A podcast covering all the "stuff" I feel like talking about. Join me as I explore modern day topics, interview relevant people, and have a good time on the mic.
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Welcome to The Ripple, where extraordinary women executives share their turning points, growing pains, breakthroughs, and triumphs to help you show up with confidence. Brought to you by Cofounder/Executive Producers Melissa Moody and Leslie Greenwood and hosted by Ashley Laabs (Composure Digital). This podcast is part of Wednesday Women - a company that spotlights extraordinary executives in an effort to raise visibility of women in our social feeds, keynotes, podcasts, and panels.
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We are the world’s leading hammered highbrows of Beatles broadcasting. In other words, we have a few drinks, we hit record, and we review and rank one Beatles song per episode.
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How Can You Make Work a More Human Place? with Samantha McKenna (#samsales)
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What does it look like to establish a human-centered approach to sales and company culture? In this episode, we sit down with Samantha McKenna, CEO of #samsales, to get a behind-the-scenes-look at how authenticity and growth became inextricably tied in her business. Questions for reflection: How can you be more authentically yourself in your work? …
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It's our 4th annual BLOTTO VETOES Spectacular! Ever year we take a moment of reflection on our anniversary to make some alignments on our great big Beatles list. We heard from you, we heard each other out and something unprecedented took place this episode. Tune in to find out. As always, you can find Team Blotto Beatles on Instagram (@blottobeatle…
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How May It Help to Ruffle a Few Feathers? with Brandi Starr (Tegrita)
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Stop people pleasing and playing it small with inspiration from Brandi Starr, COO at Tegrita. She shares how a mixup on her very first day in a leadership position set the tone for the rest of her career. Questions for reflection: Where would it be helpful for you to get comfortable with ruffling a few feathers? How can you use empathy to diffuse t…
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How Might You Take a Chance on Others? Featuring Mary Shea (HireQuotient)
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Learn what it means to refine your intuition and follow your gut from Mary Shea, Global Chief Evangelist for HireQuotient. She shares how calculated risks, curiosity, and great relationships helped her make huge pivots in her career. Questions for reflection: How might you learn to trust your gut more? How might you take a chance on others? Find Ma…
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Ep. 81 - You're Going To Booze That Swirl
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The Blottos are back and by themselves for this haphazard foray back into the Help album, please join us again as we put this j'jam through our legendary alcoholic analysis. As always, you can find Team Blotto Beatles on Instagram (@blottobeatles) and Twitter / X (@blottobeatles), by emailing us (blottobeatles@gmail.com), or on the web (blottobeatl…
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Ep. 80 - Hey Brewed (feat. Victor DeLorenzo of the Violent Femmes)
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We begin our octogenarian episode with Tommy's artistic expression of his anger towards Becker before we record an intro in arrears, featuring the magic of our new THX (or THC) bumper. And then, friends, 80 is a big number, and we are doing a big song with a big guest! We welcome Mr. Victor DeLorenzo of the Violent Femmes to discuss what some would…
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Tune in to the trailer for Wednesday Women's new podcast - coming soon! The Ripple (coming in July 2024) is a podcast that captures the turning points, growing pains, breakthroughs, and triumphs of executive women leaders. By sharing formative moments from their journeys, we hope to create a ripple effect, inspiring women everywhere to show up with…
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We get ambushed by an AI Tommy intro before the real one takes us into the world of Ringo's haberdashery. From there we do the work of fighting against those who say we aren't drinking enough on air, discussing what we would do with a billion dollars, thinking about Rick Rubin as the zen master of mixologists for your Blottos, listening to some mor…
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Chaser - Let It Be Roundtable (feat. Ranking The Beatles, BC The Beatles, Fans on the Run, and Paul or Nothing)
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It says it on the tin - we got together with the brightest stars in the world of Beatles podcasting to discuss the remastered, reimagined, and wholly reenergized Let It Be film. Listen in for more, and listen to the pods of our friends when you finish! As always, you can find Team Blotto Beatles on Instagram (@blottobeatles) and Twitter (@blottobea…
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Ep. 78 - Baby You're a Rich Manhattan (feat. Skylar Moody)
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Baby, it's time to crack into episode 78 where your Blottos discuss the infamous Cameron Crowe/Beatles connections, the amazing influence of our guest Skylar Moody, feeling on the new Beatles films, feelings on Timothy Chalamet, a record number of calls from fans, a surprise drop in from Beatles podcasting royalty talking about the Queen Bee's cove…
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Episode 77 starts with a dive into Ringo's role as the original Beatle to bring Indian music to the band before we discuss breweries appropriating rockstars visages, teaching Scotty how to drink beer from a bottle, THC beverages, Cheech as the go-getter of the duo, when the Beatles were all by themselves, probably a little too much Jawbreaker talk,…
