The AdGRodcast

THIS WEEK!!  We're loaded, with quips, and turnarounds, and delicious Stone Delicious IPA. Still waiting on that sponsorship.  Also, songs about history being wrong and being taught that way in the schools (wooooooof, maybe a bit to close to reality, but hey, that's how improv goes, folks!), a song about reaching around your problems, and finally, the crux of the episode: how lazy fadeouts in songs are. For real, that shit is lame, and it's good that it's been more or less unused for awhile. At least in the music we listen to.  Regardless: Dinosaurs existed with Jesus, Carbon Dating is false, you need to get a good reach around on those problems, and THIS EPISODE TOTALLY DOESN'T END WITH A LAME ASS FADE OUT.

THIS WEEK! We are back, baby! Welcome to the EIGTH season of the ADGRODCAST.  We voted for super cop Harris. We did our part. Virginia (specifically Richmond in our case) didn't falter. We blame the rest of America. And, we won't concede gently into that cold, black fascist night, but alas, we recorded this episode in the days BEFORE we knew what was going to happen, and BEFORE we knew the end of days that was to come.  Regardless, we hope to (continue) to be a beacon of joy, and a release, and a multiversal experience that gets you out of the shitshow reality we are all sharing, and we welcome you to the EIGHTH season of the ADGRODcast.  And NO, WE ARE NOT CHANGING OUR STUPID NAME.  DENY. DEFEND. DEPOSE. 

THIS WEEK!! Adam introduces the Silurian Hypothesis and it immediately gets sidetracked by "a bit". Which, let's be real, is kind of how this all works. Then, a song about God tiring of us humans and attempting to sell the lot, and boy, is it a bargain. Because we suck. Humans are fucking garbage. And then, Atari is alright with Rodney, but not his grandpa.  My Real Friends Are Made Of 8 Bits.  Speaking of which, go check out the accompanying video of us on YouTube making this here episode. Search ADGROD on YouTube. 

THIS WEEK!!!!  First and foremost, we are now streaming [some, maybe all?] episodes with visuals of us making the sausage in The Infamous Studio B, and that includes THIS EPISODE! For followers on our Podcasting streams, we still love you, and will also release every episode PLUS some bonus content to your Podcast feed.  Anyhow, we're doing tunes about Thousandaires, farts, Cape fear, Brain Organoids (which is a companion song to a BONUS episode also released with this one!), and also Clown College. Yeah. Which is where we obviously went. OBVIOUSLY. But for real, go check out Graham's newly yoked and cut-ass bod on YouTube. GET IT!   

We are oft fascinated by modern science and what it creates, and in this case, it's terrifying. Scientists are growing human brains in petri dishes to do computer processing because, yeah, the human brain is a wildly competent at processing multiple things. Did we stop to think about what would happen??? Of course not! We're humans, we are full of pride and hubris and we don't give a FUCK about consequences!! Anyhow, these little brain organoids might be alive, and apparently we're just okay with that.  WHEW. This song is about Rodney saving one of them from the clutches of misguided modern science.  And, it is a BONUS EPISODE to our loyal podcast fans.  Enjoy, and feel maybe just a little gross. 

THIS WEEK!!! We have written the Crow National Anthem.  Also, Rodney is getting older, so he wrote a tune about it. Then, Graham and Rodney discuss Adam's rather optimistic outlook, and speculate (determine?) that it's dopamine. Or maybe ignorance. But hey, they don't know.  Smooth Brains Prevail!  Watch a live video recording of this episode on our YouTube channel!   

THIS WEEK!! Dale, one of those incredibly cool rubber ducks with sunglasses on comes to the studio and regales us with stories of eating cat hair. Yeah, that's the main thing. Rodney runs with it, though!  You gotta hear this one. It's quite something. 

THIS WEEK!! We are, fortunately (unfortunately?) immortal heads in a basket. Three of 'em! So, we ask questions: Why is science just magic? Do we just live forever if our heads get cut off? What do movie critics have to do with our decapitated head situation? What happens if we actually become a three headed monster? Who controls what part of the body? And, finally, Rorschach tests. Are they all just butterflies, or are they magic, or do our immortal decapitated heads just want us to think they're magical butterflies?!  Oh. My. God. So. Many. Questions.  LISTEN FOR ANSWERS BECAUSE WE TOTALLY ANSWER ALL OF THEM!!!!

THIS WEEK!!! We proudly present, in a nutshell, a darker take on insurance, and a darker take on the lore of mermaids.  Actually, whoa, yeah, the whole episode is a little eye-opening in a "does the FBI know these guys exist?" kinda way.  But hey, you can still enjoy it. But you can't, like, you know...enjoy...the stuff...we're singing about. I mean, unless you do.  You do you, girl.       

THIS WEEK!!! Rodney delves into Bill And Ted's nemesis, Rodney created Dr. Marlon Rebrando, the greatest pop culture plastic surgeon in all the land, and, after an interlude featuring the latest Most Annoying Song Ever, we sink into the weird world of how you might choose what path you would take, or if you even would choose in this wild world of algorithms. There might be a bit about child labor too, but, ya know, that's how it goes.  OH! Also. Rodney is a cone head. That's also how it goes. 

THIS WEEK!!  Well, Graham is a worm. Yup. That's the episode.  ALL 31 MINUTES OF IT.   You gotta hear it. You just do, you know, to get it. Because we promise there is more to get than just "Graham is a worm".   

Have you ever been in a situation where you have absolutely been present, but you don't feel like you were, or don't remember being there? It's like you're in the room, but you're hanging out about three feet from the other humans. There is a near pause in the matrix, and you can feel your senses to the maximum degree, but are also completely disconnected from whatever is happening.  Well, this episode, and the next one, will be an embodiment of that very experience. In improvised musical form. This is one from the "my sleep paralysis demon made me listen to this and participate somehow" vaults. And ya know what? If you don't make it all the way through this one, it's okay. But, be aware that you actually did...indeed get through it.  STRAP IN.   

THIS WEEK!! Oh boy, it's chock full, like one of those ice cream cakes that's two chocolate chip cookies with chocolate chip ice cream in the middle. Those things are so goddamn good! So, the first song is about how we do this podcast for us, and not for you, but we're glad that you listen. Second song is Personal Space Invaders, and it's about those people that get too close in public. And then, there is a song about a specially trained person who is trained to be...an asshole. And finally, a continuation on our ongoing series about Artificial Intelligence: I Simp For Alexa. A turgid tale of a man who simps for Alexa, and won't have it any other way.  Side note, Adam had to learn what "simping" is for the title of the episode. TURGID! TURGID! TURGID! 

THIS WEEK!! We explore the challenging life of an adult Dennis the Menace. Then, a surprise Bidet party...no, not B-day...Bidet. Yup. Then, your parents, and grandparents, and great grandparents did this thing, so you will also do it. Even if you absolutely suck Shai-Hulud ass at it. It's called: Inneptotism. Rodney eventually pronounces it right.  SLINKY, SLINKY, EVERYONE LOVES A SLINKY, EVEN IF IT'S SEXY

THIS WEEK!!! Rodney delves into what might happen if everything simply reset, or updated like a computer. Would you even know if it happened? Would it matter? Would you profess your love for that barista? Would you throw fecal matter at senior citizens at the YMCA? Would you tell your boss that you're done with your job? You don't have the right, o, you don't have the right. To know, that is.  We don't either. 

THIS WEEK!! They took my Potato Bread, first and foremost. Then, My Dealer Wants To Be My Friend, which may or may not be based on a true story. Then, STOCK BLOCKED, and finally, competitive gaming comes to the Adgrodcast and minds are lost. Lost, I tell you!  WHEW! Man, what a year. Already. 

