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Waste Your Time Wisely with Tae & Ryan

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Being Productive While Wasting your Time: Waste Your Time Wisely — Smart conversations on creativity, culture, and modern burnout. WYTW is where curiosity meets chaos. Tae and Ryan dive into the Tae-pestry of life: fun facts, strange history, pop culture, sports, tech, books, and whatever else sticks. Tae’s a Korean-American vet, writer, and wanderer. Ryan’s a scientist with dad-joke energy and “bear down” spirit. Smart, weird, and oddly comforting — perfect for drives, laundry, or existential dread. PLEASE 🙏 Follow, Rate, Comment, SHARE 🙏 It will help Tae with food, and Ryan with home reno

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Jul 4, 2026

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Episodes

12 Years Sober, Zero Dark Alaska — Ep. 54 04.07.2026

Welcome back to Waste Your Time Wisely — Season 3! Ryan's got a garage to rewire (already did), Tae's got a cloud to compute, and you've got dishes piling up. Perfect timing. We're back after 3 months, and a lot happened: Tae's 12 years sober — and he's off social media, back on Substack, and somehow still standing. Ryan went to Alaska (Tae's old stomping grounds) and m...

The Sub-2 hour Marathon, the African Map, and The Other Guys — Ep. 53 05.05.2026

Ryan is rewiring the garage. Tae is ghosting the algorithm. What are YOU doing? Welcome to the Season FINALE of Waste Your Time Wisely Podcast. Don't just sit there—hit play, crack open that LEGO set you’ve been ignoring, or finally empty the dishwasher . It’s time to level up your Efficiency Quotient. This week, Tae and Ryan break down the "Fletch Method" and explore why the most pr...

Regulations, Losing Weight, and Magic Pills - Ep. 52 22.04.2026

Ryan has a "red alert" at 200lbs. Tae is gardening in 4K Falcon Vision. What are YOU doing? Empty the dishwasher and hit play on Ep 52. This week, Tae & Ryan redefine "wasting time" with the Efficiency Quotient :Why just sit there when you can fold a load of laundry? Why just listen when you can finally pull those weeds out of the grass? We’re diving into: Regulations Written in Blood: A heavy...

Ryan goes to Japan and buys Tenga — Ep. 51 07.04.2026

Welcome back and Waste Your Time Wisely. Put in the clothes in the washer/dryer, load up the dishwasher, or check your mail and cue this grand episode up. MARCH MADNESS IN APRIL?!?!? Are these Wildcats showing up for their team? Is their team going to show up? Fun Fact Friday (FFF) have you ever BROKEN-WINGED yourself? Is it a hockey play? (like the flying V?) This Day in History (TDIH) Ryan's...

The Pharaoh of Fort Wainwright: 15 Years of Military Service with Ahkenaten Manson — Ep. 50 02.04.2026

Wow, 50th Episode! We're joined by my friend, my brother, my ex-suitemate and part time "hey, Yoo, pick me up!" Sergeant First Class Ahkenaten "Kenny Lamar" Manson. We're talking about Spurs, we're talking about Vets love Applebee's! The NCO Standard: Coaching the Next Generation of Leaders. Proud of him, not because he decided to hop on during his off-weekend,...

The Efficiency Quotient & Metro RISQUÉ ride the :D — Ep 49 25.03.2026

Ryan has dishes to put away. Matt is doom-scrolling Mormon Housewives. What are YOU doing? Start a load of laundry and hit play on Ep 49. This week, Tae, Ryan, & Matt redefine "wasting time" with the Efficiency Quotient : Why just watch TV when you can balance on an ankle stabilizer? Why just listen to a podcast when you can finally load that dishwasher? We’re diving into: The Legend...

Someone Stole Our Uranium @ AOL.com - Ep 48 17.03.2026

FOR THE TEST! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG698U2Mvo >>> Do this first! Matt's Here, Cruz Went to Cancun & Someone Stole Our Uranium @ AOL.com - Ep 48 Tae and Ryan are joined by the one and only Matt, and things get delightfully chaotic. We're talking homemade tortillas, pull-up competitions, Myspace nostalgia (beach blonde babe at AOL , we see you), and the great corn vs. flou...

