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LA Ten (by way of White Bear Lake, Minn.) Mike Farnan is back, and joins “old” Mike (Frizzell) and the Nice Lady Christy Wise for a listen back to the time Luke thought it was a good idea to eat his weight in green room Boston Market creamed spinach and mashed potatoes before a Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me! taping. (Spoiler alert: It wasn’t.) Mike, Mike and Christy also share their own poop stories....

Climb on board, guys – it’s time for another TBTL recap, and Mike, Ann and Meredith are driving the podcast party bus. We’d like to make a stop at the Chicken Window on our way to see the classic Freddie Prinze Jr. movie Summer Catch , but if we see a rat, we’re outta there. Over at LRB Studios, we’re lovingly cradling the shattered remains of our thrown phones as we shed a tear over the apparent...

Sometimes wet underwear is not your fault. It's not always pee, OK? But sometimes it is. This week Phyllis reports live from Lopez Island, just across from Mike Frizzell's ancestral plot on Mud Bay. Mud Bay would make a serviceable euphemism for a poo pile, and speaking of euphemisms for excretory events, we hear the best TBTL-ism for peeing your pants, first uttered by Jen at Jesus Creek. Plus Lu...

Live from our secret hiding spot behind the co-op’s kombucha counter, it’s Little Red Bandwagon! Don’t worry—Bobby, Meredith and Ann aren’t driving, on probation, or negotiating an NFL contract anytime soon. We are, however, intercepting many of your thrown phones as we navigate a recap with more hot takes than a Frank Gehry -inspired metal bowl full of mozzarella and “bee dookie.” Between our res...

In this special Fifth Friday edition of Little Red Bandwagon, Christy, Mike and Bobby peel back the curtain for a wide-ranging round-up of (mostly non-TBTL) topics we’ve been meaning to get to, including but not limited to new LRB merch , the heartfelt (and strategically manipulative) letter Mike wrote to the sellers of the house he and Emily want to buy, why Bobby’s been both busy and emotionally...

Hi, pod friendos! Welcome to LRB HQ – doesn’t the yard look great? Since we’re all a bunch of desk monkeys, we had a couple of buff dudes take care of the landscaping. Pull up a chair and make yourself comfortable as Mike, Meredith, and Ann recap last week’s TBTL. We’ve got a couple of drinks we can offer – would you prefer a $9 glass of sugar, or a shot of whiskey? (If you’re real nice, we might...

Mike and Bobby are joined by Bonney Lake Ten and Seattle Seahawks 12 Kalena Rogers to talk pets, pineapple on pizza, and the time Luke (in Seattle) and Andrew (in LA) recorded their experiences during Seattle’s (spoiler alert) Super Bowl win in 2014. Never look a gift pizza in the face, and try not to think about how Kalena’s half pitbull / half chihuahua was conceived—it’s a mystery for the ages....

Bobby and Mike are joined by special guest co-host, historiTen, Wagon Full of Loot™ winner and unabashed rental RV bathroom user Megan Keane, who opens her mystery prize live on the show! In addition to our TBTL Week in Review (which also includes a cruel Tim Hortons road sign and a dim sum strategy for avoiding execution), be sure to listen through to the end of the show for an LRB  INVESTIGATES...

Don your scrufduggers and guard your Four Hole—it’s time to look back on Luke and Andrew’s week on the road with Big Baby Kevin. Mike, Ann and a bedraggled-sounding Bobby break down the guys’ surprising lack of breakdowns, from the check engine “soon” light outside of Boise to the seemingly endless list of idioms courtesy of Texas Monthly magazine. Plus, we get an audio postcard from M&M in th...

Buckle up that seatbelt, charge your laser baldness helmet and climb on in to the mobile fart locker 2 as your LRB hosts Ann and Christy take us on a road trip of our own! From Poland to right next door, we speak with Tens of listeners (and their elevens) before and after the TBTL live show at Stubbs BBQ in Austin Texas.

Grab your old sleeping bag, a few beef sticks, and your favorite printer because it's time to load up the DeLorean and take a road trip back in time with Christy as she revisits TBTL live shows outside of Seattle. Is Jen the Kanye of Grannies? What happens when a comedian drinks too much back stage? Should you bring a first date to a TBTL event? Is John Mayer a doucher? All these questions and mor...

Hold the podcatcher! Bobby, Ann and Meredith just got off a connecting episode, and refuse to look stupid running across the Zune Marketplace to make it to your latest TBTL Week in Review on time. If we get stuck, we might have to drive a fartlocker full of smoked meats and roasted kale to you, or worse—fly coach. With our luck we’ll end up in a middle seat between two fidget spinner-ers. If you w...

