Context Not Included

What do jury duty, Keanu Reeves, a questionable professional driving career, a bottle of Sasso del Falco wine, and a miniature Etch-A-Sketch have in common? Absolutely nothing… until John Palma and Frank Sasso get together! On the next episode of Context Not Included, John and Frank take a hilarious detour through 27 weeks of COVID-era grand jury duty, bizarre courtroom stories, and one unforgetta...

Frank and John tackle everything from questionable internet health hacks and standing on salt before taking a shower to zip-away pants, Vaseline-covered feet, and the mysterious benefits of the National Association of Clammy Libations. Don't ask what that is. Actually, go ahead. They probably don't know either. Then things get nostalgic. We're revisiting classic movies like Training Da...

This week, somehow a conversation about sleeping in an RV turns into DreamCloud mattresses, 1980s email technology, Gmail, William Shatner, nursing, vomiting, bears, rabbits, possums, cemeteries, ATMs, supermarket checkout lines, and the eternal struggle between being a city boy and surviving in the country. Frank claims John has Harvard-level reading comprehension skills thanks largely to the Pro...

The boys are back for Episode 2 of Context Not Included, and somehow the conversation goes from Miller High Life and potato chips to comic book culture, Batman, Marvel vs. DC, brick oven pizza, Siri, Alexa, Legends of Valdoria, and whether your rectum is socially aware. So… basically, a normal conversation. This week, Frank reveals the shocking truth about America’s Got Talent: apparently, those c...

After 38 years of preparation, several questionable career decisions, at least three verbal loops, and one extremely confusing discussion about Lululemon, John and Frank have finally decided it’s time to make a podcast. In the inaugural episode of Context Not Included, the longtime friends attempt to explain what the hell this show is and immediately prove that even they have absolutely no idea. I...

John Palma & Frank Sasso have been friends for decades and worked together for 5 years but somehow still haven’t agreed on what “the point” of any of their conversations are. Context Not Included drops you straight into their unfiltered, stream-of-consciousness world where inside jokes don’t get explained, references don’t get resolved, and somehow everything still makes sense… sort of. It’s t...