Roderick On The Line

"Merlin Mann's frank and candid weekly call with John Roderick of The Long Winters"

2011 (17 episodes)

  • 2011-08-30 Episode BW31 ”You Can Polish AC/DC All Day Long”, Back to Work Episode 31, can be seen as the precursor of the show. (DRAFT)
  • 2011-09-09 Episode 00 "Suit of Vomit" (DRAFT)
  • 2011-09-15 Episode 01 "Keep Moving and Get Out of the Way" (DRAFT)
  • 2011-09-21 Episode 02 "White Leather Carpet", The problem: topical storms, Wears-a-Hat guy, out touchy tattooed friends, … (DRAFT)
  • 2011-09-30 Episode 03 "The Viet Cong Can Smell the Soap", The problem: the perfect storm behind John's Egyptian cold, … (RAW)
  • 2011-10-06 Episode 04 "Sears Would Call Me Husky", The problem: Pixxxxxie Grrrls, punk rock day, George Lucas's dewlap, … (RAW)
  • 2011-10-14 Episode 05 "Carry on, Maude", The problem: the Greek dessert crisis, analyzing the tactical dearth of mousse in the Maginot Line, .. (RAW)
  • 2011-10-21 Episode 06 "String Art Owls, Copper Pipe, and Bono's Boss", copy of John's appearance on the Merlin Show
  • 2011-10-27 Episode 07 "The Compulsive Sherry Algorithm", The problem: Sidling up to German Sex Tourists,… (DRAFT)
  • 2011-11-10 Episode 08 "The Reptilian Behind the Long Pig Mask", The problem: Bad advice from cartoon cats, bad advice from guidance counselors, … (DRAFT)
  • 2011-11-17 Episode 09 "He Was Apparently a Talented Baker", The problem: the dolory of John's wet and unrakeable leaves, … (DRAFT)
  • 2011-11-23 Episode 10 ”They Usually Come in the Mornings”, (Show notes forthcoming) (DRAFT)
  • 2011-12-01 Episode 11 ”Everybody Knew What Mr. Finnell Did”, The problems: the status of Napileon’s hat, … (DRAFT)
  • 2011-12-07 Episode 12 ”Cold-Calling the Jewess”, The problems: …, directions for the connoisseur of keyboard-oriented music, … (DRAFT)
  • 2011-12-14 Episode 13 ”Then There Was Pump Chili”, The problems: Jon’s commercial opportunities… (DRAFT)
  • 2011-12-22 Episode 14 "Big City Apology", The problem: all things golden, antiquated chocolatey, public radio murmuring… (DRAFT)
  • 2011-12-29 Episode 15 "Covered in Sauce", The problem: little things and Erma Bombeck syndrome, relaxing with a couple meatball subs, … (DRAFT)

2012 (44 episodes)

  • 2012-01-05 Episode 16 "Cotton Candy Pink Poofy La-La", The problems: some Tommies in Rock; the ad mominem attack;… (DRAFT)
  • 2012-01-11 Episode 17 "Antisocially Promoted", The problem: Sometimes, the system works a little too well. (DRAFT)
  • 2012-01-20 Episode 18 "Main Patrami Incisor", The problem: Where's John's parade? (DRAFT)
  • 2012-02-02 Episode 19 "Finger Camping Trip", The problem: Addressing John's Vitamin D Deficiency. (DRAFT)
  • 2012-02-08 Episode 20 "We Can All Agree on Cheese", The problem: Lot of people can't enjoy a lady steak. (DRAFT)
  • 2012-02-17 Episode 21 "Dead Rubber Girl in My Closet", The problem: Oates, Alfalfa, and some numerous options for love. (DRAFT)
  • 2012-02-27 Episode 22 "My Own Dungeon Master", The problem: This new chickenshit Navy, High School steel-folders, … (DRAFT)
  • 2012-03-08 Episode 23 "Flange of the Angel Curve", The problem: John really feels his capillaries, Göring designs a flag, … (DRAFT)
  • 2013-08-16 Episode 24 "The Wrong Mustache", The problem: Out great nation's vein of Juggalos, out-of-period (OOP) vermin, … (DRAFT)
  • 2012-03-21 Episode 25 "Supertrain", The problem: teching makes, radioactive devil dogs, the patois poorly, …
  • 2012-03-27 Episode 26 "Go Practice the Car", The problem: the night John's pillows watched over him, … (DRAFT)
  • 2012-04-04 Episode 27 "Bellinghamming", The problem: John's waxy buildup, The Bubble Bath Rotation, … (DRAFT)
  • 2012-04-14 Episode 28 "The Sheriff of Twisp", The problem: John's compromised immune system, Achilles' lung, … (DRAFT)
  • 2012-04-19 Episode 29 "Eventually My Scrabs Healed", The problems: hippies vs stoners, lost in Wikipedia, … (DRAFT)
  • 2012-04-30 Episode 30 "Cement Gravy Boat of Suffering", The problem: gripping at sand in Noordwijk; handcuffs on the read-view mirror, … (DRAFT)
  • 2012-05-09 Episode 31 "Our Orange Franklin", The problem: Addressing the ersatz physicians of Midwestern Christian aristocracy, … (RAW)
  • 2012-05-15 Episode 32 "Incidental Boners", The problem: Visions of candy-corn antennae, the 4 kinds of kids, casual racism towards lions, … (RAW)
  • 2012-05-23 Episdoe 33 "Starts too Slurry", The problem: The Conversion of the Jutes, maids of scullery, milk, and otherwise, … (RAW)
  • 2012-05-30 Episode 34 "A Shit Barge Full of Long Pigs", The problem: Brobdingnagian morning cookies, the time LTJG David Roderick (USN)…, … (RAW)
  • 2012-06-27 Episode 35 "You Give 'Em Israeli Eyes", The problem: Preparing the stage for Mr. Roderick, laminating the lady in the field, … (RAW)
  • 2012-07-03 Episode 36 "Uncle Licky", The problem: You get what you get, and don't be upset. (DRAFT)
  • 2012-07-11 Episode 37 "The CEO of Magic", The problems: Judgy tureens of Snapple, John touches every LARP-er,… (DRAFT)
  • 2012-07-18 Episode 38 "With My Mind Bullets", The problem: John needs a private island and a new bathtub (DRAFT)
  • 2012-07-25 Episode 39 "Darth of Options", The problems: John makin' sparks, pondering a fourth hoopty, … (DRAFT)
  • 2012-08-01 Episode 40 "Status Butter", The problems: You're welcome; nutriabattling heroes; wading into Roger Waters; … (DRAFT)
  • 2012-08-08 Episode 41 "In Lieu of a Laundromat", The problem: Standing on a carpet of nails. (DRAFT)
  • 2012-08-15 Episode 42 "Your Hands Would Be Your Passport", The problem: Precipitous decline in the mean scariness of adult men. (DRAFT)
  • 2012-08-22 Episode 43 "Waiting for Our Duck", The problem: Perfect storm for a little wiener dog. (DRAFT)
  • 2012-08-28 Episode 44 "The Story of Lola", The problem: Patiently spanking a long line of dirty little elves. (DRAFT)
  • 2012-09-05 Episode 45 "The Conditions of Love", The problem: It's become unfashionable to punch people in the nose. (DRAFT)
  • 2012-09-10 Episode 46 Special: Origin of Roderick on the Line, copy of Back to Work Episode 31
  • 2012-09-13 Episode 47 "Esquivalience", The problem: You better hope to Christ you brought everything you'll need. (DRAFT)
  • 2012-09-20 Episode 48 "Wherever Trail needs to be Built", The problem: There needs to be a lot more exhaustion in this country, …
  • 2012-09-27 Episode 49 "A Red Light in a Strange Town", The problem: Would you like to donate a dollar for penis cancer? (DRAFT)
  • 2012-10-04 Episode 50 "Check Your Six", The problem: John was supposed to be Joe Junior. (DRAFT)
  • 2012-10-15 Episode 51 "In Pursuit of an Errant Leaf", The problem: We may very well be the first generation of fruits. (DRAFT)
  • 2012-10-18 Episode 52 "The Choad Building", The problem: It's time we change business culture with a scimitar. (DRAFT)
  • 2012-10-26 Episode 53 "Kennebunkhead", The problem: It's time people learn how to become a gentleman with John. (DRAFT)
  • 2012-11-02 Episode 54 "This Is Not YOUR Kennel", The problem: Sitting on Daddy's lap may be all that saves you from the Gestapo. (DRAFT)
  • 2012-11-08 Episode 55 "A Welsh Troll", The problem: Life with a German disease. (DRAFT)
  • 2012-11-15 Episode 56 "We Paradise in Our Wake", The problem: Brokering a rapprochement with Terrence and the world's angriest roof-dog. (DRAFT)
  • 2012-11-29 Episode 57 "Unfair", The problem: We should all be living in Atlantis. (DRAFT)
  • 2012-12-06 Episode 58 "Squirearchy of Monks", The problem: At least John got an A in Newspaper. (DRAFT)
  • 2012-12-20 Episode 59 "Insufferabilityism", The problem: It might just take a mutant astronaut to survive this sarcophabus. (DRAFT)

