The Grapes of Rad

Ben is out this week, so Aaron and Nick are kickin' it simple with their buddy Aaron Roden of The Air-Raid Podcast. Topics include: Air-Raid.net, Roden's Vegas vacation, flying and drugs, interviewing people you aren't familiar with, we break out the LULL-O-DEX for the first time, crazy coworkers, horror movies (what is this, October?), we half-way spill the beans on our upcoming sequel cinema series, clean energy, media in America, Y MUCHO MAS! Closing music: Sun (On My Radio) Stickybuds & Mr. Bill Remix

Topics Include: Easily the worst intro in the history of the show, Aaron plays with our new gear, go to DAVIDBAZAN.COM for European tour dates!, my name is _______, follow @GrapesandRod on twitter, bad donuts, a bad tattoo, and bad TV, Rick Champagne!, Jesus invented Courvoisier, it's tricky, Ground Zero in the war on pubic lice, Hey! Wayne!, that's not Batman, talking to your 17 year old self, "nothing is a big deal", birds make music, we don't understand the FCC rules, and That's Messed Up. And Rick Champagne. Listener Kate sent us "X-Manuel"                                               Recorded on 1/20/2013 Outro: "Everything Sucks" by Reel Big Fish

Topics include: Ben's big belch, pork as profanity, KIRO Radio is now hosting our show, inappropriate media, check out my dick, swearing on the radio, the largest thing in the universe, "The Lullodex," an email from Ben's grandma, aging, thoughts and reality, the legitimacy of Nick's fear of boars, narwhals, Hit by a bus? First stop: Starbucks!, Aaron & Ben saw The Hobbit, approximate rhyming, and TMU. Check out Nick, and Aaron (as Steve Spielberg) on a special "Best of 2012" episode of The MacGuffin Film Podcast! Here are those items we're trying to buy. Your tip jar and shirt-buying monies will go toward the following: A mixer ($290) A few microphones ($350 each) Things to hold the mics ($100 each) A few pairs of headphones ($25 each) Various cords/cables Glistener Philip's latest masterwork: "Can You Kick Me in the Crotch?" httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCPBY5PtIrk Closing music: "Fields of Dick" by My Dick

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Stephanie Drury of Stuff Christian Culture Likes and Dongtini joins us this week! Topics include: the world's top Wiki searches, did you even SAY "hashtag"?, Dean Sherman, "Stephy Sports Center", Miss Venezuela, Sprinkles the elf, "Upscale Consignment Shop or Lesbian Bar?", The Grapes Fantasy League has been won by Listener Livia, Dad's caulk, movie pics, Kevin Smith, sexy time in the food court, Ben Brings it Down, This Week in Grenades, and This Week in Awesome Driving. VHS pick: Rookie of the Year httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Heoa-AI42bA Recorded on 1/2/13, outro "Fitzpleasure" by Alt-J

Join Aaron "No Shoulders" Mason, PJ "Two Cokes" Ahlers, Nick "Hasidic Chia Pet" Ahlers, and Ben "Ben Parsons" Parsons as they celebrate the holiday season! Topics include: Aaron & Gay Ghost sing a holiday duet, PJ's in town for the David Bazan show, PJ & Nick's retarded sister, kids aren't good at stuff, Peej is back in school, New Product Idea, Aaron's "French model rocket-scientist" chicken, Ghost Writer vs. Ghost Rider, the Ahlers' childhood tales, movie talk, Nick got D-RUNK and fell down, Foreigner went to Iceland, and TMU! Check out our Video Page for special holiday treats every day until Christmas Day! Happy Holidays, you guys! Have a wonderful rest of 2012, and thank you for making our year so much fun! Jennifer Connelly in "Career Opportunities" Closing music: "O Holy Night" by Matt Mulholland httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K8bHm_OgzM

Thanks to John Totten, of The Quiet Ones for joining us this week! (see some video here)   Topics include: not Katt Williams, Ben falls down, all adults can get married in Washington now!, It's Science, The Grapes of Rad: "Spiral Marketing", Aaron's anniversary, Hand, Foot & Mouth, RASTA-BOUT, Crisis Intervention Training, "I think it's just two per state", @stephaniedrury is taking the minutes, fullscalefalcon.com, and That's Messed Up. Recorded on 12/9/12 Outro "Julia" by The Quiet Ones

TWO HUNDRED SHOWS!! Can a podcast suck its own dick? Listen to this very special episode where we look back on how awesome we are to find out! Seriously though, thank you ALL - old and new Listeners alike. This has been an incredibly rewarding experience for all of us on this side of the mics, and it's entirely because of how cool so many of you have been during these last four years. You are some funny, smart, kind, and badass folks, and we like hanging out with you. There's a lot on this episode: stories, music, voicemails, and everything you've come to expect from Deez Grapes, but with a heaping helping of reflection and buffoonery. Please enjoy responsibly. "After the Tribulation" httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtpH5_K0zzQ Apparently, these curves are dangerous! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyCuITBD6dk

Topics include: remembering Tristan Devin, 90s internet, this year's HUMP (Seattle's amateur porn festival), Ben's new drinking game is actually just a low-skill terrorist attack, Reginald VelJohnson, Listener Dan dubs us "Devangelists," Glistener Frankie wants Gay Ghost to visit him in Nebraska, DO NOT search YouTube for "giant centipede eating mouse," This Week in Awesome Driving, Aaron destroyed an entire neighborhood in Florida, Just the Headline, Texas has some questions before they secede from the USA, the great self-checkout debate, and TMU. A special thanks to those of you who've donated to the Tip Jar after our call for help. You all are amazing, and we couldn't do this show without your financial support! xoxo Eric Berry of the KC Chiefs is terrified of horses httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FasgffiVSqM An AOL ad from 1995 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1npzZu83AfU Boarding the train in Japan httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf8Ig2M3Zq0 Seriously. Don't Watch This. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CL2hetqpfg The closing song is "Bonus Track" by Eminem.

