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This week we talk about dog perches, overhead lighting, new music, Mr. Pibb, compilation CDs, and blood orange mochi. Support us on Patreon to keep the podcast going, view more detailed show notes, and to gain access to exclusive content at: http://www.patreon.com/theshowsamandjoe Favorite things: Salvation - Rebecca Black unipaws Pet Bunk Bed
*This is Your Brain on: ...pretty much everything, and mostly that phone they call smart that has the potential to turn you into an idiot! *Professing Dave: Check out our response to Professor Dave's response, to our rebuttal, to his attempt to debunk Special Creation! *The Latest Models for 2025! We're not buying them! Here at RSR we want to make 2025 the year that the Creationist Community hears us loud and clear that modelling and mathematics are no substitute for observable phenomenon, experiments and solid forensic science! *Alienating the Masses: We keep hearing from various media carnival barkers and bureaucracy hacks that the American government is covering up the existence of an intelligent extraterrestrial civilization that has been sending investigators in various spacecraft since the 1950s to find out what all that noise from Earth is about. (Yet they have a hard time acknowledging the true and living God). *Our "They" Pibb Climate Theory: Hear how saturation of the atmosphere by the same CO2 that makes Dr. Pepper and Mr Pibb so good likely results in saturation levels that produce a loss in it's already minimal ability to have any impact on the global climate, (as Dr. Paul Homan told us last year).
*This is Your Brain on: ...pretty much everything, and mostly that phone they call smart that has the potential to turn you into an idiot! *Professing Dave: Check out our response to Professor Dave's response, to our rebuttal, to his attempt to debunk Special Creation! : *The Latest Models for 2025! We're not buying them! Here at RSR we want to make 2025 the year that the Creationist Community hears us loud and clear that modelling and mathematics are no substitute for observable phenomenon, experiments and solid forensic science! *Alienating the Masses: We keep hearing from various media carnival barkers and bureaucracy hacks that the American government is covering up the existence of an intelligent extraterrestrial civilization that has been sending investigators in various spacecraft since the 1950s to find out what all that noise from Earth is about. (Yet they have a hard time acknowledging the true and living God). *Our "They" Pibb Climate Theory: Hear how saturation of the atmosphere by the same CO2 that makes Dr. Pepper and Mr Pibb so good likely results in saturation levels that produce a loss in it's already minimal ability to have any impact on the global climate, (as Dr. Paul Homan told us last year).
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Beave visits the home studios in Woodridge, IL for a jam-packed recap episode, eats 3,029 Hershey Kisses in the process, explains Mr. Pibb's pulling sponsorship because of his "Shawshank Redemption" review, and then slips into a diabetic coma under the holiday tree. The Bears and Browns are both forgettable, but we still talk NFL and the charmed Chiefs. Who can challenge them for NFL supremacy? Plus NBA, college hoops (Northwestern beats Illinois in Evanston), college football playoffs, "I Recommend", CCR's "Willy & The Poorboys", unknown Top 40 hits, and Beave and Len forget to rank the characters in "The Bear".
On episode 201 The Movie Toasters talk about the latest movie news & they review the following movies:-Anora-Don't Move-Conclave-Venom: The Last Dance-The Best of TimesSo hit play and prepare to stay toasty!Stay Toasty!!!
Step right up, step right up! We've got a WILD one for you today, folks! Join us today as we discuss 1988's cosmic clown cult-classic, KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE! We discuss the Klown designs and their methods of attacking their victims, the music of the film, using a balloon dog to go hunting, teenagers in their mid-thirties, Klown babes getting busy, the surprising number of people associated with this movie that went on to work on popular films, & much more! We also discuss some modern episodes of The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror, Terrifier 3 (2024), Shudder's annual Ghoul Log, Horror-themed stuff for kids, and of course...our new friend, MR. PIBB. ———————————————————— To see images of the stuff discussed, look at your device's screen while listening! Go here to get some LTAS Merch: http://tee.pub/lic/huI4z_dwRsI Email: LetsTalkAboutStuffPodcast AT gmail DOT com Follow LTAS on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ltaspod/?hl=en Subscribe to Steven's YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@alittlelessprofoundfilms?si=exv2x7LZS2O1B65h Follow Steven on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/stevenfisher22/ Brent is not on social media. A 5-Star rating on your podcast app is appreciated! And if you like our show, share it with your friends! IT'S LIKE A BUTT-PLUG FOR EARTH.
