On The Cross with Lucas Murphy

It's Lucas's birthday and we talk about leasing a Hyundai. 

The boys discuss Godzilla vs King Kong and solve the New York Times Crossword Puzzle for Tuesday, April 13th. Watch along every Monday on our new Twitch Channel! Click the link and hit that subscribe button to catch the next episode live!

The boys eventually get around to doing the Tuesday puzzle for April 6th, 2001 New York Times Crossword after spending half their time talking about chicken and pizza recipes.  

The boys do the New York Times Crossword Puzze for Tuesday March 30th and discuss the bizarre Christian singer Carman.

The boys are back with another fresh puzzle from the New York Times! Tuesday March 10th, 2021 crossword for those who like to play along. DON'T FORGET: we're a live podcast now, you can watch along and join the conversation! https://www.twitch.tv/onthecrosswithlucasmurphy https://www.facebook.com/crosswordfever https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCazclgc6Zv-dpRG_pr1ZRCg  

The Boys are back, but now they're Twitch streamers. After some false starts and despite some technical difficulties they solved a Monday puzzle from the New York Times. We'll still be releasing the show as a podcast but you can play along with us every Monday night at https://www.twitch.tv/onthecrosswithlucasmurphy 

As the quarantine continues, Lucas and Nathan do the New York Times crossword over zoom again. Nathan saw the new blockbuster action movie. Lucas can't vote. 

It's an instant COVID classic! Nathan and Lucas are video chatting and doing a New York Times Crossword Puzzle that's either about the most important subject in liberal politics, or Black History Month.

Lucas and Nathan have both been cooped up in a house with a multitude of stir crazy children and misbehaving animals, and now to make matters worse the Monday edition of the New York Times crossword puzzle is trickier than it used to be. Luckily Nathan's wife shows up and helps them beat Shortz's diabolical riddles.

Nathan's basement bar is looking good, Lucas is worried about the jerk off years, and the timer is running on the meatloaf. It's somehow one of the most meandering conversations that also sets a speed record for puzzle finishes.

AJ Estes from We Don't Have a Podcast Yet joins Lucas and Nathan to solve a Monday puzzle with hints of a seat-related connection.

Comedian/Antarctic Explorer Jordan Goodwin helps Lucas and Nathan solve a "spooky" themed New York Times crossword puzzle. There's some confusion about the plot of Cold Mountain. Jordan has the utmost confidence in his lawyers. Nathan talks about his first foray into theatre.    Remember to give the show a review on Apple Podcasts, it really does help other people discover our show!

Comedian Dan Alten joins the boys in the studio for a good old fashioned New York Times Crossword. Lucas admits to hiding deviled eggs from a blind guy.

Lucas and Nathan are here to keep you up to speed on everything you need to know in the upcoming season of the Knockout Game. Lucas is starting a leech farm, Nathan can’t understand who was saving up all those feathers, and the boys debate the benefits of falling from outer space vs falling off the roof. All this plus a New York Times Crossword Puzzle.

Writer and host of the Killscreen Cinema podcast Craig Williams joins Lucas and Nathan for a lively conversation about horror films that also includes some New York Times Crossword Puzzle solving at some point! 

The multitalented Holly Lynnea returns for a spooky New York Times crossword puzzle that covers everything from the similarities between Madea and Jaden Smith, to Freddy vs Jason slashfiction, and even Roadrunner cartoon continuity errors.    You can check out all of Holly's upcoming appearances at hollylynnea.com

Come along with us as Nathan goes on an adderall adventure, Lucas ponders a pencil in his pee hole, and guest Ryan Riker skips a birthday party to solve the New York Times Crossword Puzzle!

It's a Monday puzzle episode, with a thin candy shell to protect the troops from the gloops. We talk prison art, buying Dennis Kucinich's Sentra, and Nathan's extremely disturbing foray into VCR hacking.  If you enjoy the show please don't forget to go give us a review on iTunes!

