TBTL: Too Beautiful To Live

Luke wonders if all this mountain living has started to change him as a person, plus, from The TBTL Archives: Sherman Alexie talks basketball and the future of art.

Vanessa takes a dim view of Luke's plan to not shower or shave for the entire vacation, the Tens speculate on if Luke is or is not balding (spoiler alert! yes, he is), and Michael Ian Black menaces and entertains us in an interview from the TBTL Archives.

Luke tries to clear up a misunderstanding between country music fans and 'city folk', shares the story of 'Road Pizza' and plays an interview/performance from The Kills courtesy of the TBTL Archives.

Luke explains why the live shows cost .99, decides he's more fascinated with Eagles than his cat, and plays an interview with Derek Erdman, aka Rap Master Maurice.

TBTL Electric Boogaloo! Blue Scholars use a crazy contraption to bring the hip-hop, Ken Jennings (Jeopardy Champ) squares off against the TBTL Tens, Smoosh, Say Hi, and The Lonely Forest bring the music, Cooking With Sean DeTore, A Crazy Surprise Thing That Actually Happened, and much much more!

TBTL Summer Slam! Sir-Mix-A-Lot tries to help the Insane Clown Posse, Rachel Flotard nearly ruins a marriage, John Roderick talks tooth, Andy Haynes brings down the house with his comedy Jokes, and much much more!

With the Summer Slam live shows looming, Luke and Jen run through the Five Most Disastrous Live Events Ever, hoping to avoid a similar fate.

Fun Times! Jen and Sean show up live and in-person @ Burbank Studios to talk about Big Mammas, things that are Awesome and Not Awesome, and sushi jokes.

Lindsay Lohan gets on Luke's last nerve with her excuse-making, the New York Times messes up the whole 'frying an egg on the sidewalk' experiment in a major way, and listener Kelsey wants a TBTL dating service (and she's willing to set up the website!)

After a particularly pungent flight back from NYC, Luke issues a fatwa on people farting on airplanes, but Sean shares a personally story about just how wrong things can go when you keep gas inside for too long.

Live from NYC, Luke chats with the guys from The Sporkful, attends a swanky wedding, and sees the cutest sight ever in history ever.

Luke is on his way to NYC, but not before he ponders a questionable idea for his friend's wedding toast. Plus, a special replay of 2009's conversation with Robert Krulwich and Jad Abumrad of Radio Lab.

Carroll hold my calls!! (forever apparently). Luke talks to Matt Buchanon of Gizmo about Microsoft's decision to cancel the Kin phone after just 48 days. Plus, Sean's secret hate is a secret no longer, and the human vs. dog poop controversy rages on, today Beijing weighs in.

Jen runs into a cage fight, bloody picture frames and poorly timed sports-related bets as she hits South Dakota. The gang takes a trip down Crazy Memory Lane with Larry King, who announced his retirement on Monday. Plus, Call Makers! Listener Rex is trying to beat out a disabled guy to Oprah's new BFF.

Luke was totally wrong about That One Crazy Osama Hunter Guy, Andrew Matson from The Seattle Times explains why he's been waiting his whole life for Shabazz Palaces, and TBTL officially answers the question, which is more gross, human poop or dog poop?

David Malitz from The Washington Post details Courtney Love's Extremely Awful Concert Series, which rolled into DC last night, Luke has a startling confession to make to the listeners about the events of Saturday night, and the debut of a new segment: Stop Hatin'!

Mark Duplass, Director of the new film 'Cyrus' talks about keeping his Hoodie Vibe while making a big-budget picture. Plus, Luke shares his childhood terror related to The Variety Club Sunshine Coach.

Luke has a complete meltdown regarding PR agents, and how annoying he finds many of them. Plus, Sean wins Tom Tangney over regarding the merits of Human Centipede (to Luke's great sadness).

Sloane Crosley talks about her new book, creeper fans, and why she still hasn't quit her day job. Plus, Luke launches 'Operation Cyrus!'.

Jen finds the best town in America ever. After a weekend of boozing, Luke climbs back aboard the 'Little Red Wagon', and Awesome Not Awesome, World's Worst Neighbor edition.

Luke gets a lucky break which only re-enforces his habit of procrastinating, Amanda Bynes retires from acting but not from Tweeting about how she really likes black dudes, and The Tens of Listeners weigh in on Human Centipede.

Sean tries (unsuccessfully) to convince Luke and Vanessa that Human Centipede is worth watching, Utah's Attorney General gets the first ever 'Dude, Seriously?!' Award, and listener Judy writes in to agree with Sean that her uncle's old Ballard restaurant is, in fact, a crap-hole.

Luke's truly awful talent agent checks in with another pathetic job opportunity, Sean thinks he's got a ghost living in his new apartment, and is Icing the new facebook poke? Listener Eric in Brooklyn says yes.

Jen tries to single-handedly save the economy of one small Ohio town. Luke feels like a battered wife when it comes to his relationship with the Apple store, and TBTL-ella Song of The Summer Search. Round Two.

A California man gets arrested in Pakistan as he tries to hunt down Osama Bin Laden (by himself), and Luke is kind of impressed. Hari Kondabolu stops by to talk about the rigors of standup comedy, progressive politics, and how Luke has no idea how to pronounce his name, and the 15 things Larry King wonders about (courtesy of his twitter feed).

