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Matt Osten welcomes hilarious guests to boldly, conclusively, and scientifically decide what things in this big, wide world are good. Produced by audio maestro and holder of strong opinions, Jason Doyle.
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šŸ¾ Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood On todayā€™s very Olympic show, J.E. Skeets and Nora Artinian (Summer of Champions) join Matt and JD to discuss shooting at drones, the dumbest sports to combine into one event, bringing back Tug of War, winners let people watch them pee, a pro-PED competition, runā€¦
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šŸ¾ Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood Today in The Great Beyond, Matt, JD & Rachel discuss deepfakes of your friends, doggie AI, driving your kids around town, facial fitness gum, being addicted to chewing, menā€™s beauty standards over time, ways to dodge Covid, a heated geography quiz, how a cigarettā€¦
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šŸ¾ Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ On todayā€™s show, Daniel Ralston (The True Story Of The Fake Zombies) joins Matt & JD to discuss rockā€™nā€™roll frauds, good advice from Jason Reitman, buying your own karaoke songs to use at the bar, fighting hair loss, Americaā€™s greatest bald men, the ethics of aā€¦
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šŸ¾ Listen to the FULL episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood On todayā€™s Patreon-exclusive episode of The Great Beyond, Matt, JD & Rachel breakdown their fiery Las Vegas weekend including: The difference between traveling alone and traveling with your wife, natural anesthetics, worst fonts on The Strip, yelling at meat,ā€¦
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šŸ¾ Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ On todayā€™s show, Nina Oyama (Deadloch) joins Matt & JD to discuss having a sex tape stolen, doing detective work in a foreign country, the weirdest way to trend on Twitter, elaborate revenge fantasies, going to Nicole Kidmanā€™s school, same sex education, hanginā€¦
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šŸ¾ Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ Today in The Great Beyond, Matt, JD & Rachel discuss recording in a bathroom, building a pool, when youā€™re too old for sports, using the computer mouse as a fidget spinner, urban archaeology, America has the worst animals, swearing in a professional setting, thā€¦
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šŸ¾ Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ On todayā€™s wild show, Wes Larson (Tooth & Claw) joins Matt & JD to discuss going viral for tackling a bear, forcing your friends to wrestle dangerous animals, helping critters get away from predators, how to save yourself during a grizzly attack, a surprising tā€¦
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šŸ¾ Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ Today in The Great Beyond, Matt, JD & Rachel discuss poorly named colors, why itā€™s easier to be patriotic outside your own country, being attacked by your own dog, excuses for not having a threesome, roundabouts are more complicated than people think, cold tea,ā€¦
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šŸ¾ Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ On todayā€™s show, Tyler Jackson (All The Jokes) joins Matt & JD to discuss being yelled at by music nerds, the weirdest towns in Alaska, the problem with solo road trips, being ashamed of hitting the snooze button, how Japan curbed upskirt photography, why influā€¦
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šŸ¾ Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ Today in The Great Beyond, Matt, JD and Rachel discuss wearing a sleep shirt in public, the NBA season never ends, how to get a head start in Mario Kart, the hardest part of swimming is getting off the block, a megaphone is not a microphone, how to make sure yoā€¦
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šŸ¾ Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ On todayā€™s show, Michael McMillian (True Blood) introduces Matt & JD to the wild world of high strangeness and breaks down what itā€™s like to see a ghost, Mulder vs. Scully, dogs that can detect aliens, ouija board trickery, being hunted by rural townsfolk, moviā€¦
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šŸ¾ Listen to the FULL Episode by getting a FREE TRIAL of our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood On todayā€™s Patreon-only edition of The Great Beyond, Matt, JD, & Rachel answer your spiciest AMA questions including things that make us wanna flash someone, most common intrusive thoughts, the best patio cooking appliances, how to force yourselfā€¦
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šŸ¾ Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ On todayā€™s show, Joe Kwaczala (Comedy Central) joins Matt & JD to discuss problems with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, celebrating Arbor Day everyday, the limits of body positivity, telling someone they have bad breath, the most confident lunch order, nail cliā€¦
