World of B

As promised, here is part two of our latest podcast. This episode is devoted entirely to our retelling of the story of our Easter Eve. ‘Twas a magical evening. We shall never forget it.

Press play below or visit here for the mp3. Enjoy. We’ll be back soon.

People, please treat your ears to our latest episode of The Riff (only 32 minutes in length!), featuring one special guest and a whole lot of tangents. This is the first of a two-part episode, so it ends rather abruptly. You’ve been warned. What we discussed:

• - New feature: fan mail
• - Chocolate-dipped steak
• - The moral stand of Taco Bell franchisees
• - Continued fawning over “The Wire”
• - Excerpts from stuffwhitepeoplelike.com
• - Love for “Freaks & Geeks”
• - A half-assed review of FX’s “Justified”
• - Debate over “An Education”

Have a listen, and be sure to tune in to episode 14, which is set to be posted later this week and most assuredly will knock your socks on their ass. Yeah. It’s that good.

Click play below, or go here to download the mp3. It’s yours to keep. Burn it to a CD. Makes a great Mother’s Day gift.

Talking points:

• - Mike and B. do impressions of each other
• - Reviews:
  • o Alice in Wonderland
  • o Precious
  • o Lost
  • o The Wire
• - Woman teaching while drunk
• - $100,000 falls from truck, citizens grab cash
• - Florida man arrested for breaking into jail
• - Devil’s advocate: health care reform
• - In defense of flip-flopping
• - Worst new food: Taco Bell shrimp tacos vs Caramel Chicken

Click play below, or go here for your very own mp3. Free of charge, from us to you.

Can I interest you in a podcast devoted solely to the hometown nine? It’s all Twins talk, all the time in our 11th episode of The Riff. Highlights include:

• - Mike’s superb impression of Patrick Reusse
• - Kevin Slowey and Rookie of the Year
• - Tangent of the week: Judd Nelson
• - Delmon Young is poised for a breakout season, take 3
• - Target Field review
• - Pre- and postgame drinks/food options around Target Field
• - A new running feature: Norm’s Preposterous Statements

You can tune in to the show by clicking play below, or go here to download it for all eternity. Enjoy, Twins fans.

Our latest podcast is up. You’re welcome, universe.

Subjects discussed in episode 9:

• Mike’s supposed “psychic muscle”
• New invention for the ladies: garter/cell phone holder
• Actual proposed invention: Bluetooth women’s accessories
• Reviews:
  • Where the Wild Things Are
  • Adventureland
  • “Dexter”
  • Sugar
• Monkey Attack Weekly vs. Face Off Digest
• Mike hates Oprah; B does not
• We allude to a ‘part 2’ of the podcast that may not ever be published

We hope you enjoy.

Mp3 link here

Hello, friends, we are back. Did you miss us? We certainly missed you. Please have a listen to our most recent podcast, which covers the gamut of topics, including:

• Mike’s recent move
• B’s wedding
• A reminder of our Most Important Life Lessons: Forced bathroom white noise, don’t make fun of midgets, don’t rent a tuxedo
• About a hundred movie reviews (sorry)
• The beautiful Gaza Zoo
• Being openly hateful toward the openly hateful (aka the Rush Limbaugh saga)
• Balloons and boys
• A quick shout-out to the dong gluer
• Empty promises to return soon

Have a listen through the icon below, or at the podcast website, or you can download the mp3 for yourself. Lots of options. No excuses. Go.

Talking points from the greatest podcast you’ve never heard. Come on, have a listen. Don’t make me beg.

• HIMYM vs. The Office
• Travel stories! Featuring homeless folks!
• Cockroaches hate Mike’s new home
• The cruel summer
• Frost/Nixon and 500 Days of Summer reviews
• New term: DLCs
• “The Martha Stewart of the sports world”
• Josh Hamilton (ugh)
• Disease vs. allergies, and a scenario in which Brandon walks around poking at beehives
• This week in racism, the KQRS edition

All our love,

Brandon & Mike

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Podcast website here

A few talking points from a supersized  – and dare we say, not half bad — episode of The Riff, entitled “Get some chafage going tonight”:

• B discusses one of the more confusing car break-ins of all time
• A few favorite passages from a marriage counseling book
• The carpet sales industry (we seriously talk about this)
• “Google might as well be called fuckyoudad.com”
• An extended review of kickball
• The Diane Schuler story
• Twins talk (apologies to all non-sports fans)
• New feature: “Least Favorite People”
• “The worst thing you can do at a bar is make eye contact with a bachelorette party”
• Mike reveals the first in-person boob he ever saw (it’s disgusting, btw)
• The Riff: the good, the bad and the ugly of stand-up comedy
• What Gallagher and R. Kelly have in common
• It’s time to stop making fun of midgets

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Podcast website here if all else fails. Please enjoy.