2013 (34 episodes)

  • 2013-01-01 Episode 60 "Writ in His Boots", The problem: Unintentionally inspiring The Institutional Memory of Filson. (DRAFT)
  • 2013-01-09 Episode 61 "Neighborhood Stick Fight", The problem: We could all benefit from some local bloodsport. (DRAFT)
  • 2013-01-16 Episode 62 "Cat Butt Was Real", The problem: Portland is throbbing with food truck energy. (DRAFT)
  • 2013-01-24 Episode 63 "A Topcoat of Bonkers", The problem: One day, you will love me. (DRAFT)
  • 2013-02-01 Episode 64 "Sunset University", The problem: Let’s say you had a two-frog cannon. (RAW)
  • 2013-02-07 Episode 65 "Trumpet Discrimination", The problem: Legislating a change of heart in someone who’s not you. (RAW)
  • 2013-02-21 Episode 66 "If I Could Stop Time", The problem: Becoming absorbed into the Grease universe. (RAW)
  • 2013-03-25 Episode 67 "All of the Small Beer", The problem: Fixing the problem at the attitude level. (RAW)
  • 2013-04-04 Episode 68 "The Opposite of Sherlock Holmes", The problem: Four days later, John stopped being cute. (RAW)
  • 2013-04-09 Episode 69 "Campfire Spaghetti Party", The problem: People would treat you so differently if you were literally riding a bear. (DRAFT)
  • 2013-04-18 Episode 70 "Bad Cop, Worse Cop, Man in Bathrobe", The problem: It's a picture of a bunch of rutabagas. (RAW)
  • 2013-04-22 Episode 71 "Everybody Has a Hamburger", The problem: John had no idea what happened to Mountain Girl. (RAW)
  • 2013-05-08 Episode 72 "Diddling is the MacGuffin", The problem: Just give it to me in pigs and bunnies. (RAW)
  • 2013-05-23 Episode 73 "Ketchup is Hard to Remove", The problem: A new thought technology that changed the way John looked at himself. (RAW)
  • 2013-05-29 Episode 74 "The Omnibus of Wilburforce", The problem: John was out walking in the cold, trying to conjure an orb. (RAW)
  • 2013-06-06 Episode 75 "Mean Baby", The problem: John broke and entered a lot of places. (RAW)
  • 2013-06-27 Episode 76 "The Cherry of Somebody's Appeal", The problem: This is why John can't go to karaoke. (RAW)
  • 2013-07-24 Episode 77 "The Derivation of Donk", The problem: John thought of it as this gigantic Jeff Koons metal dog balloon. (RAW)
  • 2013-07-30 Episode 78 "Driving Lesson Costume", The problem: I can text more picture. (RAW)
  • 2013-08-09 Episode 79 "We Are Not Snow Giants", The problem: He's not going to think he's in a mine shaft. (RAW)
  • 2013-08-14 Episode 80 "I Was the Red Robin", The problem: There are self-appointed vultures in all the trees. (RAW)
  • 2013-08-20 Episode 81 "It Tastes Like the Forest", The problem: Cruising now is part of John's lifestyle. (RAW)
  • 2013-09-04 Episode 82 "Yelling at Trees", The problem: John feels lucky to be anywhere. (RAW)
  • 2013-09-10 Episode 83 "The Roderick Group", The problem: John feels like ripping America out of the wall. (RAW)
  • 2013-09-20 Episode 84 "Pedagogical Sex Father", The problem: John is a filbert or better. (RAW)
  • 2013-09-24 Episode 85 "Steamin' John", The problem: It's just a long circle of brother-in-laws. (RAW)
  • 2013-10-01 Episode 86 "The Junius Issue", The problem: John celebrates the broken. (RAW)
  • 2013-10-08 Episode 87 "I Speak Sea Plane", The problem: John was roped into an imbroglio. (RAW)
  • 2013-10-25 Episode 88 "Grotesquerie Ray", The problem: John was on a couch, under the weight of 25 garbage can lids. (RAW)
  • 2013-10-29 Episode 89 "Transparity", The problem: The guest of honor is a son of a bitch. (RAW)
  • 2013-11-07 Episode 90 "A Small Archipelago of Noses", The problem: John has thwarted himself repeatedly. (RAW)
  • 2013-11-26 Episode 91 "Roller Derby Boyfriend", The problem: Here's my Hitler painting. (DRAFT)
  • 2013-12-17 Episode 92 "Born on a Ball", The problem: A snowstorm of quotation marks. (DRAFT)
  • 2013-12-23 Episode 93 "Between the Monkey Bars", The problem: John needs a bear with balloons. (DRAFT)

2014 (43 episodes)

