Quarantine Good

Comedian and podcast Sara Schaefer joins to talk about one of the most exacting, impressive activities yet: making miniatures. Sara talks about how miniatures changed her view on stand-up, how to find miniature-lovers on Facebook, and how creating a full, to-scale miniature comedy club was a personal revelation. David and James try to decide if the miniatures in Heredity were scary enough to knock this down, or if can compete as one of the greatest quarantine activities. Hosts: James Hamilton and David Tveite Producer, audio engineer: Katie Gressit-Diaz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When the pandemic hit, comedian and podcaster Jake Flores took advantage of the world grinding to a halt by embarking on a maddening odyssey through the labyrinth of American healthcare and finally deal with his sleep apnea. On this episode, Jake talks about his quest to obtain a CPAP machine and James and David decide whether finding medical treatment for a serious health condition is good or not. Hosts: James Hamilton and David Tveite Producer, audio engineer: Katie Gressit-Diaz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Comedian Vanessa Gonzalez joins to talk about starting therapy under quarantine. She talks about making the transition from getting all her advice from Oprah, when a therapist goes too easy on you, and how her parents are going "two-for-one" on mental heath. David and James have to decide whether the watered-down quarantine version of therapy is good or if it's a classic quarantine good activity. Hosts: James Hamilton and David Tveite Producer, audio engineer: Katie Gressit-Diaz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Comedian, writer, and podcast host Yedoye Travis spent much of the quarantine reading, specifically about communism. He joins the show to talk about leaving quarantine with stronger political ideas than you went in with and a better understanding of how the world works. David and James struggle to find fault with this but begin to question another, classic, quarantine activity: getting mad as hell on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Eli Yudin, comedian and host of What A Time To Be Alive podcast, joins the show to talk about a quarantine activity inspired by years of being an only child: Magic: The Gathering. Eli explains why the immersive and intricate game is more popular than ever, has been perfect for the long winter months, and will transcend the pandemic. David and James have to decide if the good parts of the game (connecting with other people, strategy, fun) can overcome the clearly quarantine good parts (not acceptable to talk about in public and still stay cool). Hosts: James Hamilton and David Tveite Producer, audio engineer: Katie Gressit-Diaz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Comedian Rohan Padhye joins the show to talk about watching all the Saw movies. He also watched all the Resident Evil movies AND all The Leprechaun movies, but that's almost too much to wrap your head around. Rohan explains how the Bush-era morality of the Saw films maps perfectly on to quarantine life. David and James have to decide whether binging all these movies is PEAK quarantine good or just VERY quarantine good. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Writer Brandy Jensen joins the show to talk about a truly monumental quarantine accomplishment: reading all 24 Jack Reacher novels. Brandy explains the appeal of the series, how author Lee Child makes up the plots as he goes, and how Jack Reacher's weird dad logic can get you through a hard time. Even once David and James are convinced that the series sounds good, they have to decide whether reading a 24 book series in one year is Good or Quarantine Good. Brandy's article for Defector, "My Year With Jack Reacher": https://defector.com/my-year-with-jack-reacher/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Comedian Kath Barbadoro takes James and David down the sinewy, pulsing rabbit hole known as Barre YouTube workouts. Staying in shape during quarantine forced many people to get creative. Kath explains how Barre's weird, upbeat, pseudo-sexual videos helped meet a need, especially when no one can see you doing the workouts in the living room. James wonders if he's susceptible to cult-lite activities and David makes a compelling case for Barre being a lock, stock, and barrel Quarantine Good activity. Hosts: James Hamilton and David Tveite Producer, audio engineer: Katie Gressit-Diaz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kenice Mobley talks about her quarantine discovery: weed. While everybody else was discovering new TV shows, Kenice was discovering the joys, and occasional terror, of a structured weed routine. David and James celebrate Kenice's life changes and try to find even one reason they aren't Good in a way that transcends quarantine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Natasha Vaynblat joins James and David to talk about the Criterion Collection. Natasha explains to the guys that watching timeless content, as opposed to the X-Men movies, is apparently an option. Natasha explains how one binges art films and David and James try to decide whether movies this good are breaking quarantine rules. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Courtney Fearrington joins James and David to talk about scrapping the depths of YouTube. We talk the high production of tiny living videos, the allure of van life, and James gets weirded out by no-dialogue cooking videos. Can Courtney convince the guys that these things are anything other than Quarantine Good? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Comedian Julie Mitchell joins James and David to talking about reality dating shows. More than ever, people have turned to watching overly beautiful people fall in love within a strict structure. We're talking The Bachelor, the Bachelorette, Love is Blind, Love Island, and Catfish, and asking a simple question: are these actually good or are they just giving us a glimpse of the life we're missing in quarantine? We also cover Julie's impressive VHS movie collection and pitch an idea for school reform based on Sister Act 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tommy McNamara, Chicago Bulls fan and host of the Stand By Your Band podcast, joins James and David to talk about The Last Dance. Who can forget those Sundays when we would all frantically try to find passwords so we could log in to ESPN and reminisce about Jordan and the fellas. But James and David pose a tough question: Was The Last Dance actually as good we thought? Or were we all just desperate to watch sports and feel something? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Watching every Marvel movie in release order? Questing to try every flavor of Blue Diamond Almonds? Telling people about your dreams? James and David share a few of the things they've been up to under quarantine and decide whether they're good or Quarantine Good. Yoga? Great British Baking Show? The guys judge each other's activities and then rank them on the Big Board to figure out how much better than Tiger King each activity is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Quarantine Good, a new podcast that takes a look at how we've been spending our time since the world shut down and asks: are these things good or should we stop doing them as soon as we can gather indoors again? Each week, hosts James Hamilton and David Tveite bring on a new guest to share what activity, binge-worthy show, or idea they've gotten WAY to into and helps them decide if it's good or Quarantine Good. Future episodes will look at telling people about your dreams, tiny homes YouTube channels, weed, and, yes, Tiger King. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices