TBTL: Too Beautiful To Live

Novelist Sherman Alexie swings by for Day Two of The TBTL-athon to discuss his plan for how art and free internets can peacefully coexist, and the time he and Luke almost punched each other out on the basketball court.

Robert and Jad from the awesome show RadioLab join us for TBTL-athon Day One. Plus, Jen stumbles into a love triangle involving a school girl named "Brandy", and Luke tries to keep from crapping himself during a taping of 'Wait Wait Don't Tell Me.'

Part II of our live special from NYC. It features Kumail Nanjiani (kind of. more on that if you listen to the show intro), Cooking With Sean DeTore! Eugene Mirman and Mia Riddle.

TBTL Live From Brooklyn! Part 1: John Hodgman, Les Savy Fav, Eugene Mirman, Kumail Nanjiani, Mia Riddle & much much more.

Operating on 45 minutes of sleep, Luke bravely mounts a podcast from rainy rainy Brooklyn. Vanessa tells the story of how she used to overdose on NyQuil before taking the Greyhound bus to Sacramento, and Sean calls in from The MoMA fresh off his turn as a New York Stripper (seriously. he did that. and talks about it).

Listener Tyler agonizes over whether he should sing 'Wind Beneath My Wings' at a funeral, Luke stumbles on the most sexual tv ad for a heater company and Vanessa furiously defends her purchase of a crappy fountain pen.

Vanessa tries to toughen Pagoda up for life in the wild, Brendan Kiley from The Stranger foretells of a coming bed bug menace, and is it okay for tourists to enjoy Royal Caribbean's private beach in Haiti which is not destroyed right now?

Luke officially declares Charlie Rose a creep (w/ the audio to prove it!), plus comedian HariKondabolu stops by to be hilarious.

MLK Day Special!

Marc Maron of the WTF podcast talks about Conan vs. Jay, generating money off of podcasts, and the Accidental Public Lovemaking he's been doing while in Seattle.

Larry King somehow makes the Haiti Disaster worse, we remember Jay Reatard, and Jen's review of Avatar (because like no one has seen it yet).

Luke finds out that 200-pound tumors are actually kind of boring, Ann Powers from the LA Times tells us that Simon Cowell has changed how we think about pop music, and Canada's second oldest magazine has to change it's name because of internet pervs.

Jen wants you to know that she does not forgive Mark McGwire, Avatar- related depression? Shut It Down America! And 50 Cent performed on autoharp. Seriously. That actually happens on today's show.

Sean reports on his reality show tryout, Vanessa checks in with a new diet craze that involves crawling around on all fours in Manhattan, and Luke gets a listener tip that might snag him a replacement iPhone (for the one he stupidly lost after 4 days of having it.)

Luke has a new favorite thing in the entire world (involving 200-pound tumors), Jen finds out something disturbing in Alabama, plus, JayLeno: Dooshy Doosh.

Tom Tangney wonders if Michael Cera does, in fact, have a rich inner life, and Luke weighs in on how Alvin and The Chipmunks The Squeakquel is retarding american children.

Luke's run-in with the karaoke dj has him wondering if he was being kinda racist, Jen's time in the south has her eating 'European Style' and Sean pads his resume in advance of his reality show tryout this weekend.

On today's show, Luke makes an emergency call to LA to tell Van about his amazing plan for the cat, plus TBTL hands out it's second-ever 'Waste of Skin' award. Who will the lucky winner be?

On today's show, Luke's mortifying run-in with the hotel staff has him swearing out a fatwa on Empire Waist dresses, plus, real actual audiotape of Luke being hypnotized in order to kick his fast food habit.

A bomb scare has Luke wondering about his shady neighbor in the window across the street. Plus, Andy Haynes!

You asked for it, in fact, you demanded it and I'm happy to report that after searching for the ultimate small town experience, Jen has surfaced, in, of all places, Mississippi. She'll join us today to fill us in on how her trip's been going.

On today's show, Terror In The Sky! Plus, Luke wants to be a badass but gets served by an 8 year-old kid when walking down the streets of Manhattan.

TBTL Christmas Special

Listener Gerald with an update on his battle to keep from going blind at 38, Luke's review of 'Up in The Air', and what's the obsession with 'Jersey Shore" all about?

Luke thinks the LA hotel bed might be the first step in the death of his love life, plus R.I.P. Brittany Murphy, and what does it feel like to go blind in your 30's? Listener Gerald tells us.