The Trip Du Jour Podcast

Hello! It is I,  exquisite episode three  - CITIES! From New York to San Francisco and a few stops in between, on today's episode JD&JOE will explore and deplore your favorite locales. Which cities will your hosts dock their ding dongs?  What sites will JD show JOE in New Orleans? What crust punk bars will JOE bring JD to in the East Bay of San Francisco?  If you've ever considered p...

Do you LIVE for cheese? Do you LAUGH at gag reflexes? Do you LOVE vasectomies? If you answered yes to any of those questions, you may be entitled to compensation. That compensation comes in the form of our salaciously seductive second episode.  Though Live Laugh Love is usually relegated to the home décor section of your favorite low budget retailer, we at TDJ approach it differently. Not that low...

Dearest Tripdufans! Miss us?  We missed you. Welcome back to the Trip du Jour Podcast - Season 2! JD&JOE are blotting their briefs in excitement about what’s in store for you this season.  During this exceptional episode 1, your degraded duo explore the wonderful world of snack food - from sweet and sour to salty and delicious. As a pescavegiveganist, learn which foods JD will and will not eat...

Our season finale gives praise and props to the panoply of panting pals we call pets! From dogs to cats to laphogs and cockatoos, JD&JOE peel back the disturbing layers of the human  desire to  domesticate all manner of animals. Learn about JOE's infamously incontinent chihuahua Baby,  and JD's loveable cockapoo sidekick, Blueberry Muffin (who pre-dated his current feline fiends).  I...

Do you have a hair? Or are you the bald? If you answered yes to either of those questions, this episode is probably for you! Your harried and hallowed hosts once had hella hair and are now beautifully and boldly bald. This means we're experts on this subject. And we know that's why you tune in. If JD&JOE had hair, how would they style it? What happens to your attitude when you go bal...

Behold the wonderous world of weird science  (aka, our eleventh episode)! From hydrochloric acid to aluminum to whales and planets, hold our hands while we walk you through the voluptuous void that is a collection of odd yet factual, scientific garbage we found in the bowels of the internet. Why do whales have inverted nipples? What happens when an astronaut (not JOE) tinkles in their spacesuit? H...

Episode 10 of our dysfunctional dog and pony show dissects all things Shopping! Galivant through our pursuits into the whimsical world of  brick and mortar stores, online shopping and farmer's markets. Hop into our time machine jalopy as we sputter aimlessly back to the market stalls of ancient Babylonia, the double-dealings of 16th century Italy with a  much needed stop in 1980 s. Hear about...

Entropy, which by its nature suggests the existence entropoo, is a helluvuh concept. Time is a profound and funny thing when we reflect on it. The cycle of birth, life and death feels like a linear path filled with points we recall as memories - some sweet, some not so much! Episode 9 consists of that old expression, “it’s all gone downhill since.” Join JD&JOE as they voyage drunkenly through...

In this our most deliciously engorged eighth episode JD&JOE jump fearlessly feet first into all things "food." This episode has everything for everyone- the history of pizza, a jaunt down the streets of Paris, an Oompa Loompa song for JOE on sexually transmitted diseases and much more. We answer the most fundamentally philosophical food questions like - is JOE the Angela Lansbury of...

In this week's episode, JD&JOE discuss which crimes pay and which crimes slay.  We know what you're thinking - why was crime and punishment not taught in Health Class?! And we agree! We have some strong amendments to the curriculum.  Don't miss our special segment "WHAT IF?" where we ponder the inequities dog and cat food marketing.  Finally, we have an EXCLUSIVE  secr...

In this our most spooky and sinfully sixth episode, JD & JOE will be doing a demonically deep dive into all things Occult. We'll be unearthing the answers to all the most complicated occult questions that no one even thought to ask. How does one pronounce Samhain and Salmon? Why did Pope Butterface make mask mandates for Halloween? Where in Chicago can you find the best witchcraft supplie...

In this episode, Forensic Science gets the full TDJ treatment and nothing is spared. Blood Splatter Analysis, DNA, Toxicology, Gun Power Residue, and Oh-Oh-Oh-Odontology! These aren't just fancy words. They're forensics. Who is Dave Turd? What if JD sold his own brand of ultraviolet flashlights? What is the official candy of bisexual people?  That too, is forensics. Gird your brain, bite...

Good things come to those who date. Or do good things  always come from the University of Chicago (like the atom bomb and radio carbon dating)?  In this episode JD & JOE will do a deep dive into the abyss of our love languages whilst scientifically proving what the ideal date is. This twice-baked, bacon-wrapped trip will have you speaking in tongues as your daring puny-linguists talk all thing...

Is the worst vice advice? Or is the worst advice being told you should play the saxophone? Has anyone ever advised you to go to the Taste of Chicago food festival? We may have a second opinion for you. In this episode JD answers  questions asked by our intrepid international podcast listeners in our famous "WWJDD" (What-Would-JD-Do?) segment.  Plus special guest appearances by Cobra Comm...

Why doesn't JD make his bed in the morning? Why does Joe always have ibuprofen and hand sanitizer on his person? Did the Penguin actually kill Mary Poppins and become the Banks' beloved and benevolent babysitter? All these questions will be answered in this week's autoerotic adventure of audio audacity. Habits are the window to the soul and for some, it is a soul most foul. Behold!...

Our fun filled inaugural episode details the playful, wild and wide world of games- board and bored. Join us through our dark discussion, adorned with tumultuous melodies, exposing the exploitive nature of Big Game corporations. Stratego as we go over the lonesome tale of John Spinello.