When you day-drink pinot grigio in 85 degree heat and you're a delicate flower of a Seattleite, what could go wrong? Worst case scenario you pass out sleep it off under a tree because you're too embarrassed to go home. And then: time to go in to work! That's just a day in the life of our own Jen Andrews almost exactly eight years ago, and we celebrate that anniversary on this week's Little Red Ban...

It’s officially unofficial summer at the Little Red Bandwagon, and we’ve got so much going on we hardly know where to start. Mike, Ann and Meredith are ready to inflate the LRB hot air balloon and try to sneak up on those runaway turtles. Mike abandons any pretense of neighborliness as he asserts his sandwich rights, Ann inexplicably talks about tree cancer, and we want you to visit Meredith’s mom...

Grosse Pointe Ten Sydney McIlroy joins Meredith and Bobby to listen back to the time Dr. Jerkington III—a proud alum of Judgement Tech—called Jen Andrews’ beloved Mr. Knightly “fat.” (He may have been right; he was still a jerk.) We also talk about our own pets, and piece together memories formed between stiff drinks at the St. Paul live show. Speaking of stiff, we’re confident you’ll like this ep...

Greetings Friendos, we're interrupting your regularly scheduled programming for two special pieces of LRB news. 1. We've added some items to our store! Head on over to www.tenseventen.com/store or click the "Shop" button in the menu to view our new shirts, sweatshirts, totes and mugs featuring a special design crowdsourced by the Tens of listeners. 2. Save the date - August 18th 2017, we're going...

Bobby, Meredith and a John Rose Oval-adjacent Ann take a break from the never-ending pursuit of their PhDs in Podcastery to navigate a frenzy (or is it a gam?) of TBTL tangents from sharks to carnies and every dangerous and disgusting topic inbetween. (We’re looking at you, Buddig hamwater.) Plus, Bobby has an idea for a new reality cooking show, Meredith wants to study the correlation between alc...

Psst! Get your lab coats and safety goggles, and don’t let Mike know where you’re going, because Meredith and Ann are stepping into the LRB lab to bring you a clip show all about TBTL and science. First, we talk about how we became scientists, what exactly we do for our jobs (because let’s face it, it’s kind of complicated and everybody’s too scared to ask), and what kind of challenges we face as...

Bobby, Meredith and Ann are ready to check you in for your pod-stay here at the reasonably appointed Hotel Walsh. Inexplicably in the heart of the Scottsdale Stag District, amenities include complimentary 24-hour DJ service, bespoke Bluetooth Zune docks in every room, and ample alleyways for abandoning undonatable but semi-functional refuse. Our gift shop features an extensive collection of stuff...

It’s almost Mother’s Day, and most of us at Little Red Bandwagon are off getting ready to see (or avoid) our moms this weekend. So, here’s a particularly meta LRB Instant Classic™ from one year ago, when Bobby, Mike and Phyllis listened back to the time Luke, Jen and Sean all interviewed their moms on TBTL, and then gushed about their own childhoods. Sure, your brother might be a lawyer, and your...

Today, Mike and Ann welcome guest host and Tube Full of Loot™ winner Naomi Hillyard on the third mic to talk tattoos, cults, and our honest opinion of Shirley Temple’s talent. We cover a veritable buffet of TBTL topics, including a battle for supremacy between candy-colored coffee drinks, whether preparing a frozen lasagna after eating a burger should really qualify as shame-eating or something el...

Park close to the door and drag your Little Red Bandwagon straight to the pierogi station, where Ann, Mike and Phyllis are serving Generation snaX some middle-aged disdain. Stroll through the aisles of competitive parenting and grab a bag of miniature oranges for soccer later. On your way out linger over a jumbo pack of hot takes on the complex Burbank family feelings about a Seattle original: Cos...

Don’t listen to that dorkus malorkus Siri trying to direct you to The Gist —you definitely want to steer your podcatcher to Bobby, Ann and Mike recapping the latest week of the Peabody-adjacent TBTL. It may not be as addictive as a questionably shady home poker game or as stimulating as an inevitably damp Reader’s Digest, but it’ll definitely get you where you’re looking to go, unless you’re looki...

Public radio listener, coffee drinker, cigar lover, Chipotle enthusiast and newly minted Little Red Bandwagon official counsel (at least in Tennessee) Caleb Gelineau joins Bobby and Meredith for a trip to the Stool Capital of the World as we listen back to TBTL’s classic “Why it Matters: Waiting for Guffman.” Plus, growing up religious like Luke and Jen, tips for curating a Tinder profile, and eve...

Meredith, Bobby and the once-again bipedal Mike go HAM on the latest week of TBTL, and answer the great questions of life, including but not limited to: Should jeans be washed? What TBTL producer emeritus should hide Shia LaBeouf? What’s the co-pay on Rick Rizzs’ hair insurance? Why is this gyrocopter only $400? And, most importantly, why Scottsdale? Plus, Red Robin napkins, Taco Bell trash, pract...