Get ready for DOUBLE THE NORMAL DOSAGE OF CHAPTERS with Mike and Michael from our live show in Atlanta! With pristine audio and a killer crowd to go along with the juicy drama of the chapters, this ep truly has it all. Topics include: SIx Flags, Brad, Big Waterbed, interviewing Rick, destroying Cleveland, ma'am, Rocky IV, the science of lightning, 2-key turn system, Muhammed Ali, improvised bullhorns, Caldecott Tunnel, Air Traffic Control, Parent Trauma Corner, fabric flavors, Burning Man, Kleenex grammar, Mr. Pibb, Carmen San Diego, Riddlestown, Weird Al, The Alphabet Song, The Olympics, Camp Green Lake, and more! TNO Patreon: www.thenewestolympian.com/patreon TNO Live: www.thenewestolympian.com/live — Find The Newest Olympian Online — • Website: www.thenewestolympian.com • Patreon: www.thenewestolympian.com/patreon • Twitter: www.twitter.com/newestolympian • Instagram: www.instagram.com/newestolympian • Facebook: www.facebook.com/newestolympian • Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/thenewestolympian • Merch: www.thenewestolympian.com/merch — Production — • Creator, Host, Producer, Social Media, Web Design: Mike Schubert • Editor: Sherry Guo • Music: Bettina Campomanes and Brandon Grugle • Art: Jessica E. Boyd — About The Show — Has the Percy Jackson series been slept on by society? Join Mike Schubert as he reads through the books for the first time with the help of longtime PJO fans to cover the plot, take stabs at what happens next, and nerd out over Greek mythology. Whether you're looking for an excuse to finally read these books, or want to re-read an old favorite with a digital book club, grab your blue chocolate chip cookies and listen along. New episodes release on Mondays wherever you get your podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Send us a textHey y'all. Mom wants to know if your friends want some grape punch. Andy harnesses Mama Fratelli. Scatman John makes an appearance. Not only does Shrout not like football, he actively HATES it. Maybe it's a result of the way his mom spoke to him when he was a kid. He really needs to find the safe where his humor lives, and unlock that shit. Dr. Pibb. Chris Farley is, pound for pound, better. You'd take your medicine if you knew what was good for you (but stay away from speedballs). How did this fool case the takeoff?! Jason longs to be friends with Kid Rock. You know, he's got another White House down there in Nashville. If more people believe it, that means it's true! Wangers on the glass?! You are bullshit. DO WE HAVE ANY NICKELBACK FANS IN THE HOUSE TONIGHT?!Support the showFollow Us Everywhere and Anywhere You Do You Social Medias Stuff: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themovieroulettepodcastTikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@themovieroulettepodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/themovieroulettepodcastYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMovieRoulettePodcast
On this episode we're immediately exposing the rumors about Salt Lake City and Mormons; Oasis is going back on tour, or is it just a mirage? Dr. Pepper vs. Mr. Pibb; Raven and the eenie meanies take a trip around the baseball diamond to ask WTF are some of these stats and how do they determine who should be in the hall of fame; Linkin Park is making a comeback and Rich has a great idea for who should replace Chester Bennington as lead vocalist; What's the greatest song with a stutter in it in rock history? Feeney is still afraid of being prosecuted and cancelled in France and Raven shares interesting facts about the women of France; The best position to be in when pulling a train is revealed; The origin of the name Baba O'Riley by The Who and other musical gems; The latest UFC winnings from Raven and Feeney, and of course, all the usual perversions. Follow the guys on X!Raven - @theRavenEffectRich - @RichBocchiniFeeney - @jffeeney3rdRaven has some action figures available for purchase at https://www.majorbendies.com/ so go buy them.Buy some of Raven's old comics and other goods. Check out the store by Ask Danna at https://www.ebay.com/str/askdannaHave Raven say things that you want him to say, either for yourself or for someone you want to talk big-game shit to by going to http://www.cameo.com/ravenprime1If you want all the uncensored goodness AND watch The Raven Effect, sign up for Patreon by going to http://www.patreon.com/TheRavenEffect it's only $5 a month!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-raven-effect--5166640/support.
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Even the name sounds mediocre! I'm joined once again by Two in the Cooler podcast host Andrew Canada to hit up a chain that was a staple of his childhood: Perkins Restaurant & Bakery Perkins has a dingy atmosphere that acknowledges you'd rather be elsewhere What's Going on Over There with advertising the arrival of Dr. Pepper to your menu, and then only serving Mr. Pibb? (This one really upset Michael) Our server was emotionally affected by me not loving my burger Andrew eats his pancakes in a real crazy way What we ate: Orange Juice Mr. Pibb Chicken Fingers Short Stack of Pancakes Turkey Sausage Tater Tots Blueberry Pancakes Sausage Patty Avocado Crunch Burger French Fries Apple Pie Banana Cream Pie "Fine" Dining is now on video! Head on over to my YouTube to watch this episode! Music by: James McEnelly (@Ramshackle_Music) Theme Song by: Kyle Schieffer (@JazzyJellyfish) Segment Transitions Voiced by: Sandy Rose "Fine" Dining is on Patreon! Get an extra episode every month (on the last day of August, I'll be releasing the episode for the other New York restaurant I reviewed: Ess-a-Bagel with my girlfriend Joyce as she reeeeally wanted to try NYC bagels), extended Yelp from Strangers segments every other week, merch discounts, download access to our music including the 7 singles from our Olive Garden musical, and more! Patreon Producers: Joyce Van, & Sue Ornelas Get the 5 Survival Tips for Casual Dining at www.finediningpodcast.com! Send in your Perkins stories at finediningpodcast@gmail.com. Follow the show on TikTok and Instagram @finediningpodcast Follow Two in the Cooler on Instagram @twointhecooler Let me know where I should go next by leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, PodcastAddict, Overcast, or wherever you get your podcasts. I read every one! Next week on "Fine" Dining: Septemburger 2024 Kicks Off! I revisit 5 burger chains I've been to already this season as we see Steak 'n Shake take on Rally's, and Culver's matches up with Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers. And then I score Whataburger's hamburger before they go head-to-head with In-N-Out the following week. Fill out your Septemburger brackets here!
Grab a Mr. Pibb and plug into the hive mind as we discuss James Gunn's sci-fi horror comedy, "Slither"!
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On the latest recap episode, an unspeakable incident occurs ON THE AIR as Beave completely mischaracterizes the category of soft drink for Len's beloved Mr. Pibb. Shock, consternation, horror....all the emotions pass through Len and you can hear them all in his voice. Beave survives (barely) and the guys go on to discuss the week in NBA action, featuring the Cavs coming back to earth and Bulls continuing their Jekyll-and-Hyde ways. College hoops: Illinois rebounds from the bad Penn State loss to defeat Iowa and Minnesota! Beave recommends the documentary "Radical Wolfe", on Netflix. Len recommends the new album "Little Rope" by Sleater-Kinney. And more album reviews as well! TUNE IN!
