The Family Archives

Most people don't like flying, except for some weirdos. Wanna know why? Because of a million reasons, almost all of which we detail during the show. Comedians tend to fly a lot, you see. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A lot of groups have that one person who makes the act. It's purely coincidental that we brought that up when Tom isn't here. It's not a coincidence that a Canadian and Cassie talked about accents. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You know who liked The Sopranos? A lot of people, but especially Tom. Also Alan, who liked it so much he wrote a book about it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Amityville story is an unstoppable juggernaut of entertainment, which is kind of weird because it wasn't very entertaining when it happened.  You know what they say about human fascination with the macabre.  Humans are also fascinated with getting things delivered as fast as possible, in which case don't look for a demon or spirit, just call Priority. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in...

Communism tends to end poorly, much like the Super Bowl. That's why instead of Karl Marx, we support Monty Python, even though they're a group, not a person. Still a better choice for political leadership. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Learning differences don't have to be learning disabilities, though the way our schools are structured they often are. Even so, as parents you can cater to your child's specific differences. So go do that. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Did you know that Tom is a centrist? If you've been paying close attention you may have heard him mention it before. But did you know that he's pro-vaccine? It's not a controversial view, but it's becoming one. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Liam hasn't been in our good graces for a while now. He's not doing himself any favors lately. And speaking of not doing yourself any favors, try not to go into the forest alone and get eaten by a bear. Do your best. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Complaining doesn't help. I know that sounds odd coming from us. Technically it's coming from Geneen and endorsed by us. It is not, however, endorsed by Costaki, nor any other person who watched the Super Bo - I mean, "Big Game". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adcho...

How do you tell a baby it's about to be conceived? It's a long-standing philosophical problem. Kind of. Another long-standing philosophical problem is why Stephen King is so popular. Tom is on the case. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

These clips are set for this Super Bowl of an episode. *dip and wings not required, but recommended* Clips Featuring: Ken Mansfield, Ian Lara, Brian Scolaro  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What drives someone to become a murderer? Fame? Bloodlust? The TSA at Fort Lauderdale? We may never know. But we sure love trying to figure it out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gambling, smoking, drinking, skin altering injections. None of them are great for you. At least one of us has done all of them except the last one. As far as we know, anyway. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sometimes the news is sad. Legitimately sad, like missing people. Sometimes the news is annoying. This is the default state. But sometimes the news is entertaining is a sick kind of way. Today was one of those times. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Once upon a time, a bunch of guys played some music on a roof. Being that it was the Beatles' final concert, it was more important than it sounds. Ken would know, given that he was an executive at Apple Records at the time. Also pretty important. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcast...

Kent, Ohio is a small town with big music. That's probably why Jason called his book Small Town, Big Music. He also made a good choice naming it in a language he knows, unlike some people. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

America's Most Wanted went off the air in 2012, but America still has fugitives they most want, and John Walsh is still helping find them. Now it's called In Pursuit...of justice. That's not part of the title, it just sounds good. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch...

DDP has a secret to success, only it isn't a secret. It's positivity, yoga, and motivation. You may never be a famous wrestler from the 90s, but you can be in shape. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's getting difficult to come up with new ways to summarize talking about how much everyone hates one another.  That's a problem, because this certainly wasn't the last time. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's a dangerous world out there. You used to be able to safely lock yourself in your room and retreat into the internet where nobody could hurt you. Not so these days. You either learn the internet via trial by ordeal or you get a mentor like Diana. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit pod...

Laurel and Hardy have long been immortalized on film. Now they're modernized too. And if that's not enough history for you, some lady wrote a fan fic about Queen Anne, which kind of counts. It's a brave new world where you can ship actual people and they'll spend millions of dollars making it into a movie. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

These clips are thrilled to think about how the Saints lost and be a part of The Best Of.  Clips Featuring: Matthew Broussard, Sam Tripoli, Chris Porter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Minnesotans, we know weird accents. It's kind of what we're famous for. Actually, there are a lot of places best known for their regional dialect. Matthew has been to all of them. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

They say that there are certain things humans aren't meant to know. They have a way of driving a man mad. Sam half knows some of these things, so he's not mad, just angry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When you think Yale professor, you probably don't think of political moderation. That's about to change, much to Tom's delight. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices