It is a day more celebrated than New Phone Book Day - Mike Russell finally returns to the show, and he's brought Bon Vivant Becky Ohlsen in with him. Becky's been in Sweden, you see, fistfighting trolls, avoiding death metal bands and writing travelogues. Mike has been running down mountains …
Typically, Thursdays are a boat full of WTF sailing down a river towards the Heart of Darkness, but today, its more like a leisurely float down a babbling brook of benign wonder - Byron Beck gets into some minor sexual confusion yet again, but spends a lot of his time …
The heat has gotten to our heroes today, but not in any really crazy way. Maybe a partially crazy way - you don't end up discussing spontaneously combusting pugs and making Sophie's Choice with an Air-Conditioner without being a little loopy, and you DEFINITELY don't legitimately consider the talc application …
It's the conversational equivalent of "Brave & the Bold" when David Walker and Ryan Fleming team up yet again, but the conversation isn't necessarily heroic. Jellyfish attacks, the Canadian Poutine Mills and Vancouver's strange floating feet problem all get brought up in the 1st 20 minutes, only to be discarded …
There's no guest. Aliens in London took Mike Russell away from the show, and as such, the Lords of Meh have to fill an hour all by themselves, with no notes, no movies to review, but definitely no lack of topics. Specifically, there's about 4: 1) Why not reboot Star …
S is for September, and Schadenfruede, and Sexual confusion du jour, because Byron Beck and Big Jim are on, and Jim has fistfuls of failure to lay out for Cort's satisfaction - go behind the scenes of his audition for Live Wire, and walk step by step through the ordeal …
We go behind the curtains of both Live Wire Radio and Sweat with Courtenay Hameister and Jason Rouse, who somehow manage to overcome the initial rush of awkward and embarrassing regarding Courtenay's accidental blurting of personal details from a couple weeks ago to get to the nuts and bolts of …
We're Back! Commence shrugging. David Walker and Ryan Fleming double down on discussions that range from yet another failed attempt at Cort to do "marketing" well, before David brings some interesting ammo from NPR to the table: Which iconic male roles should have gone to Helen Mirren because she's so …
Think of today's show like an everlasting gobstopper made out of insight, analysis, and a thick, multilayered coating of WTF. Byron Beck still doesn't understand anatomy - that's layer 1. Layer 2 is spiced with Shirtless Goldblum and Byron's Restaurant dreams. Layer 3 blends elements of layers 1 and 2 …
Wednesday shows have been described like a drunken Afterschool Special that blends insight & inspiration with genial filth. And that's what happens again today when Courtenay Hameister starts opening up about a previous boyfriend's penchant for odd stories in bed, and her own reticence to approach attractive men at the …
This is a show about sticking the landing. Or at least it ends up that way. David Walker dives headfirst into a pop-culture discussion that touches on myriad subjects: The lasting effects of Space Jam on the populace, Dave's trepidatious trek through the worlds of Romantic Comedy, who belongs on …
It a show filled with wonderment, awe, and chewed up joysticks. Aaron Duran flies solo as Ryan Fleming is off getting in paintball fights with video game bigwigs and driving experimental cars. Questions are posed such as - why aren't more international disputes solved via video game? What is the …
Lotta people on the streets worried about that Trek in the Park. Lotta people scared they won't see that last performance at the Bagdad. Lotta people hearin things about Atomic Arts gettin on that thar' television show with that squirrelly dude from Portlandia. Fret not, peoples - Adam Rosko and …
It's one of those classic Thursday shows, a big bowl of WTF poured straight into your ears courtesy of Byron Beck's insatiable curiosity as to the sexual histories of Cort and Fatboy - but an astonishing reveal from Byron adds an extra element of discomfort to the proceedings. Big Jim …
There's a place where high school transgressions, marital infidelities, American Pie and The Exorcist all blend together in bubbling cauldron of conversation, and that place is today's show with Courtenay Hameister. It also includes a theory as to how predestination couldn't possibly be a real thing, as proven by the …
Our youth was poisonous, but it was deliciously poisonous, and while we'd never shove stuff like Hostess Pies and Crystal Pepsi into our face NOW, we can look back fondly on the days when we would yearn for cereals made entirely of marshmallows, when we'd pick all the crunchberries out …
The secret of doing science is revealed on today's show, but you have to learn about Tejano Murder Ballads first. Just another educational day with Aaron Duran and Ryan Fleming. On the way to hearing some of the wisest words Carl Sagan ever spoke, there are discussions about Magneto: Nazi …
It's a bad week to be a Zombie Fan, Frank Darabont, a little girl on a plane or a geologist. It's a great week if you're a Stephen King fan, or someone who likes comedies loosely based on horrific real life capers gone horribly wrong. Mike Russell opens the show …
Today's show gets pretty contentious as Big Jim and Byron start discussing trust issues: Thanks to the latest Facebook fracas about phone numbers being posted, negative encounters with strangers start getting shared, and we learn a little about Byron's prejudices, and Big Jim's adventures stopping a minor shoplifting ring involving …
Today's show is all about being funny, regardless of how appropriate, voluntary, well-intentioned or mean-spirited it might be. The uncomfortable combination of art and science involved in getting people to laugh is examined, and the discussion encompasses subjects such as - Adam Carolla, Aziz Ansari, Barney Frank's talkative colon, Louis …