Here's Where it Went Wrong

The Olympics: When We Made HUMAN ZOOS (w/ Elsie How) Feb 22, 2022

Wenzler and Andrew welcome on the very funny and multi-talented Elsie How to the podcast to talk about The Olympics! From their ancient origins, to the rocky road to their reemergence, all the way to the creation of zoos for people and their displacement of people.

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Crafts: When A Hobby Shop Doubled As An Indiana Jones Bad Guy (w/ Hillary) Feb 08, 2022

Andrew and Wenzler have on the hilarious twitter personality and podcaster Hillary (Help Wanted) to talk about crafts! Andrew gives the gang a run down on what exactly makes something a craft, to how they led to the rise of entire cities, and into how Hobby Lobby became comic book villains!

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The NBA: When The Three Events Prevented The Greatest Basketball Era Ever (w/ Jon Rineman) Feb 01, 2022

Andrew and Wenzler have a visit from the incredible Jon Rineman (The Tonight Show, WWE) to talk about Wen's greatest passion, The NBA! From its start as a YMCA game played with peach baskets, to its rise in popularity, all the way to the three events John pinpoints as derailing what would have been the greatest era of the sport!

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McDonald's: When A Cool Family Food Stand Became The Face Of McCorporate Greed Jan 25, 2022

Wenzler and Andrew spend some time alone together to discuss something Wenzler is very passionate about, McDonald's! From its early days pioneering the Speedee system, to their rise to being America's number one food chain, and eventually its evolution to sinister conglomerate!

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The Law: When Your Fate Is Decided By 12 People Who Couldn't Figure Out A Way To Not Be There (w/ Matt Knudsen) Jan 18, 2022

Andrew and Wenzler welcome on the very funny Matt Knudsen (I Think You Should Leave, Multiple Comedy Albums) to talk about the law! They get into the first recorded laws, the rise of juries, and how painful it must be to watch a priest slowly move a statue just to show you're going to be murdered.

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Dieting and Beauty Standards: When We Stopped Highlighting a Favorite Boob Jan 11, 2022

Andrew and Went sit down with comedian and author of upcoming book, I'm More Datable Than a Plate of Refried Beans, Ginny Hogan!

Together they trace the ever-evolving beauty standards of the world through what was in and why! From the first artistic depiction of humans to trends of today, and the role dieting has played has played in them!

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Public Transportation: When A Nice And Easy Way To Get To Work Was Replaced With Casual Hit And Runs (w/ Chelsea Pope) Jan 04, 2022

Andrew and Wenzler welcome comedian and podcaster Chelsea Pope (Breath Of Fresh Movie) to talk about Public Transportation! They get into the beginnings of public transit, get way too into a Matrix tangent, and how "Jaywalker" went from vicious slur to a commonly used phrase!

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Fantasy Football: When People Turned Every Single Day Into An Uncut Gems Sequel (w/ Time Metzler) Dec 28, 2021

Andrew and Wenzler welcome on comedian and improviser Tim Metzler (Second City) to talk about the history of Fantasy Football! From it's beginnings in an Oakland bar, to its clever skirting of sports gambling rules, all the way to the unstoppable, potentially live ruining behemoth of daily sports betting!

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Secret Societies: When We Went From Fun Bird Flutes To Sex Coffins (w/ Ely Kreimendahl) Dec 21, 2021

Andrew and Wenzler welcome the hilarious Ely Kreimendahl to talk about secret societies! From their almost untraceable origins, their incredible ability to hoard wealth and power, and finally to where two President's may have seen each other do some weird stuff inside of a coffin! They cover it all!

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The News: When Remaining Unbiased Became Super Biased Dec 15, 2021

Andrew and Wen talk with writer and comedian Robby Slowik (Conan, The Problem with Jon Stewart) to trace the entire history of news! From its first appearance in written records, town criers, radio and TV, to the current state of debate where attempts at unbiased reporting might actually be more biased!

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The Dark Knight Rises: When Nobody Understood How Knees Work Dec 07, 2021

In this special solo episode Wen and Andrew (twitter.com/theandrewnadeau) discuss the entire history of attempted Batman movies that finally led up to Batman Begins, and where it went wrong in The Dark Knight Rises. Including obligatory Bane voices and a defense of socialism!