  • 2014-01-02 Episode 094 "Backburners to Infinity", The problem: John faces a riot of unpruned tulips. (RAW)
  • 2014-01-14 Episode 095 "Cravat Brush Holder Case", The problem: John got a pretty bad rash. (RAW)
  • 2014-02-04 Episode 096 "The Beautiful Thing About an Idea", The problem: He could quote at length from The Bible. (RAW)
  • 2014-02-10 Episode 097 "With Buckethead", The problem: There's no new creative information. (RAW)
  • 2014-02-17 Episode 098 "A Mastiff of Spinach", The problem: They made John check his jingle stick. (RAW)
  • 2014-02-24 Episode 099 "White Ribbon", The problem: They tried to give John a peanut butter trap. (RAW)
  • 2014-03-03 Episode 100 "Tertiary Lobster Fork", The problem: John had a mind to. (RAW)
  • 2014-03-13 Episode 101 "Where All the Lilypads Are", The problem: John doesn't know how to use index cards. (RAW)
  • 2014-03-17 Episode 102 "The Birkenstock Point", The problem: John thought he had more coffee. (RAW)
  • 2014-03-24 Episode 103 "Artisanal Pork Bakery", The problem: John wants to get some people in a room. (RAW)
  • 2014-03-31 Episode 104 "Talismans of a Dead Age", The problem: John does not believe in The Cloud. (RAW)
  • 2014-04-07 Episode 105 "Hippie Clean", The problem: Communication is complicated. (RAW)
  • 2014-04-15 Episode 106 "Nürburgring Confirmation", The problem: There’s no lucky fun. (RAW)
  • 2014-04-21 Episode 107 "Built for Now", The problem: John is a lonely orphan doe. (RAW)
  • 2014-04-28 Episode 108 "Jim Here", The problem: He was a classic double-dipper. (RAW)
  • 2014-05-05 Episode 109 "#SuperVan", The problem: John could negotiate an arrangement.
  • 2014-05-12 Episode 110 "The Dignity Police", The problem: We need beer koozies. (RAW)
  • 2014-05-19 Episode 111 "The Handjob-Industrial Complex", The problem: It’s like the City of Rome. (RAW)
  • 2014-05-25 Episode 112 "The Takeaway Dream", The problem: John has measured the portables. (RAW)
  • 2014-06-09 Episode 113 "Big Comedy Rock Solo", The problem: John’s guitar doesn’t have B♭ minor. (RAW)
  • 2014-06-19 Episode 114 "The Gentleman's B Party", The problem: We're all compressed into the same cattle chute. (RAW)
  • 2014-06-23 Episode 115 "Rerememory", The problem: John wants to go under the blanket. (RAW)
  • 2014-06-30 Episode 116 "Smilin' Alligator", The problem: John thinks what they're doing in making the apocalypse fun. (RAW)
  • 2014-07-14 Episode 117 "Put on the Carrot Hat", The problem: John's Siri just speaks to him in Welsh. (DRAFT)
  • 2014-07-27 Episode 118 "The Articulated Hose King", The problem: John rejects the Vindication Lottery. (DRAFT)
  • 2014-08-09 Episode 119 "A Cocaine Economy", The problem: John knows this house is BUILT of pot. (DRAFT)
  • 2014-08-18 Episode 120 "The Frog Leg King", The problem: John got into a fisticuffs in front of the Toyota dealership. (DRAFT)
  • 2014-08-21 Episode 121 "Homeland Freedom Station", The problem: John could have been "Space Station Johnny". (DRAFT)
  • 2014-08-28 Episode 122 "Parliament of the Moment", The problem: John's gotten a lot of satisfaction out of not graduating from college. (DRAFT)
  • 2014-09-08 Episode 123 "Your Mom Doesn't Work Here", The problem: John presides over the Bruggalos. (DRAFT)
  • 2014-09-15 Episode 124 "The Legend of Skeeter", The problem: John is a 40-year old bitch in a suit. (DRAFT)
  • 2014-09-19 Episode 125 "All the Great Shows!", The problem: John wasn't actually a big fan.
  • 2014-10-02 Episode 126 "Big Cabbages and Baby Pigs", The problem: John's female personal style is more flamboyant. (RAW)
  • 2014-10-06 Episode 127 "Fermi in a Van", The problem: He's a grownup skater, Alaska-style. (RAW)
  • 2014-10-14 Episode 128 "Arcadum", The problem: What happens on the hockey stick? (RAW)
  • 2014-10-20 Episode 129 "Mueso De Garbagemen", The problem: The French call him, 'the Hoseur.' (RAW)
  • 2014-10-27 Episode 130 "Repping This Vibration", The problem: John's the only one who's seen the ocean. (RAW)
  • 2014-11-09 Episdoe 131 "Subsequious", The problem: 'Platter' came with a bucket of potatoes. (RAW)
  • 2014-12-03 Episode 132 "You Cannot Lie to Your Pants", The problem: Kids don't follow. (RAW)
  • 2014-12-08 Episode 133 ”Secret Pope Songs”, The problem: John needs a more profound small bag. (DRAFT)
  • 2014-12-15 Episode 134 ”A Minimum of Eels”, The problem: The Emperor went to Pepperdine. (DRAFT)
  • 2014-12-20 Episode 135 ”Fire Was Always the Star”, The problem: 110/20 exposure. (DRAFT)
  • 2014-12-28 Episode 136 ”Goofus MacGroofus”, The problem: Beans are a secret vegetable. (DRAFT)

2015 (47 episodes)

  • 2015-01-05 Episode 137 "Arsenal of Civilization", The problem: Gary's gotta go. (RAW)
  • 2015-01-12 Episode 138 "MSG Denier", The problem: Strange love a star woman teaches. (RAW)
  • 2015-01-19 Episode 139 "Building a Lung", The problem: John thought of himself as welcome everywhere. (RAW)
  • 2015-01-26 Episode 140 "Nadir for Now", The problem: Left means wall. (recorded 2014-11-24, unpublished episode 131a) (RAW)
  • 2015-02-02 Episode 141 ”Al’s Yacht”, The problem: Everything’s gonne be fine. (RAW)
  • 2015-02-09 Episode 142 ”Boner to the Stars”, The problem: You do NOT talk about Quidditch club. (RAW)
  • 2015-02-20 Episode 143 ”Traffic Cones & Retirees”, The problem: Toreadors were eveyrwhere. (RAW)
  • 2015-03-01 Episode 144 ”Gravy Fountain”, The problem: Somehow she got to Marrakesh. (RAW)
  • 2015-03-04 Episode 145 ”Scrum of Celery”, The problem: People have artisanally weaponized stroganoffs. (RAW)
  • 2015-03-09 Episode 146 ”Science Farmer”, The problem: Like a young Billy Graham. (RAW)
  • 2015-03-19 Episode 147 ”The Om of Surrender”, The problem: 1997 was a bye year. (RAW)
  • 2015-03-23 Episode 148 ”Can’t Find the Starch”, The problem: You need the belt to see the belt. (RAW)
  • 2015-04-06 Episode 149 "The Humility Opportunities", The problem: John has a little bit of hair anxiety. (DRAFT)
  • 2015-04-13 Episode 150 "Dog Beatles", The problem: Moose ate the trees. (DRAFT)
  • 2015-04-20 Episode 151 "Mrs. Horning's Pepsi", The problem: Aspartamé would be a pretty name for a girl. (DRAFT)
  • 2015-04-27 Episode 152 "Butterfly Farts", The problem: What about a Space Station that has Waterfalls?
  • 2015-05-04 Episode 153 "The Time Buffalo", The problem: John keeps ideating.
  • 2015-05-11 Episode 154 "West Coast Noncommittal", The problem: Marlon Brando was waiting in the bushes. (DRAFT)
  • 2015-05-18 Episode 155 ”Crucibility”, The problem: John aspired to have a Goody comb. (DRAFT)
  • 2015-05-28 Episode 156 ”The Dumbest Guy I Ever met”, The problem: John knows all about LBJ. (DRAFT)
  • 2015-06-01 Episode 157 "Truth & Reconciliation", The problem: They were playing with their salads. (DRAFT)
  • 2015-06-16 Episode 158 "My Citadel Is Irrelevant", The problem: John wanted to put an extra petal on the flower.
  • 2015-06-22 Episode 159 "The Climbing", The problem: Can't hold it back any more.
  • 2015-06-30 Episode 160 "Gidgets and Gasmos", The problem: How can a cloud be full? (DRAFT)
  • 2015-07-09 Episode 161 "It's Ramifications!", The problem: The only real wealth is property.
  • 2015-07-13 Episode 162 "April's Cream", The problem: John's not sitting on his gilded tortoise. (DRAFT)
  • 2015-07-20 Episode 163 "The Maisie Glotz File", The problem: Everything has a psychic cost. (DRAFT)
  • 2015-08-03 Episode 164 "In Your Face, Paraguay", The problem: Capitalism is a thought technology. (DRAFT)
  • 2015-08-10 Episode 165 "This Explains Everything", The problem: It was worse than fighting boar. (DRAFT)
  • 2015-08-19 Episode 166 "Hella NPR'd", The problem: Everybody's an autobiographer now. (DRAFT)
  • 2015-08-24 Episode 167 "Peak Phil Collins", The problem: That's Jared from Fire Protection. (DRAFT)
  • 2015-09-01 Episode 168 "The Room of Stories", The problem: There was no ashtray to make. (DRAFT)
  • 2015-09-08 Episode 169 "Again With the Pie", The problem: We're all baked out of trauma. (RAW)
  • 2015-09-14 Episode 170 "The Wilder Universe", The problem: They billed John $300. (RAW)
  • 2015-09-22 Episode 171 "A Weiner-Shaped Hole", The problem: John can feel the future. (RAW)
  • 2015-09-28 Episode 172 "Gain Stages", The problem: They're sucking off a teat of largesse. (RAW)
  • 2015-10-05 Episode 173 "My Afflicted Eyes", The problem: We killed two ducks for you. (RAW)
  • 2015-10-13 Episode 174 "Infuntainment", The problem: What is the DEAL with Methadone? (RAW)
  • 2015-10-19 Episode 175 "Backwards at Half Speed", The problem: Dad gave 'em the Heisman. (RAW)
  • 2015-10-26 Episode 176 "The Opossum Had Distracted Me", The problem: John brooks no truck. (DRAFT)
  • 2015-11-02 Episode 177 "When Fleece Became Flannel", The problem: John has to pick up some apologies.
  • 2015-11-09 Episode 178 "Action Movie Doctor", The problem: Deus Ex Valvina. (DRAFT)
  • 2015-11-16 Episode 179 "A Good Box", The problem: We're dancing in Sorrells. (DRAFT)
  • 2015-11-23 Episode 180 "The Other Pope", The problem: John worked on the curves. (DRAFT)
  • 2015-11-30 Episode 181 "Saltin' Up", The problem: John left a much darker streak.
  • 2015-12-07 Episode 182 "House Trotter", The problem: Acid Droplets Beans Pork.
  • 2015-12-28 Episode 183 "Here Comes Nacho", The problem: John Pulled the Christmas Card.

