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A minute-by-minute dissection of John Landis's 1983 classic Trading Places starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy, from the creators of the Caddyshack Minute and Blues Brothers Minute, like you'd find in a bacon, lettuce, and podcast sandwich.

The Ditch Diggers


    • Jun 1, 2026 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 45m AVG DURATION
    • 116 EPISODES


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    Coming Soon! Raising Arizona Minute

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2026 1:01


    Here comes Raising Arizona Minute! Subscribe to The Ditch Diggers Podcast to hear the newest show from Dan, Mike, and Tom, starting Monday, June 8! Get everything at the Ditch Diggers Podcast website Support the show: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Join us on Facebook at the Ditch Diggers Listeners' Hole Find out more at https://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 114: Lobster and Cracked Crab for Everyone

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2025 41:15


    Well, that's it! Enjoy your lobster and cracked crab as we read the credits in full, and stay subscribed to find out when we come back next and with what movie! Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 113: Everybody Gets Laid

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2025 48:48


    Our heroes are all rich and ready to be paired off with sexual partners, and your hosts prepare to sail into the sunset. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 112: The Death of Coleman

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2025 54:36


    Beeks is shipped off to Africa with his gorilla love, and Billy Ray is visited in paradise by the deceased Coleman via his parrot familiar. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 111: This Movie's Coming to an End

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2025 48:13


    The Dukes are ruined, Randolph has a heart attack, and Mortimer says a bad word. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 110: Winning the Lottery

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2025 46:28


    Billy Ray and Louis look up from their frenzied jotting down of orders to discover that they are now somehow filthy rich. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 109: Sell! Sell!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2025 50:03


    But he couldn't take it? NO! Buddy was a rock! WILSON couldn't take it! Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 108: The Orange Crop Is Actually Fine

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2025 67:30


    It's a new wave of pandemonium as the true nature of the orange crop is revealed. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 107: Ladies and Gentlemen, the Minister of Oranges

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 57:47


    Everybody shut up! The Minister of Oranges has got something to say! Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 106: How to Sell Orange Juice Futures

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2025 47:00


    Louis and Billy Ray travel back in time with exciting news about the value of frozen concentrated orange juice. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 105: The Stroke of 9 AM

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2025 52:42


    It's 9 o'clock. Do you know where your traders are? Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 104: Everyone Looks Like a Nail

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2025 52:01


    Louis continues giving Billy Ray and the audience a tour of the commodities trading floor which does nothing to explain to your hosts what is about to happen. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 103: A Gentleman and His Magazines

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2025 58:15


    Louis and Billy Ray prepare for battle in the men's room as Mark Campbell joins us from his postcard chamber. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 102: Too Soon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2025 55:03


    Louis gets Billy Ray pumped for financial carnage as the Dukes let Wilson in on their juicy scheme. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 101: Planet Stiffness

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2025 64:01


    A prostitute and a butler walk into a bar. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 100: Pretentious Pour-over Process

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2025 51:22


    Get your gum out for the hot and heavy makeout scene in a Philly train station. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 99: Wonderful News!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2025 42:14


    This week we learn how to fill briefcases with money and/or fake orange crop reports. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 98: Penetration in the Orange Zone

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2025 51:20


    This would be a boring minute if it weren't for all the ape sex and Deep Throat references. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 97: The Party's Over

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2025 58:51


    Two gorillas, two knockouts, and Billy Ray and Louis commit almost certain manslaughter. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 96: Tiny Tidbits and Hot Cockles

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2025 47:41


    Beeks relishes having the upper hand, but he doesn't seem to realize he's surrounded by gorillas. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 95: A Collection of Gosh-Darned Oddballs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2025 63:05


    Mr. Beeks has finally had it with the colorful characters on this train and he expresses his frustration in no uncertain terms. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 94: It's Lionel Joseph!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2025 61:59


    Lionel Joseph arrives in the train cabin to the surprise of Billy Ray, the consternation of Beeks, and the joy of our guest Bryant Hicks. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 93: No Fun

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 52:42


    The baggage handlers look for food and Billy Ray gets the briefcase to Lewis in the bathroom and that's about it. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 92: Madonna with Swedish Meatballs

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 52:24


    Inga from Sweden arrives wearing the wrong clothes, but somehow that's okay. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 91: Saved by ChatGPT

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 50:43


    Coleman arrives as a priest who loves whiskey and avoiding farting, and AI turns out to be our number one fan. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 90: Beef Jerky Time