Meatball and Big Dipper chat about their many upcoming out of town gigs, why Meatball might be too famous for a little backroom hankey pankey, and why kicking the lights out is really gross and bad. Plus some caffine chats about how to sleep thru the Mr. Pibb. Catch Sloppy Seconds in Boise at Treefort on March 22nd and in Bushwick at The Sultan Room on April 9th. Listen to Sloppy Seconds Ad-Free AND One Day Early on MOM Plus Call us with your sex stories at 213-536-9180! Or e-mail us at sloppysecondspod@gmail.com FOLLOW SLOPPY SECONDS FOLLOW BIG DIPPER FOLLOW MEATBALL SLOPPY SECONDS IS A FOREVER DOG AND MOGULS OF MEDIA (M.O.M.) PODCAST Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We start with Corey Holcomb's comments on Dave Chappelle's persona and his bombing during his shows.A fallout between Donnell Rawlings and Corey Holcomb at the Laugh Factory.Comedian Eddie Griffin's remarks on Shannon Sharpe's podcastA rumor about comedian Bert Kreischer's arrest, despite him not getting arrested, is examined next.Controversy around comedian Shane GillisJon Stewart's comeback on the Daily Show and the boost in ratings draw attention.John Oliver's satirical offer to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to resign from the Supreme Court for 1 million dollars per year Mr. Pibb didn't even get his degree.The rundown:Discussion on Corey Holcomb and Dave ChappelleCorey Holcomb and Donnell Rawlings' ConfrontationEddie Griffin's Controversial RemarkksBurt Kreischer's Arrest RumorShane Gillis' Controversial Podcast GuestsJon Stewart's Return to the Daily Show - ratingsJohn Oliver's Offer to Clarence ThomasMitch Hedberg's Joke in Real LifeLarsa Pippin and Marcus Jordan's Relationship JokeIf you're a regular listener of the podcast, there's a really easy way to show your support and help us grow. Download the Fountain app on iOS or Android, follow Daily Comedy News and start listening. You can share your thoughts on this episode by sending a Boost (like a payment with a message) and see what other listeners have to say, or create clips of the best moments. Getting started is easy - you can top up your Fountain wallet with a bank card. Oh - and you can earn rewards just by listening on Fountain too. Then listen to the podcast using the Fountain app every day. https://fountain.fm/show/Hv83LA5rbkciyuy7tG12 You can also support the show via Buy Me A Coffee! The easiest way it to join the $2 Club! Or throw some money in the tip jar at Buy Me A Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/dailycomedynews www.linktr.ee/dailycomedynews Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/dcnpod - join us to to discuss comedy and your favorite comedians. YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/@dailycomedynews?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram is @dailycomedynews https://www.instagram.com/dailycomedynews/?hl=en Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/dailycomedynews/ Fountain: https://fountain.fm/johnnymac Web version at www.dailycomedynews.com Twitter X is @dcnpod because the person with what I want tweeted once Email: john at thesharkdeck dot com Daily Comedy News commentary includes satire and parody. Join us daily as we dive into the hilarious worlds of comedy legends like Dave Chappelle, Joe Rogan, Jim Gaffigan, Bill Burr, Chris Rock, Kevin Hart, John Mulaney, Ricky Gervais, Tom Segura, Pete Davidson, Marc Maron, Theo Von, Bert Kreischer, Tracy Morgan, Katt Williams, Andrew Snatino, Bobby Lee, Daniel Tosh, Trevor Noah, Kristen Schaal, Maria Bamford, Amy Schumer, Taylor Tomlinson, Mark Normand, Matt Rife, Rob Delaney and all your favorite comedians. But that's not all! We've got your late-night show fix covered with recaps of Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, Saturday Night Live and more We also keep an eye on the latest top comedy podcast episodes including frequent recaps of The Joe Rogan Experience, "What Now? with Trevor Noah", "Laugh Out Loud with Kevin Hart," Dave Chappelle from "The Midnight Miracle," Amy Schumer of "3 Girls, 1 Keith," Ricky Gervais from "The Ricky Gervais Show,", " "The Sarah Silverman Podcast,", "Fly on the Wall with David Spade and Dana Carvey", "This Past Weekend" with Theo Von, Daniel Tosh's "Tosh Show", "Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend", "Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus", "WTF with Marc Maron" and Bill Burr from "Monday Morning Podcast," just to name a few! But wait, there's more! We'll also bring you the latest scoop from sensations like Hannah Berner from "Berning In Hell," Whitney Cummings from "Good For You," Bert Kreischer from "Bertcast" and Bert and Tom Segura's "Two Bears, One Cave", "Bad Friends" with Andrew Santino and Bobby Lee and "Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast: Daily Comedy News is a production of Caloroga Shark Media, the leading company in short form daily podcastsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/daily-comedy-news-the-daily-show-about-comedians-and-comedy--4522158/support.
Len invades LiqrBox for the second consecutive February, chugging Mr. Pibb like there's no tomorrow in celebration of the Kansas City Chiefs' second consecutive Super Bowl victory. Plus we go over the potentially devastating news about Ty Berry's season-ending injury for Northwestern, Loyola's continued ascendance up the A10 standings, and Illinois' holding firm in the Big Ten. Plus Rock Hall nominees! Nikola Jokic in The New Yorker! True Detective! And the new Beyonce country single. JAGBAGS!
Gary and Kole make Mr. Pibb a gender affirming healthcare provider.
