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download on iTunes Sally Jane Black and I welcome that hero-legend of Regular Guy Style, Joe Stremph, to th studio to chat for two hours bout th consensus Most Important Topic o.A.T., though since this is 2016, we couldn't resist throwing some Trump in there, too 00:00 "Today I Met the Girl I'm Gonna Marry" performed by Nation of Ulysses 01:47 Hi, …

download on iTunes Thank you for time- and space-travelling back to New Orleans of April 2015 to listen to this podcast live & in person, where Billy Ray Stupendous & I caught up w/ Phil B and Lauren M of el jay fame, & Paul G of two-sport fame (football/trombone), to marvel @ th chart success of Laurie Anderson, th cross-cultural transcendence of …

download on iTunes This one went off th rails pretty early on w/r/t its intended topic and never got back on, fully. Billy Ray's original intention, I think, was to set up th parameters of what it means to be th Greatest Of All Time, and den debate various G.O.A.T. candidates over various fields of endeavour. Instead we ended up talking bout Livejo…

download on iTunes Went ahead and annotated this one, since it's a Saturday a.m. & I'm ill & industrious, and idle hands are th devil's playthings. My initial idea was to encourage discussion bout how beauty can be this world's most powerful idea -- that, Helen aside, human people are launching 1,000 ships every hour on behalf of their versions of …

download on iTunes This is th one you been waiting for. By "you" I mean "Kathleen O" because she's on this one. It's bout serial killers. I play th curious novice; Kathleen & Billy Ray Stupendous play th seasoned veterans showing me th ropes. Th ropes, th knives, th axes, th guns, th fire, and th bare veiny hands Kathleen took copious notes for thi…

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download on iTunes It is my fault that our podcast disappeared, and now it is my fault again that it is back, and it is especially my fault that I have little recollection about what is in this episode of the podcast nor enough desire to rediscover what is in it before posting. What is known: Billy Ray Stupendous and I were joined by our roommate a…

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download on iTunes This episode of Talking bout Practice is so good I'm probably a genius just for scheduling it. Please join me & Billy Ray "the Bedroom Genius" Stupendous as we execute a flawless takedown of two overrated geniuses, "Rowdy" Mr Musty and Lisa "The Hitman" Carver, in a no-holds-barred cage match ...... nah. Truth is there weren't a …

download on iTunes Th road to being th world's best podcast is bound to incorporate a number of chaotic detours. This week on Talking bout Practice, Billy Ray Stupendous and I taste th nectar of chaos when, one hour prior to recording, I invite one of my OKCupid contacts onto th show. Unexpectedly, she says yes, and we learn each other's names minu…

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download on iTunes This week on Talking bout Practice, Billy Ray Stupendous and I are joined by cat gentlemen/dangerous Lotharios Peter and Brian to talk bout adventures and misadventures in love. Should one bring porn to a date, just in case ? How young is too young ? If Billy Joel is not a dealbreaker, what is ? What are our ethical responsibilit…

download on iTunes Was it an act of heroism or an act of terrorism ? An act of war or a performance art piece ? A movie or a television program ? A defining moment for a generation or an ordinary shitty day on Earth glorified by exceptional PR muscle ? This week on Talking bout Practice, Billy Ray Stupendous and I are joined by Dr Peter and Dr Eran…

download on iTunes Strap in for our longest podcast yet as Billy Ray Stupendous and I host th host of another ultra-popular podcast, Reuben from Loose Canons, to talk about th practice of religion. Witness as we agree that arguing for or against God's existence is about as useful as debating whether Th Thing could take Th Hulk in a best-of-seven. W…

download on iTunes This week on Talking bout Practice : Billy Ray Stupendous and I go head to head to head w/ th troll's troll, th notorious Doc Carnage -- former combat medic in Iraq, Portal of Evil alum, cat owner, and caveman polymath -- to pay tribute to our tribal past, push back against th nerdish present, and speculate on th future of sex. W…

download on iTunes This episode on Talking bout Practice : Billy Ray Stupendous and I watch a gross movie while recording th show; I say "@ any rate" @ least 100 times; Billy says "in that regard" perhaps 6 or 7 times; teenage memories are unearthed; rich people and poor people are vilified or speculated upon; people who use their phones @ th movie…

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