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Chicago comedians Patrick Murphy and Michael Serio put their eagle scout credentials to the test to help navigate the world's most peculiar dangers one podcast at a time


    • Aug 4, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 56m AVG DURATION
    • 69 EPISODES


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    Episode 68: Surviving Baseball

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2022 55:18


    Patrick and Michael earn their hotdog, steroids, and athletics merit badges this episode

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    Episode 67: Surviving the Miss America Pageant

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2022 54:18


    Patrick and Michael earn their personal management, Eurovision, and dock worker merit badges this week

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    Episode 66: Surviving a Barmitsvah

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2022 63:13


    Patrick and Michael earn their freak dancing, basketball, and public speaking merit badges

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    Episode 65: Surviving the Hungry Hungry Caterpillar

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2022 55:13


    Patrick and Michael earn their communism, New Girl, and insect study merit badges this episode

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    Episode 64: Surviving as Indiana Jones

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2022 53:09


    Patrick and Michael earn their moose, ice cream, and archaeology merit badges this episode

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    Episode 63: Surviving as a Chef

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2022 57:24


    Patrick and Michael earn their child birth, soup, and cooking merit badges this episode

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    Episode 62: Surviving a Dinner with Dracula

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2022 58:23


    Patrick and Michael earn their Chicago Cubs, airplanes, and archaeology merit badges

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    Episode 61: Surviving an Evil Twin

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2022 55:53


    Patrick and Michael earn their Shrek, Las Vegas, and personal fitness merit badges this episode.

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    Episode 60: Surviving as a Secret Agent

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2022 54:12


    Patrick and Michael earn their Santa, union busting, and american heritage merit badges this week.

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    Episode 59: Surviving Alien Parents

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022 59:24


    Patrick and Michael earn their witches, Oprah, and family life merit badges this episode

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    Episode 57: Surviving the Omen

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2022 56:23


    Michael and Patrick earn their food poisoning, Tik-Tok, and genealogy merit badges this week. 

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    Episode 56: Surviving a Tornado

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2022 56:16


    Patrick and Michael earn their assassin, journalism, and weather merit badges this episode

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    Episode 55: Surviving the Great British Bakeoff

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2022 58:38


    Patrick and Michael earn their littering, Viking funeral, and cooking merit badges this episode.

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    Episode 54: Surviving the Dust Bowl

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2022 59:18


    Patrick and Michael earn their Nickelodeon, Jackass, and Soil and Water Conservation merit badges this episode.

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    Episode 53: Surviving a Killer Robot

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2022 58:43


    Patrick and Michael earn their puberty, Pinocchio, and robotics merit badges this episode 

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    Episode 51: Surviving Batman

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2022 57:57


    Patrick and Michael earn their Peggy Carter, Boston, and veterinary medicine merit badges this episode

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    Episode 49: Surviving the Phantom of the Opera

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2022 52:33


    Patrick and Michael earn their blowup doll, Irish step dancing, and American business merit badges this episode.

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    Episode 48: Surviving as a Baby

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2022 57:02


    Patrick and Michael earn their crusades, small town, and family life merit badges this episode.

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    Episode 47: Surviving as a Hobo

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2022 57:10


    Patrick and Michael earn their vinegar, stock market, and American labor merit badges this episode

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    Episode 46: Surviving NASCAR

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2022 57:24


    Patrick and Michael earn their Dune, daydreams, and automotive maintenance merit badges this episode

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    Episode 41: Surviving Greek Mythology

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2021 59:27


    Patrick and Michael earn their church, ornithology, and citizenship in the world merit badges this week

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    Episode 33: Surviving the World Series of Poker

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2021 58:03


    Patrick and Michael earn their super fan, Jumanji, and game design merit badges this week. Welcome to Hell

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    Episode 32: Surviving an 80's Ski Trip

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021 55:03


    Patrick and Michael earn their home invasion, model trains, and shotgun shooting merit badges this week

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    Episode 31: Surviving as a Scarecrow

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2021 56:39


    Patrick and Michael earn their rum runner, barrels, and farm mechanics merit badges this episode

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    Episode 28: Surviving Jeopardy!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2021 44:38


    Patrick and Michael earn their algebra, banana, and programming merit badges this episode

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    Episode 26: Surviving in a Dungeon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2021 56:10


    Patrick and Michael earn their fairytale, pageant, and archery merit badges this episode

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    Episode 24: Surviving as a Hobbit

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2021 58:19


    Patrick and Michael earn their Billie Eilish, shorts, and reading merit badges this episode.

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    Episode 23: Surviving the Gold Rush

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2021 57:05


    Patrick and Michael earn their Sea World, water features, and mining in society merit badges this week

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