The Family Archives

The Oscars noms are out.  Let's laugh at them.  Hey, it's the entertainment business right?  Expecting us to care about a bunch of actors giving each other trophies is peak entertainment.  Whether or not it's intentional is irrelevant.  Jack Reacher, however, is apparently entertaining on purpose, which is rare these days. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/lis...

Remember the Minneapolis Marines?  How about the Duluth Eskimos?  If you said yes to either of those questions, you must be very old.  Not that there's anything wrong with that.  They say age means wisdom.  In that case, maybe you can offer the world some wisdom regarding no knock warrants, because we can't seem to figure it out.  Are they good or bad?  Are they worth the risk?  The older you are,...

Patrick is on the show to teach us how to be a more effective procrastinator.  I'll write the rest of this later. Just kidding.  Procrastination isn't a good thing, but about 20% of us apparently can't help it.  The idea isn't to never do it, it's to not let it ruin your life.  It's like most things, really.  It's only a problem once it's a problem.  Patrick's idea is to help you prevent it from b...

This week meet Holly Anderson. Her work through non profits has helped thousands. Including Moon!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Drinking and not driving. A very unusual and up lifting episode guided by many callers who phone in to discuss their struggles with alcoholism. Mike Gelfand talks about the pioneering work he did on the radio decades ago being one of the first people to openly discuss his own mental health struggles.  Along the way we learn that the perfect inexpensive car to drive to group therapy is a 2001 Honda...

Bad things happen.  Sometimes those bad things take a long time to stop happening.  Power outages, tornados, Cuban missile attacks.  That sort of thing.  When - not if, but when - that happens, what do you do?  As it turns out, filter a lot of water and eat a lot of pasta.  Which actually doesn't sound too bad.  Maybe surviving disaster doesn't have to be an unpleasant experience. THE DISASTER-REA...

It's Alex's birthday today, and out of sheer luck she doesn't share her birthday with a close relative.  It seems like birthdays tend to cluster in families for some reason.  Could be total coincidence.  Could be a subconscious desire to throw as few parties as possible.  We'll probably never know. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa...

Everyone is mad at Joe Rogan for having a guest they disagree with on.  They say it's misinformation, and misinformation shouldn't be allowed anywhere.  Unfortunately, that would mean the complete destruction of the human race, because for every institution that exists there is an equal amount of misinformation that serves that institution.  So where do we stop?  Who should be deplatformed for bei...

The deaths keep rolling in, and we don't even have any decent movies to distract us from it.  It's like living in the 19th century.  Can you think of anything worse than that?  We can't.  Okay, maybe there are one or two things worse.  Being a modern day sports fan, for example.  They say it feels like being trapped between life and death. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See o...

A respiratory illness is sweeping the family.  Well, so far it's just Kathryn.  Also, it's not COVID-19.  But still, coughing all the time is really annoying.  We ask that our listeners pray for Kathryn so she doesn't have to be annoyed any more.  By her cough, I mean.  Life wouldn't be life without being constantly annoyed by things. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnyst...

It appears that SuperBowl 2022 is going to be like an episode of Nat Geo Rams vs Bengals. With the laws of nature, I would out my money on the Bengals. They are apex predators ya know See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Who knew that a carpet cleaning business could pull off one of the biggest scams in history and Barry knows first hand on how to do it. He is the "KING of CON", a new limited series streaming now on Discovery Plus See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Miss Shannon Paul has been there done that. She talks about the cost of trying to become a public figure. And how being a woman makes it even harder. Share subscribe & like! Advertise for cheap: moonpjugghobbs@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kids don't know much.  That kind of goes without saying.  You can't do much learning before you're born.  As such, kids are also very inquisitive.  Sometimes they're inquisitive about things you might not want to talk about.  Unfortunately, you'll just have to deal with it.  You can be sensitive about all the other stupid crap that people freak out about on a daily basis. See omnystudio.com/listen...

Shakespeare is one of the most famous people ever born, and part of the reason for that is his characters are all memorable and well-written.  They're also all riddled with neuroses.  Apparently it's not just modern life that breaks you down.  It happened 450 years ago too, and it was common enough to write numerous plays about it.  Lloyd decided to capitalize on this by writing Classic Couples Co...

We are now entering year two of nobody ever talking about anything except COVID.  You know what they say: when in Rome.  Unlike most people, however, we try to at least stay somewhat objective while we're doing as the Romans do.  Generally speaking, this takes the form of calling everybody else stupid.  We've yet to be proven wrong. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystud...

Biden was right.  This is the winter of suffering and death.  He was just wrong about the details.  Comedians we knew are dying left and right of all sorts of conditions, theaters are dying of what appears to be old age.  We need spring as soon as possible.  Not only because it's the season of new beginnings, but because it's cold as hell out and we're sick of it. See omnystudio.com/listener for p...

Costaki seems very excited about the way the playoffs are going.  As Minnesotans, we have no opinion whatsoever as usual.  We can't even be excited about the Packers losing because that would imply we won in some way, and that's just not possible. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcas...

Louie Anderson, longtime friend of the show and Minnesota legend, died just a few days ago.  It happened suddenly and many of us have yet to process it.  Jeff and Tom have, mostly because they had no choice.  Like everyone else, they have nothing but good things to say about him, and the Minnesota comedy scene wouldn't have been the same without him. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa...

TWO guests this week? Pjugg quitting? Could you be on the podcast? How Do you try out? Guest #1 Moon superfan Gary Matthews. Guest #2 John Noltner. Trying to help people stop being so divided. Hell of a story. Subscribe, share, like. Reach out to moonpjugghobbs@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your...

Back after a 6 week hiatus. We discuss Tesla potentially taking the US Luxury Sales crown, bad boys pulling over people in a cop car, Earl Butz as the first victim of the cancel culture, the Presidency of Jimmy Carter and the return of the VW micro-bus.....this time, it's electric. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more...

On this show, we're not known for being calm.  Susan, AKA Dr. Smith Jones, is an expert at calmness.  Meditation, mindfulness, all that kind of thing.  Today could be considered her ultimate challenge.  Not only does she have to convince Tom to calm down, but Gelfand too.  Step 1: no more cable news.  They say the first step is the hardest part.  You have no idea. See omnystudio.com/listener for p...

How do you kill a car?  A rocket launcher?  Maybe some thermite?  Wrong.  It's the future, and everything is done with computers now.  If the police don't like the fact that you're going 100 in a 50, they just press a button and your days of freedom are over.  Surely such a system could never be abused.  The good news is that while you're in prison you can get a Peloton, which will simulate the ou...

Why do people join cults?  Even better question: why do people kill themselves because a cult leader says so?  Seems like a pretty bad decision on its face.  It turns out that loneliness and lack of a sense of belonging is a tough lot, and if it gets bad enough you can be convinced to do anything as long as they promise to make it all go away.  That's why at The Family we never promise to make you...

There's a cool new way to not have to worry about COVID any more: get it.  Get it, recover from it, and don't think about it ever again.  Well, at least until the next variant.  As long as you keep a Catch 'Em All attitude you should be fine.  And if you die, then you'll have the peace of the grave, so ether way you won't have to hear about this crap any more.  It's a win-win. See omnystudio.com/l...