If Nathan sounds a little different it’s because his mustache is gone, folks. The boys are back at it again with the Labor Day puzzle from the Failing New York Times, as well as all the conversation about Cracker Barrel you’ve come to expect. Plus reviews of gum, putting stuff inside your pee hole, and stealing valor from pole dancers. 

There's a mouse in the house and it's not the one shaking you down for a new subscription service! Nathan and Lucas discuss their political situations, plans for joining community theatre, redneck domestic partnerships, and cultures who use the wrong parts of the animals.All this and a Monday puzzle! 

Lucas and Nathan are BACK, BABY! There's a solid half hour of very granular discussion about the production of booze, followed by the consumption of booze. We talk about the angry hot dog biker, Nathan's water park lifestyle, Boston Milkshakes, our complete and withering disdain for prestige television, invent scrabbilliards, and try to get to the bottom of a Sherlock Holmes Tampon Mystery.

On The Cross is coming to you LIVE from Poorcastle Festival with our special guest Sean Cannon, here to help us solve the New York Times Crossword Puzzle in a tent full of confused music festival goers. We launch into the poopoo and peepee material pretty quickly and it devolves from there into a heated debate about what the best pizza buffet is. Fans from the crowd get on stage to explain the history of dirty jokes, and Lucas makes some broad generalizations about what constitutes a soup. Plus a dueling speed round between a mini puzzle and Sean’s credentials! 

The Boys are back with another puzzling pod. Nathan’s working out the kinks on his bankruptcy scheme, Lucas hates youtube celebrities, there’s some discussion on where Geico fits into the classic structures of narrative conflict, and Nathan describes his ideal date with Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

Are the rumors true? Is On The Cross headed for a breakup? Nathan's been blocking Lucas's Words with Friends requests, Lucas has nothing but contempt for Nathan's love of 90's bands. Things seem pretty unstable. Still the boys have reunited, not unlike the Beatles, for a rooftop performance this week. Join them as they take on a "mini-marathon" of three short puzzles. One easy one, one humiliatingly tough one, and one that's gay as hell. There's a lot of talk about video games, and a little talk about politics vis-a-vis terrible beer preferences. Also: if you live in the Indiana/Kentucky/Ohio area, we're doing a live show July 6th at Poorcastle Fest! Go to www.poorcastle.com for the complete lineup and tickets, it's gonna be one heck of a show.

Comedian Misty Stine comes by the studio to help solve a "food and drink" themed crossword puzzle from the New York Times app. We discuss the worst stage in town, hipsters, alternate calendars as a tool of the bourgeoisie, stamp addiction, and that Game of Thrones.  If you like the show please go to Apple Podcasts and leave us a review! Let us know you're out there!

Nathan's gone garden crazy. Lucas is just trying to keep up. There's mild spoilers about the fate of Hagar the Horrible in the new Avengers movie. Nobody is keeping the go kart cheaters in check. All this plus we read the minutes from the last meeting of the itty bitty titty committee. 

Lucious Williams is back for a New York Times Crossword mini-marathon! The boys bang out two mini puzzles, talk gardening, name problems, racism, Mini Kiss, preacher breathing, and which zoo animals we could beat in a fight.

We got a big, fat tiddy hit of a show! Hunter Roberts joins the boys for a comic themed edition of the New York Times Crossword. We talk about the Chinese jerkoff robot, Lake Poopyboobs, Garfield, faraway magic, and the dangers of vintage energy booze.

Lucas and Nathan go it alone this week with a full-blown Monday puzzle, and much like Icarus from the Led Zeppelin t shirt, their hubris was their undoing. It wasn't a particularly difficult puzzle, and they certainly got distracted talking about other things, but it took them a solid two hours to figure it out.