THIS WEEK! It's like you've been gooning for us for, like, months, and we STILL don't have new episodes! Well, that's mostly true. Unfortunately, we aren't in control of the goddamn universe, despite what it may seem like. BUT, we will be back with more fresh ADGRODcast content very soon. In the meantime, please check out our Bandcamp page for our most recent release: IAMAI.  IAMAI is the first in a series of single releases we will do this year featuring some songs from the show, plus some unreleased stuff we never put on the podcast.  Keep pumping that iron, gasoline, them fists, and that Vaseline. Be back soon!

THIS WEEK!! On it's face, this may not really seem like a sacrilegious episode, but, you know, things--like religion--aren't always what they seem. Sure, there's a story of a man panda. And also some tales of a samurai. But, if you listen harder (listen hard, listener, *rock* hard), you will be astonished at the insight, pertinence, permanence, and divination of the storytelling our man Rodney spills forth. It just may rock your world. Rock hard.  ROCK. HARD. WE ARE ROCK HARD. LIKE JE-  *static*

Are you prepared to take on Buff Jesus in mortal combat? Graham is. Rodney has mixed feelings about the whole thing. Adam is apparently oblivious, like always.  Also, the Gazpacho Police show up for a sting.  SOUP! CITRUS! SWOLE! SAVIOR!!

THIS WEEK!! We channel the inner spirits/demons of all the great 1970's hard rock musicians...and proceed to essentially attempt to destroy their legacy in one fell swoop. I mean, you know how it goes with us, it never goes to plan. Still, there's a song about a man/panda hybrid, so there's that. This one is quite unhinged, folks, so strap in! 

THIS WEEK!! Rodney can't control how much he hates humanity but also wants to accept humanity. It's hard, y'all. Should the aliens destroy us? Yeah? Probably? We get it, right? Also, elephants are some of the most intelligent animals on the planet, and that means you don't want to cross one because it will absolutely fucking destroy you all the way to the grave. We did a song about that. KILL EM WITH KINDNESS, OR AN ELEPHANT, THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE GOTTA DO.   

THIS WEEK!! We delve deep into the psyche of what it means to desire. To WANT. To want brains. To want powers. To want the end of it all. To want equality and justice. And sure, it's all in context of our wacky universe, but it's definitely the through line of this episode, and I'm TOTALLY NOT OVERTHINKING IT.  B! B! B! B! B!     

THIS WEEK!!!! We are celebrating this season's 20th episode with a very special presentation about a super hero.  I mean, let's be real, it's a pretty normal episode, but the song is pretty good. We think so, at least.  Get that brain chip out of my brain, Elon!

THIS WEEK!! We bring you an episode that you should surely share with your friends, because you know we will. That's why. It's not because of the glorious improvised lyrics and near-psychic connection the brothers on the instruments have, no, it's because we asked. Nicely. And because that's what one of the songs is about.  Anyhow, what fourth wall? Who even is Rodney? Does Graham even exist? How can Adam possibly be so beautiful AND talented? SERIOUSLY.  

THIS WEEK!!! First off, we want to thank you for being patient and letting us enjoy a summer break hiatus. As a gift, in this episode, we have returned to your earballs with a quandary about lab-produced meat of a very familiar kind, and are also using this opportunity to introduce you to the newest character in the ADGROD universe: Dr. Scream. Who is, of course, a pediatrician. Because of course.  WEBACKWEBACKWEBACKWEBACKWEGONNAEATOURBABYBACKBABYBACKWEBACK

THIS WEEK!!!! We delve into the real issues: Plastic! And how do we combat it? With radioactive bugs, of course. OF COURSE. Why? Because SCIENCE! SCIENCE!!!! Also, ever wonder what would happen if you jumped into a glass bubble and launched yourself at the sun? We did too, so we did a super heavy metal song about a guy trying to get a suntan. Eat that, Oprah.  WOOOOOORMMMMMMSSSSSSS!! 