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Weightlifting: When We Decided To Make Something Healthy Entirely Unhealthy (w/ Sahana Srinivasan) Nov 30, 2021

Andrew and Wenzler welcome the incredibly talented Sahana Srinivasan (Insecure, Brainchild, Fear The Walking Dead) to talk about weightlifting! From the first muscle heads, to Wenzler and Sahana's own experiences, and the sport's decent into steroids and bad form!

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Rock Climbing: When The Dirtbags Were Replaced With Douchebags (w/ Diya Basrai) Nov 23, 2021

Andrew and Wenzler welcome comedian Diya Basra to talk about the history of rock climbing! It's beginnings as just something you had to do to survive, to trips to find angels, and finally the pro-sport it is today that rich people are taking over!

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Publishing: When We Made The Barrier For Entry "Having The Internet" (w/ Alex Dobrenko) Nov 16, 2021

Wenzler and Andrew welcome writer, comic, and actor Alex Dobrenko ("Distance" web series) to talk about self-publishing! From publishing's beginnings as stone tablets, to the awesome job of copywriting Monks, and finally where everyone with the internet can release their own books and manifestos!

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Here’s Where WE Went Wrong: A Special Bonus Episode! Nov 09, 2021

Wenzler and Andrew ask two of their favorite previous guests, Maggie Smith and Paula Skaggs to return for a special bonus episode!

They discuss their own personal disasters, from Worst New Year’s Eve to Worst Breakup, including the most insane breakup location and story we’ve ever heard!

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Pixar: When They Followed Original Ideas With Merchandise Focused Sequels (w/ Alex Collyard) Nov 02, 2021

Andrew and Wenzler welcome on the great Alex Collyard to talk about Pixar! From their beginnings looking to make impossible projects, to their rise as a blockbuster machine, to the inevitable sequels and merchandising that replaced prestige with cash!

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Airlines: When They Couldn't Make First Class Better So They Made Coach Worse (w/ Lisa Curry) Oct 26, 2021

Andrew and Wenzler welcome back the incredible Lisa Curry (new album "Alive for Awhile" available now!) to talk about the history of Airlines! From their humble beginnings of "jumping off this roof", to the first planes, and eventually the hour long interrogation center to reach a Chili's Too that they're know as today!

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The Halloween Series: When They Decided That It Was All A Big Domestic Dispute (w/ Joseph William Gregory) Oct 19, 2021

Wenzler and Andrew welcome horror writer Joseph William Gregory to talk the Halloween series! From the origins of slashers, to John Carpenter's original classic, and eventually Busta Rhymes kung fu, they dive into one of the greatest horror series ever!

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LSD: When We Stopped Doing Medical Research With It And Instead Tried To Talk To Dolphins (w/ Skyler Higley) Oct 12, 2021

Andrew and Wenzler have comedian Skyler Higley (CONAN) to talk about the history of LSD! From cultures the world over using hallucinogens, to the development of a synthetic equivalent, all the way to where it somehow become a catalyst for dolphin hand stuff!

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Photography and Plagiarism: When No One has Ever Had An Original Thought (w/ Cassidy Kulhanek) Oct 05, 2021

Andrew and Wenzler welcome the very funny Cassidy Kulhanek to talk about the concept of Plagiarism! What started out as the hosts taking a very hard "Plagiarism is bad" stance, ends with Cassidy completely frying both of their minds as they dive through the history!

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Video Games: When People Found Sonic Too Sexy (w/ Sara Wren) Sep 28, 2021

Wen and Andrew sit down with writer and comedian Sara Wren (Letterkenny, Just For Laughs) to talk about the entire history of video games! From the very first video game to arcades and N64, plus Sara's own history as an early video game reviewer! Plus where it went wrong in the insane amount of dirty Sonic fan fiction and toxic gatekeeping!

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MoviePass: When The Magical Summer Gave Slowly Revealed The Creepy Business Practices Underneath (w/ Kristofer Thomas) Sep 21, 2021

Andrew and Wen welcome on comedian and twitter darling Kristofer Thomas to talk about MoviePass! Remember the magical summer of MoviePass? Well the gang dives in deep to find the origins of the company, its rise, and the beautiful carnage of its demise!

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Theme Parks: When They Realized No One Really Inspects The Rides (w/ Jeremy London) Sep 07, 2021

Andrew and Wen welcome actor Jeremy London (Mallrats, Party of Five) to discuss the history of theme parks! From their beginnings as places to exchange crops, to the rise of the circus and carnivals, and finally the non-well inspected theme parks that led to injuries and death!