2016 (46 episodes)

  • 2016-01-04 Episode 184 "Mr. Choöde", The problem: It's a happy donkey show.
  • 2016-01-18 Episode 185 "I Reject Potatoes", The problem: The stomp is innate. (DRAFT)
  • 2016-01-25 Episode 186 "Electric Papers", The problem: како сте? (DRAFT)
  • 2016-02-04 Episode 187 "The Nicest Oubilette", The problem: No shit would be taken. (DRAFT)
  • 2016-02-08 Episode 188 "Crow meth", The problem: John is a panicky snorkeler. (DRAFT)
  • 2016-02-15 Episode 189 "Technicolor Irony Coat", The problem: This was Whitesnake-level not-good.
  • 2016-02-29 Episode 190 "Omertà of the Sea", The problem: It scares the biomes. (RAW)
  • 2016-03-07 Episode 191 "My Weird Money", The problem: How do you think big in 1960? (RAW)
  • 2016-03-14 Episode 192 "King of Tahiti", The problem: From a young age, John wanted a mustache. (RAW)
  • 2016-03-21 Episode 193 "Oklahoma the Sex Cat", The problem: Stop using magic on Daddy. (RAW)
  • 2016-03-28 Episode 194 "Permanent Geranium Lake", The problem: Barley was a beautiful silken windhound. (RAW)
  • 2016-04-06 Episode 195 "Cowboy Handsome", The problem: The first thing you lose are your skis. (RAW)
  • 2016-04-11 Episode 196 "The White Fresh Crüe", The problem: That's insensitive to samurai. (RAW)
  • 2016-04-20 Episode 197 "Diamond Holes", The problem: John would make a great congressman's wife. (RAW)
  • 2016-05-02 Episode 198 "No Control Group", The problem: There's no place to return to. (RAW)
  • 2016-05-09 Episode 199 "The Wrong Kind of Warlock", The problem: "John's never seen a half-hobbit. (RAW)
  • 2016-05-16 Episode 200 "There's No Anything", The problem: A kid is an angle-working machine. (RAW)
  • 2016-05-23 Episode 201 "Cowboy Hat Boss", The problem: John can't change Memorial Day. (RAW)
  • 2016-06-06 Episode 202 "The Anchorman", The problem: Their people use every part of the lighter. (RAW)
  • 2016-06-13 Episode 203 "Killing Me to Death", The problem: It's not Amish cake. (RAW)
  • 2016-06-20 Episode 204 "Soul Memory", The problem: They were differently-comfortable. (RAW)
  • 2016-06-27 Episode 205 "Space Clarinets", The problem: You'll find somebody with a monkey. (RAW)
  • 2016-07-07 Episode 206 "The OG Haoles", The problem: You're not gonna go to Unalakleet. (RAW)
  • 2016-07-11 Episode 207 "Spectacularly, She Schleps", The problem: You couldn't find steel drums in Alaska. (RAW)
  • 2016-07-18 Episode 208 "Coney Island Horniness", The problem: He didn't believe in friendship. (RAW)
  • 2016-07-25 Episode 209 "Keep the Lines Right", The problem: That's Tim Burgess, U.K. (RAW)
  • 2016-08-01 Episode 210 "Parents and Other Dingalings", The problem: You're not here to disco. (RAW)
  • 2016-08-08 Episode 211 ”Character of the Mountain”, The problem: He never lived in Pakistan. (RAW)
  • 2016-08-15 Episode 212 ”There’s My Ride”, The problem: John was Latey McLaterson. (RAW)
  • 2016-08-22 Episode 213 ”Desk Bobbies”, The problem: You should join the army. (RAW)
  • 2016-08-29 Episode 214 ”Tinder for the Google Man”, The problem: There are no totem poles in Anchorage. (RAW)
  • 2016-09-07 Episode 215 "Occasional Live Keyboardist", The problem: Fuck these particular strawberries. (DRAFT)
  • 2016-09-12 Episode 216 "You Could Do Less Magic", The problem: You're their Guy Fieri. (DRAFT)
  • 2016-09-19 Episode 217 "Dick… AND!", The problem: Squires lived on hot case. (DRAFT)
  • 2016-10-03 Episode 218 "The Valve", The problem: He tried to solve his darkness. (DRAFT)
  • 2016-10-10 Episode 219 "It's an Off Day", The problem: The ump wasn't having it. (DRAFT)
  • 2016-10-17 Episode 220 "Find the Hippopotamus", The problem: John's mom has never called him an old soul. (DRAFT)
  • 2016-10-24 Episode 221 "Riding the Ham", The problem: John houseproofed his baby. (DRAFT)
  • 2016-10-31 Episode 222 "Bastik of Problems", The problem: John is susceptible to his own goof. (RAW)
  • 2016-11-07 Episode 223 "Sequester John!", The problem: He was a great readalouder. (RAW)
  • 2016-11-14 Episode 224 "Family Lasagna", The problem: John got a terse email from a bride. (RAW)
  • 2016-11-21 Episode 225 "James Jacket", The problem: John met the English Tony Randall. (RAW)
  • 2016-12-05 Episode 226 "A Cocaine Aperture", The problem: They're not above a breakfast movie. (RAW)
  • 2016-12-12 Episode 227 "Fifth Knob", The problem: They saw the ad in the Penny Nickel. (RAW)
  • 2016-12-19 Episode 228 "Hidey Santa", The problem: More of a Platonic Elon Musk. (DRAFT)
  • 2016-12-26 Episode 229 "Elves with Clipboards", The problem: She's never seen a star war. (DRAFT)

2017 (42 episodes)