THIS WEEK!!! Motivational Speed (yeah, the drug). That's the first song.  THEN, we apparently have an AI series that we're doing. Last week was Timmy the AI House, and this week, we have an AI generated personality. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately?) it's not...smart. Well, its creator is not. I think? Man, I don't know! Rodney comes up with this crazy shit and it's hard to come up with a synopsis sometimes. Listen to the goddamn song, it's quite a thing.  NEURONS. INTERNET. CHATGPT. VEINS. STARS. CANDLE! 

THISWEEEEK!!! Simply put, we tell two stories about people and things unknowingly changing other people's lives.  First, one of a young man who changes the course of his life from being a crack addict to a steroid abusing serial public masturbateur...all thanks to Tony Robbins' self help CD's.  And then, a mini-epic about young man who, as a child, uses and helps a machine learning AI to learn, which in turn sets off a series of events that let's him become real life friends with his what-he-thought-to-be-imaginary friend. Is it a story of innocence and friendship, or of woe and HAL style humanity destroying drama!?  GOTTA LISTEN, LISTENER. GOTTA LISTENER. GOT A LISTENER. 

THIS WEEK!!!! We got a listener request about Godzilla Space Clown and goddammit we deliver the goods, because we are ALL ABOUT our listener. Then, Rodney can't handle that words mean more than one thing, which is really great for the lead singer of an improv band, and finally, we, like the modern Republican party, recognize that children yearn for labor, and YEARN to spend their energy, so we invent wi-fi powered by children. It's way more funny and way less creepy than it sounds.  Get that slap back reverb tank fired up and put on your houndstooth bathrobe. We gettin' Kaiju-y in this piece. 

THIS WEEK!! We got a beer fridge! This is very exciting, obviously, because for six years we have just been drinking not refrigerated beers. This is an improvement. Speaking of which, you know someone in the uber-wealthy realm has a cyber shlong, so, of course, we do a song about that. Then, finally, an actual pyramid like the ones in Egypt is being built in 2023 and HAVE WE GOT A DEAL FOR YOU.  Don't be a sucker. Subscribe! Listen! Revel! Sway! Stamp! Stamps! Cyber! Pedals! Fridge!!!   

THIS WEEK!! We bring you a 30 minute episode featuring a guest engineer and producer: Clyde. Or, maybe Graham. It's hard to say. Within, we do a song about a hero of modern medicine named Cavity Sam, who had a hole bored into his gut so that doctors could see how human digestion and internal processes work. For real, that shit is crazy, and it's BASED ON A TRUE STORY.  Then, Rodney becomes an Enableist--it's exactly what it sounds like, and we get an Onlyfans, and finally, a tune about a dating app we invented called Stumbl, wherein you must be inebriated to participate. Lots of weird and awful implications, we know, but hey, that's comedy. COMEDY. LAUGH WITH US GODDAMMIT. sobs 

 THIS WEEK!! We tell the tale of a preacher heckler who is absolutely not fond of abolition/temperance movement, roll into a tune about reality shredding itself to bits like Mr. Fantastic in Dr. Strange And The Multiverse Of Madness (SPOILER MOTHERDUCKER), and finally a man who starts riots. Again and again.  Black Holes aren't even scary compared to this reality we all live in, and YOU KNOW IT. Hug your cats and tip your hat to those Higgs Boson molecules floating around your head. 

THIS WEEK!!! We bring you tales of delight and woe in equal measure, beginning with the newest and brownest form of Human Identification, rolling into our wishes from the proverbial genie, and ya know what? I'm not gonna spoil it. There's some other Stuff. Some other really good Stuff that made your mom very proud of us. You just need to listen to the goddamn show, Sharon.  Thanks to the Demon that delivers our drums, and to RVA Mag for the extra special and terrific write-up about our show. It made us very tingly and happy. Much love to the Richmond Podcast community. 

You've heard of Big Pharma. Big Oil. Big Business.  But have you ever heard of Big Karma?  Well, now you have. I mean, we sort of fumble our way through it. But yeah, NOW YOU HAVE.  Remember, Karma smiles on Adgrodians. 