Ep. 47 — Groundhogs, Wikipedia & Audible Government Farts 11.03.2026

CLICK HERE >>> http://linktr.ee/wytw to help us out! Thank you. Please consider sharing, comment, liking, and rate us after you hear us. OH HI there —Literally the longest episode EVER for WYTW. (PLEASE look at the chapters and get snippets. Don't have to have the whole feast. Take something and go) We are wasting our time wisely by literally recording the longest podcast ever. In this on...

Ep. 46 — Board Games, Bangers, and Bird Crimes (Batteries NOT included!) 24.02.2026

Sponsored by tiffanydnaka.com — custom pet portraits that actually look like your pet. CLICK HERE >>> ⁠http://linktr.ee/wytw⁠ to help us out! Thank you. Please consider sharing, comment, liking, and rate us after you hear us. Browse btw Chapters. Brought to you by Spotify. We're back! Possibly with vengeance. Kicking things off the right way — board games. Catan, Uno, Monopoly, and of...

Ep. 45 — Why I’m Finally Leaving LA and New Year! Facts, Grief, etc! 29.12.2025

CLICK HERE >>> ⁠http://linktr.ee/wytw⁠ to help us out! Thank you. Please consider sharing, comment, liking, and rate us after you hear us. Thoughts: There's a lot of X-mas songs, but not a lot of NYE songs. What's with that? It’s the final episode of 2025. With Ryan literally stuck in a dryer (long story), Tae takes the mic solo for a "late-night radio" style year-in-rev...

Ep. 44 — Was Jesus Really Born on Christmas? History, Astronomy, and Myths 24.12.2025

🎄 Was Jesus really born on Christmas? Hey — it’s Christmas, but make it historically confusing . This week on Waste Your Time Wisely , we’re unpacking the holiday everyone celebrates… but almost nobody questions. This week on Waste Your Time Wisely , we unpack the surprising history behind December 25th. From pagan solstice festivals to Roman politics, from biblical clues to astronomy theories —...

Ep. 43 — Treats & Treaties! 09.12.2025

Episode 43 already (RAUL MONDESI?!) Treat or Treaties?! Dual Screen episode, Double trouble.  This year has been going by FAST. We’re looking back at October 1st.  Garlic sauce from ZANKOU! CDs, Things are Dire Strait, going Gold, Platinum, Diamond, sending out Thank you Letters, Not Rage Bait at all, Rage Bait, Very Rage Bait, then skipping stone — scandal?  Check it out folks!  And please Follow...

Ep. 42 (Jackie!) — Movie Formats With Privacy Unseen 02.12.2025

Google AI, For the Love of God, Let Us Turn Off Your Voice. We’re back, time-warped, Memento/Tarantino style. This episode actually happened right after the Estonia–Finland–Greece trip, which explains absolutely nothing but sets the mood. Ryan is… playing Fantasy Football now? We spiral into downfall arcs, redemption arcs, and the University of Arizona storming the field way too early because of c...

Ep. 41 — WYTW Thanksgiving 26.11.2025

WYTW Thanksgiving — READ HERE ALL ABOUT IT! We’re BACK! We hope that you’ve been wasting YOUR time wisely. Ryan’s been drilling. Drilling holes — Until his overlord found out. Uh oh. Tae’s been exploring Lacto-Ovo’s. Not O-V-O, Lacto Ovo. Pies and Tom Cruise Coconut Cake list. Movie list, over another movie list. Juggling multiple podcasts. What we missed! (WWM!) - Films We blab on about films for...

Promethean Trip Greece — Ep. 40 30.09.2025

Tae's Europe 2k25 trilogy ends here. Please check out part 1 and 2 if you haven't. We recap Germany, Estonia, Finland, and final tour at the Isles. We visit Milos, jumped off the Moon rock beach, cliff jumping, Children of Bodom in Finland. Spas, nice libraries in Helsinki, other topics, Reddit, ChatGPT too specific and not correct (sorry <3), Hollywood movie magic where locations are the used...

TeneTallinn — Ep. 39 24.09.2025

Hey, Full In-Person Episode, Travel Recap Pt. 2, Check it out. We’re going over some Suffrage, some amendments, and then recapping part 2 of Tae’s Summer European travel to Germany, Estonia, and Finland.  Germany, cute towns with PHILOSOPHER'S WAY, trains, planes, and automobiles of Mercedes Benz museum! Estonia - got priced out by AC/DC?? Finland - has a literacy rate of .... %???? AND SHE&#3...