  • 2017-01-02 Episode 230 "Forest of Meat", The problem: Put your bogey on an apple box. (DRAFT)
  • 2017-01-09 Episode 231 "First Banana", The problem: John's gonna figure out what it means. (DRAFT)
  • 2017-01-26 Episode 232 "The Going-With Years", The problem: There were engines in the doors. (DRAFT)
  • 2017-01-30 Episode 233 "Babies are Boring", The problem: They were very far apart on the suave scale. (DRAFT)
  • 2017-02-06 Episode 234 "Boo Hoo Hoo", The problem: John is an interloper. (DRAFT)
  • 2017-02-13 Episode 235 "Where the Wind Lives", The problem: John is not an umbrella man. (DRAFT)
  • 2017-02-20 Episode 236 "Into the Hat Weeds", The problem: There's nothing between here and there except UFOs. (DRAFT)
  • 2017-03-02 Episode 237 "Tape Loop Confusion Party", The problem: The truck has a very distinctive exhaust note. (DRAFT)
  • 2017-03-13 Episode 238 "We're not Farmers", The problem: How's peepaw?
  • 2017-03-20 Episode 239 "Coming Into My Agency", The problem: There's no SKU.
  • 2017-04-03 Episode 240 "Wrobbie Wrist", The problem: John comes correct.
  • 2017-04-10 Episode 241 "Some Corgi Movement", The problem: John was seeking pixies.
  • 2017-04-17 Episode 242 "Mr. Jingle-Jangle", The problem: John is the memory thief.
  • 2017-05-01 Episode 243 "Hoeing my Till", The problem: She had the No.2 pencil.
  • 2017-05-15 Episode 244 "Super Cartoid", The problem: Everybody thinks about their butt.
  • 2017-05-22 Episode 245 "An Ongoing Situation", The problem: Orange was John's favorite color.
  • 2017-05-29 Episode 246 "Night Burrito", The problem: John was their weekend.
  • 2017-06-06 Episode 247 "Geroge Martin's butt", The problem: John has a barn door.
  • 2017-06-12 Episode 248 "Hubris of the Moment", The problem: How would we even know?
  • 2017-06-19 Episode 249 "Blank Knobs", The problem: It really sweetens up the sound!
  • 2017-06-26 Episode 250 "Disaster Coffee", The problem: Fudge!
  • 2017-07-10 Episode 251 "Popped Out", The problem: He made his bones to Jefferson Airplane.
  • 2017-07-17 Episode 252 "The Ur-Choad", The problem: Writhing is rare.
  • 2017-07-24 Episode 253 "A Worked Horse", The problem: John is a time geographer.
  • 2017-07-31 Episode 254 "One of My Favorite Actresses", The problem: Everybody had stars on their collars.
  • 2017-08-14 Episode 255 "The Fancy-Enough Window", The problem: John moved a cheese.
  • 2017-08-24 Episode 256 "Behind My Skis", The problem: You can't finger-gun a child.
  • 2017-09-11 Episode 257 "Sonic Posture", The problem: Touché, doctor lady!
  • 2017-09-18 Episode 258 "Ambition Hour", The problem: What constitutes a good cake?
  • 2017-10-02 Episode 259 "My Dump Buddy", The problem: Not to make 9/11 about me.
  • 2017-10-09 Episode 260 "My Snapchat Years", The problem: John's touched more dicks than you've had hot dinners.
  • 2017-10-16 Episode 261 ”Two Swords in Da Nang”, The problem: John identified a Dutch. (DRAFT)
  • 2017-10-23 Episode 262 ”He Never Swore”, The problem: John has a friend in the diamond business. (DRAFT)
  • 2017-10-30 Episode 263 "Real Admiral Crunch", The problem: He was a literal pants prospector. (DRAFT)
  • 2017-11-06 Episode 264 "Whisker Fatigue", The problem: They started arguing with the graphic. (DRAFT)
  • 2017-11-17 Episode 265 ”Cisesthesia”, The problem: John was a drug addict and an unknown. (DRAFT)
  • 2017-11-20 Episode 266 ”Ham-Fisted Steak Cooker”, The problem: It’s a private moment John had with the roast beef. (DRAFT)
  • 2017-11-30 Episode 267 ”Vintage Mops”, The problem: They bought Uncle Jack’s claim. (DRAFT)
  • 2017-12-04 Episode 268 "A Principled Ohioan", The problem: Adriano Goldschmied. (DRAFT)
  • 2017-12-11 Episode 269 "Yelling at the Radio", The problem: John failed to be quiet. (DRAFT)
  • 2017-12-18 Episode 270 "An Archipelago of Stops", The problem: The ignition coil did what?
  • 2017-12-24 Episode 271 "Butterfly Ninja Girl", The problem: It wasn't three-appropriate. (DRAFT)

2018 (47 episodes)

  • 2018-01-01 Episode 272 "Graham is Beautiful", The problem: None of the Aidans were interested.
  • 2018-01-08 Episode 273 "One Kilometer", The problem: It was the first thing that John had ever finished. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-01-22 Episode 274 ”Lord Sword”, The problem: Three days is exactly enough time to really feel your death. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-01-29 Episode 275 ”I Want an Adult”, The problem: John’s laziness is his culpability. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-02-05 Episode 276 "The Authenticity Wars", The problem: Everybody's got a different kind of generosity. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-02-12 Episode 277 "Old Sauce", The problem: John didn't know there was going to be a test. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-02-26 Episode 278 "Felix", The problem: Everybody has their Pablo. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-03-05 Episode 279 ”Mr. Hot Tub”, The problem: Too poor for curtains. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-03-12 Episode 280 "A Sensible Hat", The problem: It's not on-brand. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-03-19 Episode 281 "Eight Straight", The problem: So, obviously.
  • 2018-03-26 Episode 282 ”The Grand Slam”, The problem: There were between 13 and 30 cars.
  • 2018-04-02 Episode 283 "I Never Follow the Voice", The problem: We could find Gilligan. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-04-09 Episode 284 "You're Grass Now", The problem: A loaves and fishes type situation. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-04-17 Episode 285 "Praise Cannon", The problem: Faces were not part of the deal. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-04-23 Episode 286 "Ginger Dagwood", The problem: We're not gluing pears. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-04-30 Episode 287 "American Car", The problem: It's the kind of rustic John believes in. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-05-07 Episode 288 ”Mustache President”, The problem: We gotta take your fingernails. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-05-14 Episode 289 ”Car Stars”, The problem: You’re not gonna beat it. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-05-21 Episode 290 "Gasthaus", The problem: Dick was in on it. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-05-28 Episode 291 "Arles", The problem: That's what you tell a snork. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-06-04 Episode 292 "The Bottom Shelf of Somewhere", The problem: John was conjuring a house orb. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-06-18 Episode 293 ”Force Majeure”, The problem: That’s not how you make a friend. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-06-25 Episode 294 "Steely Dan Fogelberg", The problem: No regerts [sic]. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-07-02 Episode 295 "Big Mike", The problem: They don't know how to be. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-07-09 Episode 296 "Bowl of Jay", The problem: John never had a pinky ring phase. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-07-16 Episode 297 "Chicken in the House", The problem: No Plae. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-07-23 Episode 298 "Private Road", The problem: Here's how you clever-manage John. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-07-30 Episode 299 "Mas Libros", The problem: John was a Harvey Man (DRAFT)
  • 2018-08-13 Episode 300 "The Airplane Doesn't Care", The problem: John had a motorcycle ride with himself (DRAFT)
  • 2018-08-20 Episode 301 "Non-Euclidean Space Library", The problem: John is not going to become the King of Thailand (DRAFT)
  • 2018-08-27 Episode 302 "The Battle of Turns Outs", The problem: And then what happens? (DRAFT)
  • 2018-09-03 Episode 303 "Smzdrj", The problem: Maybe John should have driven a truck. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-09-10 Episode 304 "Go For Bounce", The problem: John has been arrived here. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-09-17 Episode 305 "The Hostess", The problem: John has more of a comment than a question. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-09-24 Episode 306 "Corgis I've Already Seen", The problem: John's so tired of carrying the Internet around with him. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-10-01 Episode 307 "My Lipstick Girls", The problem: John felt a lot of pressure. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-10-08 Episode 308 "The Hi-Hat", The problem: John didn't need to be here. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-10-15 Episode 309 "Where's the One?", The problem: John stayed in the wrong boots. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-10-22 Episode 310 "Quiet Moments", The problem: John doesn't need to talk to his toaster. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-10-29 Episode 311 "Friend Mode", The problem: John only had one mouse. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-11-05 Episode 312 "Always is How", The problem: John hasn't earned a chair. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-11-12 Episode 313 "Man on the Boat", The problem: John was so dragging. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-11-26 Episode 314 ”Jews in Duckburg”, The problem: John’s not anybody’s Saturday Night. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-12-03 Episode 315 ”The Slow Destruction of Bueno”, The problem: John was a cool sink. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-12-10 Episode 316 "Set Master to Relax", The problem: John found doors he liked that didn't fit. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-12-24 Episode 317 "You can't be drunk at Disneyland", The problem: John's not making any wolf masks. (DRAFT)
  • 2018-12-31 Episode 318 "The Best Chicken", The problem: John got the side-eye. (DRAFT)