Did Afghanistan just go all Beverly Hillbillies on it? The NYT says yes, Blake Hounshell from Foreign Policy drops by TBTL to say probably not. Plus, Mike Pesca checks in from South Africa with a World Cup Report, and The Tens of Listeners submit some of the worst jokes Luke has ever heard, but he reads them on-air anyway.

Luke freaks out when Sean sees his dirty dishes, the SOD guys stop by to talk 'Worst Movie You Can See' this weekend, and the debut of a new segment: 'America's Got Talent is Basically the Worst Thing Ever... Except For This One Thing That Happened.'

Luke's car gets towed leading him to make some major life-changes. Jen's got a lot of reasons to love the idea of Kevin Costner cleaning up the BP Oil Spill. And Luke's agent makes an unforgettable appearance on TBTL.

The grossest call-makers EVER (you might not even want to listen to this one), plus, the nerds get their hands on 'Bros Icing Bros', and Farhad Manjoo of Slate dot com reviews the new iPhone.

The gang kicks off the TBTL-ella ella Song of the Summer Search, plus, Jen needs a new system for remembering fancy words, and Luke finally learns why he is so terrible at baking.

TBTL Live From Space Car! Third Time's A Charm edition

Luke's mom is ready to throw down at the Wait Wait Seattle taping, speaking of throwing down, Mike Pesca shows up to tell the tale of Yuri Foreman, Orthodox Jewish boxer fighting at sundown on Saturday for the jr. middleweight title, and a new segment: Drunk Drivers Jump Their Cars Over The Darndest Things!

Luke gets choked up talking about the aftermath of a blown baseball call, Jen learns how to handle tragedies that she usually can't handle, and Ken Griffey Jr. retires, leaving Luke sad he traded away a Griffey rookie card for a make-out session at the county fair.

It's a Crazy-Off! Lady Gaga vs. Larry King. Luke has a message for Apple Store Employees of the world. And Call-Makers, Double Down edition.

Luke and Sean check in from Sasquatch, where the music is hot and the dignified places to go #2 are scarce.

Adam Carolla on life, love, and being a carpet cleaner.

Jen reacts to her packing woes the only way she knows how, with lots of Corona, Luke wonders why RV owners are so offended at his offer of renting their vehicles for the weekend, and Andy Haynes hurts the feelings of both strippers and military personnel. Free tbtl t-shirt to the first person who makes it to the end of this episode.

Luke releases the Kraken a little too hard in San Diego, and suffers through a humiliating freelance gig.

A surprise trip to San Diego has Luke contemplating the most embarrassing thing he has ever done. Also, Luke and Sean take pity on teen werewolves, but still think they should Shut It Down America! Listener 'toenail' sat across from Marina Abramovic two times and lived to tell the tale.

Jen and Vanessa throw down a Lost Postmortem, Luke falls down during his jog to his great humiliation, and a new segment: 'Assignment TBTL': this week's assignment? Hey New Yorkers, could one of you go sit across from Marina Abramovic and tell us what it's like?

The Bobcat Mystery is solved, complete with audio tape of the Mystery Lady, Jen learns a lot about the State of Our Union via the various laundromats she's visited, and Luke learns of a case of a woman who hoards rats. Yes that's right, RATS.

Luke is embarrassed about his drunk-dialing of Sean, Australian Ninjas save a guy who's getting mugged, and we finally Release The Kraken (sort of).

Jen sees a disturbing example of senior citizen nudity and cold-water swimming on her trip to Maine, Chris Hayes from 'The Nation' stops by to explain what Tuesday's elections meant, and the debut of a new segment 'You'll never believe what happened... oh, no, wait, you'll totally believe what happened'

Luke apologizes to Dio fans everywhere, is Justin Bieber illiterate due his being home-schooled? And we've got a photo of Bobcat Lady, should we post it?

Luke's chainsaw-related lie almost gets him killed, is it time for us to collectively declare Russell Crowe dead to us? And Mystery Solvers! We now know what kind of car the Bobcat Lady drives.

Quilting's 'Bad Boy' Mark Lipinski tells his harrowing tell of battling a pet bobcat. Luke gets an evite to the awesomest World Cup party EVER, the only problem is it's probably a scam. Plus, Lindy West from The Stranger reviews 'Babies', in TBTL's occasional Friday segment: 'What's The Cutest Wootest Widdle Movie You Can See This Weekend?'

Luke tells the story of the most awkward HR Diversity Session ever, Jen has a run-in with yet another Maine bookshop owner, and the Mystery of the Olympia pet bobcat deepens (and bizarrely enough seems to involve America's "Bad Boy of Quilting").

Music from Chris Pureka, Callmakers, and TBTL is Mystery Solvers! Who is this woman walking her pet bobcat around Olympia?

The debut of a new segment "I'm Just Gonna Say It..." says the thing everyone's afraid to; Betty White was only mildly funny on SNL. Plus, Jen discovers she has the power to dream things into reality, and Luke announces TBTL Summer Slam has added a second night. Get your tickets while they last.

We take back everything we said about George Rekers being secretly A Gay. He has a very logical explanation for why he rented a gay prostitute, and it involves something called 'The Lng Stroke'.