The Trip Du Jour Podcast

Welcome back beloved Trip Du Fans!  For our Season 4 inaugural episode, your dastardly duo JD&JOE dig deep into Problems. Their problems, your problems, Alanis Morrissette problems.  As they say "a problem shared is a problem cut in half..." listen as we thin slice the following:  - JD's Bigfoot girlfriend  - Joe's recurrent skin issues (more like, subscriptions!)  - Why Mi...

He finally did it! While on a journey of self discovery, JD made a quick detour to California to visit JOE.  It was a visit of firsts for JD. While here:  - JD watched Clue for the first time  - JD slept on a CoolTech Pillow for the first time - We recorded in the same room together for the first time  - JD saw my clickoris for the first time  Season 4 is well into production and we cannot wait fo...

We started with a simple hello, and ended with a ridiculous goodbye. Welcome to Episode 13, and our season finale - NAME GAME!   What is in a name? Where do names come from? Why is JOE's Spanish so bad? What are some infamously bad brand names? Your simpleton hosts explore the complex and riveting world of names. JD&JOE regale you with origin stories about their names. Oh, the humanity. ...

Welcome to FASHION!  Your favorite podcast hosts take on a subject of which they're woefully unqualified to speak about. What could go right? From brands to trends to fashionable hygiene and hairstyles, JD&JOE walk through the wardrobe of time and sift through the hand-me-downs and castaways of bygone eras which, in the height of irony, have come back in style!  Discursive musings you don...

 Are you a winter girlie or a subtle summer, toe ring kinda goon? Does autumn make you cumn? Or do you brake for spring?    JD&JOE weigh in on a topic in which they are true experts - the four seasons (not the band). Hear your favorite subject matter experts detail the finer points of winter, spring, summer and autumn... we say "fall" in the Midwest, because LEAF FALL FROM TREE.  Ext...

In this episode, JD& JOE give their two cents on the five senses. In true TDJ form, we take a strong discursive detour into cheese, of course. JD purchased a new kazoo and we wanted to put it to good use in this episode. How did he do?   After polling our listeners, here are the five senses as the zodiac:  Smell - SCORPIPO  Taste - VIRGO  Sound -  TAURUS  Touch - LEO  Sight - GEMINI  xoxo  Tic...

 A subject so nice we're doing it twice...kinda sorta.   Continuing on a previous discussion (see S1E2 HABITS), JD&JOE break down all of our favorite Bodily Functions. From hiccups, to snoring, to shivering and tumescence, no bodily function is safe from our bellicose banter.   Extra discursive content? A LOT OF THAT TOO!  - Mariah Carey's liquor, and JOE's unfortunate incident...

Be it food, bedding, weather, or sit-down-smell - SOME LIKE IT HOT (OR COLD)!  Welcome to episode 8 of the Trip du Jour Podcast. JD&JOE regale on preferred temperature preferences. JD likes his coffee hot. JOE is fine with room temperature brie, but liver pate MUST BE cold.  Discursive musings? We have them!   - Why is JOE's O-Face so mean looking?  - Emerging fashion trends from the Midw...

 Attention all Antisocial Butterflies and Butterfaces! This is your episode!  JD&JOE talk people behaving badly in public, including us.  Some rants include:  1. Tipping wait staff.  2. Talking on your SPEAKERPHONE in public.  3. Flailing your arms in public and inadvertently making physical contact with others.  4. JD and his longer than normal taint and bag.  5. FUNGUS. We believe all the ba...

Open up your trepanning hole and load it with potato salad because it's HOLIDAY PARTY TIME. It's that time of year where we become fashionably festive while feigning frivolity with coworkers and family.  Got some go-to holiday party foods? WE DO! JD&JOE talk charcuterie, candy, deviled eggs and jello puddin' pops.  Work Holiday Party Stories? WE GOT THOSE TOO! JOE brought a very...

JD&JOE breakdown survival techniques acquired during the COVID pandemic and answer the tough questions:  How did COVID-trauma inform the creation of the TDJ podcast?  Is Penelope Cruz the most beautiful woman in the world?   Vaccine choices and marketing - a retrospective.   This episode is dedicated to the late, great  Paul Reubens. Your creativity and humor forever shaped JD&JOE. xoxo  G...

Bonsoir! Spokoynoy nochi! Goodnight!  In the fourth installment on this season of three,  Behold BEDTIME STORIES with JOE&JD.  From habits to ritual and advices gallore,  To time tested remedies which stave off a snore.  Big spoon or little spoon? Sleepy time tea.  Don't drink before bedtime or thou hast to pee.  Brushing of teeth and hardness of bristles.  Sleep aids of nature and some a...

