The Michael Scott Podcast Company

With Edwin traveling for work in Vietnam, the fellas get together for a new episode format we're calling Casual Thursdays. We've got a grab bag of topics to discuss, including: Travel-related questions, such as which characters playlist you'd want on a road trip and where you would send characters for a travel show Breaking down a list of all the times the documentary crew should have intervened O...

Stanley: Oh, yes. Let’s listen to it again. And this time, really listen to the pauses. Michael: God, Stanley, that’s frickin’ brilliant. How do you know that? Did you learn that on the streets? Sorry. Stanley: Oh, no, that’s ok. I did learn it on the streets. On the ghetto, in fact. Michael: No kidding. Once again we go to the mailbag and answer listener voicemails! We talk about a wide range of...

"Dwight and I used to go on sales calls all the time. In fact, I have a picture to remember that time. Oh young Jim. There is just so much I need to warn you about. And yet, tragically, I cannot." This week we dive in to Traveling Salesmen from Season 3! With Sean on the mend, Alex and Edwin form a pair of traveling podcasters to talk about this episode, covering all of the sales calls, coffee run...

Robert: Well, Andy, it’s been fun. Andy: Mm. Mm-hmm. [they hug, Robert kisses him on the lips] Robert: It’s been a great year. This week’s we’re talking about Season 8! We dedicate the episode to one of the most unique seasons of The Office, talking about how the show changed following the departure of Michael Scott, Andy as manager, Robert California, and more. And this is just the beginning of o...

Jim: "I am Bill Buttlicker." Dwight: "Really, that’s your real name?" Jim: "How dare you? My family built this country, by the way." Michael: "Be respectful, Dwight." This week we try out a brand new episode format - handing out Dundie awards for the best phone calls over the course of the show. We open with some discussion about the role the phone plays on a show like The Office, how much happens...

"You have reached the offices of Dunder-Mifflin, Scranton, currently the entire staff is out doing the Michael Scott, DM FM PMC rabies awareness Pro-Am fun run race"… [Michael’s voice] "for the cure"… [Pam’s voice] "leave a message” [Ryan hangs up] This week’s episode is dedicated to listener voicemails! We go through our answering machine to answer questions on everything from favorite deleted sc...

“You know, when I saw Dwight, I realized how stupid and petty all those pranks I pulled on him were. And then he spoke. I wonder how hard it would be to get a copy of his room key.” This week we turn to the draft once again to and select Office pranks! We go through and pick different pranks throughout the show, talking about this signature element of The Office, between Jim, Dwight, Michael, Pam,...

Andy: I was just wondering what you had planned for Secretary’s Day. Michael: I’m going to give Erin $15.  It’s time to step up and appreciate the crap out of Erin, this week we’re talking about Secretary’s Day! We chose a season 6 episode to celebrate the release of the superfan episodes on Peacock, and this one did not disappoint. We talk through the episode and all the new content, and of cours...

"Ryan…has never made a sale. And he started a fire trying to make a cheesy pita. And everybody thinks he’s a tease. Well you know what? He doesn’t know anything, and neither do you. So suck on that!" Check your phone, we just sent you a WUPHF—this week we’re talking about Michael and Ryan! We discuss their relationship and dynamic on the show, from the pilot episode to Ryan’s corporate promotion a...

“Hey, a margarita-karaoke Christmas party, that sounds like fun!” Grab the microphone, this week we’re taking about karaoke on The Office! We go through all of the karaoke moments on the show, talking about how it allows characters to express themselves and how dangerous it is for Michael to have a microphone. Then we have an Ordinary Things segment based on some listener questions before closing...

“Hey Ryan, it’s Jim. You know what? Totally disregard that last voicemail because you obviously have your hands tied. Good luck!" Once again we go to the voicemail bag, answering questions from listeners! We talk about all sorts of Office topics, including underrated episodes, how characters would react after seeing the documentary, Angela and Dwight, and actors that we can’t separate from their D...

"I have been Michael's number two guy for about five years, and we make a great team. Why, we're like one of those classic, famous teams. He's like Mozart and I'm like Mozart's friend. No, I'm like Butch Cassidy, and Michael is like Mozart. You try and hurt Mozart, you're gonna get a bullet in your head, courtesy of Butch Cassidy." This week we draft character pairings on The Office! We talk about...