Co-host Mike and I have recently made our glorious return to the electronic airwaves with our fifth episode of The Riff. While we’re (and by “we” I mean me, because Mike refuses to re-listen) happy with the outcome, there were two fairly significant mistakes with this episode: (1) we lost the first half hour because the recording software crashed before we could save, and (2) we mostly forgot to be funny. Oops.

Talking points:

• We briefly lament our lost first half of the podcast
• Short review: TV on DVD reviews
• We share confusion over the point of Cash For Clunkers
• The same old steroid discussion
• Rambling about health care
• A new feature: this week in racism
• Over- and underrated summer activities

While keeping in mind the caveats, please do us a solid and click below to have a listen. We would do the same for you.

MP3 file here. Hosting website here in case all else fails.

Have a listen, if you will, to “I Don’t Care About Your Fart, Man,” the fourth installment of The Riff. A few highlights of our talk:

• Our friend Norm’s embarrassing lost bet
• Daniel Hauser
• Segregated proms, which are sadly real and ongoing
• How to fail the Movie Test
• Weekly Riff (a juvenile yet necessary topic): public restroom etiquette
• Aggressive flatulence – shameful or acceptable?
• The nightmare of using the handicapped stall
• Proposed law: required restroom white noise
• Men’s room horror stories

MP3 HERE

Hope you enjoy. We’ll be back soon with another (probably less immature) podcast soon.

Hi friends. Episode #3 of The Riff, entitled “The Tight Jeans Scare,” has been posted for your enjoyment. We had a guest appearance from our buddy Tony, who added some insights and was more than willing to laugh at our dumb jokes. Thanks, Tony.

A few highlights:

• A short review of our first two podcasts
• We introduce our “The Weekend That Was” series
• B talks about a joyriding experience
• Mike tells a must-hear househunting story
• The story of our friend Darrell’s wedding
• Review of “The Office” season 5 and finale
• Weekly Riff: are we hipsters?

Enjoy. 

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Yep, we’ve got a second podcast up and running. This puppy’s called “A Cheap Wine Glass of an Ego.” Click below for the greatest thing ever (or not). Like in podcast episode 1, we speak as if we’re getting paid by the swear. Take heed, prudes.

Featured in our second-ever podcast:

• We discuss a few of our favorite WoB commenters
• B and Mike argue about “How I Met Your Mother” and sitcoms in general
• Mike explains why he joined Twitter (hint: no real reason)
• B defends worthless tweets and Facebook status updates
• Mike claims Facebook is popular because of loneliness, narcissism and pity parties
• We discuss how Ashton Kutcher lets people know he needs to make two
• B argues that social networking isn’t going away because of stall scrawls
• B reads through his friend’s status updates and quickly rescinds original defense of status updates
• Mike and B come up with two fantastic ideas to improve Facebook (seriously)

MP3 FILE HERE

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We still have plenty o’ room for improvement. Mostly due to the piss-poor sound quality. Fuzzy, tons of annoying ambient noises … it’s bad to an embarrassing degree. We’ll fix that just as soon as we learn how to fix it.

Feedback? Keep it coming. We’re trying to entertain you, and would love to know if and how we’re failing at that goal. Thanks.

This is a very exciting, mildly nerve-racking and kind of embarrassing moment here on the WoB … I’m introducing our very first podcast, created by me and my cohort Mike. The podcast series is tentatively titled “The Riff.”

We’ve named Episode 1 “The B Movement With B and Thunder.” (Taking inspiration from Mr. Show, the show titles will be created using actual phrases used in the episode.) Tune in by clicking the link below. (I think. Still not sure the ideal way to upload these podcasts. Advice is welcomed.)

What was discussed:

• I hilariously introduce the podcast by mispronouncing my own name
• Mike says something about store names that makes no sense
• Podcast ground rules and show expectations (hint: they are low)
• Favre talk
• Mike tries talking about steroids and gets railroaded by B
• Mike’s invention: “The Tiny Razor”
• Swine Flu and our made-up definition of “pandemic”
• Flu-chebags
• Short reviews (Cowboy Slim’s and Doubt)
• Mike pleads with listenders to see the Charlie Kaufmann film “Schenectady” New York, which is actually entitled Synecdoche, New York

Overall, I give us a B-, which is sadly a lot better than I thought we’d do. The key improvement we need to make is to tighten up the content a little bit. I thought it’d be fun to go completely extemporaneous, but it’s obvious that is not the ideal plan. We’ll improve our preparation a bit more for the next one. Also, most importantly: we’ll work on correcting the audio. Sorry about that. Please don’t give up on us. 

Either way, please weigh in with feedback via email or the comments section. Love letters and hate mail are equally encouraged. 

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