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Chicago: When They Built It All Out Of Wood Like A Cartoon Beaver City Aug 31, 2021

Wen and Andrew welcome on the hilarious...Wen and Andrew! They go solo this episode to discuss Chicago, why they moved there, the city's history, and how it all burnt down in what can only be described as an elaborate game of Mousetrap!

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Beer: When All The World's Beer Ended Up Being From The Same Three Guys (w/ Jon Drake) Aug 24, 2021

Andrew and Wen welcome on the wonderful Jon Drake (The Blast Zone podcast!) to talk about the history of Beer! A delicious and sometimes life ruining beverage that every culture made its own version of, they go through its humble beginnings, to bootlegging, and finally to the absorption of almost all beer sales into one small handful of companies.

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Photo Editing: When We Invented Whole Technologies To Make Abraham Lincoln More Attractive (w/ Justine Stafford) Aug 17, 2021

Andrew and Wen welcome on writer, comedian, and Photoshop maestro Justine Stafford to talk about the history of photo editing! From its origins of being invented to bully one monk, to its advances in making Abraham Lincoln hotter, and eventually the body dysmorphia and scamming machine it has become!

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Royal Weddings: When One Family Came From A Long Line Of Side Chicks (w/ Raina Morris) Aug 10, 2021

Andrew and Wen welcome the writer and performer Raina Morris (Emily in Paris) to talk about Royal Weddings! In true show fashion, they begin with the very concept of weddings, through the creation of the church of England, and ending up at the marriage of Suits star Meghan Markle and some guy named Harry!

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Movie Remakes: When They Found Out They Could Sell You The Exact Same Movie A Second Time, But Worse! (w/ Myq Kaplan) Aug 03, 2021

Andrew and Wen welcome back their first return guest Myq Kaplan (CONAN, Album A.K.A) to talk about the history of remakes! From there beginnings as some of the first kinds of films to their modern reputation of the most rage inducing kind of film!

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Gay Bars: When They Somehow Became A Safe Space For Straight Nonsense (w/ Dylan Adler) Jul 27, 2021

Andrew and Wen have on the very funny Dylan Adler to talk about gay bars! From their origins as "Molly Houses", to the Stonewall Riots, to straight people making themselves a bit too comfortable, we cover it all!

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Inline Skating: When We Forgot to Add Brakes and Tony Hawk Became King (w/ Jon Torres) Jul 20, 2021

Wen and Andrew are joined by Jon Torres (Don't Tell Comedy, Bric-a-Bracket podcast) to discuss the entire history of roller skating! From the very first pair to the first roller rink, roller derbies, and on through the inline skate explosion and the first X-Games!

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Sneakers: When We Turned Running Shoes Into Faberge Eggs Jul 13, 2021

Andrew and Wen sit down with Josh Gondelman (Desus & Mero, Last Week Tonight, Make My Day podcast) to talk about the entire history of shoes! From horrifying hay sacks that look like something from Scarecrow’s fear toxin, to when fashion made them too pointy to walk, to the development of sneakers and sneaker culture!

Josh tells us about his collection, the greatest sneakers, and where it went wrong in resales!

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Marlon Brando: When Our Greatest Actor Became Our Greatest Weirdo (w/ Sydney Battle) Jul 06, 2021

Andrew and Wen welcome on the hilarious Sydney Battle to talk about childhood crushes and the weird life and career of Marlon Brando! From his incredible work in Julius Caesar, A Streetcar Named Desire, and The Godfather, to his later years trying to play characters as talking bagels and recently surfaced allegations of assault, we examine one of the most interesting performers of all time.

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Running: When The Olympics Gave Marathoners Strychnine (w/ Eden Dranger) Jun 29, 2021

Wen and Andrew sit down with the absolutely hilarious, and apparently incredibly skilled runner, Eden Dranger to talk about the entire history of running! They track when and how humans first evolved to run, through the Greek games, to the jogging craze, and the most absolutely insane Olympic disaster where SO many people almost died! Like, WAY more people than you'd think could die in a marathon, as they used the runners for a science experiment on whether or not humans need water!

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John Carter: When Every Other Sci-Fi Already Did It, But Better (w/ Michael Tannenbaum) Jun 22, 2021

Andrew and Wen welcome the hilarious Michael Tannenbaum to talk about the grandfather of all Sci-Fi series, John Carter of Mars! From its beginning as one of the first pieces of Science Fiction, its many different forms that almost took fruition from almost being America's first animated film, to dream Tom Cruise vehicle, to its eventual release as the biggest box office bomb of all time!

