TBTL: Too Beautiful To Live

Luke and Andrew discuss the cool new film "The Disaster Artist", which is based on the terrible old film "The Room". Plus, the votes are in for the next round of Song of The Summer. And! The return of A Song of Ice and Spoilers, in which the guys forget character names and try to figure out the best way to get The Mountain to synergistically lean-in to really nail his latest Thrive Report.

Luke is overjoyed to be back in Bellingham, but Andrew has some serious questions about their puppet-related text exchange over the weekend. Speaking of puppets, the voice of Kermit The Frog has been fired, and he is not taking it well.

Andrew explains why he got kicked out of the kids section at the library. Luke has a new Game of Thrones fan theory involving a college basketball coach. And the NFL isn't buying the "kombucha defense".

Luke is in Chicago, where he's eating other peoples' octopus dinners, running into baseball MVPs, and starting a war on children. He and Andrew also discuss a man who was reportedly trapped inside an ATM. And, of course, Music For Your Weekend!

Luke and Andrew finally discuss the story of a woman's controversial interaction with a naked child in a vegan restaurant. The story has a name, but I refuse to type it here.

Luke and Andrew listen to your Song of the Summer nominations and pick the top 16 songs that will compete for TOP HONORS (and no actual prizes.)

Luke and Andrew listen to your Song of the Summer nominations and pick the top 16 songs that will compete for TOP HONORS (and no actual prizes.)

Luke and Andrew announce plans for the 2017 TBTL Summer Picnic! Plus, Andrew has an identity crisis as he says goodbye to his old car, and Luke deals with the fact that his dog tried to drown him.

Luke tells a story he is extremely embarrassed about, but Andrew refuses to edit it out of the show. Plus, Andrew gets a new catch phrase, a criminal defies all odds with a prison break, only to get caught ordering a pizza, and we hear another Song of the Summer nominee in Music For Your Weekend!

Luke had an opportunity to help a neighbor this morning, but he passed it up. He's not feeling super great about that, and Andrew isn't helping. Plus, an old photo from 1937 might prove that Amelia Earhart survived her plane crash. And we learn about about our nation's great capitals - from the Frog Jump Capital of Ohio to the Barbed Wire Capital of the World.

Luke is not ready for the holiday weekend to end, so he broadcasts today's show from the pool at Burbank Springs. Andrew, meanwhile, is dry and indoors at his Wallingford studio, where he's upset over the way he treated a listener recently.

Luke and Andrew try to retroactively fix yesterday's show with their patented Post-Spoof Technology. They also get trapped in a complicated web of time and space in which baseball games get very randy, apparently.

Luke finally meets his long lost relatives in Philadelphia and learns something new about himself. Andrew has a hot dog story to end all hot dog stories (we hope). And a photographer explains how he was able to capture a lovely photo of Governor Chris Christie and his family enjoying a holiday at the beach.

Luke witnesses some Skyjinx first hand and almost Skyjinxes himself. Andrew may be ready for the Shark Tank stage. And people SERIOUSLY need to stop bungee jumping. Plus, another Song of the Summer nominee is debuted in Music For Your Weekend!

Luke checks in from Philadelphia, the land of cheese-steaks, community pools, and sometimes-depressing shoe stores. Fortunately, his mom, Susie, is an expert on all of those things, so the guys call her up. Plus, was Andrew at the center of a major conspiracy involving unicorns, waterfalls, and The Children of Ohio as a kid?

Luke needs help being a "fictional dude." Andrew remembers the time someone tried to force him to quit TBTL. An IKEA bowl accidentally sets grapes on fire. And TBTL offers an examination of "rheumy" vs "rummy."

Luke and Andrew get a visit from a large talking bunny, and for once, it's not an alcohol-induced hallucination. Plus, Luke is anxious about an upcoming BBQ with relatives he's never met, and Andrew has some Hot Takes on Sensible Toy Crossbow Ownership.

Luke spends the weekend eating honeycombs and sleep medication. Andrew tries to grill his anxieties away at a BBQ. An airline pilot tells his passengers to start praying when they run into trouble. And a listener has a run-in with a ghost, maybe.

A severed toe is returned in the Yukon. A rich guy is creating a dangerous game. Luke's got bad allergies. And Andrew has a list of local pollen counts.

A Yale administrator is fired over things she wrote on Yelp, which makes Andrew take another look at his submissions to the site. Plus, a documentary has Luke looking back on his family's Amway-selling days. And a listener sends in an email that...you know what? Let's just not talk about that.

Luke and Carey head over to the law offices of Walsh, Walsh and Doormat to share ghost stories and discuss a terrifying bug that makes people allergic to red meat. Also, Luke has a new audio drop that he insists on using, no matter how many times Andrew threatens to quit the show.

Luke dazzles us with some details about the creation of Spinal Tap and why the brilliant people behind the film only earned tens of dollars. Plus, what exactly does the TBTL Handbook say about swearing and music on this podcast? And a listener has a pest problem that's really more of a relationship issue.

This show has it all: A TBTL Summer announcement, breaking news about our Senior Bidet Correspondent, a mystery solved by a listener, one of Luke's predictions coming true, and a Cleveland Browns-related tangent. (Sorry about that last one.)

TBTL freindo Rachel Belle swings by to talk food, mistaken identity, and why her dad has suddenly started quoting Napoleon Dynamite.

Luke tries to listen in on his daughter's college radio station, only to get a Martha-Shaped surprise. Plus, a segment on The Beatles exposes Andrew's early love of Phil Collins.

