Play It By Ear

Play It By Ear pays homage to Back to School with a couple of topics.  Brady starts the show with a topic discussing dumb things you got in  trouble for at school. Todd has the middle topic and has a rundown of  school lunches from each decade since 1900. Aric rounds out the show by  emceeing a game called What If? where the cohosts give their best answer  to things they shouldn't do when given a...

Todd begins the episode with a topic around the viral Facebook lists  regarding foods you will or won't eat. Brady has the middle topic with  21 disgusting and disturbing things about animals you don't want to know  (but we tell you anyway). Aric rounds out the show by moderating a game  called Confident? where the cohosts try to guess the answers to  number-based questions in as small a range as...

We pay homage to the Olympics as Brady talks about sports that should be added (and some that should be subtracted) from the Olympics. Todd has the second topic in which he discussed defunct fast food menu items. Aric emcees a game of Ducking High to round out the show. Visit our website at www.playitbyearpodcast.com. To support our podcast through membership visit www.playitbyearpodcast.com/suppo...

Aric, Brady, and Todd are interviewed on the podcast "Let's Chat! Live"  by co-hosts Bri and John. The interview covers the origins of the show  as well as how different aspects of our show came about.

Aric and Brady go it alone for this episode. Aric starts out with a topic concerning the most intriguing fan fiction theories from favorite tv shows and movies. Brady revisits questionable marketing gimmicks in the second topic. The third topic is a discussion of the greatest live action shows that aired on Saturday mornings. Visit our website at www.playitbyearpodcast.com. To support our podcast...

Getting back to our roots, where it all began. March 8, 2020, prior to the pandemic Play It By Ear Premiered. Aric, Brady, and Todd discuss the origins of the podcast as well as  Candies of yesteryear, local myths and legends, and What would your first decree as world czar be? Visit our website at www.playitbyearpodcast.com. To support our podcast  through membership visit www.playitbyearpodcast.c...

This episode has an "American" theme in honor of Independence Day. Brady starts the episode with a list of uniquely American things that are not seen in the rest of the world. Todd has the middle segment and leads a discussion on American expressions that confuse those from other countries. In the final segment Aric moderates a game called "That's It" in which the cohosts have to guess a single wo...

Todd starts the episode with a discussion on unusual creatures that have been sighted around Ohio. Brady has topic 2 and goes through a list of unusual sports from around the world. Aric rounds out the show with the game of the night, Would You Rather? Visit our website at www.playitbyearpodcast.com. To support our podcast through membership visit www.playitbyearpodcast.com/support. #earbudsunite!

Episode 62 welcomes Todd back to the fold from vacation. Brady starts the show with a discussion of different conspiracy theories that we believe. Todd leads discussion in the second topic with mascots from different businesses and brands. Aric rounds out the show by moderating one of our favorite games, The Misery Index. Visit our website at www.playitbyearpodcast.com. To support our podcast thro...

We welcome guest host Howard McClain as Todd is on vacation. Brady starts us off with a discussion about what songs we think would be played on a loop for eternity in the underworld. Howard has the second topic with a list of unusual tourist attractions from around the U.S.; Aric rounds out the show by emceeing a game called Confident? where the co-hosts have to guess a correct answers to question...

In this episode from May 3, 2020 Aric, Brady, and Todd pick up on the discussion of different meanings for words around the country. They also explore the things that annoy them the most in daily life. The final topic is a discussion on unusual sports that are played around the world with the hosts trying to figure out how they are played. Visit our website at www.playitbyearpodcast.com. To suppor...

Aric starts out Episode 60 with a discussion of great rock/pop story songs from our lives. Brady has the second segment and leads a discussion on the worst things about getting old in honor of his 50th birthday this past week. Todd rounds out the show with another of our favorite segments of Am I the Assle? Visit our website at www.playitbyearpodcast.com. To support our podcast through membership...

Episode 59 starts with Todd and a list of the world's most dangerous animals. Some on the list are a bit of a surprise. Brady has topic 2 and a discussion of things done by people in public that should have been reserved for a more private setting. Aric rounds out the episode by leading a game called "What If?" where the cohosts have to come up with what not to do about the various situations on t...

