Ask the Ascot

Topics this episode include sneezing at night, debunked medical practices, and more!

Topics include linen pants, vacations, my outrage over a defective pint glass, and more!

Topics include my favorite funny books, my favorite varietal of garlic, and more!

Topics include U.S. President James Garfield and a hearty greeting from the podcast wilderness.

Topics include commencement speeches, the agonies and resentments of middle age, and more!

Topics include straws, being a good neighbor, calling entities the name by which they want to be called, and more!

Topics include board games, video games, giving up, and more!

Topics include old-timey automobiles, action figures at work, and more!

Topics include Twitter, 19th century English poetry, my favorite of Brian Johnson's cats, and more!

Topics include my favorite mythology, pro-billionaire propaganda, and more!

Topics include sharing with friends, my favorite Plantagenet, the distinction between seeming and being, and more!

Topics include cardboard boxes, theater recommendations, jokes about potatoes, and more!

Topics include the perfect outfit, great cooking recipes for living on your own, and more!

Topics include treats, important legal matters, and more!

Topics include terrible bosses, the best Gilded Age president, and more!

Topics include what technologies we want to destroy, giving away Belgium, and more!

Every question in this episode is somehow related to solitude.

Topics include sibling rivalry, twenty-year-old pop songs, and more!

Topics include how to talk with your doctor, whether or not our scientists are building Terminators, and more!

Topics include learning how to drive, trying new types of food, and more!

Topics include the best dog name, the longest-lasting form of government, and more!

Topics include celebrity crushes, how to sew a button, a question from Justin McElroy, and more!

Topics include the strength of the human heart, my favorite musician, working for the Kennedy administration, and more!

Topics include what's in my stocking, the game of world conquest, and more!

Questions include beloved holiday traditions, Charles Dickens, 17th century wars of religion, and more!

Questions include hoverboards, an important distinction between cats and dogs, and more!

Ask the Ascot is a new podcast that answers your questions on any topic.

Questions include the Harry Potter GOAT, children who are smarter than their parents, and more!

Questions include middle names, what my friend Adrienne is doing wrong, and more!

Questions include Jimmy Hoffa, science fiction books, fascism, and more!

Questions include elastic waistbands, being devoured by a bear, and more!