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Ramblecast 180 Jul 08, 2018

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There's a ten year old out there with better jokes than us, and here are several of them. We're also on the lookout for some particular collectible coins, so send in your hot tips please.

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Episode 179 :Extreme Breadsports Jul 03, 2018

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"The Girl Who Trod On a Loaf" is a Lovecraftian nightmare disguised as a morality tale: though the morals are also questionable. Maybe Hans Christian Andersen was working through some stuff when he wrote this one.

This episode brought to you by executive producer Jen, Aarne-Thompson type 1387, "A Woman Draws Beer In the Cellar"

Suggested talking points: FBI escape, cereal frog nuptials, the Underseller, the dark side of Cooties: the game, panic room full of food, bread boogeyboard, marsh-booze, brewery gas huffing, hardened bread foot, load-bearing joke inspector, Inger In Bogeyland, the Hithertoad, poetic tag-ins, corrosive cry-tear, stinkdrink

Ramblecast 179 Jul 01, 2018

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Shrek thoughts are always relevant, right? We hope so, because a child drew a picture of anime Shrek and it turns out there are a LOT of relevant images online.

Episode 178: Ancient Chinese Cruella De Vil Jun 26, 2018

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We're reading "The Journey West" again! It's been over a year: both for us and for the Monkey King, who has been in jail for a loooong time. With good reason too.

This episode brought to you by executive producer JP, Aarne-Thompson type 154, "A Sack Full of Dogs"

Suggested talking points: enhance on audio crime, self-fruit cannibalism, dry use pool noodle, cubhub clothing delivery, ear storage, everything is clothes, big little backwards water, body based sorrow, psychic in your mouth, the pancake spectrum

Ramblecast 178 Jun 24, 2018

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Accidental crime is on our minds this week: have we committed any? How big of a crime is it to forget a taxes? What if you totally meant to do something, and it just... got away from you, is that a crime? Where do you check these things? Also included: a tale of deportation.

Episode 177: Welcome to Pidge-Fil-A Jun 19, 2018

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Our story this week, "Life's Secret," makes a big claim. It's right there in the title. But does it deliver? Of COURSE not.

This episode brought to you by executive producer Whisper Biscuit, Aarne-Thompson type 1626, "Dream Bread"

Suggested talking points: ADIDAB, the vertebrate limit, shrimp slumlord, King's First Disappointment, fixer-upper racehorse, pomegranate hot, dating site metrics, my favorite sport pigeons, bread + time = dead, ESPigeoN, dreams of bread, Fifty First Deads, dead teen marriage

Ramblecast 177 Jun 17, 2018

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This week we're checking in on how the World Cup-sometimes known as the Big Kick-is going so far, review Carman's first day devoted to podcast duties, and lil Jerry has some thoughts on faces.

Episode 176: The Toddler Hierarchy of Needs Jun 12, 2018

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"The Four Feathers" is a bizarre narrative featuring some (probably unintentional) surrealist horror. But that's what you get when you put a four-year-old in charge of things.

This episode brought to you by executive producer Christopher, Aarne-Thompson type 106, "Talking Like an Animal "

Suggested talking points: a chance for German, German name fluency, a cool kind of begot, baby laundering, hot bod god dad, the good word of basic hygiene, the true story of Yankee Doodle, the toddler hierarchy of needs, a horse's destiny, a silent yler, Macy's day bug-out bag, a bony pony

Ramblecast 176 Jun 10, 2018

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We're trying to assess Cricket's job performance, and... there's no way around it, she's just not meeting performance goals. There's also a section on our favorite billboards, and some fun new ways to go about getting a massage.

Episode 175: My Glowing Daughter Xanax Jun 05, 2018

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This week's story, "The Bamboo Cutter and the Moon Child," was the inspiration for the movie Princess Kaguya. What we ended up with is not exactly that movie, which is great.

This episode brought to you by executive producer Kyle, Aarne-Thompson type 207C, "The Bell of Justice "

Suggested talking points: bamboo bling, Zoloft Jr., Call of Duty: Again, the most dedicated peeping toms, the solar flare self-defense, Stare-ano Bamboogerac, OkBuddha.com, please appraise my hopping teen, doing a driveby on some islands, peekabo signals, rejections by poem

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