Return guest Eric Sorgel joins the boys for a New York Times crossword puzzle and somehow it becomes about Mister Noodle, opossum adjacent muggings, and driving your Ford to the fjord. Nathan offers a taste of the Nerd’s Rope, Eric has a doomsday posse put together, and Lucas owns what could be a lifetime supply of toilet paper.

Stephen Holthouser popped in at the studio and helped the boys solve a New York Times crossword puzzle. Nathan got crushed by a Maytag, Stephen explores the concept of the PC mafia, and Lucas finally gets to the bottom of one of the longest standing mysteries on the show.

David Britton joins the boys at the all new Devil Heaven studio for a wordplay puzzle from the New York Times. Along the way we talk about butthole eyes, deep fried memes, the dainty, midlife crisis penis piercings, shushing sports, and unintentionally killing it at an open mic. Thank you to our listeners who have been spreading the word, we love you and we are in love with you so please keep telling your friends to listen!

It's a live podcast crossover red carpet event! Nathan and Lucas teamed up with Sean and Patrick from Bout Time to cover the 8th annual Kent Carney Awards. If you don't listen to Bout Time already, head over there and give a listen to the other half of this insane podcast mashup. They released the pre-show interviews, we have the post-show roundup. Interviewees (in order of appearance): John Smothers  Junkus from Big Howell and Possum Craig Williams  Loren Cline Chris Vititoe  Will Hardesty Melissa Doran Brian Kensington from Powerbottom the Podcast Matt Gaither Mandee McKelvey Andy Fleming Howell Dawdy Jake Reber’s Mom Greg Welsh Kent Carney Rob Montage Chris Vititoe again

It's award season, and during our recent recording session with Jake Reber we ended up talking in depth about Louisville's own Kent Carney Awards for Comedic Excellence with the creator, founder, and godfather of the prestigious-née-facetious award. Listen in on an unprecedented conversation about the most coveted fake award in comedy!

The man behind Louisville's largest annual comedy event, The Kent Carney Awards, Jake Reber is back in the studio. We talk about music, racism, and the She-Hulk.

If this is your first time listening to On The Cross, you should know in all the earlier episodes Nathan wasn’t a big fat guy. From now on, it seems he will be. Also, he’s probably gonna get into jewelry. We talk sneakers, VR pornography, whisper secrets about a dead guy, jape battles, and STELMO. All the while solving the New York Times Crossword puzzle.   Play along with the NYT Crossword app: https://www.nytimes.com/crosswords/game/daily/2018/12/31

The holidays are almost here and you know what that means: we're gonna talk about the safety of consuming street fudge. Friend and comedian Sara Butryn joins the boys for a New York Times crossword puzzle, Lucas makes eye contact with a salacious chimp, and Nathan finds out there's different holes for pee and poo. 

Lucas and Nathan sit down without any distractions and tear ass through the Monday puzzle. So it's like 8 minutes of talk about vitamins right at the top, then they get convinced they can predict the future for a minute, then some talk about whipping it out on a date, a discussion of candy... Long story short it still took them an hour. PLUS! B-b-b-bonus: there's a couple mini puzzles thrown in at the end. Download the New York Times Crossword app and play along!

Comedian Lucious Williams visits the show for another New York Times crossword puzzle! We kick things off with a neighborhood-specific discussion of local diners that's sure to appeal to listeners everywhere, Lucas has more infections than ears, Lucious fights a kangaroo, and Nathan gets a joke stolen by Dane Cook. All this plus a review of the pornography version of Jurassic World!

Friend of the show C. Charles is back with for another round of New York Times crossword puzzle madness. We review some pickles, talk about eating gross foods as a goof, discuss caveman related music, rock and roll baby names, dentistry, and pity date tattoos.

It's a Halloween fright fest full of spooks and scares! But mostly full of film and literature critiques. The boys talk about movies that actually scare them. Lucas is gearing up to write a novel. Nathan is adjusting to being a pub trivia host. We all feel old going to punk shows. It's BONE CHILLING!