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šŸ¾ Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ Today in The Great Beyond, Matt, JD & Rachel discuss splurging on toilet paper, confusion over ethanol, Captain Kirkā€™s bathroom habits, baby corn is not corn, the many films of Helen Hunt, the best cheese for a burger, the Mount Rushmore of sketch shows, placesā€¦
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šŸ¾ Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ On todayā€™s show, Matt Oā€™Brien (Conan) joins Matt & JD to discuss turning The Fast And The Furious into a musical, podcasting with your wife, how to entertain a parade crowd when youā€™re on a float, helping an elderly person across the street, taxing your family ā€¦
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šŸ¾ Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ Today in The Great Beyond, Matt, JD & Rachel discuss fun new intro ideas, becoming one with your friends, illegal streaming services, why kids signing contracts is a new trend, an argument about hotel laundry, JD blows his stack over carry-on luggage again, defā€¦
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šŸ¾ Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ On todayā€™s show, Trey Kerby (No Dunks) joins Matt & JD to discuss a Grateful Dead mix-up, flipping houses, why children shouldnā€™t count in the carpool lane, dumb names for your WiFi, pranking Starbucks customers, adding new sounds to a car horn, how to pee sileā€¦
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šŸ¾ Listen this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ Today in The Great Beyond, Matt, JD & Rachel discuss podcast nudity, Las Vegas hotels, the magic of boxed wine, things weā€™d buy if we won the lotto, having a beer tap at home isnā€™t as cool as you think, the nicest way to tell your friends youā€™ve already seen the mā€¦
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šŸ¾ Listen this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ On todayā€™s show, Rachel Doyle (The Great Beyond) joins Matt & JD to discuss maiden names, AVN Award submissions, winning Employee Of The Month at McDonalds, the various ways kids ruin traveling, crying over black pepper, crazy mother-in-laws, embarrassing your kidā€¦
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šŸ¾ Listen to the FULL episode! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ Today in The Great Beyond, Matt, JD & Rachel discuss the maddest theyā€™ve ever been at each other, getting suspended on the last day of school, being turned off by black and white film, the pageantry of graduation, getting drunk at work, being bad at firing people, ā€¦
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šŸ¾ Listen this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ On todayā€™s show, J.E. Skeets (No Dunks) joins Matt & JD to discuss sticking it to AI, the staying power of the handshake, cruise control sounds cooler than it is, why reading a speech off your phone is unacceptable, getting a Ring camera for the content, Pig Latinā€¦
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Today in The Great Beyond, Matt, JD & Rachel discuss sexy faxes, a hierarchy of cellular phone providers, Apple Geniuses are stealing our data, snooping through your childā€™s diary, being exiled back to Canada, hitting a deer with your car, shooting a gun inside your house, exotic carpool lanes, dentists are the most insecure doctors, a new kind of ā€¦
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šŸ¾ Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ On todayā€™s show, Michelle Brasier (Aunty Donna) joins Matt & JD to discuss money trees, parasocial relationships, sexual workout prompts, getting scammed on Facebook Marketplace, our good friend Joseph Pilates, online vigilante justice, fake standup comedians, men hugging men, how to pick outā€¦
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šŸ¾ Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ Today in The Great Beyond, Matt, JD & Rachel discuss celebrity roasts, the return of live TV, shopping like a European, kids loving grunge music, words that we hate, the average price of a lobster roll, Ric Flair hates a sloppy mudpie WOOO!, using a private investigator to track down your hatā€¦
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šŸ¾ Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ On todayā€™s show, Zach Pugh (Live At Raccoon Motel) joins Matt & JD to discuss whether VHS tapes are the new vinyl, pretending to hold up the Leaning Tower of Pisa, phones with features we donā€™t need, the glory of practical effects, the size of genitalia on Renaissance statues, trying to make ā€¦