In this week's episode we talk about if we had a Spotify Wrapped for our job and EOD meaning end of day, not end of December. We have some hot Pibb talk before getting into our weekly updates. We had such a fun, and festive weekend with Christmas bars and ended our weekend tailgating and a Rams game. We then get into some wellness updates and some of our highs and lows we've been experiencing this month. Happy birthday to our queen, Taylor Swift! WE HAVE MERCH and a new WOM sticker, order here! Numerous styles, colors, and sizes available for shirts and sweatshirts. FOTW // Laura - The Bakersfield Three Podcast; Steph - Skims Fits Everybody Push Up Bra Join our Facebook group, Club Wine Over Matter and follow us on Instagram - @WineOverMatterPod, @CrunchesBeforeBrunches, and @AuthenticallySteph! You can also find us on TikTok, @WineOverMatterPod! Thanks for supporting us and our sponsors! Music used in this week's episode provided by Uppbeat (License code: HC5SSAI4EHNGWR2) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wineovermatter/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wineovermatter/support
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We always knew secret n*ggas was a possibility. How widespread this hue-less phenomenon is and was continues to mystify, shock, and shake COVID and Chemo. Join us for our findings on one J. Edgar Hoover, the most diabolical anti-Black secret n*gga we ever heard of. Also, we may need to look into Mr. Pibb, the only softdrink clearly committed to never burning nobody hair up. #staywoke
Pro Wrestling Sauce with Jakob & Josh LIVE | 8/30/2023LISTEN TO FULL EPISODES ON APPLE | SPOTIFY | STITCHER | ecthttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pro-wrestling-sauce/id1551880252https://open.spotify.com/show/1lUL6Vk2TYSWTSj0iyv7Tl?si=jFQPsfJsT3W0_oB0gO5Q7w©️SlipperHouseExtraExtra2023WWE AEW NXT
The newest recap episode is here with an IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION of Len's newest Facebook bracket, on pop (the drink, not music). They discuss the different brands of soft drinks, and speculate as to what drink may win. (Len and Beave are both rooting for Green River.) Len officially contracts Cubs Fever, and dares to dream of the postseason and a division title. Beave expresses cautious hope over the Guardians, with a month to go. They also lament the Chicago Sky's season, which is hanging by a thread. Plus "I Recommend", Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums, and Len's Favorite 500 Albums. Tune in for PODCAST EXPERTISE!
Hour 2: Sue has your Sue's News on India makes it to the Moon's South Pole, the weirdest lies people were told when they were kids, and the Random Fact of the Day on the naming of Mr. Pibb. Then, Mark shares his stamp buying woes, Maui wildfire aftermath, and more.
Sue has your Sue's News on India makes it to the Moon's South Pole, the weirdest lies people were told when they were kids, and the Random Fact of the Day on the naming of Mr. Pibb.
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Abe is running away from Meredith again for a couple of weeks, so, once again, this episode was recorded well in advance of the release date (so much for having to work for a year before getting vacation). As such, there are no shoutouts in this episode, however, we do have a Did You Know and an Experts segment, in addition to an interview with a great guest! Also, big podcast news at the end of the episode we think will be a positive change. We kick off the episode with Meredith and Abe chatting about movies and Meredith explains what Mr. Pibb is to Abe. [7:15] Interview with Kaity Carr [1:00:00] Post interview chat [1:03:00] Meredith predicts Echelon news [1:06:10] Ask the Experts/What Would Eden and Jama Do [1:11:49] Did You Know [1:13:54] Podcast news
Throwback Throwdown! Hall of Fame Blown Off: Pickles & Pibb. AITA: Monter-in-Law Update. What'd You Lose Your Ish Over?
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Hall of Fam Blown Off Thursday 8/3/23
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Topics: White House Plumbers show, Gulf war trading cards Matt Christman goes off live on http://www.twitch.tv/chapotraphouse
We're just out here learning things we never wanted (or knew we wanted) to learn, like: when do you, as a nude model, remove your pants? Or who is better, Mr. Pibb or Dr. Pepper? There's a clear right answer for that last one. Anyway, hold on to your big holes, Talon and Sarah are here for another week of deep dives and sexual awakening stories. We'll be taking a brief hiatus after this episode and we'll be back June 23rd! If you're in LA, you can catch Sarah and girlfriend of the show, Elena Afanasiev, LIVE at Westside Comedy Theater as their absurdist improv duo Dock of the Bay! The next two shows take place on May 29th and June 12th. For tickets and more info, click here: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe.c/11263844
For Jeremy's Birthday pick, he decided to let his wife take this years pick (her birthday is the day after Jeremy's) and she chose Slither! This gem from 2006 by James Gunn. Sit back, grab your Mr Pibb, crank the Air Supply and let it rip! Enjoy!! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fansofthedead/support
In our longest episode ever (because this show is so special) we tackle the first half of 1993's Mobile Suit Victory Gundam. We discuss Tomino's hatred of the show, rumors about his depression, how the tradition of biking was likely revived behind the scenes, Cronicle's Wal-Mart mask, and Maria's failed matriarchy led by a man. Plus, we rename all the characters so they have shorter, easier to pronounce names like Jack Hanna, Mr. Pibb, Zoloft, General Sugar, and Officer Phylo. P.S. I love you, Junko! The History and Production of Turn A Gundam: Part I – Victory Gundam & Battling Depression
4:54:15 – Frank in NJ, plus the Other Side. Topics include: The nuclear war on Tuesday, the philosophical struggle, your portfolio of timelines, recycling, The Three Weasels, Chipotle, Mr. Pibb, The Overnightscape 20th Anniversary Experience, setting up the old equipment from the original Overnightscape Studio, studio test, Weasel reviews (Philly Jerk – Earth Candy, Hey Song Sarsaparilla, […]
4:54:15 – Frank in NJ, plus the Other Side. Topics include: The nuclear war on Tuesday, the philosophical struggle, your portfolio of timelines, recycling, The Three Weasels, Chipotle, Mr. Pibb, The Overnightscape 20th Anniversary Experience, setting up the old equipment from the original Overnightscape Studio, studio test, Weasel reviews (Philly Jerk – Earth Candy, Hey Song Sarsaparilla, […]
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The guys talk about Pat's new kink, debate who the G.O.A.T of all sports is, and power rank natural disasters.Follow the show on twitter: @passthegravypod, @AlexJMiddleton, @NotPatDionne, and @RobertBarbosa03
