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Break out your 90’s fashion, rev up your awesome minivan, and refresh your knowledge of speed stacking as Mike and Ann are joined by special guest co-host and Texas firecracker Hillary Livingston Butler for this week’s TBTL Week in Review. We’re defending suburbia, trying to remain calm about alphabetical picnic details, and shaking our heads over Luke’s continued ability to avoid completing his T...

Hop in your New Dodge and turn up your podcatcher—Meredith, Bobby and special guest Stu the StuBot Newman (#10imperfectsips) present selections from a special summer jamz (with a z) playlist sure to make you the coolest kid at the Hector Community Pool. One thing is for sure: This is NOT your Grandpappy Walsh’s Song of the Summer. All of the songs featured on today’s show (plus many more we didn’t...

Get that Don’t Be Radicchio™ Salad ready and don’t forget the side of freshly over-crisped cheese crisps—this week’s LRB Week in Review is sure to work up an appetite. Bobby, Meredith and Mike try to remember who used which towel, pick up some sweet moves from a wacky waving inflatable arm-flailing tube man (that they may or may not think is on fire), and learn to never get in a feud with a man wh...

Namaste, friends. This week, Ann and Mike are finding inner peace and tranquility under the guidance of Bay Area Ten and yoga instructor Megan Keane. Unfortunately, in today’s TBTL clip peace and tranquility are in short supply, as Luke’s Big Dog strains at the leash after a prolonged and frustrating run-in with the KIRO IT department. Tensions run high in the studio as Andrew tries (mostly unsucc...

Make sure your phone is fully charged, you’re wearing comfy shoes, and that you watch where you’re going, because it’s time to join Jigglypuff, Meowth and Abra—I mean Ann, Meredith and Christy—for an all-ladies edition of LRB. Although the week was dominated by TBTL Pokémon Expedition 2016, we have plenty of other topics to talk about, including expensive food, cat management, well-meaning but ess...

Ah, summer. The kids are out of school, the pool is ready to go, and hot, hazy days are followed by warm, breezy evenings.  What could be better than a beer, a brat and a ballgame? Mike and Ann are ready to roll back the roof at Safeco Field and talk a little baseball. TBTL baseball, that is. We’ve compiled a collection of clips that involve going to the game, getting on the field, hanging out wit...

Mike “You’d Make a Good Santa” Frizzell, Ann “ecstatic ex-president” Lundholm and Meredith “Texas Memorabilia” Mahan take a break from their PBS special of scavingly brilliant political satire to unjam the LRB Roomba in your latest TBTL Week in Review. Could Luke be the new Charles Kuralt? Could Mike be the new Steve Nelson? Could Phil Collins be the new Duff? All this, and Song of the Summer: The...

Chicago- and Gay Ten Kim Marsin  joins Bobby and Mike for a look back at a heartfelt conversation from 2012, in which Luke and Andrew talk about bullying thanks to an unexpected segue from comic strips. We also dive into how TBTL handles politics and tragic events like the recent Pulse Night Club shooting in Orlando. On a lighter note, Bobby and Kim both just officiated weddings, and Andrew sugges...

Join Bobby, Christy and Meredith on LRB’s soybean-bike-powered podvessel as they traverse terrible game fishing, navigate poor ethical decisions, and plunge through the depths of a “captain’s log” jam, if you know what I mean. Plus, Christy is punchy, Bobby is making popovers, and Meredith has a martini strategy she can teach you next time someone else invites you over to her house on short notice...

Sidle up to the fresh fruit bar, sip on a gender-specific portion of beer, then get ready to sprint away from those fireworks while you prepare yourself for a phun-philled Phyllis Phlashback edition of the show. After you listen back to Jen's last attempt at throwing a bridal shower way back in July of 2008, Phyllis, Mike, and Meredith regale you with stories of the best and worst parties they've...

It’s time to stop debating cement vs concrete, poring over Pod Dog’s Instagram feed, and viewing questionable helicopter news crew footage, because  we’ve got this week’s roundup of last week’s TBTL. Christy, Mike and Ann are here to guide you through the ins and outs of another week of Luke’s questionable diet choices, Andrew’s ever-growing persnickety-ness, and the joy that is Phyllis Fletcher a...

In this long overdue look back, Mike and Bobby run their ironically and suspiciously crushed hands over the iPad from the ol’ LRB satchel, and dial up Bobby’s personal favorite TBTL episode pick. It’s a double shot of troubling realizations from 2012, with Luke literally waking up stranded in Wedgwood with no memory of how he got there, and an update on the demise of insufferable sensationalist Mi...

Put down the welding goggles, because (stuff’s) about to get real. Mike, Meredith and Bobby (filling in for an ailing Christy) set the AC to 72 and tuck into a Bloody Mary for breakfast, a Bloody Mary for lunch and a sensible Heggie’s Pizza dinner in your latest TBTL Week in Review. Plus, a Mike health update, an Eddie genetic testing pupdate, and a take on Andrew’s fussy eating so hot the kids (a...

