The POINT of THINGS

We are back for 2021! The boys are kept in line by Alice Shattuck, as we delve into a a lively discussion of abandoned buildings, musings on the future and our future (delivery only) restaurant franchise!

WE ARE NOT DEAD! An amazing live simulcast with the Shattuck Burn Barrel Podcast -- Tom, George and now Alice delve into the meaning of strange shiny objects found in the desert, and there's so much more!

The laws of nature and survival of the fittest may make for a fine dinner, unless you have a weak stomach.

We go for a long walk and a short run with a fine mixed drink chaser, guaranteed to cleanse the palate, but will not remove gooey residue from your hands. Tom has a doppleganger!

If you drove an old car, had holes in the bottom of your shoes, had relatives with questionable backgrounds and bad hairstyles, or like picking strawberries -- this is not a rerun, you should pay rapt attention.

Anagrams, malicious behavior, dead comics from the past all get their due, and most importantly always remember to take the stairs 2 at a time.

There are some serious and consequential things going on and we get into it. Game show celebrities have been furnished with joke answers as well as with some of the questions prior to the show.

There is a crisis afoot, and we bring all manner of intellectual firepower to the forefront to combat it. No former circus animals, alligators or retired 007 actors injured or mistreated in any way.

The Point of Things "Jumps the Barrel" A historical document for the future chronicling the times we are going through. Medical heroes on the front lines, squirrels, Indiana Jones-like quest for red wine, nuked battleships, jerks with bald tires, it's all here.

Wild animals, rock and roll legends, tales of abject terror, horology. What's good for the goose indeed good for the gander. This show has it all!

Wood, chicken wire, androids, (American) Football, HTML 4.0, angry carpenters, sea monsters, DNA, ship rats! Good lord, THIS SHOW has it ALL! Not to be missed!

Tom goes extracts himself even further off the grid, George alternately gives us a tour of takeout in central MA. Things are correctly spelled, but nobody drinks until noon.

Not quite having the right stuff, like Jim Lovell, George has numerous technical issues with audio drops, eerily mirroring the events of April 14, 1970. Discussion of strafing runs with propellor driven aircraft, and a serious inside scoop on our current present day calamities.

The Point of Things rockets onto your audio device of choice on back to back nights with a gripping analysis of the past 155 years of various spectacular human calamities involving heads of state, microscopic invaders and voracious water fowl. Also, our announcer reveals her name (stay until the end)

The Boys are back, freshly scrubbed (lips) still living in the 80s, and ready to tear loose!

Tom is not shaken, but stirred when George tries a non-alcoholic beer. Some rough talk nearly detonates Red Giant Star Betelgeuse, 650 Light Years from Earth, taking out local radio, the mob, and any chance of a sponsor for this program until our sun is a dead cold hulk, floating in space.

A seemingly innocent discussion of reptiles uncommonly found in plumbing descends into the depths of hell and hot spices, and we all barely survive. Production glitches abound, George unnecessarily falls on his audio engineering sword. For once Tom likes one of George's drops!

A cheery dissertation on the vagaries of microphone technology, infectious diseases, self driving cars run amuck, canines and other hijinks, spanning the width and breadth of these united states.

Strange coincidences, complicated breathing apparatus, new audio drops and tales of failed comedy writers all coalesce into a tasty stew to start a new decade. George flies on his own for nearly 17 minutes.

Tom and George are introspective about poignant moments in pop culture. Life, death, radio towers and the significance of soothing a sore throat with the appropriate beverages are a balm for the soul.

Tom and George regale their mass audience with tales of thanksgiving, child medical terror, sleep apnea, remodeling and a fish diet. New feature “Tom's Technological Terror” is pure shock and awe.

George, on the road in Los Angeles and Tom back in Boston, simultaneously deal with biological nightmares involving children of all ages -- much rough talk of rogue androids, natural sound, vintage toys and cold martinis.

Tom and George take a trip down memory lane to the dalliances of their youth current disasters all lit by the warm glow of burning brush and the hope for faster than light travel — and the chance to be ignored by Elle MacPherson.