Brady starts this episode with a list of old phrases that we want to become commonly used again. Todd has topic two with a discussion of the Greatest TV Moms in honor of Mother's Day. Aric rounds things out with our game which is called Ducking High. Visit our website at www.playitbyearpodcast.com. To support our podcast    through membership visit www.playitbyearpodcast.com/support.  #earbudsunit...

Brady starts the conversation with foods they have been exposed to that were...unusual. Aric then moderates a humorous game of "Jeopardy Feud" where they have to come up with the questions after being told the most popular answers. Finally Todd rounds it out with a discussion of games that were played in PE class. Visit our website at www.playitbyearpodcast.com. To support our podcast   ...

Episode 57 starts with Brady leading a discussion on our picks for most annoying commercials of our lifetimes. Todd has topic 2 and a list of disgusting food concoctions that are disguised as recipes. Aric rounds out the show by moderating a game that has our co-hosts trying to guess the origin of popular expressions. Visit our website at www.playitbyearpodcast.com. To support our podcast   throug...

This Instant Classic is from April 11, 2020. Aric, Brady and Todd use a poll posted on the Shoe: Untied Blog (shoeuntied.wordpress.com) to delve into a debate on Greatest Voices in Rock. They also discuss situations in which a smell has created a lasting memory. The final topic expands on a previous topic of Guilty Pleasures in music and takes the same angle on movies. Visit our website at www.pla...

Todd begins episode 56 with a poll of the co-hosts and audience about whether they would eat certain combinations of foods. Brady has the second segment and he talks about marketing catch phrases and what makes their claims true. Aric has the final segment and he moderates a game of Misery Index. Visit our website at www.playitbyearpodcast.com. To support our podcast  through membership visit...

We can drive 55...Episode 55 starts with Brady leading a discussion on painful injury scenarios that have been seen in ERs. Aric leads a discussion in the second topic with a bracket of most popular movie quotes in honor of March Madness. Todd rounds out the show with a discussion based on a list of commonly mispronounced words in an article written by Dave Shoemaker for his blog "Shoe: Untied" fo...

Aric starts out Episode 54 with a segment which includes a series of hypothetical questions brought to us by Pod Decks. Todd has segment 2 with a discussion that surrounds how we would handle strange situations as written on a Reddit feed. Our third segment brings in our audience with a series of mini-topics that were requested by them. Visit our website at www.playitbyearpodcast.com. To support o...

April Fools... The Play It By Ear Podcast is participating in Operation Switcheroo to celebrate April Fool's Day. To build audiences between podcasts we are partnering with "Your Brain on Facts" to release an episode of that show on our feed while they release an episode of our show on their feed. We hope you enjoy...

Todd starts out the episode with a topic on commonly misheard song lyrics. Aric has the middle segment in which he moderates a game of Guesstimation. Brady rounds out the show leading a discussion on what outrageous and unneeded possession do you really want. Visit our website at www.playitbyearpodcast.com. To support our podcast through membership visit www.playitbyearpodcast.com/support. #earbud...

Episode 52 starts with Brady revisiting the topic of pet peeves with a list of the most popular pet peeves among the population. Todd leads a discussion around the origin of popular sayings in segment two. Aric ends the show by moderating a game called "Say It" which asks our cohosts to say the first thing that comes to their minds when they hear a topic. The audience decides which answer is the b...

In the first segment Aric moderates as we play one of our favorite games...would you rather? In segment two Todd leads us through several scenarios of "Am I the A$$h*le". The final segment has Brady going through a list of unusual/funny high school mascot nicknames from around the U.S.  Visit  our website at www.playitbyearpodcast.com. To become a member of our  podcast visit www.pl...

Episode 50 (Fiddy) starts with Todd and a list of strange activities that have been outlawed in different U.S. states. Brady has the middle segment and leads a discussion on the funniest TV characters in history. Aric rounds out the show by moderating a game of Match Game where Brady and Todd try to match the answers of our panel: Becky Fiscus, Joey, host of the Square Table Degenerates Podcast, C...