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šŸ¾ To hear the FULL episode join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ Today in The Great Beyond, Matt, JD & Rachel discuss dressing like your spouse, things you wouldnā€™t wear in public, checking in on New Yearā€™s resolutions, why trumpet players are so sexy, a dubious restaurant scam, a romcom for jilted lovers, being duped by a bartendeā€¦
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šŸ¾ Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ On todayā€™s show, Leigh Ellis joins Matt & JD to discuss completing his basketball world tour, food vs. sports, Imodium prophylactics, drinking on Copacabana Beach, slow dancing to 4 Non Blondes, asking strangers to apply sunscreen to your back, taking trips early on in relationships, why tennā€¦
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šŸ¾ To hear the FULL episode join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ Today in The Great Beyond, Matt, JD & Rachel discuss being in ā€œa mood,ā€ burping on camera, prom season, Jello soup, planning a trip to The Maritimes, guessing the cost of meats at a BBQ restaurant, ramen regrets, the dull womenā€™s club, storing cheese in a car, earliesā€¦
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šŸ¾ Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ On todayā€™s show, Drew Magary (Defector) joins Matt & JD to discuss hanging out with Justin Bieber, shooting guns with Chris Pratt, having a Toy Soldiers fantasy, the best age to attend a high school reunion, getting roasted by teachers, looking worse in photos than mirrors, the nostalgia of aā€¦
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šŸ¾ Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ On todayā€™s show, Matt, JD & Rachel discuss slang we learned from Outkast, the best age for kids to start using social media, being an uncool uncle, babies having babies, red hair is a red herring, Princess Diana conspiracies, the government now controls snow, playing records backwards, a veryā€¦
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šŸ¾ Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ On todayā€™s show, Avital Ash (Avital Ash Workshops Her Suicide Note) joins Matt & JD to discuss doing standup for one person, unnecessary trigger warngings, eating dinner in front of the TV, pepperoni pizza on Yom Kippur, talking to a Bluetooth speaker, kids on the dancefloor, chaotic wedding ā€¦
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šŸ¾ Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ Today in The Great Beyond, Matt, JD & Rachel discuss the darkside of Tim Hortonā€™s, Eclipse injuries, being too competitive, chaperoning children on a school trip, a teenagerā€™s guide to New York City, getting tricked by non-alcoholic beer, giving repairmen vodka, the proper way to butter breadā€¦
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šŸ¾ Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ On todayā€™s show, David Roth (Defector) joins the show to discuss why magicians are such weirdos, having the same name as a superstar, vandalizing yard signs, safe topics to discuss with your neighbors, voting for sheriffs on name alone, getting braces as an adult, bringing your own food to a ā€¦
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šŸ¾ Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ Today in The Great Beyond, Matt, JD & Rachel discuss the dumbest things theyā€™ve been fooled by, people congratulating you for something you havenā€™t done, YouTube is stingy with the plaques, Spring Break 2024, keeping kids away from the eclipse, the Seinfeld Pop Tarts movie, weird lies your laā€¦
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šŸ¾ Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ On todayā€™s show, Trey Kerby (No Dunks) joins Matt & JD to discuss why kids are the worst prankers, making DIY sand traps, April Fools gone wrong, changing the photo on someoneā€™s homescreen, the lack of whoopee cushion innovation, places to put googly eyes, what to do when you see a truck beinā€¦
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Get a free trial at Patreon.com/IsThisGood... Today in The Great Beyond, Matt, JD & Rachel discuss seeing a child chug a beer, parental discipline hacks, sea shanties, the advantage of having a distinctive voice, McDonalds gets donuts, an April Fools warning, JD tells tales of the 90s Swing music revival, the inside scoop on Wendy from Wendyā€™s, shiā€¦
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šŸ¾ Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ On todayā€™s show, Rod Benson (Different Dude) joins Matt & JD to discuss the weird things you remember when writing about yourself, whether locker room humor translates to the outside world, Rodā€™s most-hated NBA player, smoking cigars with Jackie Chan, the set decoration on LeBronā€™s new podcasā€¦
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šŸ¾ Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ Today in The Great Beyond, Matt, JD & Rachel discuss beach crocodiles, airport lactation rooms, bragging about your carā€™s mileage, Final Destination retirement homes, St. Paddyā€™s Day mimosas, not being invited to parties, the shave and a haircut song, the sun never sets on being cool, floors ā€¦