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Millennials and Generations: When Tik Tok Made Us Face Our Own Mortality (w/ Daniel Spenser) Jun 15, 2021

Wen and Andrew talk with Daniel Spenser (Samantha Bee, Last Week Tonight, Adult Swim, The Onion) about how we first created the idea of collective generations! Together they trace the entire history through its inception in the 19th century, to the drama of millennials and boomers, to Gen Z and Tik Tok, and how side parts and Hufflepuff became the hill too many would die on!

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Chuck E. Cheese: When It Basically Became Budget WestWorld Jun 08, 2021

Wen and Andrew embark on a solo episode to figure out what is going on with Chuck E. Cheese. From its beginning as a place where kids could go to safely play video games to how it became a VERY unsafe place for children to play video games! Along the way, they cover everything from how the business grew, the video game crash of the 80's, and even make time to discuss how people are investing all their money in the Iraqi Dinar.

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Reality TV: When It Stopped Being Polite but Also Stopped Being Real (w/ Haley OC) Jun 01, 2021

Wen and Andrew sit down with the incredibly funny comedian Haley OC to discuss reality television! They cover the entire history, from game shows and scandals to the first modern reality show, all of their favorite shows, and the absolute disasters we still can't believe made it to air!

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Anarchy: When They Stomped Out A Utopia To Make More Capitalism (w/ Yedoye Travis) May 26, 2021

Andrew and Wenzler sit down with the always hilarious Yedoye Travis (Album "Ok" out now!, Batman comic this summer, and his podcast "Anime in America") to discuss Anarchy! Together, they dive into what it is, how it has been perceived, and the best example of it and what went wrong!

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Ireland: When Rome Said They Ate People and England Cromwelled Over Everything (With Mike O'Keefe) May 18, 2021

Wen and Andrew talk with Mike O'Keefe, currently getting his masters in history education, to talk about his specialty, Ireland! Together they trace its entire history, to the myths and legends about eating people from Rome and Greece, to the Vikings, Christians, and of course the English. Covering wars, rebellion, famine, some true heroes and villains, and the 2 places they think it went the most wrong!

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Justice League: When It Got So Dark And Gritty, You Couldn't See Why You Liked Them (w/ Brandon T. Snider) May 11, 2021

Wen and Andrew are joined by comedian and comics writer Brandon T. Snider (Inside Amy Schumer, DC Comics, RUBE GOLBERG) to talk about the history of The Justice League!

From their start as Justice Society, to the shows that turned Wen and Brandon into huge nerds, and where it went wrong, IDENTITY CRISIS, also known as "The Comic That Ruined Comics"!

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The Internet: When The News And Wafflemaker420 Became Equally Trusted (w/ Eliza Skinner) May 04, 2021

Wenzler and Andrew welcome on writer and comedian Eliza Skinner (Earth to Ned, The Late Late Show) to talk about the history of the internet! From its early days of basically being an advanced calculator to now being a system where you can listen to us complain about it on a magic rectangle in your pocket!

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Alien: When They Went All In On The Sex Stuff (w/ James Breakwell) Apr 27, 2021

Wen and Andrew have on the very funny James Breakwell (new book "How to Be a Man (Whatever That Means)" out this June) to discuss the grandaddy of all Sci-Fi Horror, Alien!

From its beginnings as a Star Wars cash in the one of the most successful sci-fi and horror franchises of all time, they get into how the first two entries were some of the greatest movies of all time that somehow led to Alien Resurrection!

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Labor Unions: When The Mob Made Some Pretty Great Points Apr 20, 2021

Andrew and Wen sit down with comedian and Jimmy Hoffa super fan Lisa Curry (The Jim Jefferies Show) to talk about Labor Unions! From ending child labor, to the Hoffa disappearance, and the frank admission that, if we're honest, the mob was running a pretty great scheme!

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The Simpsons: When We Had Fears That They'd Have Stories For Years Apr 13, 2021

Andrew and Wen sit down with comedy video maestro and all around funny man Joe Kwaczala (Comedy Central, "Who Cares About The Rock Hall" podcast) to talk about America's first family, The Simpsons! The show has inspired countless comedians and has become a language in and of itself, so what better way to honor it than to try to find the moment it went from the "gold television standard" to "still pretty great"!