LET'S TAKE A MOMENT AND REMEMBER THE TIP JAR. AHEM. Topics include: Ben and Aaron's wives showered together, the Seattle version of the "magic 8 ball", the election, secessions, The New South, IT'S LEGAL! (and so is weed!), Sandy, a hilarious voicemail from Listener Curtis, a New Product Idea, This Week in Awesome Driving, The Maguffin, everyone wishes Bill Murray was their dad, Detroit is Fucking Fucked, the 10,000 year clock, Ben's Move of the Week, Matchishkapeu, Badass of the Week(?), Just the Headline, When Thugz Cry, Glory, Bazan, dudes pee everywhere, urban dictionary "Aaron Mason: split-stream urine", @grapesofrad, @fakeaaronmason, @ahlersatyourboy, @thebenparsons, @thegaymuhammad, "Shout for Joy": the True Story of Rick Irons, and TMU. Pat Robertson talking about...women httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAX8Dt_SQ6U World War Z (Max Brooks), trailer: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcwTxRuq-uk Recorded on 11/11/12, outro: "Thrift Shop" (feat. Wanz) by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Topics include: no more political ads!, we could never run for office, working with Spanish-speakers on construction sites, a New Product Idea, Donald Trump is still being a dick, SAVE THE OIL COMPANIES, This Week in "No Shit," Nick has a very specific type of lady, 90s fashions, Australia is Earth's Florida, boobs, Nick's shaggy charm, super realistic body paint art, Just the Headline, Ben breaks up with Jesus, pot & marriage equality are on the ballot in WA, candy, and That's Messed Up. This is a pencil drawing, NOT a photograph. Get behind the scenes shots (and a bigger image) HERE. The Best Dad Halloween Costume Ever. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5SaIv4qIrU The closing music is ill.Gates & Beats Antique - Alleyway (ill.GATES Remix).

Topics include: The return of Ask A Midwife!, (email Mel the Midwife at mel@pacificnaturalbirth.com), a question about the deaf, can we sit with you?, we talk about pubes for a half an hour, Gold Bond Medicated Powder, @chuckgrassley #pantsburnlegwound, about not caring, Radioactive, The Bailey Hounds, Secret Movie Night, frites, the Trailer Park Boys, Dexter, abortion, it's science, This Week in Uncategorized, a voicemail from Listener Jersey Ry, do they "real tweet"? and TMU. Get Your Shambhala Tickets! Hidden Camera in Mormon Temple: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6udew9axmdM Recorded on October 27, 2012 Outro: "Hammer" by Bob Marley

Music this week by The Great Um! Check them out at Darrell's Tavern in Shorline on December 1st! (I've never been there, but it looks like a rad place.) Topics include: Gay Ghost was at Secret Movie Night (which was "Beetlejuice"), Johnny Dangerously, Isaac's Smoketoberfest, gay marriage, Passive-Aggressive Falling Down, reading The Watchtower, a Grapes billboard?, Aaron's wife is on Twitter, Ben's daughter's soccer game, Sticky Pig!, Just the Headline, popcorn, This Week in Oh… No…, You're Doing it Wrong, our length, Badass of the Week, Mitt Romney is a psychopath, Aaron got a cat leash, and an all-school themed "That's Messed Up." Taking the "R" Train httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0PeBwzvQds Caught Peepin' A Pastor on Gay Marriage (Watch until the end!) httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgfjJ0yOcZQ This Week in Awesome Driving httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rciO4jjNCU

Topics include: SECRET MOVIE NIGHT! aaaand: Motorboating your diploma, go carts and bumper cars, Awake!, hot for teacher, going door-to-door, check your drawers, the drugs, republican representative John Hubbard's book, the VP debate, trick-or-treating, we complain about television, ben's coworkers, riddles, Tig Notaro's set on Conan, amusements, That's Messed Up, and dying. Follow us on twitter: @grapesofrad @ahlersatyourboy @11_30AM @thebenparsons Indie Movie Pick: "Jiro Deams of Sushi" httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbV6knbeUFE Recorded on 10/13/2012, outro "Oh My God" by Kaiser Ciefs

Welcome to Part Two of our time with David Bazan! Click here to listen to Part 1. Topics include: Nick was once engaged, editing Deez Grapes, Dave's dirty jokes, Stephanie Drury, stereotypes, Bazan on music distribution in the modern era, TW Walsh, and a That's Messed Up featuring a hirsute Sikh woman, Reddit, "pork suicide," DAT ASS, and worse. GO SEE BAZAN ON TOUR & BUY ALL OF HIS MUSIC! And come to Secret Movie Night 3 Mon, Oct 22 at Central Cinema in Seattle!

Welcome to Part One of Two with David Bazan! There are just a few things you need to do before we start: 1. Visit davidbazan.com. 2. Find out when his tour is coming to your city, then go to that show. Just buy a ticket and go. 3. If you have a record player, also pre-order the remastered Pedro the Lion catalog reissue on vinyl (unless you only enjoy things that are shitty). Topics include: Ben watched a duck use the highway, Dave & Ben went to a waterpark, earning your kids' soccer games, Aaron's mani/pedi, The Master, Dave's upcoming tour, the remastered Pedro the Lion catalog reissue on vinyl, Ben's Facebook post, looking at your past, man strength, Nick's hero, Ben's Christian tattoos, the first Presidential debate, and more. Videos of his work Dave mentioned on the show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSXoZQJaBwQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5XWR3G2UvE STAY TUNED FOR PART TWO IN A FEW DAYS! And come to our 3rd Secret Movie Night!!