The guys talk about Pat's new kink, debate who the G.O.A.T of all sports is, and power rank natural disasters.Follow the show on twitter: @passthegravypod, @AlexJMiddleton, @NotPatDionne, and @RobertBarbosa03
Which Spice Cherry Soda is best? This week we have an unfortunate first when we have to re-record our intro, but we bounce back (spectacularly) and try out some Spice Cherry Sodas -- Weird name, but according to research, that is how Dr Pepper and Mr Pibb classify themselves. Since this market is mostly a two horse race, the wildcard addition is Dr Zevia. Please like and subscribe and if you have any suggestions, let us know by tweeting us @tastetestdummies or email us at nickandjohnpodcast@gmail.com. SPOILER! Below is a list of which Soda corresponds to which numbered glass it was in: 1. Dr Pepper 2. Mr Pibb 3. Dr Zevia
0:40 - 49ers vs Seahawks (Grayson) 1:00 - Geno Smith for "That Guy" award 3;00 - Tyrod Taylor 5:00 - Drafting for Seahawks 7:00 - 49ers vs Seahawks (Zach) 10:00 - How life relates to the game of football according to Zach 12:00 - Jags vs Chargers 16:00 - Brandon Staley is Mr. Pibb 19:00 - Trevor Lawerence 21:00 - Refs post-game press conference 24:00 - Bills vs Dolphins 28:00 - Giants vs Vikings 31:00 - Danny Dimes 34:00 - Brian Daboll bald head but hairy nuts 35:00 - Bengals vs Ravens 38:00 - Cowboys vs Bucs 42:00 - Zeke should become a FullBack
The boys are back it, topics discussed: Mr Pibb and other soda knowledge, Everything is more expensive and everyone wants tips, World Cup updates, A lesson from all of us for the material girl, When are all the horses going jump in for the 2024 Presidential race, Our annual Montana Trip, FTX and SBF news, Russian Trades, Crypto continues to go south...beach, The ten million dollar deal, We have new studio updates again, Smoking stats around the globe and at home, We play a new game we like to call Tradeoffs, Brett hates trees and all the extra banter you expect! Any questions for an upcoming pod shoot us a line at flyoverboyspod@gmail.com
This week for this episode about motherhood we're joined by special guest Karen Chu of Good Job, Brain! who helps us better understand Marge's need to visit Rancho Relaxo after a nervous breakdown. We get Troy McClure as our video tour guide and learn about omelets, blackhead removal, baby car seats, stealing lightbulbs, and more. When listening to this podcast, be sure to grab Clamato, Mr. Pibb, or soy milk! Support this podcast and get over 100 bonus episodes by visiting Patreon.com/TalkingSimpsons and becoming a patron! And please follow the official Twitter, @TalkSimpsonsPod!
Ever take a job you didn't know how to do? Queen City Confessions: Mice in the rice; Dutch ovens. Blown Off: Kevin & Rachel—Pickles n' Pibb. Did Fam member Nyla bring her BF to Friendsgiving? Who's got a Thanksgiving Bomb?
Rachel was shocked to see Kevin bring a huge jar of pickles and a 6-pack of Mr. Pibb to their coffee date!
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(Get Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/MOXIE - Enter promo code MOXIE for 83% off and 3 extra months free!) T-shirt for Ukraine, all proceeds and matching donation to Ukraine Red Cross at yourbrainonfacts.com/merch Who you gonna believe -- me or your lying eyes? Today we look at court cases where people try to avoid taxes by arguing that things aren't the things that they clearly are. 00:50 Tomato 08:18 Jaffa Cakes 17:48 Hydrox vs Oreo 37:40 X-Men Links to all the research resources are on the website. Hang out with your fellow Brainiacs. Reach out and touch Moxie on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Become a patron of the podcast arts! Patreon or Ko-Fi. Or buy the book and a shirt. Music: Kevin MacLeod, Want to start a podcast or need a better podcast host? Get up to TWO months hosting for free from Libsyn with coupon code "moxie." We like labels, as humans we like labeling things. Taxonomy is the branch of science concerned with classification and there used to be several inconsistent and sometimes conflicting systems of classification in use. Then came Carl Linneaus and his influential “Systema Naturae” in 1735, laying down the system we use to this day. Linnaeus was the first taxonomist to list humans as a primate, though he did classify whales as fish. Years later, a New York court agreed with him. My name's… D&D Stats Explained With Tomatoes Strength is being able to crush a tomato. Dexterity is being able to dodge a tomato. Constitution is being able to eat a bad tomato. Intelligence is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put a tomato in a fruit salad. Charisma is being able to sell a tomato based fruit salad. TOMATOES So that's more clear, but it raises a rather mad –and for some, maddening– question: Is the tomato a fruit or a vegetable? Well, yes, it's both, but actually no. Botanically, it's a fruit. But legally, it's not. A fruit is technically the seed-bearing structure of a plant whereas a vegetable can be virtually any part of the plant we eat. Things must have been slow in March of 1893, because this definition was set by the Supreme Court. The issue at hand was tariffs, specifically a 10% tariff on the import of vegetables into the United States. Just veggies. Imported fruits were not. This was of particular interest to John Nix of Manhattan. He ran a produce wholesale business along with his four sons and found himself the proud owner of an enormous tax bill on a shipment of Caribbean tomatoes. John Nix & Co. were one of the largest sellers of produce in New York City at the time, and one of the first companies to bring the Empire state produce from such far-flung places as Florida and Bermuda. Nix disputed the tax on the grounds that tomatoes were scientifically-supportably fruit. Full of seeds, ain't they? That's the part that seems to turn grown adults into fussy toddlers when their burger has a tomato despite their very clear instructions. Worse than the anti-pickle crowd. Anyway, Nix filed a suit against Edward L. Hedden, Collector of the Port of New York, to get back the tax money he'd been forced to pay under protest. The crux of Nix's case was the opening of an uninspired speech - counsel read the definitions of the words "fruit," "vegetables," and tomato from Webster's Dictionary, Worcester's Dictionary, and the Imperial Dictionary. Judgment for the plaintiff, case closed! But wait, there's more. Not to be outdone, defendant's counsel then read into evidence the Webster's definitions of the words pea, eggplant, cucumber, squash, and pepper. Oh, it's on now! Countering this, the plaintiff then read in the definitions of potato, turnip, parsnip, cauliflower, cabbage, carrot and bean. That's when, I assume, all hell broke loose in the courtroom and perhaps a giant musical number broke out. Just trying to jazz it up a bit. Nix's side called two witnesses, not botanists or linguists, but men with a lot of years in the fruit & veg business, to say whether these words had "any special meaning in trade or