"My resolution? I never want to make Holly cry again. Unless it’s from laughing too hard. Or making love too beautifully." To kick off the new year we focus this episode on Ultimatum from season 7! We look at all the storylines, including the outcome of Holly’s ultimatum to AJ, the Scranton staff’s new year’s resolutions, and Darryl, Dwight, and Andy’s trip to the bookstore and roller rink. And na...

"This is the first Christmas party I am throwing as head of the Party Planning Committee. The theme is “Nights in Morocco”. This isn’t your grandmothers Christmas party. Unless of course she’s from Morocco, in which case it’s very accurate." It looks like we’re going to be here for awhile, so why don’t you make a little plate of hummus for everyone. Little triangles of pita, toasted on both sides,...

"'Michael, how can you appreciate women so much but also dump one of them?' You mean, how can I be so illogical and flighty and unpredictable and emotional? Well, maybe I learned something from women after all" That’s it. Conference room, five minutes. Women’s appreciation. We dedicate this week’s episode to that episode, covering all of the anti-flashing task forces, calorie-free yogurts, and Ste...

Erin: This is all for Michael. It turns out his girlfriend was married. Pam: Yeah, and when Michael gets a broken heart, this whole place comes to a halt, so we’re just trying to get out in front of this. Erin: After his last breakup, he ate 40,000 calories in three hours. Bring in Kevin's chili, donuts for Michael’s birthday, and an orange vod-juice-ka, this week we’re talking about food and drin...

[Jan on recording] “Michael, it’s Jan. I guess I missed you. I’ll, uh, be there this afternoon for performance reviews. I hope it’s understood that that will be our only topic of discussion. See you soon.” Michael: First impressions? Pam: Uh, just off the top… I think she’ll be here this afternoon. It’s the MSPC, we guess we missed you, so this week we dedicate the episode to listener voicemails!...

"Michael and Jan seem to be playing their own separate game and it’s called ‘Let’s see how uncomfortable we can make our guests’ and they’re both winning." By popular request, this week we draft cringe moments on The Office! We pick the most uncomfortable and cringeworthy moments that make the show so unique, hilarious, and sometimes hard to watch. We also challenge ourselves to pick some non-Mich...

Pam:  "When you’re a kid you assume your parents are soul mates. My kids are gonna be right about that. I guess it also means that sometimes love affairs look different to the people inside them." [Andy is in the background, looks incredulous] This week we talk about one of the most iconic elements of The Office and one of the great romances in TV history—Jim and Pam. We trace their relationship o...

“They're making me out to be a Bond villain. I like to think of myself as a brilliant scientist who will stop at nothing to remake the world. Like…not Doctor Moreau someone good. Doctor Frankenstein, Doctor Jekyll, not them. Doctor…" Make no mistake—this week we’re talking about Doomsday from Season 8! We talk about Dwight’s threatening The Office with his accountability booster, Gabe making a mov...

“At its best it was a toxic political club used to make others feel miserable and left out. At its best it planned parties.” We return to one of the early topics in our podcast run, the Party Planning Committee! The original episode cuts off early, not sure why, but as soon as we figure out where Mose hid the wires we’ll be back up and running. In this week’s episode we talk about the different er...

Ryan: Well that’s your opinion and it’s [Kelly’s] opinion, but it’s not my opinion. If you have something bad to say to me, Pam, say it to my face. Pam: Fair enough. Um… I don’t think you’re a very good person. And forgive me, but I feel like I’ve said this to you before: I don’t like you very much. This week’s we look at the relationship between Pam & Ryan! We look at all their interactions, argu...

"Darryl said, 'Cool, man.' He called me a cool man." Look up your genealogy on thisisyourfamilytree.com and brush up on your Dothraki, this week we’re talking about Andy’s Ancestry from Season 9! We go over all the storylines from this episode, including Andy’s family past, Darryl’s productivity hacks, and Asian Jim. And we also cover all of the lions in tuxedos, he/she/it throat rips, and Wayne t...

"Jim’s nice enough. I dont… I don’t know how well he’s fitting in here. He’s always looking at the camera like this. [makes classic ‘Jim' face] What is that?” The look to the camera is one of the most iconic elements of The Office, and this week use the draft format to talk about the best, funniest, most memorable and most cringe-worthy camera stares from the show! Then in the Conference Room we t...

"If a baby were president, there would be no taxes, there would be no war. There would be no...government, and things could get terrible. It actually, probably – it would be a better screenplay idea than a serious suggestion." It does not matter to us at all whether this podcast is biologically ours. We are going to love it. This week we take a deep dive into Baby Shower from season 5! We talk abo...