2019 (48 episodes)

  • 2019-01-11 Episode 319 "Cop Pants", The problem: John wasn't supposed to coast on his laurels. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-01-14 Episode 320 "Every Daffodil in the City", The problem: John's sweater may be problematic. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-01-21 Episode 321 "The XY Problem", The problem: John needs a window for his door. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-01-28 Episode 322 "1 Infinite China", The problem: John has five-thousand friends. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-02-11 Episode 323 ”Stool in the Sky”, The problem: The local guy knows. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-02-18 Episode 324 "Caged Wheat", The problem: They all grow in the shade of the night. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-02-25 Episode 325 "Covered in Science", The problem: John is the snorkeler. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-03-04 Episode 326 ”The Cat and the Kettle”, The problem: John could funny crash. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-03-09 Episode 327 ”Old Sunshine and the Bear”, The problem: Who wants to have money? (DRAFT)
  • 2019-03-22 Episode 328 "Inaccurate But True", The problem: There's no Aloha medal. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-03-25 Episode 329 "Useful Hippie", The problem: You don't always get the good guy. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-04-01 Episode 330 "Crow Condo", The problem: John's been working on fretting. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-04-08 Episode 331 "Magic Lawyer", The problem: The genie's gonna get me. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-04-19 Episode 332 "Three Adjacents Apart", The problem: It's no fun to wonder. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-04-22 Episode 333 "The Turtle Just Goes", The problem: Whatever's not in the show is not in the show. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-04-29 Episode 334 "Mr. Manager", The problem: I'll bet he could golf. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-05-06 Episode 335 "Fifteen Things", The problem: John just sits and nods. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-05-13 Episode 336 "A Deck of Life", The problem: Only futures can know. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-05-20 Episode 337 "Reacharound Fave", The problem: You don't need to post. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-05-27 Episode 338 "Jelisa and Robert Saudi", The problem: John couldn't go to the macaroni and cheese store. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-06-03 Episode 339 "Internal Grace", The problem: They Griswold at the view. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-06-10 Episode 340 "Scared and Stupid", The problem: All of the good stuff is air. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-06-17 Episode 341 "The head of Two-Thousand", The problem: John started to have cool. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-06-24 Episode 342 "The Scrappy Sessions", The problem: A vacation to 20 years ago. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-07-15 Episode 343 ”My German Underpants”, The problem: John was at the bottom of his learning curve. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-07-22 Episode 344 ”One Hatchet Culture”, The problem: It was to benefit the local violin maker. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-07-29 Episode 345 ”Allemande Left”, The problem: John is a preservationist. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-08-05 Episode 346 "Every Sunday is Different", The problem: There are things that aren't in the box. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-08-12 Episode 347 "Pareto Olive Principle", The problem: John has mists of uncertainty. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-08-19 Episode 348 "The Other Oregon", The problem: It was mostly pranks. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-08-26 Episode 349 "The Beefs", The problem: John ports them through. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-09-02 Episode 350 "Wizard Rock", The problem: You could see the clip art version of him. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-09-09 Episode 351 "Recursive Homunculus", The problem: John is trying to carve a path. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-09-16 Episode 352 "Bellingham Notes", The problem: They're thinking about going to Steve's. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-09-23 Episode 353 "Reverse Khrushchev", The problem: Throw a frog at a wall, and see if it sticks. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-09-30 Episode 354 "The Hands of Control", The problem: John always got free matches. (DRAFT)
  • 2019-10-07 Episode 355 "The Lieutenant Colonels of Hell", The problem: Here come the bird people. (RAW)
  • 2019-10-14 Episode 356 "You Only See the Top", The problem: You don't want to moisten your knickers. (RAW)
  • 2019-10-21 Episode 357 "Scrambling the Ham", The problem: John's kid is a gourd butcher. (RAW)
  • 2019-10-28 Episode 358 "Celebrate the Hams", The problem: John doesn't retain victories. (RAW)
  • 2019-11-04 Episode 359 "Cowboy Tune", The problem: It was discomfortable. (RAW)
  • 2019-11-11 Episode 360 "Chicken Arse, IA", The problem: John's phone is fogging him. (RAW)
  • 2019-11-18 Episode 361 "Tethering the Gas", The problem: John exploited the opening. (RAW)
  • 2019-11-25 Episode 362 "Ghost of a Hobo", The problem: There was a fantasy map. (RAW)
  • 2019-12-02 Episode 363 "Butler of Sadness", The problem: An emotional response is not required. (RAW)
  • 2019-12-09 Episode 364 "Why Are You a Bad Boy?", The problem: The costume is telling you what to think. (RAW)
  • 2019-12-16 Episode 365 "Meet Me at Ballet", The problem: John is off his bubble. (RAW)
  • 2019-12-30 Episode 366 "Cafetorium Seppuku", The problem: The AIs become UIs. (RAW)

2020 (43 Episodes)