PORTUGAL. the Tae ⁠🇵🇹 — Ep. 38 19.08.2025

Hi everyone! You asked for it. You want us to talk more about travels. This is our FIRST in person episode. Ryan’s getting a bit wild with the Energy Drink. Check out what Ryan's been binging on. What we doing about some video that should be released? What took Tae to Portugal, and to Europe. Chapters (00:00) — Cold Open (01:00) —  Intro; Our 1st in person episode. Energy drinks, Europe, PTO,...

RYAN’S GONE ROGUE — Ep. 37 07.08.2025

Please WASTE YOUR TIME WISELY by deleting your emails, unsubscribing, putting a load in the laundry, running the dishwasher and click PLAY on this episode. We all have that people in our life, where someone can’t wait, and they pull the trigger: they open the Oven before the cake is ready, you know those. So usually that’s TAE. Because he’s impatient as fuck and he HATES inefficiency. I’m not sure...

KERSHAW 3000, ALASKA, AI lied to us.... and where were you? — Ep. 36 22.07.2025

Greetings from WESTERN GERMANY! That’s what I would have said, but STARLINK has a very slow upload speed. Here’s an episode where.  So now I'm in a new city, new country, hopefully this upload is amazing, or good enough. But with that being said, let's go. CHAPTERS (00:00) — Bad Intro (02:00) — How we’ve been wasting our time (wisely) Where to listen Podcasts (not just ours), going over ol...

Ryan's Replacement — Ep. 35 29.06.2025

Ryan's................. ???? Waste Your Time Wisely.... Pod Dogs.... Wise Dogs.... Waste Your Pod Dogs Wisely.... Ryan likes to hop around so he's a Co-host on TWO podcasts: This one, WASTE YOUR TIME WISELY, and POD DOGS Tis' our FUSION episode, we fission about different topics. DISCLAIMER: I definitely BUTCHERED the Prince Fielder facts. I apologize. It's fixed on the audio. Please follow, rate...

Denver, Arcades & Strawberry Lies — Ep. 34 10.06.2025

🎙️ Waste Your Time Wisely — “Denver, Arcades & Strawberry Lies” Buckle up for a Rocky Mountain ride as Tae dives into his recent trip to Denver —complete with arcades, baseball at Coors Field , and an unexpected John Denver story… from Africa ?! We get into the quirks of Colorado , from airport conspiracies to how the state got its name. This week’s Fun Fact Friday asks: Are strawberries actua...

EPISODE 33 — Ep. 33 20.05.2025

The Number 33 — Ep. 33 WYTW Ep 33, yes THIRTY THREE, Samship-Sam. Trenta y treis. We here. It's finally here. CHAPTERS (00:00) — Cold Open (00:33) — Intro: Easter, Weddings & Weddings Sorority, Show face, Bay Area - SF, Berkeley,  (09:21) — Fun Fact Friday #FFF #F3 - country with the most time zone is??? Time Zones of North/South Pole respectively. Where is UTC? Nautical mile.   (17:21) —  Cat...

EL POLITICO Very Explicit Signally Episode — Ep. 32 05.05.2025

Having slow upload speed on the road? It's an issue! What else is an issue is a slow data plan by your phone provider. Try SAILY ! CHAPTERS EL POLITICO — EP. 32 EXPLICIT - hide your kids. Lots of curse words here.  WYTW EP 32 - Octopus, Octopi, Octopuses, New Era hats, MLB season started, Double checking who gets invited to your group chat.  (00:00 — Intro, Pigs have hair. (02:00) — How many heart...

Birthday and Stimulus & Stimulants — Ep. 31 23.04.2025

Daylight Saving? Why is it still here? Who does it benefit? How well do you know America? As in, what state is next to what? Some Tsondoku, facts about Jupiter, Buddy vs. Mister. Some fun episode. Please tune in and comment away! Make sure to follow & rate. If you can share this on your social media, we would greatly appreciate it. If a topic gets a bit out of your taste, please skip around di...

PISCES SEASON, or: TAE YOO BIRTHDAY MONTH! — Ep. 30 08.04.2025

AND WE’RE CONTINUING SEASON 2! With a new season of Waste Your Time Wisely - the WYTW podcast. Thank you for making us a part of your day, and thank you for our returning listeners, if you're new here, I'm Tae, (usually) accompanied by Ryan. Please follow, rate, & share! Greatly appreciated!  CHAPTERS (00:00) — Intro. Moving. How many times have you moved?  Grocery Shopping (05:00) — U...

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