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Show 130 – Nuclear Treaty? That’s Dumb

rjwhite — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:46:00 +0000

Mike Riggs, of Reason Magazine, stops by to ask the panel what they’d rather be doing, career-wise and if they can imagine doing their current jobs for another half-decade or so. ALSO- the stunning return of “What Is Leonard Pierce Looking At On Wikipedia?”

Show 129 – A Place to Not See and Be Seen

rjwhite — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:41:10 +0000

Guest Ramsey Ess [ramseyess.net, the Wonderful, Thanks. podcast] asks Shek, Leonard, Olivia and RJ what restaurants they’d open, given the chance. In “Say, What’s Good?” you are advised toward restaurants in Louisiana and Philadelphia, graduate school acceptance letters, mac and cheese and mints. ALSO- appropriate ages for rock operas; whiskey.

BONUS: The special zombie ammo Leonard discusses? Here’s a promotional video.

Show 73 – Water Skis In A Garage

rjwhite — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:57:24 +0000

Liz Lent joins Stephen, Andrew, Olivia and RJ to discuss the incursion of technology into our daily lives. How much is too much? Also, RJ gets really irrationally mad about something.

Show 51 – Hodgepodge

rjwhite — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:21:46 +0000

Remember the old days? Mom would whip up a batch of lemonade and we’d all sit around the radio set listening to Fibber McGee and Molly? No, well- how about when everyone would have a topic on the show? We kind of went back to that this week, with the theme being “Complaints.” Thing is, no one really had things that were too awful. Instead, we go all over the place- old perfumed people on the subway, transit strikes, not paying attention to the world, troubles with work, dreams, sinuses, Little Caesar’s, Chuck E. Cheese, Dave & Buster’s and that weird old arcade at Cedar Point. Oh, also guys burying folks in basements. What?

Please meander along with us, won’t you?

Show 39 – Friendless Dads

rjwhite — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:50:34 +0000

It wasn’t broke, but we tried fixing it. Something new this week with the format. Only one topic, talking about it longer, but not too long, hitting that perfect podcast sweet spot. Shek’s the first one up in this brave new Wasted Words world, asking the group to discuss why it seems inevitable that new dads never hang out with their friends anymore. Plus, the internet-famous Word of the Week.

Episode 29 – Push In To Lock Roll

rjwhite — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:44:44 +0000

So much learning this week. Stephen tells us wondrous things we did not know about aluminum foil, salt and Andrew’s teeth; Olivia picks our brains about the importance of film music; and Shek’s topic has inspired some homework for next week- we each have to write a song of toil for office work. MAN. CRAZY.

ALSO- In the “Ask the Bartender” segment, Deke Zibinski drops advisory science upon all of us and listeners from Paris, Madison and Baltimore.

CONTEST- If you can tell us what drink I had- gin, lemonade, club soda- you will win a prize from Olivia. Send the answer to info@wastedwords.net or drop it in our Facebook group, linked to your right.

As always, it’s all available below-

Episode 8

rjwhite — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:30:13 +0000

The Wasted Words Gang discusses teamwork, the perfect job, mountain climbing, Microsoft Word, and overly prolific bands.