THIS WEEK!!! We are ROARING at you with brand new content. LIKE ALWAYS. First, a man who loves science and hates, well, everything else. Then, the strangest jurassic diagnosis ever, and finally, the true story of a being who will simultaneously eat your face and also show you some super sweet dance moves.  Remember that velociraptors were the size of a chicken. KEEP IT IN YOUR BRAIN FOLDS. FOLDS. FOLDS. FOLDS. FOLDS. FOLDS!!!   

THIS WEEK!!! We are back to our usual charming and probably soul-less threesome. We worry, as always, about being cancelled, but in the meantime we write music. Lots of music. Because that is what we do, ladies and gentlemen.  This one is partly for YOU, Justin Peterson...and partly for all of our listeners. Kinda. Mostly for us, though. Our fragile male egos need this. NEED. 

There's not much more to be said about this series. Nope.  We've spun reels as long as a professional ocean fishing rig. We've dug holes for ourselves deeper than the Mariana Trench. Our professional careers are officially done (probably) (hopefully not).  It was a genuine pleasure to do this, and we hope you enjoyed it.  If you didn't, you can treat yourself to Rage Radio and go f*** yourself.

THIS WEEK!! Country Breakfast and Dr. Orgasmatron are bringing plates of heaping sonic glory to your table once again...and...well, we are Adam. There are TIRE TREADS on Adam from being thrown under the bus for basically this whole episode by Graham and Rodney. Or, is it a love letter? I can't tell. NOBODY KNOWS!!! Luckily, our amazing guests steer the truck towards an inevitable, beautiful cliff inspired by Graham's suggestion: A rap battle.  WE'RE ALL ADAMS.   

THIS WEEK!!! Dr. Orgasmatron 4000 and Country Breakfast are here for the second (OF FOUR!!) episodes where we climb into the big pool, put the horse blinders on, and grope in the dark for reality and a sense of purpose. We fail--miserably--in that regard, but we DO come up with a song about (the) Amazon, Candiru, Cayman, and proceed to kick it into high gear with a tale of a man who shoots fish from his pee hole, as a super hero. Yeah, a super hero, for sure. Marvel, you have our email.  SHOOT, THE, FISH, CANNONNNNNNNN!!!!!!

THIS WEEK!! Two of Adam's old bandmates from late-90's Lynchburg Legend, The Wakovia Bank Robbers, come to the studio for a long-overdue reunion. On this, part one of a four part epic series, we delve into Soft Teeth, Human Beans, Bird Wives, The Divorce of Amadeus Mozart, and other juicy, relevant, hot topics. The air crackles with delight; the molecules dance and sing; the atoms run in horror!  Prepare your Umami teeth, the next four weeks will be a RIDE.     

THIS WEEK!!! I was going to try to come up with some cheeky thing about the songs we came up with or whatever...but this is one of the wildest and strangest episodes we have ever done, and it was thanks (?) our dearest Rodney. The man lost his goddamn mind for this whole episode. You just gotta listen. YOU GOTTA.  Also, thank you to TikTok user Jaysus.805 for the song idea. We truly dug deep for that inner Katy Perry thanks to you.  GOD SAID FUCK THEM VEGETABLES

THIS WEEK!!!! In solemn remembrance of the anniversary of a bunch of Meal Team Six mouth breathers and Trump boot licking morons storming the capitol of the country, we present a song about a REAL insurrection: The Boy Scouts Of America attempting to overtake America. The FBI is involved--even though it *should be* the NSA--there's a secret agent, it's a whole thing. Then, Bob Graffiti, who brings art and joy to the streets...and maybe more...in his own special way. And finally, Rubix Pubes. Yeah, it's what it sounds like.  Ever heard of a sample? WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE MAYBE SKIN SAMPLES MAYBE STOOL SAMPLES MAYBE HAIR SAMPLES