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Ep. 76 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Brandy -Reprise (feat. Alex Goldman of the Reply All Pod)
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We kick into the last quarter of our first century of episodes with a deep discussion of reprises, especially as they relate to SOAD jerks. We then record an INTRO IN ARREARS before introducing true pod royalty in our guest Alex Goldman, taking Alex on a journey that includes a serious discussion of pronunciation, the worst Tweets of 2023, Alex's m…
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It says it on the tin, people. Your dear Blottos went to the 50th annual Fest for Beatles Fans, held this year at the TWA Hotel at JFK Airpot - the very same airport where the Beatles landed 60 years ago. MARVEL! as we reflect on our experience. THRILL! as we play field recordings and interviews. GUFFAW! as we have a few yucks and discuss who ended…
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We hit episode 75 by hitting that place in the Venn diagram where Beatles fans meet Nathan Fielder fans. From there we discuss our own version of our Spotify Wrapped for the year, our Beatles-themed Air BnB, a critical review of the Apple TV John Lennon doc with all its Unsolved Mystery feels, the origin of "The Wo," The Beatles down under phase, a…
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Ep. 74 - Within You WithStout You (feat. Chris Ballew of Presidents of the USA / Caspar Babypants)
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We take the big leap into Episode 74 with a listen to some communal chants before we record an intro in arrears, remind listeners of ClarisWorks, introduce the incomparable Chris Ballew of the Presidents of the United States of America and Casper Babypants, revel in Chris' amazing rock and roll journey, make mistakes about the life of Jimmy Nicols,…
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We ask you to bear with us as we begin this episode with our bylaw approved quarterly staff meeting. From there we remind everyone that we were early on the Mal train, dig into our single album White Album tracks and titles, differentiate between Pee Wee Herman and the Marx Brothers, question the Outbreak Monkey of Beatles for Sale, question an ins…
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Ep. 72 - Shot a Second Time (feat. Huw Thomas)
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We break open episode 72 with news of our prestige TV sitcom, an early mystery word, our guest Huw Thomas, more on Smokey Robinson's GASMS, Huw's encyclopedic knowledge of pre-Beatles pop, The Wombles, the Zoobilee Zoo/Wombles venn diagram, Beatles Rock Band memories, British terms for being drunk, RB blowing minds once again, some early George Mar…
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How do we start our septuagennial episode? With a BLOTTO BEATLES EXCLUSIVE! We then jump into the episode proper with Tommy's new catch phrase, some listener homework, Scotty C never skipping hands day, Irish Budweisers, another amazing example of RB breaking down rock and roll patterns, Tommy saying the word "standard" about 400 times, Becker tell…
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Chaser - It's a Now & Then Social! (feat. Ranking the Beatles and BC the Beatles)
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Did you all know there's a NEW Beatles song? Did you know it's the LAST Beatles song? Did you know it was originally recorded to a CASSETTE tape? You did? Well, we wanted to talk about it, and we wanted to do it with some of our best pod pals. Listen in as we are joined by Allison from BC the Beatles and Jonathan from Ranking the Beatles as we dig …
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Ep 70 - Bud Boy (feat. Chris Webre)
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Team Blotto dives into episode 70 by discussing one of the biggest Beatles conspiracy theories, a ranking of all the Toms, a hang with Ranking the Beatles, our new bud and guest Chris Webre, being the fat member of Voltron, alligators, a specific television show that was popular in the 90s, and the rebel-focused Bad Boy. As always, you can find Tea…
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It says it right on the tin, people. Pushkin Media reached out to us and asked if we would be interested in hearing a preview episode of the brand new "McCartney: A Life in Lyrics" podcast, which was just released today, October 4, 2023. What you will hear within this episode are the Blotto reactions to the first episode, which focuses on "Eleanor …
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Crack into episode 69 with us as we review the influence of Little Richard, frothy first sips of beer, Tommy's review of Burning Man, The Beatles horned rimmed glasses era, what it's like seeing Elvis Costello live today, Elvis Costello's hat game, Becker doubling down on tickling McCartney, how many times Becker claims to know the Mystery Word, an…
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Ep. 68 - There's a Case (of Beer) (feat. Sam Whiles)
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Episode 68 begins with some AI shenanigans before we jump right into discussion with our guest, and the host of the incomparable "Paul or Nothing" podcast, Mr. Sam Whiles; whether it would be more appropriate to tickle Paul McCartney or blow him a kiss; Hot Take Tommy; Sam feeling as if we gave him a throwaway track; Macca's new podcast; theories o…
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It's our third annual BLOTTO VETOES Spectacular! We take one episode a year and make a pitch to the other members of Team Blotto, attempting to move just one song on our Big Ol' List of Beatles songs. Can we find consensus? Will a song move this year? Listen and find out! As always, you can find Team Blotto Beatles on Instagram (@blottobeatles) and…
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Ep 67 - Sauvignon Truffle (feat. Brother Pat)
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We pop the cork on our 67th episode with our earliest Magical Mystery Word, the famous moment when George Harrison brought some friends to the home of his dentist, the reintroduction of Brother Pat, Pat's recap of Wrestlemania, a fan call, a piecing together of our memories from the Blost Weekend, the first installment of our new segment Rocky Rank…
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We conclude our second annual Blost Weekend by discussing Ringo's short lived soccer career, the most popular Blotto by way of the call-in line, a handsome Tommy minotaur, Colin as a consummate mixologist, Colin's first Malort experience, AI cocktails, the Beatles PJ pant-wearing era, lots more DMB than any of us expected, and the fight inspired Ru…
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Ep. 65 - I Should Have Known Bitters (feat. Chris and Colin)
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Welcome back to the second annual Blost Weekend, where we crack open the McCartney '71 tapes once again before revealing that this episode is the backside of a double header, recognizing Becker's athletic skill, questioning which Ted Lasso characters we are, complimenting our cocktails recommended by Chris Bach of Bachtails (WooHoo), counting the n…
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We hit a major milestone of lining up episode numbers and song titles by digging into the vaults of the British Library for a rare recording of James McCartney; great notes from new listeners; an A-Paul-ogy; RB's Blue Drink; The Beatles grunge era; a lot of Foo Fighters talk for a section on Nirvana; inviting Dave Grohl to the pod; potentially insu…
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Ep. 63 - Maggie Hae-zy IPA (feat. Jared from Sena Farm Brewery and Chris & Colin)
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Welcome to the second annual Blost Weekend where we bug out to the Blotto Bungalow, Bill? We kick into this effort of recording three episodes over two days by going full Lindsay-Hogg, discussing our new number one song, yadda yadda yaddaing the RB Stans, considering the Beatles Nigel Godrich produced record, questioning Thom Yorke's pants game, ta…
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Ep. 62 - I Amaretto The Walrus (feat. Bob Pernice)
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We start off this episode by sharing a spin-off Blotto production "Freehold Companion", before realizing that The Blottos owe Tommy a very real aPAULogy. From there we get right down to it with this week's guest Bob Pernice (but not until Becker stops talking about himself) and the very big track he brought along with him. Not only is this the fine…
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For the first time, RB starts us off before Tommy recounts a harrowing tale of a recent unmitigated disaster. From there we get right into the important work of discussing bomb pops, boringness (but not in regards to RB), the Ocean State Job Lot, people surprised that Scotty C is the Dancing Blotto, the Beatles gothic phase, if goths can eat ice cr…
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We start with news of Tommy's upcoming hiatus from the pod before diving into the nostalgia of XDR tonebursts, Led Zeppelin ripping of Def Leopard, Ranking the Beatles' Jonathan Pretus doing our karaoke in the voice of Dr. John, an A-Paul-ogy, our first listener submitted karaoke track, that time the Beatles wore leather and specific haircuts while…
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Ep. 59 - Baby's In Johnnie Walker Black (feat Ranking the Beatles)
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We kick into episode with a review of both Tommy's vacation and the rumors of the new Beatles Town coming to Disney World, and then we dive right into a reintroduction of our dear pod pals Ranking the Beatles and discussion of Jonathan's Mick Jagger face, our very best Beatles XM host impressions, Paul and Ringo in the Rolling Stones, why Sam While…
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Ep. 58 - I Want Booze (She's So Heady) (feat. Jason Narducy)
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Please listen in for a show first, as The Blottos take on this week's introduction in arrears, we're sure you can't even tell...Tommy gets caught cheating on his intro and Becker needs a couple of takes to get into it. From there, special guest Jason Narducy joins in and he brought a big big track to talk on. Jason is part of a lot of things we lov…
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Thank goodness we are able to start this episode with a fact from world renowned New Zealand musicologist, Pete G., before we dive into discussions of Becker's poolside swimwear, our guest spots on other podcasts (including Fans on the Run and the upcoming season of Serial based on Tommy), Becker's Steely Dan struggle, pies from Chris W, the Beatle…
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We get Beatles-archaeology from the top by uncovering the genius of the McCartney '71 tapes. From there we investigate AI culture as we let our robot overlords write out introductions. Finally getting into a normal episode, we discuss how much fun Mikey Erg is, our recent appearance on the Fans on the Run podcast with our friend Ethan Alexanian, Be…
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Ep. 55 - Rye Baby Rye (feat. Mikey Erg)
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We begin by reviewing Tommy's Beatles fortune cookies before we read some fan mail; offer an a-PAUL-ogy, Becker's Papa's feelings on our weak ability to crack nuts and Tommy in general; Tommy's feelings on Papa's inability to restart a modem; our amazing guest and punk rock stalwart, Mikey Erg; recording records with Steve Albini; mastering records…
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Ep. 54 - Hey Brewdog (feat. Brother Bryan)
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Your Blottos start by reviewing this year's Chop Hall entrants, gifts from friends, Tommy's creepy kid chair, talking brothers, our guest Brother Bryan, Beatles Brunch vs. Lemmy Lunch, discovering that your brother is a kleptomaniac, Becker's Beautiful Taxes, our guest bringing a competing soundboard, making comparisons because of our experience wi…
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UPDATE: We had a sync error partway through the episode and uploaded a new version. If you are a subscriber, you may need to download again to get this newer version. Episode 53 finds those Blotto boys together again and up to the same old shenanigans. While we've conquered the world of inebriated Beatles broadcasting, we are excited to announce ou…
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Ep 52 - Mother Nature's Gibson (feat. Another Kind of Mind)
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Episode 52 begins with a discussion of how we would NEVER consider using a producer other than Scotty C, a discussion of new snacks sent by listeners, hibachi experiences, pros and cons of podcast banter, the introduction of our guests Phoebe and Daphne from the amazing Another Kind of Mind, growing up on the Beatles with and without the internet, …
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We begin the road to episode 100 with a review of the new episode of our favorite other podcast, THE SACRED HARP; reminiscing on champers getting to our head; an update on our recent lack of international or American snacks; the introduction of our amazing guest, Kara; whether it's harder to borrow sugar from or hide a gun for your neighbor; going …
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Our Dear Blotto Scruffs and fellow Quinquagenarians, It's episode 50! We celebrate this momentous occasion by discussing the time Ringo auditioned for the sitcom that told the story of the 90s, clip shows, RB as Benjamin Button, the number of hangovers for your beloved Blottos, many champagne flute toasts, RECORD SCRATCH, retelling the story of the…
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We approach our half century mark with an early mystery word, some Game of Thrones/Beatles talk, Becker's best Robin Williams, a little more shilling to Powers Irish Whiskey, that Beatles documentary where John wore a huge suit the whole time, our commitment to no longer saying "the pyick," infantilizing your partner, the return of our segment "Bec…
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Ep. 48 - Do You Want Pinot a Secret?
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We come in strong after a little bit of a summer respite with some timely Top Gun rumors, Scotty's specter, RB's Vermonting score, taking boats to see Deer Tick, the Blottos getting down at an actual dance club, Becker's thesis that we all have the epic experiences of our favorite writers, Scotty's homemade wine, that time Ringo hung those two ball…
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Ep. 47 - Rob Boys (feat. Caleb Nichols)
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Episode 47 begins year three of Team Blotto's project, so we start with the release of two new t-shirts that management told us would sell like hotcakes. From there, we get into it with our amazing guest Caleb Nichols who discussed his new album/rock operetta, Ramon, describe as " the experience of a micro-mushroom-dosed pizza for your gay date nig…
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It's the second annual BLOTTO VETOES SPECTACULAR! We celebrate our second poddiversary by each selecting one song from our canonical list of Beatles songs from best to worst and trying to convince the other Blottos of its rightful placement. Will Scotty win two in a row? Will RB come in like a young buck and stir it up? Will Tommy be snubbed on vot…
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Ep. 46 - Eight Chardonnays a Week (feat. Chris, again)
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We kick into episode 46 by breaking podcast ground (again) before introducing Chris (again); talking about our pump up music; asking if "Hey Ya" is the best song every written; realizing we are pretty old; wondering if Chris should be the official Stat-Man, Scat-Man, or Scat-Man (the other kind of scat); drinking Maccaritas; landing on our favorite…
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Ep. 45 - You Hurrican't Do That (feat. Chris)
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Because we are so cultured, we get into this episode by discussing Shakespearean theatre before we dip back in to the world of the Blotto Bungalow (Bill?) and talking about the return of Chris, precedented maneuvers, the sad loss of Taylor Hawkins, a generous box of snacks from Pete G, a devious gift of Malort from Becker, the option to rent the Bl…
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Ep. 44 - The Highball-ad of John and Yoko (feat. Walter Martin)
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We take a break from the Blost Weekend to discuss Ringo's feelings on Dianetics, missing Mystery words, our guest Walter Martin, Walt's amazing new record THE BEAR, our new segment "Choppin' Wood with Walter Martin," a pro solo Ringo take, telling the guy at the grocery store about how Leonard Cohen kissed your girlfriend on the cheek, Walter's son…
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Episode 43, take a ride with your Blotto heroes as we gather together for a field trip and kickoff the first annual Blost Weekend -recorded deep in the woods from a moderately disclosed location in Western Massachusetts. We bring you all of the hijinks you've come to love (or loathe), now with more Blotto-to-Blotto eye contact. We talk..was Tommy r…
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