  • 2020-01-06 Episode 367 "Inescape Room", The problem: You don't sit in another man's corn. (RAW)
  • 2020-01-13 Episode 368 "The Slovenian Model", The problem: The love has gone out of pizza. (RAW)
  • 2020-01-27 Episode 369 "The Casserole Counters", The problem: John received lessons on mankind. (RAW)
  • 2020-02-03 Episode 370 "Tomorrow's Heart", The problem: John is manually processing. (RAW)
  • 2020-02-17 Episode 371 "Too Big to Be Angry", The problem: John was getting buffeted. (RAW)
  • 2020-02-24 Episode 372 "You Never Know", The problem: This is the new normal. (RAW)
  • 2020-03-02 Episode 373 "An Unannounced Friend", The problem: John has a bastik of bits. (RAW)
  • 2020-03-09 Episode 374 "Licking the Butter Lion", The problem: Everybody was trying to get out of Florida. (RAW)
  • 2020-03-23 Episode 375 "The Shellfish Rights", The problem: In this economy? (RAW)
  • 2020-03-30 Episode 376 "Wrong Kind of Vacation", The problem: John's quiet life involved danger. (RAW)
  • 2020-04-06 Episode 377 "The Stravinsky of Toilet Paper", The problem: John deserves unenjoyment. (RAW)
  • 2020-04-13 Episode 378 "Lion, Tiger, Horse, Monkey", The problem: John has rarely driven a car hard and hung it up wet. (RAW)
  • 2020-04-20 Episode 379 "Garbage Island", The problem: John feels like the world is changing. (RAW)
  • 2020-04-27 Episode 380 "The Impossible Me", The problem: John is trying not to paddle alone in life. (RAW)
  • 2020-05-04 Episode 381 "Slots in Some Imaginary Future", The problem: John was the chase vehicle. (RAW)
  • 2020-05-11 Episode 382 "The Year with the Asterisks", The problem: John's not here to impress the snorks. (RAW)
  • 2020-05-18 Episode 383 "President of Jokes", The problem: Read the room. (RAW)
  • 2020-05-25 Episode 384 "Original Shame", The problem: John rarely pushes a minister. (RAW)
  • 2020-06-01 Episode 385 "Home Corn", The problem: John has a ravine. (RAW)
  • 2020-06-08 Episode 386 "Pass the Dude", The problem: John was there for the chainsaw incident. (RAW)
  • 2020-06-15 Episode 387 "Don't Talk to Dongus", The problem: She was a Lifestyle Egyptian. (RAW)
  • 2020-06-22 Episode 388 "Medical Lunch", The problem: John is his own Time Loki. (RAW)
  • 2020-06-29 Episode 389 "The New March", The problem: It's a bad time to own a Persian. (RAW)
  • 2020-07-06 Episode 390 "Dreaded Failure Closet", NOT a Problem: John likes a mess. (RAW)
  • 2020-07-20 Episode 391 "The Destination Was Your Bush", The problem: John got a pity out. (RAW)
  • 2020-07-27 Episode 392 "The Oldest Tyler", The problem: John only had rolls of nickels. (DRAFT)
  • 2020-08-03 Episode 393 "A Little Grace", The problem: John wants to set it and forget it. (RAW)
  • 2020-08-18 Episode 394 "The Colonel", The problem: John didn't have the Montessori balls. (RAW)
  • 2020-08-24 Episode 395 "Talismans and Memories", The problem: There's no subtext to anything in the suburbs. (RAW)
  • 2020-09-07 Episode 396 "Yreka Bakery", The problem: We were ruining the world. (RAW)
  • 2020-09-21 Episode 397 "Open Ticket", The problem: John likes to divide his life up into stories. (RAW)
  • 2020-09-28 Episode 398 "Tyrell's Robe", The problem: The throbbing would be upsetting. (RAW)
  • 2020-10-05 Episode 399 "The Initiating Woundedness", The problem: John doesn't want to be part of your art happening. (RAW)
  • 2020-10-12 Episode 400 "Abberdabber", The problem: John still wants to live on the space station. (RAW)
  • 2020-10-19 Episode 401 "How is Pond?", The problem: John doesn't want his diary to just be a list of cricks. (RAW)
  • 2020-11-02 Episode 402 "Time to Move Some Furniture Around", The problem: Bringing nothing to a gun fight. (RAW)
  • 2020-11-09 Episode 403 "Car Bunny", The problem: Your life is a boat. (RAW)
  • 2020-11-17 Episode 404 "Sixty-Nine Sweats", The problem: I never thought this would happen to me. (RAW)
  • 2020-11-24 Episode 405 "Load-Bearing Bangs", The problem: John can't whistle loud. (RAW)
  • 2020-11-30 Episode 406 "December to Remember", The problem: The third time, it really kicked in. (RAW)
  • 2020-12-07 Episode 407 "A Constellation of Pushbacks", The problem: John was either a dork or a goober. (RAW)
  • 2020-12-14 Episode 408 "Cool the Tubes", The problem: John was trying to please the Germans. (RAW)
  • 2020-12-21 Episode 409 "Prime Joe Customer", The problem: John wants to get the story. (RAW)

2021 (38 Episodes)

  • 2021-01-25 Episode 410 "Trunk Full of Tab", The problem: We've all got our twenties tragedies. (RAW)
  • 2021-02-02 Episode 411 "The Anxiety Family", The problem: It's the trim that belongs to the room. (DRAFT)
  • 2021-02-08 Episode 412 "A Poke of Gold", The problem: You never know when you're going to need more money. (RAW)
  • 2021-02-15 Episode 413 "Brown Wizard", The problem: There are so many half-built pyramids. (RAW)
  • 2021-02-22 Episode 414 "Groomed Into Insanity", The problem: Would you bring me some tape? (RAW)
  • 2021-03-02 Episode 415 "Natural Strawberries", The problem: John is a resolute soda finisher. (RAW)
  • 2021-03-08 Episode 416 "Under Their Trucks", The problem: John was the tree. (RAW)
  • 2021-03-16 Episode 417 "Dr. Project, M.D.", The problem: John has a bulldozer across the alley. (RAW)
  • 2021-03-22 Episode 418 "Ensuring Daddy's Slice", The problem: John knows the door knob. (RAW)
  • 2021-03-29 Episode 419 "God's Cursive", The problem: There's no book about right now. (RAW)
  • 2021-04-05 Episode 420 "You never know what a whale's going to do. (RAW)
  • 2021-04-12 Episode 421 "My Mom's Ohio", The problem: There are too many stadia in this town. (RAW)
  • 2021-04-20 Episode 422 "Alfie Doesn't Rake", The problem: John always felt like he should turn the taciturninity out at the world. (RAW)
  • 2021-05-03 Episode 423 "Post-Medicine John", The problem: There's fifteen kinds of introvert. (RAW)
  • 2021-05-10 Episode 424 "The beaver, the Badger, and the Buckwheat", The problem: John ordered one twenty dollar thing too many. (RAW)
  • 2021-05-18 Episode 425 "The Car Bar", The problem: It's definitely weathered. (RAW)
  • 2021-05-24 Episode 426 "My Little Cowboy", The problem: There was some noise down in the ravine. (RAW)
  • 2021-05-31 Episode 427 "Mapping Run", The problem: No one else in the house was allowed to touch his egg pan. (RAW)
  • 2021-06-14 Episode 428 "Pyramid of Spoons", The problem: Do you want to be right, or do you want to be happy? (RAW)
  • 2021-06-21 Episode 429 "The January Project", The problem: He just needs to broom it off. (RAW)
  • 2021-07-05 Episode 430 "PILF Pants", The problem: John is the outlier. (RAW)
  • 2021-07-13 Episode 431 "Mr. Mustache", The problem: John had to agree to terms. (RAW)
  • 2021-07-20 Episode 432 "Water Taxi Party", The problem: Anything can be a chili. (RAW)
  • 2021-07-26 Episode 433 "Nag Flag", The problem: The fried egg is not optional. (RAW)
  • 2021-08-17 Episode 434 "John and the Girls", The problem: John was in a rolling bubble. (RAW)
  • 2021-08-23 Episode 435 "Comedy Knives", The problem: John was not thinking about kissing stopped-time girls. (RAW)
  • 2021-08-30 Episode 436 "Murder Dogs", The problem: John had a blown-out knee. (RAW)
  • 2021-09-07 Episode 437 "The First Betrayal of Kevin", The problem: Everything defaults to your Mom. (RAW)
  • 2021-09-21 Episode 438 "Catch the Vase", The problem: John is Mr. Tweaky Back. (RAW)
  • 2021-09-27 Episode 439 "Dick Meningitis", The problem: You can't cheat a transparent man. (RAW)
  • 2021-10-04 Episode 440 "Sur La Sac", The problem: John loves big loud noises. (RAW)
  • 2021-10-19 Episode 441 "The Blessing of the White Dog", The problem: It's not John's tool. (RAW)
  • 2021-11-03 Episode 442 "Recognizably Dylan", The problem: John's mouth is his own. (RAW)
  • 2021-11-08 Episode 443 "The Fifty-Cent Candy Bar", The problem: John has contributed to the energy of the machine. (RAW)
  • 2021-11-15 Episode 444 "Blue Link Girlfriend", The problem: John needs a reverse annulment. (RAW)
  • 2021-11-30 Episode 445 "Gravy Cop", The problem: John was only allowed to pick two flavors. (RAW)
  • 2021-12-07 Episode 446 "God Made the Rat", The problem: John was interrogating the apartment. (RAW)
  • 2021-12-21 Episode 447 "Flip Too Far", The problem: John says it's something in the seaweed. (RAW)

2022 (37 episodes)

