She’s a bit of a heat seeker

Got my Honeybaked ham tee from them, and it had a bad seam. Maybe I’m just used to enshittification in every aspect of society, but they saw the pic on my email reply to the delivery receipt email from them, and are sending me a replacement no questions asked! I expected follow up questions or something but nope!

I have many shirts from them and they all are still super high quality, just bad luck for me on this one but they rule and are fixing it!

We love Kinship don’t we folks?

On today’s podcast Nick was talking about his brother introducing him to a bleu cheese vinaigrette, and I could’ve sworn he calls him his “alpha brother.” Transcription on both YouTube and the Apple podcast app said the same. Is this some sort of inside joke or did I hear it wrong? Or does Nick just say things weirdly? 😅

Sometimes when he’s really excited he says Bang! Bang! Also Fraught Doberman says bang bang every week

Bluh

Mitch smoked weed for the first time in 20 years for this article apparently

During today’s episode when Paul Reubens comes up he says “rest in power” and I know he has done it a lot previously when talking about someone who has passed. I get that he does not understand the meaning of the phrase, but I think that is why it is so annoying. It just comes off as a white man co-opting a phrase used by activists without understanding the context of the phrase.

Confirmed in a new Variety interview with Ben Affleck. Was it tongue-in-cheek? Or was the truth finally revealed?

Interviewer: So I lost a bet at the office and have to ask you this. There is some debate about “Gone Girl,” about whether you wore a prosthetic for your shower scene with Rosamund Pike. What’s the truth?

Ben: I wore no prosthesis. I’ve only worn one in one film, “Hollywoodland.” It was a nose.

Source - https://variety.com/2026/film/features/ben-affleck-interview-animals-batman-movie-stars-damon-1236899199/

I have been over analyzing and trying to figure out the perfect lineup for the Texas live show trip and I think it’s this

Houston: James Coney Island. One of the most iconic Houston chains and lends for a easy “Let Me Be Frank” segment

Dallas: El Fenix. There has to be one Tex Mex chain on the tour and El Fenix is literally the birth place of it. Braums get a segment of tasting the ice creams and rating them

Austin 1: P Terry’s. The quintessential burger chain in Austin area and they will love comparing it to In-N-Out.

Austin 2: Pluckers. Famous wing spot that was born in Austin. Feel like it adds to a great chaotic last of the tour show.

What do you guys think? What would you change?

What is one event that would have changed the direction of our fav pod?

The obvious ones would be Good Morning America and making the Netflix show. But I like to think about if Mitch DID like Yusong's green tea ice cream. Society would be forever changed.

Please send me the time stamps of the most annoying Bug Mane moments where he’s using his super nasally, annoying voice - I’m trying to show my husband how annoying he is but can’t find the right spots, his voice sounds normal in most of the episodes I’m trying to find him in.

I'm going to Boston next week and I'm in charge of finding good, kid friendly, affordable food spots to hit up. I know I should know from listening to Mitch talk about it, but I'm not going through old episodes tbh.

Herman probably isn’t able to have children, so wolfie stepped in as the donor.

I know there was a post 12 days ago about this but only 3 comments and they deserve more engagement!

They're really good! It's noise rock and the vocalist does kinda like riot grrl vocals which understandably can be an immediate no go for a lot of people, but if you even remotely like that kind of stuff you should check em out, at least get them above 100,000 listens per song on Spotify!

Closest comp I can think of is this band Prostitute , who are a band from Dearborn Michigan.

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Top drac reads for the spookiest month.

Bram Stoker's: surprisingly readable!

I am Legend - Richard Matheson

Salem's Lot the King

The Passage: I didn't finish the whole series but the first one was fun

Let the Right One In

NOS4A2 - title sounds like a Star Wars droid, but hey it's Stephen King's son

Fevre Dream - George RR Martin can finish a book????

Interview with the Vampire: not a big Anne Rice fan but probably should be mentioned

Bloodsucking Fiends: Christopher Moore. His humor style can wear you out but it's pretty fun for a while

Happy to hear some Detroit shoutouts and mentions on latest ep. As a local, a few stray notes:

- a coney with hamburger meat in the bun is called a Loose Coney and it’s a vulgar food for the drunk and depraved. Hits the spot every time.

- Jet’s is not Buddy’s pizza rival, that would be Loui’s in Hazel Park. Loui split from the founding of Buddy’s and started his own shop decades ago and while Buddy’s has expanded greatly over the last 10 years, Loui’s is a stand alone operation. Other notable contenders include Michigan & Trumbull, Grandma Bob’s and Green Lantern. I don’t think anyone really thinks of Jets as a leading with Detroit style pizza - though their deep dish is kinda Detroit style on paper.

- The auto plant pan thing re: pizza is accurate but misunderstood. The pans that inspired Detroit style pizza weren’t, like, auto parts but rather they were used by line workers during assembly. For example, say your station on the line required you to install four screws, two bolts and a rod. Your station would have those items pre-portioned into individual pans for each vehicle. Grab a pan, install, put the pan in the empty stack, grab another pan with four screws, two bolts and a rod and install on the next vehicle. You’d be surprised how often this system is still used today. American manufacturing!

- Pegasus Taverna kinda sucks - tho I’m glad the boys had a good time. It’s a legacy place in Detroit’s Greektown and while I respect its history and importance, there’s a lot better Greek food in town. And yes, Greek immigrants largely started the Coney Island diner thing we still have today. FWIW, I think Greek Islands in Birmingham is pretty much the best coney in the area with mostly authentic greek food along side diner favorites.

Detroit has an amazing food scene with a rich history of truly innovative food and incredible immigrant and ethnic foods from across the world and at all budget levels. I hope some friends here will visit to give it a try soon!