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Comedy: When, Like Beer, It Doesn't Age Or Travel Well (w/ Avital Ash) Apr 06, 2021

Wen and Andrew sit down with one of their favorite comedians and writers Avital Ash (New Series Antisocial Distance out this week!) to talk about comedy! They go into the first recorded jokes, "canceling", and have a bone to pick with the casting directors at Amazon Prime in what will go down as their "most edited" episode!

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Grunge: When They Traded Organic Sound With Bubble Gum Pop (w/ Adam Cozens) Mar 30, 2021

Wen and Andrew sit down with one of their favorite comedians and writers, Adam Cozens! Having written for Funny or Die, SNL, and MadTV, the pair could not be more excited to talk about the rise and fall of Grunge! They dive into Adam's time growing up in the home of Grunge, Wen's tales of playing grunge in a cover band, and Andrew's wondering how these guys think they're the cool ones!

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Star Wars: When They Just Kept Making Star Wars (w/ Tim Barnes) Mar 23, 2021

Andrew and Wen welcome the very funny Tim Barnes ("The Tonight Show", YubNub Pod) to talk about "Star Wars", a franchise loved by millions and hates by Star Wars fans!

From their own experiences to starting therapy, to the history that includes a lot of legitimate tortures as well as way too much incest, the comics get into all the the triumphs and pitfalls of telling all of your problems to a complete stranger. (We're Pro doing it by the way!)

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Television: When Must See TV Became Quick Bites (w/ Moses Storm) Mar 16, 2021

Wen and Andrew are joined by two time streaming star Moses Storm to discuss the history of television and the absolute deluge of streaming services! From the first tv shows (weird marionettes!), to Netflix (Blockbuster what are you doing?!), to the services that burned out quickly (a good number!), we're covering it all! Also, we have an idea for a new streaming service and ARE looking for financing.

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The Gold Rush: When The 49ers Led To The Bloody 50's (w/ Sohrab Forouzesh) Mar 09, 2021

Andrew and Wen are joined by the very funny Sohrab Forouzesh to go into the history of the California Gold Rush! From its start as a one man's lucky find, to the Bloody 50's, to their deep dive into how it all affected the American Civil War!

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Cop Shows: When They Decided To Let The Cops Run The Shows (w/ Mohanad Elshieky) Mar 02, 2021

Andrew and Wen Cops are joined by the very funny Mohanad Elshieky to talk about the history of Cop Shows! From Law & Order, all 20 versions of Hannibal, to Wen getting incredibly angry at the manufactured drama of of everyone's favorite civil rights violation COPS!

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The French Revolution: When They Realized Heads Came Off Super Easy Feb 23, 2021

Wen and Andrew do their first solo episode since they launched the podcast to have a chance to relax, have fun, and do 12 hours of exhausting research on one of their favorite subjects, the French Revolution! They discuss the wars, the politics, the kings, of course the guillotine, bastille and cake, and EVERYTHING you might not know about this subject!

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Wrestling: When Greeks Got Naked and The Undertaker Misunderstood What His Job Was (w/ Brandon Scott Wolf) Feb 16, 2021

Wen and Andrew are joined by Brandon Scott Wolf to trace the entire history of wrestling! They dig deep into the first Olympic games to learn why the Greeks actually fought oiled up and naked, and then trace wrestling's whole timeline through the carnival circuit and the very first arranged fights. And finally end up in the modern era with the Monday Night Wars, and break down how the WWF and WCW fought it out to finally become the WWE!

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Therapy: When Actually, Your Parents Did A Pretty Good Job (w/ Gianmarco Soresi) Feb 09, 2021

Andrew and Wen welcome the very funny Gianmarco Soresi ("Shelf Life" streaming now on Amazon Prime!) to talk about the history and our own relationships with Therapy!

From their own experiences to starting therapy, to the history that includes a lot of legitimate tortures as well as way too much incest, the comics get into all the the triumphs and pitfalls of telling all of your problems to a complete stranger. (We're Pro doing it by the way!)

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LeBron James: When Being the G.O.A.T Can’t Win You an M.V.P (w/ Niles Abston) Feb 02, 2021

Wen and Andrew sit down with comedian and writer Niles Abston (Clowncast, Girls Don’t Twerk to Jokes) to talk about the outstanding career of LeBron James, from his wins to his charity work to how he reshaped the game! Then finally where it all went wrong, when the league made him pay for it!

