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Organic introductions. What happened to sprees? Rereading old texts to yourself. A thorough exploration of revolving doors. If you could have one boy scout badge for your life, what would it be? Tiny 3D printer. At the 50 minute mark, "Nicky's Advice Corner:" We all get kleptomania. In "What's the Deal?" we review a very special celebrity auction with one of our favorites, Jay Leno. Sports Short: the biggest, weirdest trade in NBA history.

2025 pop culture predictions! (yes that's last year)! Then: When will we finally see a "Rizzler x Sizzler" collab? Checking in on Bill O'Reilly. Nicky's Advice Corner: being a narc on a school quiz and making the teacher change a quiz answer. Sports Short: Demise of the dominance of the SEC.

We start with some video game talk, including the beauty of modern character creation options, then it's the main event: back to school shopping, RANKED. Will rulers "rule" over back to school clothes? Pencils or lunch boxes, who will be on top? Tune in to find out!

We're back in our traditional format with all 4 horsemen. In the intro, we discuss many things including the famous Jurassic Park Barbasol spray can, which has it's own entry in the Jurassic Park Wiki. Then, a topic: things that make you grumpy as you get older. In Nicky's Advice Corner, the boys learn about the art of "fridgescaping." In the Sports Short, we talk about the 2024 Paris Olympics.

It's just Rod and Nick this time around, and they're talking video games.

Much like the polar express this episode is off the rails. We discuss doing this episode as a time capsule, but then we don't commit to it at all. A bunch of topics we've already discussed are discussed yet again. Then: What was the deal with 1990's graphic design schools? What Christmas movie would make a good video game? We review a workplace White Elephant gift exchange on a scale of 1-7 ho ho ho's. Brian presents a Holiday Food Game that isn't about hunks. Holiday eight ball makes predictions. May the Tim Allen as Santa Clause in your life bring you a world of joy this season.

Much like your delayed mail-order pecan pie, our slightly-late Thanksgiving special surprise is here but worth the wait! Is pumpkin fruit or is pumpkin vegetable?  What Pokemon would you eat? Gummy Monopoly pieces? In 5 years will jigs still exist? Leave a green porch light on for Hulk. Nicky's Advice Corner: Am I the jerk for not making vegan thanksgiving food? What's the Deal - Dealer's Choice Edition: Brian's Ebay Lunchbox Clearance Mega Roundup! Sports Short: Baseball shenanigans from 2024, but wouldn't you know it, it's still relevant!

Ryan is back from his hiatus. Ailments talk. Topics: hyper-regional reasons for people to judge one another? And what was your intro to gambling? In a listener submitted Nicky's Advice Corner - "How do I get out of my book club?" Then some ending nonsense. Thank you for listening.

We close out our love/hate deep dive into the Emo genre by powering through a Tiers (or 'tears' in this case?) list of as many relevant emo bands as we can think of.

Special guest Kamal joins the boys in Part 1 of our Emo Episode Series. What's the deal with emo, anyway? We talk our personal emo origin stories, what songs we thought would magically make girls like us, emo as early-2000's fashion, emo gateway bands, burning mix CD's, and why the car sun visor CD case was designed to scratch CD's.  At the 55 minute mark, we shift into our first Nicky's Advice Corner submitted from a guest as Kamal seeks Nicky's dating advice.  Thank you for listening.

Friend (and sibling) of the show, Saraya, joins us to fill in for Ryan who is still on hiatus! We start with a topic: What's the best thing you can get from a quarter vending machine? Then, "Nicky's Advice Corner:" did she make too big of a scene when the server brought out an already-opened can of soda? At the 45 minute mark the theme continues with our Tiermaker segment "Tierdrop Saloon:" Soda! Whatever you call it: soda, pop, coke... Which of the world's beloved fizzy beverages will make the S-Tier and what ends up on the "f*ck off" tier? Finally, we end with plugging some weird songs no one remembers.

Rod, Brian and Nick take the reigns and shake up the format a little in this episode.  In Part 1: We start with an extended Video Game Tree House segment with our opinions on Final Fantasy Rebirth, Final Fantasy nostalgia in general, and some of our favorite games at the time of the recording. Then we haphazardly stumble into some great feuds: Canes vs. Walking Sticks. Bible vs. Marvel. Taking Back Sunday vs. Brand New vs. Straylight Run, and a visit to the Emo Speculation Basement.  In Part 2: Tierdrop Saloon - At the 45 minute mark, we shift over to a ranking classifc stores at the mall in a Mall Mega Tier List! What classic mall stores will make the coveted S-Tier? American Eagle? Orange Julius? Cinnabon?  The answers may shock you.

We have no show outline for this one so we turn to an old form of entertainment: asking the Magic 8 Ball. Also: What modern TV show would make a good retro video game? Can we name all the Jersey Shore characters? And which one of them would you want to have at your sleep over? Can the Magic 8 ball predict death? No sports short in this one but a rare "Sports Q&A." It's all fitting nonsense for our 50th episode! Much like Outback this one is no rules, just right!

Technical issues. MLB Pants Discussion. Nicky Reads our Horroscopes. Wacky Headlines From Around the Globe (Funeral Home Edition.) "What's the Deal:" McDonald's 80's "McRockin' Foods" Music Toys. Sports Short: A Timely Recap of Brian's Preview of the 2023-2024 NFL Season.  Thank you for listening!  Join our discord: https://discord.gg/6htfKGk8

It's a segment-free all nonsense bonanza to delite you as we enter year 5 of Reasons for the Apocalypse (wow.) Enjoy meandering yet delightful distractions including: weird sounds, what the T in T Pain is for, battle of the tiny influencers, being invisible, trying to recreate laughter, and then a sports short on too much darn money being in baseball. Thanks for listening!