commerce, different from those read." The supreme court decided to look more practically and less pedantically at the situation and ruled that it's how a tomato is used that makes it a vegetable, not the official scientific definition. If people cook and eat them like vegetables, then vegetables they must be, and so they were subject to the tariff. “Botanically speaking, tomatoes are the fruit of a vine, just as are cucumbers, squashes, beans, and peas,” wrote Justice Horace Gray in his 1893 opinion. “But in the common language of the people, whether sellers or consumers of provisions, all these are vegetables.” What was really important about Nix's case was the timing. We're talking late Victorian, after the age of sail had been obviated by the steam power of the industrial revolution. You might have heard about it, it was in all the papers. Ships could now cross the Atlantic in 1-2 weeks, rather than the 6-12 weeks it took in a century prior. Foods from the tropics could now reach New England in a week or less, making their import a viable option. This was when bananas went from being expensive oddity to must-have trend to staple of every grocery store, though that was the Gros Michelle banana, the one our fake banana flavor is based on, not the Cavendish banana we eat today, but that's a topic for another show. To service the evolving tastes of urban population, a new class of national wholesalers, such as the Nixes, were born. The tomato's identity crisis was far from settled, though. In 1937, the League of Nations, precursor to the UN, sought to classify various goods for the purpose of tariffs and they too labeled tomatoes a veggie, putting them under the heading of “vegetables / edible plants / roots and tubers.” Not to be left out, the U.S. Department of Agriculture agreed, citing 1890s Nix v. Hedden case. But there are always exceptions, hold-outs, outliers, and just plain contrarians. Tennessee and Ohio made the tomato their state fruit. If you think that's silly, you might want to swallow your coffee before I tell you the state vegetable of Oklahoma is the watermelon. I did not care to look into their reasoning. The European Union went a step further with a directive in December 2001 classifying tomatoes as fruit — along with rhubarb, carrots, sweet potatoes, cucumbers, pumpkins and melons. It's bad enough all prepackaged fruit bowls have some form of melon in them (which causes me instantaneous reverse peristalsis), but it you gave me a fruit salad and it had cucumbers in it, I have a parking lot and I'll fight you in it. But I think I'll give the last word to George Ball of the Burpee's seed and plant company: “Are [tomatoes] fruits? Of course,” he said. “Are they vegetables? You bet.” Though Burpee's does put “vegetable” on the seed packet, so maybe it's not settled after all. JAFFA CAKES Maybe things that grow are too ephemeral for man's taxonomy. Things are a lot of simpler when we're talking about man-made goods, things that don't grow on trees, and it is only a tragedy that you can't plant an entire orchard of Jaffa cake trees. For those whose life has not yet contained this job, a Jaffa cake it a little round of dense yellow cake –sponge, as they say in the home counties– with a disc of orange jelly on top enrobed in chocolate. It. Is. So. Good. You can sometimes find them in big grocery stores like Kroger and Publix if they have a large enough “International” aisle stock Branston pickle along with pad thai sauce and Tajin. This issue here it again taxes, but this time VAT. For those that don't speak British, VAT or Value-Added Tax is “A type of consumption tax that is placed on a product whenever value is added at a stage of production and at final sale.” Basically sales tax cranked to 11. VAT is a tax that is paid by everyone involved with the manufacture of a given object or foodstuff, as well as the consumer. As I go to air, the VAT rate in the UK is 20%. If you're a UK-based widget-maker, you pay VAT on the price of the raw materials. When you sell the widgets wholesale to a store, the retailer pays VAT on that sale. Then, when someone comes into the shop to buy one of your cutting-edge widgets, they pay VAT too. As with most areas of life, there are exceptions – a number of things are subjected to a reduced 5% rate and some things are exempt altogether. The exceptions are for the really necessary things, like mobility aids, menstrual hygiene products, stamps, end of life care, and most food, including cake. That's some grade A foreshadowing right there. But some foods are just so wonderful, they absolutely must be taxed and taxed fully. Such luxury items include alcohol, mineral water, confectioneries and, with the specificity that all governments seem to love, chocolate-covered biscuits. Regular biscuits are apparently basic essentials. No, American listeners, not like buttermilk biscuits, because even I'd have to think twice about covering one of those in chocolate. Whereupon I would do it. I could make that work. You're talking to the chick that made a startling good roasted garlic and parmesan ice cream. No, British biscuits are cookies. And British listeners, don't at me on soc meds with the definition of biscuit, because you know you're not consistent with it. The only word that's more confusing is pudding. Is that a dessert course, a sausage made of 80% blood, a flambeed Christmas dessert, or a suet dough stuffed with beef and veggies and steamed for eight hours? While I'm on British language, Cockney rhyming slang has got to be the worst thing… The McVities company had a notion otherwise. They appealed, prompting a Customs and Exchange VAT tribunal. Jaffa cakes, they said, shouldn't be taxed at the “most food” 20% rate, but at the 5% rate of chocolate-covered biscuits. It takes a lot of brass to make that claim when you yourself named the product Jaffa *cakes. [tiktok] origin story] According to the website for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, the court first had to establish a legal definition of what made a cake a cake and what makes a biscuit a biscuit, before determining which column Jaffa Cakes belonged in. Jaffa Cakes were assessed using the following criteria: The product name, ingredients, texture, structure of the product, the size, how the product is sold, and how the product is marketed. Towards this end, the main arguments on behalf of the office of Customs and Excise were that Jaffa Cakes are the approximate size and shape of biscuits, are stocked on the shelves with the biscuits, and, owing in no small part to McVities' own marketing, people eat them in the sort of contexts biscuit are eaten. McVities countered by stating that Jaffa Cakes are baked in the manner of cake and of the same base ingredients. Their master stroke was staleness – cakes go hard as they stale and biscuits go soft. When Jaffa cakes go stale, and it's hard to imagine them sitting there long enough, they go hard. McVities actually let a bunch