with Danny starting things off. It's peanut-butter jelly time ! Mr. Pink talks about how he weaned himself off of mainstream media! We are very proud of him. Rex Chapman tweeted about why the country is i...

Let the trumpets play as the end of this country as we know it looks all of us directly in the face. Roe V. Wade has been overturned, but the United States has been on ice for a long period before this decision. What do women who need abortions do now? What do we do when these women will be labeled technically as criminals? John has become so despondent over all this that it has come to him asking...

Today's show is a little more brief because we are a day late and a buck short. Is it better to burn out or fade away? Since we are tight on time we get right into your show saving emails! We start with Danny who has a bug up his ass about social media and Crocs ! Some of us have stronger opinions about Crocs than others. Plus we learn about Croc Nuts . Scott likes to randomly Google people he...

What's the deal with pharmacists? Why are they so agitated all the time? Mike's new Cool Hand Luke drops has him feeling like the movie is spoiled for him. We debut a new segment featuring Luke! It's called Luke Explains Bad Religion! This week's selection is Modern Man, but Mike makes the mistake of thinking it was Man On A Mission. At any rate, we hope you enjoy our new entertain...

Luke and Scott are back on the softball train and they break down their first foray for the 2022 season. Terry Cashman wrote a dumb song about baseball and then created one for the Tigers too. It's pretty dumb. Luke explains why he love MLB pitcher Zack Greinke which leads into the hoopla with the Tampa Rays players who refused to wear pride patches the team had made. The absurd angle is confi...

Gordon Wood gets the show opening treatment. IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT. The Mexican Pizza has been postponed and people are pissed! Creed takes center stage as My Own Prison turns out to be a bonding tool for Mike and Scott. Mike apparently didn't fail out Central Michigan during his Creed days in 1999. Another exciting pop culture connection for Scott and Mike comes from the 2001 film Rock Star...

Mike and Scott love Proof Of Life and they want you to know about it. Note our schedule change as we will now be recording on Wednesdays . Luke is pissed about his computer. Mike and Luke played softball Monday night and there was a vulgar display of poor sportsmanship by the opposing team. That leads into the standard guns in America discussion. It's a shock there hasn't been a shooting a...

The talk show opens with some show confusion about our email password. Where is the password!? What do you associate with the number 64? Mike had to go to the hospital this week and it wasn't the worst time of his life! Medical bills can be avoided, but you must be proactive. Mike's power went out again. He has had enough of DTE Energy and all scumbag utilities nationwide. How's your 2...

The crypto crash is upon us! Hold onto your butts if you plan to hang around in this game. Luke sees a link between crypto and the TV show Gotham . Mike's softball team became ravaged with injuries and that's a perfect time to play a Family Guy clip. Bill Maher was talking student loans last week with a couple neolibs. This is the topic that sets Luke off, but Mike was pissed because bailo...

It takes less than a minute to bring up the Roe Vs. Wade fiasco. We know what you want! Luke and Scott ask for a little lubricant first That comes in the debate over which of the talk show team would win a game of tip 21 . Who ya got? Scott has to release some steam and he steams whistles to the dulcet tones of Louis Armstrong . The Republicans wants to end abortions, but the Democrats screwed the...

Scott turned 40 the other day! His girl got him a massage plus some time in a sensory deprivation tank and Scott wants you to know how it feels. Have you ever been in one before? Mike was in the Dead Sea once. The local high school in Luke's neighborhood had a bizarre pushing episode happen. Mike totally blew it on picking up a friend from the airport last week. Have you ever left somebody at...

Welcome to the 60th edition of the Is It Safe Talk Show! Mike gets into his displeasure with Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay who had Rudy Guiliani officiate his wedding. The midwest has just as many talented people as New York and others east coasters from the media industrial complex. Luke's furnace gets pissed which leads Luke to take a moment to clarify some of the miscommunication from las...

We took last week off right after we were building some momentum. We are fools! We open he show talking about our showering routines and how those dental floss pickers were all over the place wherever Mike used to live. Our downloads were on the rise before we blew-off last week. Are we destined to half-ass things? Our show description may be in up for a change, but we don't want to push peopl...

John Scott is back on the scene as the threesome unites once more! Get a $5 Venmo from John Scott by calling him now. John got a nasty covid illness that canceled his trip entirely. Are STDs still a problem out there for single people? Luke is disconnected from it all. Mike wonders how he didn't get covid during his trip to Las Vegas last week. Trevor Bauer was a big topic and now he's sui...

John Scott is on location so Luke and Govier hold it down for this one. Mike is heading to Las Vegas even though he is broke. Tax season is in full effect and we want to know if you know what write-offs are. Luke tries to stand up for rodents, but Mike isn't having it. His Uber memories of Baltimore are still too fresh. Thanks again for emailing the show. We read your emails proudly on the sho...

Put the lime in the coconut and drink it all up. Scott needs a doctor this week. We forgot about 311 day last week. Mike doesn't do guilty pleasures when it comes to music and he's not sorry about it. Are you a System of a Down fan? The Prison Song was a staple for Luke and Mike back in the day. March Madness is here and we're all waiting for that One Shining Moment. Remember when Chev...

Our talk show has spent at least $300 on microphones. Mike gets pissed about the show Gmail account. Thanks to our pal Stevie for the kind words about our show. Do you remember who played Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones ? She also played Jean Gray in the latest X-Men franchise. Famke Janssen or the other one? John Scott doesn't know a damn thing about Game of Thrones. Are you down with Morrisse...

Who's excited for State of the Union analysis? Don't worry, neither are we. The Mexican Pizza is on its way back to a Taco Bell near you! State of the Union happened and we really don't give damn. Michigan rolled Michigan State in basketball. Scott is displeased. Righteous Gemstones continue the Danny McBride legacy of brilliant absurd humor. Remember the Newsroom? If you're an Aar...

News breaks about Mark Lanegan passing as we start the show. We ask Luke if he knows who he is. Juwan Howard got into it over the weekend and apparently it matters greatly if a coach hits a player or a coach. Mike gives you a sneak peak behind the curtain of our talk show. Have you heard about Sores and Boners? Your emails are always a priority for us. Scott's Plan was a big hit! Michigan poth...