BOO(b)s!  JD&JOE talk Halloween costumes, candy, hauntings and horror in this terrifyingly blood thirsty third episode. From the origin stories of Trick-or-Treating to the  interconnected, unholy alliance between Big Candy and Big Dentist, we have all the usual Halloween tropes covered!  In the rapturous realm of TDJ, October 31st is a national holiday. Celebrate this national day of putrid pr...

Gluttony, Lust, Greed, Sloth, Envy, Wrath and Pride take center stage in this, our spoopy second episode - 7 DEADLY SINS.  A Note to our Trip du Fans: JD&JOE don't believe in sin or that those attributes are necessarily deadly, or even real. But you're real, and we believe you! xoxox  It's a sin not to follow us on Instagram @trip_dujour_podcast

Welcome back, Trip du Fans!  During our Season 3 opener, JD&JOE take turns planning each other's wedding! From food and beverage to entertainment and décor, who better to ruin your special day than your best friend?  Plus, some other professional critiques and narratives on an otherwise overrated institution.  We're so glad to be back and have quite a scar spangled monstrosity of a s...

Welcome to the Trip du Jour Red Flag emporium! Or as we like to call it, our season 2 finale! During  our season closer, JD&JOE let their red flags fly on topics such as NAME DROPPERS,  ONE-UPPERS and DIRTY FINGER NAILS.  Do you claim to have a gluten intolerance?  RED FLAG.  Did you wear a wedding veil to a gay club in the early 2000's and bring all your loud bridesmaids with you?  RED F...

Do you talk shit, shit talk, or talk about shit? WE DO! Welcome to Episode 12! In this episode, we’ll be doing a nose deep investigation into the wonders of poop production. Conversely, in true TDJ form, we also explore the etymological fecal facets of the term “talkin’ shit” and why it’s different from “shit talkin’”.  JD details the journey and magical transformation of food to poop. JOE advocat...

According to the great philosopher, Antonius Keidisius, "zibba, zabba, zobba, cuz bakka, lakka do!"  What do you look at through Rose Colored Glasses? In this episode, JD&JOE affix their prescription strength RCG's and funnel as much (toxic) positivity as they can  into such topics as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Popeye's Mashed Potatoes, gyms with a Yellow and Purple color m...

In our timely (aka late) tenth episode, we talk tantalizingly on all things space! Outie space, inny space, space travel, astronaut food, aliens, and black holes.  JD details his salacious experiences in space travel (e.g. having to stay at a hotel in West Virginia after driving for 12 hours straight). JOE lists his must-have creature comforts for his ten-year-long trip to Pluto. JD&JOE give t...

Happy Birthday, Kevin Michael Costner (Jan 18th 1955)! Your lukewarm performances and phoned-in acting skills are a national treasure. Unlike most actors, we know you like to  play to the camera and by camera, we mean middle aged moms! This episode as all about YOU - just how you like it.  This episode was never to see the light of day, but through the dark arts of  podcastery, your hosts JD&J...

Did someone say EXERCISE? Whether it's demons or biceps, regular exercise is a great way to reduce stress, promote body positivity and keep Beelzebub at bay.  Join your wellness gurus, JD&JOE as they share the cheat codes on all things fitness and health. For those who are embarking on a new fitness journey, JD gives his best gym etiquette advice from selfies to spotting and more. JOE del...

Tease the season on TDJ! On this most seasonably seventh episode, JD&JOE pick around the bleeding edges of HOLIDAYS.  Who is Sweetest Day and why? Does planet Earth deserve more than a day of celebration? What are some of your fun, family Flag Day traditions? Does God hate flags? All of these questions get the the TDJ treatment.  JD&JOE make the case for why Elvira should be president, or...

Greetings TripduFANS! It's time for RELIGION.   Does an obsession with cheese count as a religion or a bad habit? If it is the latter, could Mormonism, Scientology or Opus Dei help JD with this affliction?  Why has religion cock-blocked JOE's access to Chardonnay (he's BIG MAD about it)! If JD&JOE started religions, what would their commandments be?   Whether you're losing...

Sanguich, sammich or sammy? Whatever way you pronounce it, we don't care! If you're a fan of two pieces of bread with random meat, cheese and/or veggie bits in between, this is your episode! Join your two devilish deli divers, JD&JOE as we delve into the delicious domain of the SANDWICH.  Who invented the sandwich and why? Sexual sandwich, Disney Sandwich, and unwiches OH MY! Is ravi...

The sixteenth card of the Tarot is The Tower. She looms, she glooms and she dooms. For our fabulous fourth  episode, JD&JOE will feature  some our own felicitous Tower Moments (very challenging moments in our lives where everything changed quickly and not in a good way). Join us as we dispel the rumors of some of the more infamous Tarot cards and at the same time,  sh!t talk some others. JD sp...