of them out to go stale and brouhght them into court as evidence. And in a legal tactic I'd like to see more often, McVities baked a big ol' 12-inch version of a Jaffa Cake, to show that if you blew it up to the size of a normal cake, it would just be a cake. If I were on the other side of it, I might make a big deal over the name, but the judge presiding over the case, Mr D.C Potter, ruled that to be of “no serious relevance” because a product's name often has little to do with its actual function. In the end, the court decided the Jaffa Cake was, in fact, a cake, and the Irish Revenue Commissioners agreed, though their ruling was based on the Jaffa Cakes' moisture content being greater than 12%. So no VAT on Jaffa cakes, which means we can buy more of them, hooray! HYDROX VS OREO In 1882, the entrepreneur Jacob Loose bought a biscuit and candy company that would eventually be known as Sunshine Biscuits, the company that would eventually give us Cheez-its, which my ex-husband went through at least a box of a week, dipping in port wine cheese spread. About as close as he ever got to a balanced diet. In 1908, launched the cream-filled chocolate sandwich biscuit known as Hydrox. The name, he thought, would be reminiscent of sparkling sunlight and evoked an impression of cleanliness (probably because it sounds like a disinfectant). This was after all only a few years after the Pure Food and Drug Act, before which your canned veggies might be full of borax and your milk be a watered down concoction of chalk dust and cow brains, and you wouldn't know. Some tellings have it that Hydrox is a portmanteau of hydrogen and oxygen, the elements that make up water, the gold standard of purity. Meanings aside, the fact that there actually was a Hydrox Chemical Company in business at the time, one that sold hydrogen peroxide and was caught up in a trademark lawsuit at the time over the use of the word “hydrox,” should have given them a hint to maybe go back to committee. Hydrox chemicals lawsuit, btw, pointed out that the word “hydrox” was already in use for such disparate things as coolers, soda, and ice cream, so maybe Jacob Loose figured the word is out there, might as well use it. For four years, Hydrox cookies with their lovely embossed flower design made cash registers ring for Sunshine Biscuits. Then, 90 years almost to the day of this episode dropping, the National Biscuit Company came along –you probably know them by their shortened name, Nabisco– with the launch of three different cookies, the Mother Goose biscuit, the Veronese biscuit, both now lost to history, and the Oreo. The cookies were very similar, with Oreos even being embossed by the same time of production machine, but Hydrox have a sweeter filling and less-sweet cookie. Like VHS vs beta, which you can learn more about in the book and audiobook, the newcomer soon came to dominate the landscape, and there's no clear reason why. Any chocolate sandwich biscuit is offhandedly called an Oreo, no matter how cheap a replica it may be. It's literally the best-selling cookie in the world now, with $3.28 billion in sales in the U.S. alone. They sell 92 million cookies per day throughout 100-plus countries under the parent brand Mondelez International. That ubiquity has led a lot of people to erroneously assume that Oreo is the original and Hydrox is the Mr. Pibb to their Dr. Pepper. Hydrox did manage to hold onto a cadre of die-hards, especially in areas with significant Jewish populations, because Hydrox were always kosher. Oreo cream used to be made with lard from pigs and Nabisco would later have to invest a lot of resources into replacing the lard with shortening in the 90's. Sunshine Biscuits was purchased by Keebler in 1996, who replaced Hydrox with a reformulated product called "Droxies," which 100% sounds like drug slang for a veterinary tranquilizer. Keebler was acquired by Kellogg's in 2001, and Kellogg's yanked Droxies from the shelves before adding a similar chocolate sandwich cookie to the Famous Amos brand, then discontinued them. In August 2008, on the cookie's 100th anniversary, Kellogg's resumed distribution of Hydrox under the Sunshine label, a limited distribution, one and done. Hydrox-heads besieged Kellogg's with phone calls and an online petition, asking that Hydrox be brought back for good, but all for naught. Less than a year later Kellogg's had removed Hydrox from their website. “This is a dark time in cookie history,” one Hydrox partisan, Gary Nadeau, wrote, according to the Wall Street Journal. “And for those of you who say, ‘Get over it, it's only a cookie,‘ you have not lived until you have tasted a Hydrox.” As of the time of writing, I've never had one myself, but I'll see if I can't lay my hands on some before going to air. Getting my hands on some may be a touch trickier than it should be. They exist; that's not the issue. In 2015, entrepreneur Ellia Kassoff, a lover of Hydrox who knew the trick to getting a trademark someone else had allowed to lapse, was able to pick up Hydrox for his own company, Leaf Brands—itself a dormant brand that Kassoff had revived. Hip to the time, Leaf Brands made Hydrox available on Amazon, so anyone anywhere could get them whenever they wanted (plus two days for delivery). These new Hydrox weren't going to bow gracefully to the dominant Oreo. Their website points out that they use real cane sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup, and no hydrogenated oils, artificial flavors, and GMOs, and warn consumers, "don't eat a knock-off!" Hydrox are also made in the USA while Mondelez International was laying off U.S. workers. Sales of Hydrox grew by 2,406 percent from 2016 to 2017, amassing more than $492,000 in sales — clearly, still light-years away from Oreo's overwhelming dominance in the market, but impressive progress nonetheless. If you ask Leaf Brands, they'd be doing a lot better if not for Mondelez – not out-competing them, deliberately sabotaging them. This is the hard-to-find bit I alluded to. In August 2018, Leaf Brands filed a lawsuit against Mondelez International, seeking $800 million in damages because of "lost sales and reputation.” The charges claimed that Mondelez was using its massive industry muscle "to place their own products in favorable locations in stores and move competitors in less desirable positions on store shelves." On their Facebook page, you can see pictures of grocery stores where Hydrox cookies are hidden behind other displays, scooted to the back of shelves, and even turned sideways so the short end is facing out. If you've never worked grocery retail, your instinct may be to blame the store staff, but a lot of brands are actually stocked by the manufacturer. Ever pass a guy in a Pepsi polo shirt with hand-truck loaded with soda? That, but with cookies. And it's not just their own products. Mondelez is what's called a “category captain,” meaning they get to determine much of the layout for the whole cookie aisle. Leaf