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Spider-Man: When All Those Dancers Almost Died (w/ Maureen Monahan) Jan 26, 2021

Andrew and Wen welcome the very funny Maureen Monahan (Our Cartoon President, Tooning Out The News) to discuss Wen's favorite things, Broadway musicals and comic books. That's right, we're diving in to Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark!

The three dive deep into Spider-Man comics, from his origins as a sickly orphan, to the weird edgy take where his sperm killed his wife, to the Tobey Maguire movies we loved, culminating in the Broadway musical that we absolutely didn't. How did a Spider-Man musical featuring Bono, the lady from The Lion King, and zero comic book fans turn out so badly? The answer is obvious but it's still a fun ride!

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Politics and Teapot Dome: When Politicians Realized Crime Was Basically Legal (w/ Adam Burke) Jan 19, 2021

Wen and Andrew sit down with writer and comedian Adam Burke to discuss what was considered the biggest political scandal in American history, from the country's creation until Watergate! It involved the whole Harding administration, adultery, murder, a SECOND murder/suicide, and stealing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of oil from the Navy, to LEGALLY, just give it away. We cover the entire history, the players involved, and the small bribe that finally brought the whole corrupt tower down!

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Chess: When Players Started Using Super Computers In The Bathroom Jan 12, 2021

Wen and Andrew have on the incredibly funny David Saliterman (Funny or Die, Nerdist) finally hop on to this Queen's Gambit craze to talk about the history of Chess and where it all went wrong! From the fears that it was being used to spread secret messages, to a series of players caught cheating in the bathroom, and the large number of players who engaged in colorful behavior after retirement, they discuss all aspects of the game.

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Vampire History and Blade: When They Made Dracula an Australian Guitar Teacher (with Daniel Kibblesmith) Jan 05, 2021

Wen and Andrew sit down with one of their favorite comedians and writers, Daniel Kibblesmith! Having written Loki, Lockjaw, Black Panther vs. Deadpool and more for Marvel, his insights into Blade and how that helped launch the MCU were amazing! But before that, they had to trace the history of vampires! From gods and revenants to 1700s paranoia that gripped entire towns in fear, and finally launched vampires into literature and pop culture. All of this eventually leading to the amazing Blade series, and finally where it went wrong!

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Bands: When They Really Did Never Stop Rocking (With Michael Ian Black) Dec 29, 2020

Wen and Andrew sit down with their friend Michael and comedy icon Michael Ian Black (Wet Hot American Summer series, The State, Stella) to talk about bands that overstayed their welcome and became shadows of what they were. Bands that went from playing large stadium tours to instead playing small state fairs, ones that still play stadiums but for your grandparents, and the few that withstood the test of time. They share their own favorite concert stories and try to figure out what leads to longevity.

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Christmas: When They Stopped Fighting Butlers (with Angel Garcia) Dec 22, 2020

Wen and Andrew are joined by their good friend and one of their favorite Chicago comedians and magicians, Angel Garcia! Together they find out how Christmas really started, and got to where it is today. They cover everything from its origins in Yule and Saturnalia, to the pope who made it Jesus' birthday, and the crazy party he couldn't stop. They also discuss how Santa became Santa, and where it almost went TERRIBLY wrong, when a series of British civil wars led to a ban on everything Christmas!

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The Golden Age of Hollywood: When Actors Became People (w/ James Urbaniak) Dec 15, 2020

Wen and Andrew sit down with James Urbaniak (The Venture Bros., Review, Difficult People) to discuss the Golden Age of Hollywood. From the beginning of moving pictures as a novelty, the the rise of nickelodean theaters across the country, to a huge monopoly that was forced to be busted by the Supreme Court. They dive into all of the problems and work arounds that gave rise to a new industry and millions of dreams.

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Victorian Women Authors: When Women Invented 2 Genres of Literature and Men Took the Credit (with Jackie Monahan) Dec 08, 2020

Wen and Andrew sit down with Jackie Monahan (These Lips, Eric Andre Show, Last Comic Standing, Wild Nights with Emily, The Foxy Merkins) to talk about the history of women in literature. First the surprisingly recent invention of the novel, Mary Shelley creating the genre of science fiction and Charlotte Brontë devising the first person narrative! They discuss some of their favorite novels, and break down the revolutionary writing forms you couldn't even imagine never existing, and then the women that first conceived them! And finally, they discuss one of the greatest poets of all time, Emily Dickinson. They cover her life, her work, her secrets, and finally, Where It Went Wrong (hint: it involves the patriarchy)!