Things get a little weird (and oddly rappy) on this Wednesday (or possibly Tuesday?) edition of TBTL. Luke and Andrew break down some local radio ads, get the backstory on the fastest man in baseball promotions, and answer the age-old question: How much are those little fast food signs we see on the highway?

Luke and Andrew try to adjust to their new lives as ex-road dogs. They discuss Andrew's (not so?) harrowing airport adventure, a chicken sandwich that will be launched to the edge of space, and a man who is determined to bring pastrami sandwiches to Tuscany, despite all odds.

Luke and Andrew bring their epic journey to an end with a live show at Stubb's Barbecue in Austin, Texas, with amazing musical guest Shakey Graves!

Luke and Andrew check-in from the Ramble In trailer park in beautiful Marfa, Texas, where Luke is making plans to start a new life. Andrew tries to prepare him by teaching him Texas slang. And, of course, a roadtrip version of Music For Your Weekend!

Day 4 of the TBTL-a-Thon finds Luke and Andrew in a trailer park in Albuquerque, New Mexico, celebrating a minor miracle and learning to be careful which bottled water to drink.

Luke and Andrew made it to Las Vegas. They join the show from a dangerously hot RV on the outskirts of town to talk about their seedy adventures and whether ASMR is a productive way to ask people to donate to the TBTL-a-Thon.

Luke and Andrew find themselves waking up in Boise, Idaho, where they've parked their RV in the back yard of listener Sarah. They discuss the long journey ahead of them on day two of the TBTL-a-Thon roadtrip. They also discuss the best dog in the world and the worst flag in the country.

Luke and Andrew set-out on their epic RV road trip to Austin, Texas, and kick-off the 2017 TBTL-a-Thon.

Luke and Andrew listen to the top 50 TV theme songs of all time (well, they skip a few.) They also debate the best Price is Right games and the role of pecans in a mixed-nut situation. Plus: MUSIC FOR YOUR WEEKEND!

What does seeing someone run through an airport say about you, the bystander? Luke and Andrew plumb the depths of this age-old philisophical debate. Plus, Carey Burbank joins the show to share the heart-pounding adventuresof the PodPets this weekend. And a baseball mascot finds himself in hot water for a rude gesture.

Luke and Andrew spend part of the show wrangling with an RV company over next week's road trip to Austin. They also discuss the end of "the best kept secret in D.C.": a password for the Wall Street Journal that thousands of people were using. And a listener is concerned about the ads he's seeing on Facebook (and what they might mean for his marriage.)

The big TBTL road trip is now only days away, and Luke and Andrew are getting nervous. Luke has a plan to eat healthy and get some exercise on the way to Austin. Andrew has a plan to eat beef sticks. Plus: Japanese auto racing announcers go nuts at the Indy 500. And Luke tries to solve the age old mystery: Was Alanis Morrissette really singing about Dave Coulier in that one song?

Andrew's friend Beverley tell us what happened when she visited an old-timey German-themed restaurant in Australia (spoiler alert: Racism!) We also get a sample of the newest podcast from MPR, and Luke survives the rough seas of Lake Washington.

Luke stops by the offices of Walsh, Walsh and Doormat to discuss the parking situation in Wallingford and Luke's new involvement in a top secret operation. Plus, Music For Your Weekend introduces Andrew to the world of Baltimore Club music.

Luke joins Andrew at the studios of Walsh, Walsh and Doormat to debate which Gallagher is the best Gallagher - Leo or Ron. Plus, Texans can now hunt pigs from hot air balloons (but that doesn't make them think they're better than you.) And Luke and Andrew recount their harrowing MPR almost-disaster.

Luke is back! He and Andrew reminisce on the glory days of computer screensavers (with a little help from the, ahem, Paris Review.) Plus, a longtime TBTL listener gets big props on national TV. And more dazzling deets on the prince of Thailand.

Phyllis "Fletch" Fletcher and Steve Scher of KUOW fame join the show to celebrate World Turtle Day and to discuss Steve's very serious brush with death.

Nick Jarin of the NW Nerd Podcast joins the show to talk about a sandwich war raging in Western New York and why thousands of digital bunnies -- some with mustaches and monocles -- will never wake up again.

Luke, Andrew and The StuBot gather at American Public Media to discuss Stu's upcoming dance recital. They also call Luke's wife, Carey, to address Luke's paralyzing fear of carnival rides. And Maria Bamford delivers a commencement address for the ages

Luke and Andrew meet up in "Studio P" in St. Paul and spend literally the entire show trying to think up a funny name for one of the segments... they do not succeed. (Yep, it's one of *those* episodes.)

Live on tape from a storage room at American Public Media, it's a Wednesday afternoon edition of TBTL! The StuBot joins Luke and Andrew to discuss a Home Depot heist that could have gone so well, if only the perpetrator were named Shannon. Plus, are the boys ready for a week of fund raising at Minnesota Public Radio?

Luke learns something very surprising and somewhat concerning about his online behavior. Andrew realizes he's been leaving food on his lips for too long. Conan O'Brien's writers may have stolen a bunch of jokes. And we welcome our new TBTL sponsor, Vinegar Dogs.

Luke and Andrew delve into The Mystery Of The Naked Man On The Shark and also respond to some recent criticisms of their podcast.

Luke and Andrew try to solve a public bathroom-related mystery that has Andrew a little upset. They also dissect the dazzling details regarding the Wendy's chicken nugget kid. And we hear about what may be the worst dentist in the world.

Luke and Andrew try to solve a public bathroom-related mystery that has Andrew a little upset. They also dissect the dazzling details regarding the Wendy's chicken nugget kid. And we hear about what may be the worst dentist in the world.