alleges that Mondelez employees and agents are deliberately making Hydrox harder to find while making Oreos pert near impossible to miss. This is far from the first lawsuit over Oreos. A class action lawsuit was filed claiming the cookies misled buyers by stating that the product contains real cocoa. The judge dismissed the case. And they were sued for Fudge Covered Mint Oreos not containing any actual fudge. The plaintiffs claim that these cookies don't contain any milkfat from dairy, a key component of fudge, but rather cheaper palm and palm kernel oil. As so often happens, there are eleventy-hundred articles from the week the case was filed and nothing on the outcome. That's what happened with the main point of this article. I was dead sure I remembered Hydrox and Oreo going to court over the basic infringement question, and Hydrox losing, but I couldn't turn up anything on that because of the sabotage lawsuit sucking up all the search results. X-MEN It's not all foodie fact fun today. I'm going to risk a copyright strike to play 15 seconds of a song that will make everyone near me in age go “aw yeah!” [sfx Xmen theme] For the young or those who had social lives in high school, that's the theme song to the 90's Xmen cartoon, and it slaps, as they kids used to say. For the truly uninitiated, and c'mon even my mom knows who the Xmen are, the story centers on a group of superheroes who get their powers from genetic mutations…and government experiments, time travel, by dint of being aliens – it's a comic book, what do you want. Ever since their introduction to the Marvel Universe in 1963, the X-Men have always had to deal with questions about their humanity. While their enemies will stop at nothing to cast them as monsters, the team continues to fight for a world where they are treated just like humans. That's in-universe. In the broader reality, it's actually in the X-Men's best interest not to be considered humans. Well, Marvel comics financial bottom line, anyway, and they went to court over it. In 1993, international trade lawyers Sherry Singer and Indie Singh found an interesting provision in a book of federal tariff classifications – “dolls” are taxed at 12% on import while “toys” are only taxed 6.8%. The devil is in the details, or in this case, the definition. A “toy” can be any shape, representing any thing, but a "doll" can only be a representation of a human being, like Barbie or GI Joe. [tik tok Joe's thumbnail] Singer and Singh knew this distinction could be a sizable financial benefit for their client, Marvel Entertainment, who had an ownership stake in ToyBiz at the time. For years, Marvel had been importing action figures that were taxed as dolls, despite their wide panoply of brightly colored characters often being anything but human. Taking a direct approach, the two lawyers gathered up a literal bag full of action figures and went to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection headquarters in Washington, D.C. to try and convince them that Marvel wasn't importing humanlike “dolls,” but instead very non-human “toys.” The Customs staff's reaction to the bag of toys is not recorded, but their official response was that the “non-human characteristics” of the X-Men and other action figures “fall far short of transforming [these figures] into something other than the human beings which they represent.” Singer and Singh were locked onto this tactic and pursued it for a decade. A judge considered various figures from Marvel's whole line to decide whether or not individual characters were human or not. Rippling pecs, long claws, blue skin, red eyes, all were scrutinized, as lawyers on both sides expostulated on the philosophical ramifications of what it means to be human. How can these action figures be human if they have "tentacles, claws, wings, or robotic limbs?" I'd loved to have been there to hear people with expensive educations in tailored suits, stand before a learned jurist in a wood-paneled courtroom and say things like, "The figure of 'Kingpin' resembles a man in a suit carrying a staff. Nothing in the storyline indicates that Kingpin possesses superhuman powers. Yet, Kingpin is known to have exceedingly great strength (however 'naturally' achieved) and the figure itself has a large and stout body with a disproportionately small head and disproportionately large hands. Even though 'dolls' can be caricatures of human beings, the court is of the opinion that the freakishness of the figure's appearance coupled with the fabled 'Spider-Man' storyline to which it belongs does not warrant a finding that the figure represents a human being." In 2003, Judge Judith Barzilay ruled that Marvel characters aren't quite human enough to taxed as dolls. “They are more than (or different than) humans. These fabulous characters use their extraordinary and unnatural physical and psychic powers on the side of either good or evil. The figures' shapes and features, as well as their costumes and accessories, are designed to communicate such powers." Yay, a victory for the giant multimillion dollar corporation! But a slap in the face for diehard X-Men fans. Chuck Austen, one of the writers for Uncanny X-Men at the time, said his whole goal in the story was to show the team's humanity. The nerds grew restless and Marvel had to issue a statement that read, "Don't fret, Marvel fans, our heroes are living, breathing human beings—but humans who have extraordinary abilities ... A decision that the X-Men figures indeed do have 'nonhuman' characteristics further proves our characters have special, out-of-this world powers." And that's… To protect the public from contaminated oil, New York State law required that all fish oil be gauged, inspected and branded, with a penalty of $25 per barrel on those who failed to comply. Samuel Judd purchased three barrels of whale oil that had not been inspected, and James Maurice, a fish oil inspector, sought to collect the penalty from him. Judd pleaded that the barrels contained whale oil, not fish oil, and so were not subject to the fish oil legislation. At trial, one side said the term "fish oil" was commonly understood to include whale oil, and the other side plead the obvious science that whales are mammals. The jury deliberated for 15 minutes and returned a verdict in favor of the fish oil inspector. Mr. Judd, dissatisfied with the verdict, moved for a new trial. By then, the Legislature was in session and the Recorder, knowing that a new fish oil bill was pending, delayed his decision on the motion. The new enactment limited the inspection to fish liver oil, and the Recorder took the view that this implicitly confirmed that the earlier legislation covered whale oil. Accordingly, he refused to grant Judd's motion for a new trial. James Maurice resigned his position as fish oil inspector because he considered that the position under the new law had too little value or importance. 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