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Twilight Zone: When We Entered the Dimension Where It Was Bad (with Dani Fernandez) Dec 01, 2020

Wen and Andrew sit down with Dani Fernandez (Ralph Breaks the Internet, Remembering Rod Serling) to dive deep into the history of The Twilight Zone! Pop culture phenom and Twilight Zone expert Dani helps explain the best episodes, the brilliant mind of Rod Serling, and the incredible social commentary and cultural impact The Twilight Zone had, that still holds true today. They also cover where it went so wrong when the show was forced to move into an hour format, had a plane crash right before an episode about a plane crash released, and made an episode about a witch leopard for some reason!

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Thanksgiving: When Genocide Eventually Led To The Dallas Cowboys (w/ Nash Flynn) Nov 24, 2020

Andrew and Wen are joined by writer, performer and comedian Nash Flynn (Buzzfeed, Huffpost, Cabin Fever Comedy) to discuss the first Thanksgiving! We dive in to the history of how Henry VIII, Puritans, a leaky boat, and accidental biological warfare led to one of your favorite meals of the year.

Nash also dives into Death Ways and how the opposing cultures interacted with how the other treated their dead. From the respectful to the...much much less so.

Plus Wen gets very mad at the Dallas Cowboys for some reason.

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Pirates of the Caribbean: When the Robots Were Anatomically Correct (with Maggie Smith) Nov 17, 2020

Wen and Andrew talk with writer, performer and comedian Maggie Smith (Second City, The News*, The Quest We Can Do, The Onion) about the most successful ride, and one of the most successful movie franchises, in Disney history: Pirates of the Caribbean. After beloved memories of trips to Disney and seeing the first film, they dive into its insane history! Which for the ride includes robot builders' insistence on making the animatronics anatomically correct, the original Disney design (and how it was supposed to be based on real pirates), and the incredible inappropriate behavior that got cut out, and added in!

And after the ride they dig into the films, following the beloved first, and the shipwreck of a fifth! Including, as always, tracing some fascinating pirate history, to find all the things the movie got wrong, which turned out to be just about everything!

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Trains: When A Rail Road Company Pretended To Be French Nov 10, 2020

Wen and Andrew sit down with the always hilarious writer and comedian Randall Otis! In honor of the election, they dig deep into one of the first big Congressional scandals, and follow it's history from a simple train to a scheme that involved several administrations!

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Ice Skating: When They Stopped Jumping Hats and Started Swinging Pipes (with Ashley Ray) Nov 03, 2020

Wen and Andrew sit down with writer and comedian Ashley Ray (Writer for The AV Club, Vulture, Variety, The Onion, and host of the podcast TV, I Say with Ashley Ray) to discuss the incredible history of ice and figure skating!

While tracing its entire history to find where it went wrong, they go all the way back to the first skates in 1800 BCE, through figure skating's appearance in the Olympics and beyond. They talk about the insane attempts to make artificial ice rinks, when backflips were banned, and the absurd challenges required to join the world's first skating club, as well as the hats you'd need to do it!

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Freddy Krueger: When Children Cheered For Their Murderer (with Chris Calogero) Oct 27, 2020

Wen and Andrew sit down and chat with Chris Calogero to talk about their love of the "Nightmare on Elm Street" franchise. From its origins as Wes Craven's own personal nightmare to a pop-culture sensation of the 80's and 90's, Wen, Andrew, and Chris dive into how this vicious killer became a beloved crowd pleaser.

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Magic: When They Started Setting Smart Women on Fire (with Paula Skaggs) Oct 20, 2020

Wen and Andrew sit down with the always hilarious writer and comedian Paula Skaggs! In honor of Halloween they dig deep to find the very first written record of magic, and then follow its trail all throughout history! Including its presence in science, religion, different cultures, and then where it went so wrong, in 300 years of Witch Trials. From the very first recorded witch trial to Salem, and so many you never heard about in between! We couldn’t believe the obscure and fascinating facts found for this episode, and somehow, as it always does, dog magic comes back again!

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Rum: When Molasses Flooded Boston (with Gina DiVittorio) Oct 13, 2020

Andrew and Wen talk with writer and comedian Gina DiVittorio about the Great Molasses Flood of 1919. Together they trace the history of rum, and discover how its production, along with sailors, settlers, war, prohibition, and one company's general stupidity, led to a disaster so uniquely horrible the world had never seen anything like it! And you'll never guess who they tried to blame for it!