  • 2022-01-11 Episode 448 ”A Little Bit on Fire”, The problem: John lost his movie rights. (RAW)
  • 2022-01-18 Episode 449 ”Galaxy’s End”, The problem: A stencil plays into the story. (RAW)
  • 2022-01-24 Episode 450 ”The Dawn and the Dusk”, The problem: John made a divot. (RAW)
  • 2022-01-31 Episode 451 ”The Slick Back Kid”, The problem: You can’t talk about wood paneling. (RAW)
  • 2022-02-07 Episode 452 "Among the Scumbags", The problem: Davey always should have been famous. (RAW)
  • 2022-02-15 Episode 453 "Guardstone", The problem: There's Magic John and Science John. (RAW)
  • 2022-03-01 Episode 454 ”The Ghost Bushes”, The problem: John needed to get the sump pump functioning. (RAW)
  • 2022-03-07 Episode 455 "The Birds Aren't Real Party", The problem: The Bang Bang Machine brought some friends. (RAW)
  • 2022-03-14 Episode 456 "The People's Traffic", The problem: John has some minor electrical problems. (RAW)
  • 2022-03-28 Episode 457 "Hard Pants", The problem: You have to learn to be fake realistically. (RAW)
  • 2022-04-12 Episode 458 "Beck's Situation", The problem: You're responsible for keeping the swimming pool clean. (RAW)
  • 2022-04-18 Episode 459 "Ukrainian Prank Calls", The problem: John is the Russian Army. (RAW)
  • 2022-04-26 Episode 460 "Rikki-Tikki-Cancelled", The problem: Here comes Baby Yoda. (RAW)
  • 2022-05-02 Episode 461 "The New Alignment", The problem: John seeks out cops to talk to. (RAW)
  • 2022-05-17 Episode 462 "Cheese Cave", The problem: John had to be that guy. (RAW)
  • 2022-05-23 Episode 463 "Proud of His Pies", The problem: It's a moldy country. (RAW)
  • 2022-05-30 Episode 464 "In a Morbid Suit", The problem: John lost the gravestone many years ago. (RAW)
  • 2022-06-13 Episode 465 "Cocktail Goats", The problem: Unfortunately, his name can only be scatted. (RAW)
  • 2022-06-27 Episode 466 "Crypto Joe", The problem: John is powered by confusion. (RAW)
  • 2022-07-11 Episode 467 "Interstate William", The problem: The crows really love those grubs. (RAW)
  • 2022-07-25 Episode 468 "Patterns Aren't Sufficient", The problem: There's no love in this. (RAW)
  • 2022-08-08 Episode 469 "Culmination", The problem: There was a very dirty guy. (RAW)
  • 2022-08-15 Episode 470 "Too Clever by a Cat", The problem: Mores are thought eels. (RAW)
  • 2022-08-23 Episode 471 "Foot-Think Cake", The problem: John doesn't smile frivolously. (RAW)

From this point forward there is only going to be a list of episodes, but no detailed coverage, due to lack of time and other priorities.

  • 2022-08-29 Episode 472 "Pillow Inflation", The problem: John is too emotionally fragile.
  • 2022-09-12 Episode 473 "A Turducken of Delusion", The problem: It's just one of those things.
  • 2022-09-19 Episode 474 "The Dracula Protocol", The problem: John was a country mouse.
  • 2022-09-26 Episode 475 "A Panic Animal", The problem: John is somewhere between a Dane and a Scot.
  • 2022-10-03 Episode 476 "It Starts with Lava", The problem: The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk has a vampire problem.
  • 2022-10-17 Episode 477 "Comedy Guitar", The problem: Mr. Roderick has a need-to-know first name.
  • 2022-10-24 Episode 478 "Government and Girlfriends", The problem: What the fuck is Jim McNeil doing here?
  • 2022-10-31 Episode 479 "Personal Forklift", The problem: John was a buff.
  • 2022-11-10 Episode 480 "Intake Engineer", The problem: What happens if the mule dies?
  • 2022-11-14 Episode 481 "The Deep End of Plenty", The problem: john wants to find a problem with it.
  • 2022-11-28 Episode 482 "Everything is Not Everything", The problem: John doesn't know what the baseline is.
  • 2022-12-05 Episode 483 "The Power Girls", The problem: John sat by the globe.
  • 2022-12-12 Episode 484 "Chief Technical Chief", The problem: All three of the wrong answers are just dumb.

2023 (33 episodes)

  • 2023-01-03 Episode 485 "Ancient Woo", The problem: Things come over John's family transom.
  • 2023-01-10 Episode 486 "Mystery Meat Colonel", The problem: The guy rolled up with a full dog.
  • 2023-01-23 Episode 487 "My Own Switzerland", The problem: A lot of us are leading a provisional life.
  • 2023-02-07 Episode 488 "A Safe Place to Be Angry", The problem: It's roughly the same piece of wood.
  • 2023-02-14 Episode 489 "Heroin Parties", The problem: It didn't connect under John's nose.
  • 2023-02-20 Episode 490 "Sandwich Joe Dorito", The problem: John has a list of people that he feels bad for.
  • 2023-03-07 Episode 491 "The Adventurous Choice", The problem: John's daughter requested a push.
  • 2023-03-13 Episode 492 "The Naked Beach", The problem: John was seeing all the people in their church clothes.
  • 2023-03-21 Episode 493 "Part of an Amp", The problem: John will follow you down a manhole.
  • 2023-04-05 Episode 494 "Corn Cob Night", The problem: John's liver was somewhere else.
  • 2023-04-11 Episode 495 "Hauling Balls", The problem: It was Picture Day.
  • 2023-04-18 Episode 496 "Dad Church", The problem: Ken is a punner.
  • 2023-04-24 Episode 497 "Where the Grocery Stores Are", The problem: it was a box of props that John brought.
  • 2023-05-02 Episode 498 "The Jimmy Carter of Jerusalem", The problem: John's not allowed to go to Egypt without his kid.
  • 2023-05-22 Episode 499 "A Zuggurat of Grievance", The problem: They did not approve of each other.
  • 2023-05-30 Episode 500 "Dr. Labyrinth, I Presume?", The problem: You have to understand what a Kundalini is.
  • 2023-06-12 Episode 501 "The Doors of Jazz", The problem: It's nice to turn things down.
  • 2023-06-20 Episode 502 "Dr. Guy", The problem: John is a different kind of dog.
  • 2023-06-26 Episode 503 "A Still Period", The problem: John must have accomplished something wind chimes.
  • 2023-07-10 Episode 504 "Mt. Florida", The problem: John forgot to get an end table.
  • 2023-07-18 Episode 505 "Steamin' John & the Rebel", The problem: John only sees what he's shown.
  • 2023-07-25 Episode 506 "The Shame Police", The problem: We're all eating at the same cereal bar.
  • 2023-08-01 Episode 507 "Haunted House of a Mind", The problem: They don't have their Coca-Cola license.
  • 2023-08-08 Episode 508 "A Collerary of Bastiks", The problem: John came up in airplanes.
  • 2023-08-21 Episode 509 "A Dirty Rectangle on the Wall", The problem: Merlin fell on his keys.
  • 2023-08-29 Episode 510 "Dr. Pole", The problem: Pimples are an opportunity.
  • 2023-09-11 Episode 511 "A Horse of a Different Cat", The problem: None of the hats fit John.
  • 2023-09-19 Episode 512 "American Horoscope", The problem: John is all out of knee.
  • 2023-10-10 Episode 513 "Mayor Jabberwocky", The problem: Thought is the death of sin.
  • 2023-10-17 Episode 514 "Q.R. Crabs", The problem: That ride costs extra.
  • 2023-10-23 Episode 515 "Existential Plasticity", The problem: There should be a button that just solves problems in general.
  • 2023-11-07 Episode 516 "Gambling Pocket", The problem: John is at peak "Fuck You."
  • 2023-11-20 Episode 517 "Sundown Acres", The problem: Oh, no. Not one of these Daddy roads.

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The intro music is an unreleased song written by John called Sugar From Sand. (RL0, RL349)
The show art is a picture of John and Merlin at the UCSF computer store in 2004 where John bought a white iBook. (RL58, RL215, RL287, RL322)
Their first sponsor was Squarespace. (RL105)

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