THIS WEEK!! We are starting off season 6 with a reissue of one of Adam's favorite episodes, a bonus episode from Season 3 featuring a then-very-lonely Rodney talking to his best friends: his furniture, also, Berserker Llama Syndrome (which is a real thing! WHAT?!) and finally a love song to Emilio Estevez (incredibly cleverly) called Estevez For The Rest Of Us. Honestly, one of the all-time greats from Rodney.  Since this episode came out, Rodney is no longer lonely, Llamas still freak the fuck out with too much exposure to humans, and Emilio Estevez still keeps his nose clean *in the right way*. Otherwise, we haven't evolved one bit as a band, and you know what? That's okay. We didn't need to. You didn't need us to. The world is essentially a heaping pile of smelly garbage, and we like to think of ourselves as a perpetually pleasant fever dream you get from the stench. A way to zone out and forget things for about 20 minutes.  So, enjoy your smelly fever dream, and welcome to Season Six of THE ADGRODCAST!!!!!!! (new episodes starting next week) 

THIS WEEK!!! We give you the gift of gab in this episode--like a real podcast--because we talk a bunch. So, if that's your thing, this episode is for you! Worry not, however, music lovers, because there are tons and tons of bands on Spotify and Apple Music that you can listen to. In the meantime, enjoy our mini-epic in this episode about a first time exposure to Marijuana gone horribly, horribly wrong.  *gasps*

THIS WEEK!!! Cyberfunk, in the year 2069...it's tons of fun. There is a lead up to it as well! Then, IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING, and not gonna lie, it's a little aggressive, but it ends up with a "happy" ending. NO, not that kind of happy ending ya fuckin' pervs. And finally, a listener request about Crom. Yeah, THAT Crom, that *we* thought (thanks Google) was a KROM. So, it's a song about Crom and his Krom. Shit's wild, y'all. WILD. Thanks to listener "mileswentland" on TikTok for the CROM/KROM song idea! 

THIS WEEK!! Like the title says, our 90's public education--well, with Adam and Rodney, at least--fails us. Then, BIG DECK ENERGY, and finally Part One of the grand epic regarding spiders and water spouts and an all too familiar tale of woe.  PHOTOVOLTAIC, IS WHAT HE SAID. NOT CAMERAS, MORON!!!

THIS WEEK!!! Adam wants to fight every billionaire, but Graham doesn't think he can, so suggests that we fight each other and all the other nerds, and then crown the NERD CHAMPION to fight them. Yeah, that's totally how it went down. Fuck them billionaires! Then, the Random Number Generator chooses "Welcome To Dictionary Land", which is a turgid tale about, ya know, Dictionary Land. Gotta listen to get this one.  WHIMSY! FIST FIGHTS! TOTALLY NOT STEVE URKEL!!! 

THIS WEEK!! We are featuring a sooper spooky re-release of a halloween episode from a few years ago. It features Guest ghost story teller Jerome Flagbottom, and also our often-holiday-co-conspirator D. Erik Jensen!! This is the spoopiest halloween party you've ever been to, guaranteed. oOOooOOooOOOo Drop your pants and get your junkin in that pumpkin because it's spooky season, baby! 

THIS WEEK!!!! Squid farts are embarrassing (probably), Rodney's life revolves around shows and movies, so it's impossible for him to exist without being a living breathing spoiler, and a mini-epoch about THE ROBOTS TAKING OVER. We may or may not have done that theme before, but this is IMPROV, baby! It's completely different this time!  *bzzzt* ROOMBAS ASSEMBLE. WE'RE MARCHING TO THE FOOD COURT WHERE THE HUMANS WON'T SUSPECT US *bzzt*

THIS WEEK!! We dig into the horrible planetary consequences of seemingly helpful reusable heavy duty bags, and our (brilliant) solution: Giving them to your progeny as an heirloom!! Then, how Germany almost won the second world war with Pig Latin (true story!) and finally a blur of a song about what you REALLY want to do with life regardless of that stupid-ass degree.  LIVING MY BEST SNAKE LIFE. AKESNAY IFELAY UCKFAY ESYAY!