  Gather ‘round, Everybody, and join Christy and Ann as they take a magical mystery tour into the mind of Japan’s #1 Mixer and TBTL’s beloved sidekick Sean DeTore. We cover a range of DeTore-appropriate subjects, including how to make money through questionable means, when you should visit the doctor or risk permanent damage, what to do to get cast on a reality cooking show, and at what point you’...

Strap on your FitBit, crack a can of Trader Joe’s wine, and put that cup in your Levi’s—Bobby, Ann and Meredith are rushing animal style to get in their steps while reviewing last week’s TBTL. Daytime Emmy Award Winner Luke got thrown out of a house of worship, feel-good comedy archetype Andrew managed to keep intermediate potty training at arms’ length, someone is wearing a tote bag, and Ann hope...

Is your refrigerator running? Don’t ask The Mummy, because he doesn’t have one. Easthamp-Ten Corey Plucker joins Bobby and Ann for a look back at a TBTL Twofer—Andrew’s teenage love for making prank calls, and Luke playing a KIRO interview with purported tiny house movement enthusiast Isaac “The Mummy” Vicknair. Coincidentally, Corey’s favorite TBTL drop sounds a lot like the exact reason you shou...

Bobby, Christy and Meredith host their final episode of Little Red Bandwagon from an awkwardly abrasive middle school stairwell before moving over to make room for new lead host Kyle Mooney in your latest TBTL Week in Review. On the scale of relevant references, this week of TBTL was slightly more satisfying than a bag of parsnip chips, and slightly less satisfying a heartily salted slice of pizza...

Dim the lights, put on a movie, and prepare for a shoulder rub—Phyllis, Mike and Bobby aren’t sending any mixed messages in your latest TBTL Phletch Phlashback. We listen back to one of Andrew’s most awkward childhood romance stories (that we’ve heard to date, at least) and then share some of our own. It turns out boys are either nervous (Mike), oblivious (Bobby) or the worst (Ryan). Plus, First T...

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome aboard LRB Airlines Flight 120, with service to Seattle and continuing on to Chicago.  We have a few safety announcements we’d like to make before departure. First, please ensure that any electronic devices for combating moles are turned off, as they cannot be used in flight. Second, ghost apps are not reliable indicators of spectral activity, so don’t believe the fou...

Perfect Colorado Ten and TBTL Science Council diehard James McCracken catches a case of the munchies as he joins Mike and Meredith for a Cooking with Sean classic: Prisine. Grab a sip of Toilet Tanqueray, wash it down with a spot-on cup of coffee from our guest’s pristine brewer, and listen back to what some good ol’ incarcerated ingenuity can do with canned mackerel, Cheez-Its® and a hot plate. (...

Bobby, Mike and Meredith take a break from their quixotic romp through Edmonds for your latest TBTL Week in Review, chock full of things you probably don’t want to Google. Plus, disconnected plumbing plagues both Mike (literally) and Meredith’s puppy Eddie (figuratively). But at least we’ve sold enough LRB stickers for the crane shot . Bonus: Producer Jeremy got in touch with the ashtray collector...

Dear Students, The school year is drawing to a close, and we’re about ready to grab our towels and beach reads, grill up some burgers and dogs (hot dogs, that is) and make the most of these dreamy summer days. However, it’s come to our attention that some of you are a bit rusty on your TBTL knowledge, and we’re going to need you to rectify that before we can pass you on to the next grade. Luckily,...

Bobby, Miss Christy and Miss Ann saddle up with Diamond, Champ, Rocky and I Forget for four-and-a-half pounds of steak and a side of unsellable potato art in your latest TBTL Week in Review. Remember: Keep the armrest down, be careful where you stick that Dyson, and Republicans are people, too. Oh, and either go vegan, or at least check those eggs carefully. Bonus: Listen through to the end for Li...

Join Meredith, Bobby and MichiTen Dawn Hafner for a long overdue road trip from the Windsor Ballet all the way down to an Airbnb well south of Marfa, with eyes out for Bigfoot the whole way. Thankfully, we’ve all got our emergency car kits packed, and we see how they stack up against Jen Flash Andrews’ setup from 2008. So when you injure yourself trying to play Suwannee River on your armpits, we’l...

Ann, Meredith, Christy and Bobby brew a fresh pot of hotel room coffee, strap the LRB Bluetooth speaker to a Roomba, and pile into a 1988 Ford Tempo (or was it a Topaz?) to bring you your latest TBTL Week in Review. Get ready for an ear volcano of insight, because we’re burning through hot takes faster than the government burns through batteries. Plus, we didn’t loan our recorder to Fay Canale. As...