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 63:52


    God, this one's long! But that's because we have to figure out the economy, physics, prostitution, and everything else on this bill of lading. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 89: G. Gordon Liddy's "The Monkey Handlers"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 55:10


    Merry New Year, everyone. Celebrate by mocking a gorilla. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 88: Chekov's Ape Suit

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 49:47


    Oh my God, we're on the train all of a sudden. Get ready for the movie to hit its comedic peak! Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 87: Pay Phone Etiquette

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 39:41


    Our heroes figure out the Dukes' scheme and plan to stop them, or better yet, beat them to it. Plus there's eggnog and cussing. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 86: Ginger Braker??

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 47:28


    Gun cleaning, salad eating, and sage advice are all interrupted by television, as usual. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 85: Turns Out It Was the Dukes

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 48:40


    It was just a dream! But that doesn't stop Louis from trying to strangle Billy Ray to death. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 84: Brought to You by Trader Joes

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 46:30


    Louis almost does himself in with a bunch of pills, but then wakes in his own bed from a dream about a sandwich of Trader Joe's roast turkey, Trader Joe's gouda, with Trader Joe's aioli mustard on a Trader Joe's ciabatta roll and a side of Trader Joe's Crunchy Pops. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 83: Such a Truck

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 38:51


    Louis fails to shoot himself but succeeds in leading Billy Ray to Ophelia's apartment. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 82: Anatomy of a Salmon

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 29:52


    Louis pulls a salmon out of his Santa suit and eats it on a bus. Or does he?? Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 81: The Ringdinger

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 34:26


    Billy Ray works his way through a city of Santas, while the one he's looking for gets on a bus. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 80: Greetings from Santa

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 55:07


    Now knowing the truth of the Duke's scheme, Billy Ray chases after a drunken Santa Louis. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 79: Collegiate Nutritional Economics

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 44:53


    Bets are settled, hands are washed, and mouths are burned. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 78: Smoking in the Secret Bathroom

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2025 42:37


    Billy Ray's special alone time is interrupted by the sneaky arrival of the Dukes. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 77: Louis Pulled a Pistol as Santa

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025 44:05


    With a rebel yell, Louis terrifies his former coworkers. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 76: Ham Gun or Beef Blaster

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 36:57


    Louis pulls his meat on Billy Ray. No, not like that, you're gross. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 75: All the Bad Drugs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2025 31:11


    Have you seen what marijuana joints, pills, quaaludes, valium, yellow ones, red ones, cocaine grinders and drug needles do to kids? Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 74: You Are in Danger

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2025 52:06


    Billy Ray stumbles into a sitcom episode, the boys hang out at Tom's house, and Dan is killed by a tsunami. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 73: Self Serve Santa

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 48:58


    Merry Christmas Eve! Help yourself to some salmon and then get to work on those payroll checks. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 72: Insightful Film Analysis

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2024 48:23


    It's all nose kisses and papers in bed until Lewis freaks out about Valentine again. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 71: Using Protection with Your Investments

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2024 46:27


    Things get steamy as Ophelia gets into bed with Lewis and-- oh wait, never mind. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 70: The Party in the Bathroom Situation

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 48:55


    Sexual favors are suggested and postponed! Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 69: Going Long on Fun Sizes

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 55:20


    Hey, good news about the Russian wheat harvest! Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 68: Snail Jokes in the Rain

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 40:52


    Lewis buys a gun but can't hear the snail joke through the window of the fancy restaurant. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 67: This Episode Is Brought to You by Rochefoucauld

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 42:13


    Trading Places Minute is brought to you by Rochefoucauld, the thinnest water-resistant watch in the world. Singularly unique, sculptured in design, hand-crafted in Switzerland, and water resistant to three atmospheres. This is the sports watch of the 80s. $6955.00 retail. Bonus: it tells time simultaneously in Monte Carlo, Beverly Hills, London, Paris, Rome, and Gstaad. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 66: Todd and Andrew and Henry and Philip

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 47:53


    Lewis approaches his friends for help, but it turns out they are not in the market for drugs. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

    Minute 65: Muffy and Margaret and Susan and Constance

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 31:58


    You only think you know what's going on at that table, but you don't, nor do you care. Patreon: www.patreon.com/ditchdiggers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditchdiggerslistenershole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerspodcasts Find out more at http://tradingplacesminute.com

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