The basic fabric of time and space are disturbed as Tom and George escalate a long simmering technical battle of produced mildy annoying drops and audio effects. We fondly remember the 2004 Boston Red Sox, and prove to be clueless about football (American or otherwise.) George dances like nobody else is listening.

The technological terror that is the Point of Things is magnified 1000x in its destructive power ... by a new USB Cable. We point and laugh at International day but rebound with a breathy hagiography of our shared love of Star Wars. George makes his mom sad by talking with his mouth full.

Swallowed chipped porcelain, synthesized english voices, radio producdtion, and a very rambunctious half black lab, half border collie make for a somewhat entertaining 43 minutes before dinner.

For once, Tom has an easy ride, and George is at the receiving end of a domestic calamity, completely overselling the near total immolation of his manse, similar to a on edge 60's Madison Avenue ad man. Also, inside baseball on the hotel trade and thoughts of some exciting episodes ahead!

Tom has an awesome time at a wedding, George lights up the grill and asserts that he is at the top of the food chain. Some salty disparaging talk about the personal life of dolphins. Important lesson about when to leave town (and when not to take off your scuba mask) Sharks have no sense of humor (but are great with a little butter)

Tom channels McGyver and cuts through solid metal without a can opener using just his wits, a hammer and various stuff found around the house. George taunts our international listeners and contemplates a low altitude parachute jump while eating cheese.

Tom and George bend the laws of physics, time and space, as Tom describes what it like to 'be' the 'E' state of consciousness, and mass. George has a brush with a modern alchemist. Local UFO guy calls in.

Live from England, the boys nearly create an international incident discussing wedding customs. George attempts to tie his shoes on air.

Tom's vacation descends into a living hell of explosions, hot wax and lost children. Both Tom and George deal with mosquitoes of the insect and human kind. There is an earthquake, and thoughts of ordering Chinese food.

Both George and Tom have ugly run ins with federal authorities, unexpected remodeling, plus some wonderful visits from the past. Tom's Lunar truther act makes George channel Buzz Aldrin and throw some verbal haymakers. Sadly, everyone is sober.

After consuming much barbecue and imported beer the boys veer off into a strange discussion of sea monsters and strange airships with absolutely no aftertaste and a smooth finish.

First Live broadcast! Tom channels Cyano De Bergerac trying to be helpful with George's encounters in the supermarket checkout line. Much talk about England with friendly taunting by actual listeners across the pond.

Tom explains how to hypnotize any hotel concierge to do your bidding! George channels his inner Allen Funt as he gets to the bottom of what is actually in the swimming pool. As a bonus, emergency room techniques and rough talk of absurd audio alchemy.

Deforestation, great barbeque. George reconsiders his pescatarian lifestyle and Tom prepares to go mano a mano with a snail.

Tom, George and George discuss Mac & Cheese, horses, overrated television shows, the binary computer language and the use of quantum-mechanical phenomena such as superposition and entanglement to perform computation and interactions with cantankerous celebrities.

George and Tom make contingency plans for the impending Electromagnetic Pulse Bomb but are interrupted when their friend calls. She owns a castle.

Technical chaos & eating live on air, gratuitous references to German engineering without mentioning fuel economy-- in summary a great afternoon at the TPOT outpost.

The boys have hit rock bottom as Tom is felled by gout and George finds himself strung out somewhere on the Vegas strip. The flat Earth is debated and a brief symposium on airline safety is held.

George and Tom tackle The Turk - the legendary automaton who grifted his way through competitive chess and almost came to blows with Napoleon. Also, strange lingerie arrives at George's house.

George and Tom uncover the ugly truth: All those cool accents from the 40's were fake. Also, only in Boston can a James Bond movie result in a chaotic fracas involving drunkards in trench coats. Cheers!

George and Tom use Van Halen as their opening to ponder whether anything we create is or can be original. Then they talk about George's time with Formula One and stumble upon the revelation that George would send his own son to jail if need be. Just listen, it will all make sense.