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šŸ¾ Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ On todayā€™s show, Tas Melas (No Dunks) joins Matt & JD to discuss near death experiences, smashing plates for fun, backseat driving, getting mail from the president, back up cameras have made people too cocky, the delicate art of typewriter repair, getting stuck behind a firetruck, being forceā€¦
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šŸ¾ Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ Today in The Great Beyond, Matt, JD & Rachel discuss vacation hangovers, falling in a hole, port is a weird thing to drink, JD has a new airplane anxiety, Matt almost got into a fight for being helpful, ice cold Oscars takes, weā€™ve finally done the pretzel research, eating meals at the cinemaā€¦
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šŸ¾ Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ On todayā€™s show, Tyler Parker (The Ringer) joins Matt & JD to discuss writing novels, paying for stage time, Oklahoman tumbleweed, the publisher did not send us Tylerā€™s book, why annoying things other people do arenā€™t annoying when we do them, ruining someoneā€™s day with water, targeting dads ā€¦
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šŸ¾ Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ Today in The Great Beyond, Matt, JD & Rachel discuss unconstructive criticism, why taking an Uber can be embarrassing, tweezing on the street, country musiciansā€™ legs, gumbo as a deodorizer, the need to breed, a Jet Blue confrontation, swinginā€™ on the flippity-flop, new (very bad and very madā€¦
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šŸ¾ Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ On todayā€™s show, Jerome Cheng (No Dunks) joins Matt & JD to discuss impromptu performance reviews, smuggling contraband for a friend, the coolest streets in the world, seasons are defunct, revolving doors are an underrated invention, a very lame time travel fantasy, customer service chatbots,ā€¦
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šŸ¾ Check out the full episode by joining our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ Today in The Great Beyond, Matt, JD & Rachel discuss Tik Tok dances, jiggly cakes, the most popular baseball clip of all-time, German game shows, cooking in a bikini, storage wars vs storage peace, a new awards scam, peeing outdoors, the best thing about work ā€¦
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šŸ¾ Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ On todayā€™s show, Joey Devine and Sean Keane (Roundball Rock) join Matt and JD to discuss couple names, lying in standup comedy, what it takes to be an Uncle Dad, two-drink minimums, fighting your way back to your spot after going to the bathroom at a concert, using military time as a civilianā€¦
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šŸ¾ Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ Today in The Great Beyond, Matt, JD & Rachel discuss Prime Ministerā€™s Day, playing jam band music to annoy customers, the chaos of checking your coat, pinball is the hardest arcade game, trying to remember the pandemic by re-living classic Zooms, taking pictures of your petā€™s poop, thereā€™s toā€¦
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šŸ¾ Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ On todayā€™s show, J.E. Skeets (No Dunks) joins Matt & JD to discuss winning awards that no oneā€™s ever heard of, the problems with using a pseudonym, superstitions we respect, annoying lawn signs, bagging your own groceries, vaping indoors, watching sports on tape delay, beer foam art is betterā€¦
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šŸ¾ Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ Today in The Great Beyond, Matt, JD & Rachel discuss Googling someone to see if their wife is hot, the twist in Twisters, commercial casting thoughts, the height of every performer in the Super Bowl halftime show, Rachel gets inducted into a club she doesnā€™t want to join, a ranking of Reeseā€™sā€¦
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šŸ¾ Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ On todayā€™s Valentineā€™s Day special, Jil & Rachel (Matt & JD's better halves), join to discuss relationship origin stories, going through a thot phase, not celebrating V-Day, the horniest foods, long distance romance, the worst love languages, who should play you in a romcom, our partnerā€™s worā€¦
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šŸ¾ Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood šŸ¾ Today in The Great Beyond, Matt, JD & Rachel discuss crying babies at public events, Zoom funerals, the worst plate of nachos youā€™ll ever see, Pulp Fiction inspires a steak atrocity, how to not sound like a jerk, the does the squeaky wheel gets the grease, when getting an answer is less satisā€¦
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