Show Me To Us Rachel!

It's HERPIN' TIME Y'ALL! Jared Hoover gives us the scaly on running a basement reptile sanctuary, helping out at the zoo, and just knowing so much about these amazing creatures. Then, Nate, Sam, and Jared go the North American Reptile Breeders Convention in Tinley Park, Illinois. There was a snake there the size of a human and a 30 year old gigantic turtle on sale for a thousand dollar...

Time to put some English on that cue ball! Colby Carlson tells us all about pool and dive bar etiquette. Then, Sam and Nate hit up the neighborhood pool table and fine tune their points of contact. Maybe even find some new friends along the way.

Get ready to be lured thru a kitchen window by a cartoon smell trail! Liz Bagby shows us how to wake and bake but just the second part, and how to make everyone around you love you forever for your sweet sweet sweets. Then, turns out homemade pie crust IS BETTER THAN STOREBOUGHT. Ugh. Sam and Nate make a truly remarkable pie and some cookies with a twist.

It's a blast from the past with Nate's old high school buddy turned visual artist! Andrew gives us the rundown on sketching superheros and finding your own style, all while staying true to form. Then, Nate and Sam (and Shaina) find their inner Stan Lee. Not to mention a new outlook on comparison/creating for the sake of creating.

The early 2000s called and they have BROWSER GAMES. Danny Ferenczi gives us a complete rundown on the history of Neocoins and corporate greed. Don't worry, it ends with a nostalgia blast you don't want to miss! Then, guess who both got Blumaroos? More cute lil' guys and Adobe Flash games are actually kindof the best? Throwback with Sam and Nate!

Shark bait ooh-ha-ha. They got a whole week and there's LOTS OF FUN SHARK FACTS. Zoe Rall invites us into her family tradition of watching shark week and all the crazy stuff they do in the name of conservation. Then, did you know Jackass and KPop Demon Hunters are involved? Sam and Nate learn all about the clampers and the Jaws propaganda machine.

Sure, crosswords are fun, but can we make them ourselves from scratch? Professional crossword editor Jared Goudsmit goes into the weeds of filling in the grid, and how to submit your puzzles to newspapers around the country! Then, Sam makes a puzzle all about Nate and Nate makes more puzzles than he ever intended. Is this a new side hustle in the making? Links to our crosswords below! Nate's C...

There are MORE BLIND BOXES??? You bet your cute little glow-in-the-dark green ass! Anna Garwood has like 50 of these lovely little Smiskis, and they're a wonderful way to decorate your home. Then, Nate and Sam find joy in the little things and further prove the point that little guys are just the best.

The time has finally come. It was inevitable. The immaculate Dan Stell-Strain introduces Nate and Sam to the wonderful trading card game world of Magic the Gathering. Then, Nate and Sam go to a local casual Commander night and lose all their money before you can say counterspell. Will Nate resist the sweet siren call of the Marvel expansion? Stay tuned....

Vroom vroom cars go faaaaaaast! Katy tells us about all the types of tires and the super speedy pitstops. Then, Sam and Nate watch the British Grand Prix! And no one was Max Verstoppin' us.

Chicago standup mainstay Cole gives Sam and Nate the lowdown on the comedy scene, how he writes jokes, and what to expect for a first open mic. Then, Nate and Sam DID THE SCARY THING and it was worth it??

A new episode format has entered the villa! Sam and Nate are the Rachels for once, and both get to talk about some of their favorite obsessions the other knows barely anything about. Sam finally gets to let his anime excitement out and explain what the hell a Jujutsu Kaisen is, and Nate shows Sam the true meaning of "Welcome to prime time, bitch" and The Nightmare on Elm Street franchise...

Tanks: they're not just how the Irish say thanks. Sam's very own real brother Jacob gives us a crash course in tanks throughout history, from normal to downright ridiculous in design. Then, Sam and Nate get into some virtual tanks and talk about how war is VERY BAD but tank engineering is COOL and that's A TOUGH TRUTH.

It's WRASSLIN' TIME! Stephen McClure the sweet sweet bassist gives us the down low on the rings, the ropes, and the turnbuckles dating back to his childhood. And he completely subverts our time warp expectations! Then a week later, we go long on the episode because we loved wrestling so much! Undertaker throwing Mankind off basically a building, thumbtacks, ladder jumps, and extreme goof....

EDM is different from DJing? Yeah DUH! Our local Dubstep/Riddim artist Cantrip unpacks the whole EDM culture with a whole lotta plur. Plur is an EDM thing you'll get it. Then, a baker's week later, Nate and Sam go to a live EDM concert downtown and swim in the beats! VIP section NOT INCLUDED.

We dive into a fantasy series Sam HASN'T read yet! Jenn Hessel tells us all about Sarah J. Maas and the Throne of Glass series, full of badass assassin ladies AND brooding sassy princes. Then, Sam and Nate discover that fantasy doesn't have to be boring at the beginning! Imagine that! If you're thinking about getting back into fantasy or reading in general, this series is for you!

We found a fine motor skill craft that Sam actually likes?! That's growth! The impeccable Josh Zambrano goes into incredible detail about his love for painting the mini-est of miniatures for tabletop role-playing games. Such a TREAT. Then Josh teaches us how to paint IN PERSON and Sam and Nate gab about their love for little guys and painting as yet another lesson in creativity. And we have se...

Hello Kitty more like Hello we love her and all of her fun friends! Rachel gives us a crash course on the absolutely adorable Sanrio universe and all their fun lil' guys. And she only made a couple of them up! You decide! Then Nate and Sam go to Chinatown and open blind boxes live on the pod! JUSTICE FOR HANGYODON! Plus Hello Kitty Island Adventure and My Melody and Kuromi. We promise by the e...

Bookmarks? Like with craft paper and a laminator? You bet your sweet ass. Josh Leeper (the other half of Short Leap Theatre Company) turned his teacher free time into a hobby so explosive that he MADE A DIAROMA OF A MINI-HOUSE. What can't this guy craft? Then "one week" later, Nate and Sam surprise each other with personalized bookmark gifts all their own, and talk appreciation for a...

10 Episodes and BOY ARE OUR HANDS READY FOR PAINTING. Shaina Toledo gives us a stunning rundown on the art of doing your nails, and her personal connection to whole process. Then, she actually DOES our NAILS. With the gel and the UV and everything! Did Sam get out alive?

We're back after the holidays, and what screams New Year new me louder than a Japanese vocaloid pop star? Moth dives us into the Miku-verse, and shows us an actually positive side of the internet?

A special holiday episode! Michael has been reading Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol every year for a while and he's seen SO MANY ADAPTATIONS. He teaches us all about keeping Christmas all the year. Then we read the original for ourselves! Academic assigned reading vs. reading for fun. Will we learn the true meaning of Christmas?

Can a company be a hobby/obsession? Sure! Liles instructs us on demonic rituals with their hand-me-down Aryan Girl Doll and Nate overshares about his stuffed animal family meetings. A week later, we WENT THERE. And it WASN'T THAT WEIRD. What a great capitalist company with some problems probably.

Man, that Stephen King guy wrote a lot of books! And did cocaine before he got hit by a truck! Will a book scare us? Cody Lindley has been reading King for decades and he's sure gonna try. Then, did Nate and Sam read a whole book in a week? You decide!

Tori sews dresses and duvet covers and has a surging machine and we make pillowcases! So we're basically tailors! Happy Thanksgiving! A whole EXTRA EPISODE IN ONE WEEK!