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Dating: When a Woman Was Committed For Placing a Personal Ad (with Niccole Thurman) Oct 06, 2020

Wen and Andrew are joined by Michael to sit down with Niccole Thurman (Haute Dog, The Opposition, Superstore, Shrill, A Black Lady Sketch Show) and talk about where dating went so wrong, with the introduction of online dating. They trace the history of the personal ad back to 1695, and follow the insane timeline up through early social networks in matchmaking magazines during the 19th/20th century, to the first computer dating service in 1959, and how that all led to the apps of today!

Learn about the insane stipulations of the first personal ad, the astounding results the first time a woman tried to place one, and the covert codes used in lonely hearts magazines that got one shut down and the owner arrested. Plus, when reaching dating apps and the current era, you get to learn about our podcasters’ love lives! Which surprisingly may not be the disasters this show normally strives for, but they’re prepared to make it worse for your entertainment!

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Science: When a Researcher Bullied a Cell (with Pallavi Gunalan) Sep 29, 2020

Andrew and Wen talk with comedian and biomedial engineer Pallavi Gunalan (followable on Twitter, Instagram and Tik Tok) about science, peer review, stem cells, Spartacus for some reason, how much sex Stephen Hawking had, and SO much more! But especially, where it all went wrong. In this case, a scandal so big that it rocked the scientific world when the author of a research paper falsified data, which led to 6 months of investigation, drama and even a tragic death.

Pallavi also tells us about her numerous charitable projects, for which volunteers are always needed! The links to the projects discussed in the episode are included below!

RespiraWorks - Developing low-cost ventilators

Volunteer form to tutor Black students and Form for students to request tutoring

Mailing List to support Black Lives and Google Drive with resources

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Friends: When the Writers’ Room was Sexist (with Abby Govindan) Sep 22, 2020

Wen and Andrew welcome the very funny Abby Govindan to discuss the 90’s, what makes a TV show problematic, and the Amaani Lyle v. Warner Brothers lawsuit that made us all question exactly what the writers of Friends thought Friends was about. Also Counting Crows comes up a surprising amount, but still not as much as Wen and Andrew would like it to.

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1998 Home Run Race: When Everyone Did Steroids (with Mike Camerlengo) Sep 15, 2020

Wen and Andrew welcome Mike Camerlengo (60 Second Classics) to discuss the magical 1998 Home Run Race between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, and how it and baseball itself was sullied by the steroid scandal that made baseball players the size of tanks.

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Dark Phoenix: When They Remade Their Worst Movie Worse (with Jay Jurden) Sep 08, 2020

Andrew, Wen and Jay recap the entire X-Men movie franchise, how it helped set the groundwork for the Marvel universe, and then how X-Men somehow closed the saga on the worst movie of the series!

We get to hear about how they tapped Royal Shakespeare Academy legends to pretend to have super powers, how one of the world's most powerful Omega Mutants was largely relegated to making ice cubes (and not the mutant it should have been), and how Magneto keeps getting sexier even though he's supposed to be 62 by now.

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Andrew Nadeau

Wen Powers

Jay Jurden

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A Good Day to Die Hard: When the Entire Movie Was a Callback with (Myq Kaplan) Sep 01, 2020

Andrew and Wen welcome their first two guests of the pod this week! Myq Kaplan and their frequent collaborator Michael talk all things Die Hard and become overly protective of "Live Free or Die Hard" as they take "A Good Day To Die Hard" down a peg.

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Sinking of the Titanic: When They Decided a Fire Was Fine Aug 24, 2020

In their first history episode, Andrew teaches Wen about the struggles of keeping time at sea, how everything went sideways to sink an unsinkable ship, and why you shouldn't use a dog as a clock.

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Batman & Robin: When Robin Wore Rubber Lips Aug 24, 2020

With the release of THE BATMAN trailer, Wen and Andrew talk about their love of the Batman movies of the 80's and 90's, including Wen's first Valentine's Day, and determine which film ruined Batman for 8 long years.

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Jurassic Park III: When a Dream Dinosaur Said “Alan” Aug 24, 2020

To celebrate the original Jurassic Park films making their way to Netflix, Wen and Andrew use the opportunity to discuss their love for the classic franchise and where it went wrong, Jurassic Park III.

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