Howell Dawdy is here to help us with this New York Times Crossword puzzle this week! Lucas invents the open face hot dog chili sandwich, Nathan gives his top yolk tips, and Howell pitches a movie for the whole juggalo family. And if you don’t know who Howell Dawdy is, do yourself a favor and look it up!

Our old friend Tyler Jackson visits all the way from Hollywood just to help us solve a New York Times Crossword Puzzle featuring all of your favorite superheroes! Along the way we talk uncle stuff, band names, steakhouses, body swap spray for bros, and Nathan tries to take the red pill.

Our good buddy Rob Montage is back for another go at the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. Nathan ponders doing his own dental work, Rob attempts to delineate the definition of Butt Rock vs Dolt Rock, and Lucas porns out with his bros. Along the way there’s a lot of discussion about meat, what it truly means to be “on butt”, and what the Purge would actually be like.Check out Rob’s music at waxeater.bandcamp.com, and go on and give us a lil’ ol’ review on iTunes since you’re feeling generous!

Comedian/actress Holly Lynnea paid us a visit, and helped us solve a booze-themed New York Times Crossword. We talk a lot about food even for us, break down the finer points of comedian stage names, talk even more about food, and share stories about getting whooped. All this plus the royal wedding and Chuck Berry's sex tape. Check out Holly's website www.hollylynnea.com for upcoming shows and videos, and if you're in the Atlanta area go see her at the Red Clay Comedy Festival this weekend!

Mat Alano-Martin joins us for a New York Times crossword puzzle with an animal theme. Nathan's dad is in a ska band, yuppies keep throwing trash in Lucas's shed, and Mat explains how to do a hopsie-doozy in billiards. All this plus some amazing new thoughts on the worst ways to die. Mat's new album "Blood Mouth" comes out in October, go check out all his stuff and tour dates at www.mat-alano-martin-comedy.com

The Late Late Breakfast’s Tyler Jackson paid a visit to the Devil Heaven studio and helped us solve a delightful New York Times crossword puzzle. We mix Monster and migraine medicine, get threatened by a ‘roided out Will Shortz and his goons, and discuss American Gladiator names. Don’t forget to take that banana out of your Mercedes!

Comedian C. Charles visits the show this week, and brings the boys a special gift from South Korea! We solve a tricky non-rhyming New York Times Crossword puzzle, Lucas explains how Shrek influenced his wardrobe, C. Charles has extremely specific opinions on couches, and Nathan talks about his experience with the movie Hellraiser.

We got the smooth sounds of Rob Montage of Waxeater fame, but this ain't the Gin and Tacos mailbag. It's an all new On the Cross! When Rob isn't rocking and/or rolling, he's a pretty funny comedian, and when he isn't doing that, he's helping the boys solve the New York Times crossword puzzle. (Okay sometimes he's also teaching.) Nathan goes on a fancy date at Chili's, Rob has beef with Yu-Gi-Oh, and Lucas serves up a delicious mole sauce for dogs. All this plus we browse PennySaver/r/gonewild, track Weird Al's career, and discuss the controversial changes to the Totino's Party Pizza.

Comedian Danny Hucks drops by the Devil Heaven studio to solve the New York Times crossword puzzle, as well as discuss important matters like how to conceal scrotum warts, Brisco County Junior, wrestling, animals that go “pop”, the sin of villainy, the saw movies, and Nathan shares the story about the time he met a real robot.

It's another exciting installment of On the Cross: NIGHTS!, where we revisit classic episodes to pull back the curtain and show you how the sausage gets made. And boy oh boy sometimes the sausage is long and gross. Fans might recall our March 20th episode "Desert Island Bean with Mandee McKelvey and Tyler Gooch", wherein we joked at length about how long we had been recording. Well that particular recording session went on for over four hours and while we had to edit down the content to a listenable episode there was one conversation that stood out as being almost good (or bad) enough to be it's own episode. So here it is: Nathan's Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.