The Family Archives

Child actors beware, Hollywood wants your money. Be especially careful if you're listening from the 60s, somehow. Non-actor children, on the other hand have it made. Just call The Rock and he'll book a theater or whatever. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Spring may have finally, actually, legitimately sprung. AND SO HAVE THE CLIPS. Featuring: TJ Miller, Alingon Mitra, Paul Myerhaug See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There are many reasons one might go to jail. It's a broad spectrum, ranging from possession to illegal use of bathtub to aggravated Tweeting. If you're lucky, Tanya will be your judge. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Before comedy clubs, there was Ernest Hemingway. That didn't end very well. After comedy clubs, there was social media. That's not going to end very well. Let's stay in the 80s when everything was perfect. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TJ opens up and stays that way for the next hour and a half or so. Fame has a way of changing your life, and it's a change he needed to talk about. 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 difficult to think of an unluckier incident than a small plane crashing into your house and setting it on fire. It's even more difficult to turn it into a catalyst for improvement and positivity, like Pete did. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Are we all going to drown from the rising ocean? Probably not. The climate is changing, but it's doing so very slowly and we've done a pretty good job of adapting. It's inconvenient for people who make money off fear, but things aren't as dire as some would have you believe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about y...

You better not get caught with any plastic straws or the feds might send a SWAT team. It sounds ridiculous, but it's happened because of rainforest wood and 19th century artifacts. For more information on the latter, read Chris's book. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com...

Ditch weed is often considered undesirable. Rolling your car into a ditch, much moreso. Both are better than getting into radio, according to Tom. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One would think that 34 surgeries on one limb would necessarily mean that limb isn't very useful any more. If you're like Amberly, that is not the case. Her various trials by fire may have given her an edge though. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Regardless of your position on college professors, we'll give you a voice. We never asked Nicholas his opinion on the issue, but he wrote a book about his experience as a sniper which we decided was more interesting. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Remember old movies? We do. We also remember funeral potatoes and other midwest food that amounts to potatoes with whatever on 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

There was a ripple in the banking industry, and it was called Ripple. It's a bit too late to make billions of dollars insider trading, but it didn't seem to do much good for the guy who did. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There's a lot of history in the Burtt family. A lot of it seems to be gender wars. On the plus side she didn't have her workplace broken into and destroyed, unlike Tami. 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 been a snowy year no matter where you are, as long as you're sufficiently far north. The Boston Marathon was an icy hellscape, which explains why a white person finally won it. At the very end of our hour, we go from snow to rain; purple rain. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca...

Ten years ago, everyone was skeptical about the iPhone. That skepticism ended up being unwarranted. Most people aren't skeptical about whether or not a wild animal will attack you, but there's always someone out there who hasn't learned that lesson. Those people would benefit from Look Big, Rachel's book. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

The witch from Bewitched was big into gay rights. So was a young man named Davey Buckel, who was actually 60 years old. Both are now dead. Lesson: activism kills. 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 flakes keep dropping but fortunately so do the clips! Guaranteed to make you feel slightly less snowed in. Featuring: Erik Rivenes, Myq Kaplan, and Jumpin' Jim Brunzell See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Radio talk show hosts gave Charles the nickname "Dr. Knowledge"--an appropriate name for a man who has amassed one of the world's largest collections of interesting facts and stories in his more than 50 years as a journalist. Charles now presents the best of his formidable collection in this book of all-time fascinating facts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com...

Acme Comedy Company headliner Myq Kaplan stops by on a Freaky Friday to give us his take on the superstitious world of comedy. Later, we are joined by Jonathan Barkan to debate the top thirteen horror movies to watch this Friday the 13th. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices....

It's Friday the 13th and sitting in for Tom is Dave Schrader as we discuss The Ghost of Flight 401 with guest Mark Anthony. A jetliner crashes in the Florida Everglades, killing over 94 passengers along with the flight officer, Dom Cimoli. When engineers use pieces of the damaged plane to repair other jetliners, crew members and passengers experience haunting visions of the dead flight officer. Se...

Every year the number of autism diagnoses increases, but that doesn't automatically mean the number of people who know how to deal with it increases.  That's why people like Jeanne write books like 7 Emotional Secrets. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tom and Ian talk at length about nothing in particular, having agreed on the topic of fake news in the span of about ten minutes. 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 every 6 months, Tom finds a new show he likes. It's five years old, but Silicon Valley is new to him. Rampage is even older, having come out in 1986, but this year we'll be seeing a movie adaptation of an ancient arcade game. Somehow. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices...

Deena lets her mind run, along with the rest of her. You don't have to run marathons, but the mind running thing is for everyone. Mind over matter isn't a popular phrase for no reason. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices