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You Didn't Ask For This

Matt Shea and Eric Poch

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Is cereal just soup? When, specifically, is Miller Time? How many times can one "circle back?" Join Matt and Eric every other Thursday as they provide you with deep dives, thorough debates, and unnecessary answers to life's least-pressing questions.Submit yours at youdidntaskforthis@gmail.com
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Send us a Text Message. Now that we're halfway through 2024, it's time to check in on our 2024 YDAFT Bingo! We go over our cards as well as the top submissions from listeners before we tackle the lone question for the episode: what are the NEW Ten Commandments? Then: the triumphant return to season four of Google Gripes. We're on TikTok now! Go see…
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Send us a Text Message. Fresh off his Broadway debut in "An Enemy of the People," it's actor (and our longtime friend) Matthew August Jeffers! You've seen Matthew's work in shows like "New Amsterdam," "The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live," "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," and more...now listen to him as the three of us answer some pretty dumb questions…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode we tackle a question from the Thoughtline: we all know about The Golden Rule...but what are The Silver and Bronze Rules? At least, that's what we talk about once we banter about Maryland snacks for a while. Then: Matt surprises Eric with a new segment...a surprise game. Don't forget: we're now on TikTok! See …
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode: What's the next great video game adaptation...from 80's arcade cabinets? What is the proper etiquette for "the driving wave?" We answer these questions only after receiving an answer to Mike from the Neatcast's train problem presented in episode 88 | It's Raining Libertarians. Then: Dr. Lindsey Barr joins us…
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Send us a Text Message. Why are they called “Daddy Long Legs?" If reality is, in fact, a simulation, what are some real-life examples of "glitches" in the simulation? We dig into those questions but only after Matt explains his war with a goose. Then: the second half of Google Gripes Season Four Round One. We're on TikTok now! Go see our dumb faces…
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Send us a Text Message. What time is it on the Moon? How would you re-order the alphabet - would you add or subtract any letters? Certainly, we're the most qualified to tackle those questions, and after we do we move on to the fourth season of Google Gripes...but with a new twist: movies! We're on TikTok now! Go see our dumb faces! Submit your leas…
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Send us a Text Message. If you missed Part One last week...go back and listen to it! This is the dramatic conclusion to our first-ever two-part episode, in which we venture out into the wilds of Swedish furniture and meatballs. The boys recorded this one in person in Ikea to answer all your questions about the furniture fun house. For the photos re…
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Send us a Text Message. In our first-ever two-part episode, we venture out into the wilds of Swedish furniture and meatballs. The boys recorded this one in person in Ikea to answer all your questions about the furniture fun house. For the photos referenced in this episode, follow along on our Instagram! Part Two will be released next week. That's r…
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Send us a Text Message. One of our nearest, dearest, and neatest podcast friends joins us for this episode: The Neatcast! Mike, Zack, and the spirit of Jer stop by to pepper us with some questions including: are beverages snacks? What are the best and worst replacements for rain? What quest would you assign to your best friend? Plus an actual math …
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Send us a Text Message. This is it! The moment has finally arrived to choose a mascot for the show. We asked you to send in your suggestions and boy did you deliver. In this super-sized episode, we put these candidates to the test in a March Madness-style bracket. Not only that, we also debut a new closing segment and announce an exciting and uniqu…
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Send us a Text Message. Matt pitches an exclusive event while Eric grapples with a clapback voicemail from someone near and dear. Then: how will AI impact reality shows? Will there be AI-based reality shows like Love is AI? We tackle this growing conundrum before taking some questions from Chad, GPT. As always, you can submit your least pressing qu…
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Send us a Text Message. Does America really run on Dunkin'? If not, what does run on Dunkin'? And what does America run on? Plus: Eric and Matt are handed a very-specific ultimatum from Tim at Against All Oddities. LAST CALL FOR MASCOTS! If you haven't yet, don't forget to enter the YDAFT Mascot bracket! Who should represent this cluster of a pod? …
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Send us a Text Message. Today's questions: Why do you have to put your two cents in, but it's only a penny for your thoughts? If each of us could use a "challenge" via instant replay once per day, how would you use your challenge? The Charmin Bears come in different colors. Blue, Red, Brown…why is this? Plus, we address some bingo card-related news…
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Send us a Text Message. How do you write a notes app apology? If you had to swap two of your senses, what would they be? And...what would you do for a Klondike bar? These are the questions on our docket before the thrilling (and controversial) season three finale of Google Gripes. If you haven't yet, don't forget to enter the YDAFT Mascot bracket! …
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Send us a Text Message. How do you get to Sesame Street? What are the most mildly infuriating curses you can think of? What would the Pokemon "Floridaman" be like? All will be revealed before we start the final round of Google Gripes season three. Want to play YDAFT bingo? Submit your own card using this template! If you haven't yet, don't forget t…
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Send us a Text Message. A new year means one thing: our second annual Bingo Card drafting. Find out what the candidates are for this year's 2024 YDAFT Bingo Cards...and submit your own! Just use this link to download the template, drag your selection of choices, and submit it to us at youdidntaskforthis@gmail.com, or on Instagram, Twitter, and Face…
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Send us a Text Message. It's time for our annual Christmas episode and with it comes a new definitive ranking! This year we're rating the misfit toys from Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer in order of their misfittiness. But first: are there any actual "Christmas cookies," or are they only called that because of the season? Then: a controversial secon…
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Send us a Text Message. We all know the children's rhyme "The Itsy Bitsy Spider," but have you ever considered the profound metaphors hidden within its simple lines? We unravel this classic nursery rhyme to find out what drove that spider to the top...only to be struck down again and again. Then: if time is money, are ATMs time machines? All this b…
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Send us a Text Message. Enough is enough: what is Humpty Dumpty? Is he actually an egg...or something more? Why are the royal family interested? And what wall was he on? We answer these age old questions in a new YDAFT Investigation. Plus: what is the 8th day of the week that The Beatles sang about? Then we cap things off with two local legends you…
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Send us a Text Message. Left Twix vs Right Twix: what's the difference? We explore these two rivaling candy bars before tackling some of our lowest-brow humor yet: What is your most shameful poop sesh? Do you have a poop you’re especially proud of? Yes that's right: it's all candy and toilet humor on this one. Until the back half of Google Gripes S…
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Send us a Text Message. It's here! Our annual spookisode is back with lots of ghost-based questions: Can ghosts see each other? Do they have to take turns haunting people? How crowded is the afterlife? Can ghosts be haunted in the afterlife? What professions are NOT represented as Halloween costumes, but are terrifying nonetheless? Does anyone stil…
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Send us a Text Message. How does one mosh? Matt grills Eric on his concert-going habits before the two tackle another more universal question: how would Clifford the Big Red Dog live in real life? Then the boys have a circleback/follow-up from the one and only JG Toesworth. If you haven't yet, don't forget to enter the YDAFT Mascot bracket! Who sho…
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Send us a Text Message. The Baja Men have been asking for over twenty years and now we need to know: who did let the dogs out? And speaking of early 2000s pop hits: what does 'she listens like Spring and talks like June' mean anyway? And, perhaps most importantly: who is delivering the Ninja Turtles' pizza and where are they getting the money? We d…
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Send us a Text Message. Matt and Eric are on a secret mission to rescue a small, but friendly mountain goat who has gotten himself stuck on the side of Mount Kilimanjaro, so we'll need to roll-out some of the best bits from YDAFTs gone by...enjoy! If you haven't yet, don't forget to enter the YDAFT Mascot bracket! Who should represent this cluster …
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Send us a Text Message. Which animated duck has the best life? If Winnie the Pooh is a living stuffed bear, where does the honey go? If Spice Melange was a real spice, what food would you put it on? Posing these question to us is none other than actor and oft-mentioned question submitter, Alexander Kafarakis! If you haven't yet, don't forget to ent…
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Send us a Text Message. Here's the story about eight people named Brady, one named Alice, and who in this family is the best. That's right, we've got a brand-new Definitive Ranking for you: The Brady Bunch. Plus, What would a complicated bake oven look like?" If you haven't yet, don't forget to enter the YDAFT Mascot bracket! Who should represent t…
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Send us a Text Message. When do people in the Peanuts universe start talking with the adult “wah-wah” voice? If trees could walk, would they form their own societies? What are alien relationships like? Plus: we go over some recent 2023 bingo card items and bring to you Ian the Holy Mole's mashup of Mr. Brightside and Margaritaville. Speaking of the…
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Send us a Text Message. Get ready: this episode we answer questions given to us by...an inhuman source. Plus: the triumphant return of Fast Five and a circle-back/followup to our millennial retirement home discussion: what is the millennial margaritaville? If you haven't yet, don't forget to enter the YDAFT Mascot bracket! Who should represent this…
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Send us a Text Message. In honor of his highly-publicized birthday, we've gathered your questions about Ronald McDonald's (allegedly) best friend: Grimace. What is Grimace? What is Grimace's biology? Does he have a special toilet or does he even NEED a toilet? The answers will surprise you. Then we hold a mid-year check-in on our 2023 bingo cards. …
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Send us a Text Message. What would happen if a "key to the city" was literal? Would Lightning McQueen buy life insurance or car insurance? Can you daydream at night? What will the retirement home be like for millennials? To help us answer these questions, we enlist the help of Emmy-winning producer and talent-booker Anthony Conway! If you haven't y…
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Send us a Text Message. Why doesn’t Tarzan have facial hair? When people ask “Where are you from?” what is the age cutoff to be “from” somewhere? What if experience points were real? We have all these answers plus a special circle-back/follow-up featuring the one and only Harry the Centaur. Speaking of which: don't forget to enter the YDAFT Mascot …
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Send us a Text Message. How important do you have to be to be considered assassinated and not just murdered? What qualifies someone as a Disney Adult? How do you find a job as an evil villain's assistant? These are the hard-hitting questions we cover before we get to the highly-anticipated season two finale of Google Gripes. Submit your least press…
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Send us a Text Message. What is the definition of "ish?" If Air Bud were to enter the joust, would he be the mount or the rider? Is there a rule saying dogs can't be in the joust? Plus: Someone’s got a pair of garden shears, clean but not sterile. He looks wiry and fit but not too strong. He’s offering cash for toes. How much cash would you accept …
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Send us a Text Message. When does The Future begin? What could an idiom of "On the eyebrow" mean? What is the YDAFT mascot? We break it all down before the triumphant return of Local Legends, where we discuss El Tabudo and the Virginia TV Head Man. Submit your least pressing questions, local legends, definitive rankings, neighborhood group drama, a…
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Send us a Text Message. This episode we have the honor of being joined actor, playwright, and musician Michael Perrie Jr! Michael brings the boys a bushel of questions including: Is Frosty the snowman or the hat? In dungeons and dragons there are mechanics like Initiative, Action, and Bonus Action. What would some of those be for real life, for you…
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Send us a Text Message. When you say “its been a while”, what is the longest it’s been that it’s still ok to use that phrase? If Hercules was given a 13th impossible task in the modern age, what would it be and could he do it? Is it that the one-eyed, one-horned, flying, purple people eater is a creature that itself is one-eyed, one-horned, purple …
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Send us a Text Message. What's it like inside of Kirby? Is a bird in the hand really worth two in the bush? How would the Vatican handle an Angels in the Outfield situation? All questions that have been asked since the beginning of time (or 1951/1994) and they'll be answered today. Plus: a controversial start to Google Gripes Season 2, Round 2. Sub…
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Send us a Text Message. This week the boys welcome a second Brit to the program...Ian the Holy Mole from The Strange Mole Show, a brilliant British political sketch comedy podcast - available wherever you get your pods! Ian joins us to ask: Is dog really man's best friend? What would be your zombie apocalypse weapon of choice? If the road to Hell i…
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Send us a Text Message. Is there a formula for making the perfect James Bond villain? Matt and Eric dive deep into the weeds of Bond's enemies to find out in an all-new YDAFT Investigation. Then the boys clear out The Thoughtline with multiple circle-back voicemails. Submit your least pressing questions, local legends, definitive rankings, neighbor…
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Send us a Text Message. Is milk juice? At the movie theater, which armrest is yours? What makes a face punchable? We answer these questions after Matt's dream actions cause him problems and before we get to a circle-back/follow-up on his secret Elf on the Shelf exploits. Submit your least pressing questions, local legends, definitive rankings, neig…
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Send us a Text Message. A simple question submission may have led to a new YDAFT tradition. This week the boys figure out what is on their 2023 Bingo Cards...and invite you to play along! You can fill out a 2023 YDAFT Bingo Card here. Submit your least pressing questions, local legends, definitive rankings, neighborhood group drama, and whatever el…
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Send us a Text Message. How big is personal space? How does one win 'The Game' (which, sorry: you just lost)? Plus: we invent new circles of Hell and Eric completes his half of Google Gripes Season 2, Round 1! Submit your least pressing questions, local legends, definitive rankings, neighborhood group drama, and whatever else you want us to cover a…
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Send us a Text Message. Happy holidays, everyone! Since you've all been so good, this year we got you a brand new Definitive Ranking: the 12 days of Christmas! Just what does one do with all these damn birds? Plus: love him or hate him, we're tackling all your questions about the Elf on the Shelf. Submit your least pressing questions, local legends…
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Send us a Text Message. What is the best and worst way to spend spoons? Eric finally gets to teach Matt about Spoon Theory before the boys tackle a delicate question: in this era of Toxic Masculinity, "what is the modern day "Test of Manhood"? Plus: the first YDAFT job reference and the season two premiere of Google Gripes. Submit your least pressi…
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Send us a Text Message. What are the ingredients of Humble Pie? What's the oldest trick in the book? Why do millennials hate phone calls? This Thanksgiving, we're grateful to be tackling these questions as we search for a new Turkey Day tradition and wrestle with a challenge from the Thoughtline. Play out music for this episode: "Don't Take It Out …
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Send us a Text Message. What is the appropriate punishment for coworkers that eat your lunch? How did Pigpen get so dirty and why can't he get clean? We answer these existential dilemmas before heading to the Thoughtline, where two spouses have called on us for counseling. Plus: a brand-new segment of Fun Facts that you certainly didn't ask for. Su…
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Send us a Text Message. Spooky season is upon us and we've got an episode full of Halloween treats! Namely: what's the worst Halloween candy? What does your Trick or Treat bag of choice say about you? What (fictional) serial killer would you want to be your roommate? Plus: the boys ask each other some personal questions. Submit your least pressing …
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Send us a Text Message. To celebrate the 50th episode of YDAFT, we're welcoming back all of our past guests! These YDAFT Giants return as guest gripers in the much-anticipated season one finale of Google Gripes. But first: we finally cover the burning question from our show's description. Submit your least pressing questions, local legends, definit…
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Send us a Text Message. In a themed episode, we go through your least-pressing questions about Sci Fi classic (and Matt's favorite movie) Back to the Future. From so called "plot holes" to speculation on what the characters are up to in 2022, we clean-up the BTTF Continuum for you. Plus: a check-in with Fauntleroy. Submit your least pressing questi…
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Send us a Text Message. In YDAFT's first-ever live episode, the boys welcome back Andy "Cookie" Rawlings as they fulfill a request from across the pond: to definitively re-rank Dave Channel's bullshit list of Britain's Best-Loved Biscuits. Click here to see Dave's original list. To see images of each biscuit, visit our Instagram! The episode was re…
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