The Grapes of Rad

We're going to try something a little different, Listener: posting interviews as their own, separate deals. This way we aren't constrained by time, and you'll always get your undiluted weekly dose of Vitamin Deez! Today, Aaron and special guest Sean DeTore call Glistener (Gay + Listener = Glistener) Philip at home in San Francisco (naked in bed, as it were...) to talk about all kinds of queer stuff like: The Westboro Baptist Church, the hanky code, Small Town Gay Bar, Philip's pamphlet-fight with Fox News, tossing salads, fingers up the butt, The International Home Theater Festival, and Philip thinks Seattle is bisexual. No Fags on the Moon httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In8a0PyDjN8 Philip and the Westboro Church testify about the Lunar Homosexual Agenda. Philip & Friends sing The Grapes of Rad httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C16YnL1l5D4 Philip serenades public restrooms with our old voicemail song! Roe v. Wade v. Philip httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uVXy27hb6w Philip testifies at a pro-life rally. And, if you're a reader, check out Philip's latest book "A Pornography of Grief" on Amazon.

Come to our "Secret" Movie Night next Thursday, May 31st! Only $5, and everybody gets free stuff!! Grand Illusion Cinema is CASH ONLY, so buy your tickets online. When you do, you're automatically entered in our prize giveaway! Topics include: THE RETURN (again) OF AWFUL POETRY WITH ZACK THE AWFUL POET, slugs, Aaron was on The MacGuffin again & Ben didn't listen again, Practically Useful: Killing Fruit Flies Edition, Karl Pilkington, Ben is gross, PSAs in line at the grocery store, holograms, "this made me think of you," SKIP the Headline, That's Messed Up, and more! Netflix Pick: "Monsters" httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_-gL3U1T5Y Are All Men Pedophiles? Closing music: "Losers" by The Belle Brigade

Topics include: Seattle drivers are like deer, Sigourney Weaver is the bald queen of sci-fi, COME TO OUR SECRET MOVIE NIGHT ON MAY 31!, mislabel the vegetables, choose your favorite name for the flag-sex-system in our poll, R.I.P. MC A, Iran (so far away), Jay Z needs to calm down, shopping at Wal Mart in the future, how to use your middle finger, Aaron continues to assist on the production of Scumbag Steve's rap album, old people at the grocery store, prom, the moon, the opposite of discreet shipping, a Listener-created PERFECT STRANGERS GAME, thanks mom!, and meet-an-inmate.com Recorded on May 6, '12 Outro- "Undestructable" by Gogol Bordello

Listener, we love your voicemails so much that we're dedicating an entire show to them! Topics include: Aaron's helping write Scumbag Steve's album, Ben's new car, Shaq & Marge respond to us choosing them for massages, Ben's first drink, our Summer Jam pics, our "Weekend at Bernie's" reboot, real-life fuel milage, Ben's show "Public Enemy No.1," Anthony Kiedis needs to pack it in, cocks on vans, Effin vodka, Barry the Cable Guy, Patrice O'Neal and the difference between men & women, and more. Aaron's helping produce Scumbag Steve's album! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF8cmBV7dRY Ok. WOW. The video wasn't posted when we recorded this show, but it got over 1,000,000 hits IT'S FIRST DAY! Rad!! New tracks out every Thursday at scumbagthursdays.com. What Girls Look At httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdIAa6gnaco Closing song: "So What'cha Want" by Beastie Boys

Aaron got to talk to comedian and super-talent James Adomian (Earwolf, UCB, Last Comic Standing, Comedy Bang Bang) before his recent Laff Hole show in Seattle. Aaron and James are also joined by Gary Busey, Paul Giamatti, Lewis Black, John Noble and Jesse Ventura. Originally posted on 5/1/12 as part of Ep176.

Aaron got to talk to comedian and super-talent James Adomian (Earwolf, UCB, Last Comic Standing) before his recent Seattle performance. Aaron and James are also joined by Gary Busey, Paul Giamatti, Lewis Black, John Noble and Jesse Ventura. Topics include: The Listener joined us for roller derby last weekend, "dude('s room) looks like a lady('s room)," supporting live comedy, James just recorded his first live album in Portland (the first release from Earwolf's new label), bracing one's insanity, making the country fat & shitty, dealing with the "other America," how James does impressions, overdoing it on the hummus, Listener Tiff's snobby baby, and more! James Adomian as a very drunk Orson Welles httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFU7UDjcCAI James and Andy Richter in a fake car ad httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIDpCT1tOqE I also love James as Sam Elliot in an ad for hipster beer. I couldn't embed it, but the video is right here on UCB's website. Image via LAFF HOLE Closing music: "Boombastic" by Shaggy

Topics include: What in the Cheezburger?, Ben loves sausage, ...meanwhile in America, it's science, this week in Aaron will totally love this, becoming a verb, Aaron saw Radiohead (Ben is not a fan), gay homophobes, Ben's existential crisis, ideas for our app, just the deadline, titles for children's books, Peter Serafinowicz is on twitter and That's Messed Up. Note by Note- the Making of Steinway L1037 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE0ayK_wmqo #175 was recorded on April 14, 2012 Outro "Wild International" -One Day as a Lion

Aaron sat down with comedian Neil Hamburger for a few quick questions before his headlining set at Laff Hole in Seattle. Originally posted on 4/17/12 as part of Ep174.

Topics include: Aaron sits down with comedian/misanthrope Neil Hamburger, we have odd tastes in masseuses, Ben called a dodgeball tournament, Aaron went to an anime convention to meet voice actor Christopher Sabat, voicemails, Oddly Tiny Doctor, Aaron accidentally "Wet Bandits'd" his own basement, are we banned at your office?, That's Messed Up, and more! Come hang out with us THIS SATURDAY at Key Arena for some Rat City Roller Girl playoff action! If you're on the Facebooks, RSVP here. South Park's "The Jewelry Polka" covered by Matt Mulholland httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXlJJ693aco Ben is weirded out by Keenan & Katy httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4Jj0TkqBX4 Closing track: Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye ft. Kimbra (KDrew Remix) Photo of Mr. Hamburger: DJ Empirical

Sorry about the delay, Listener. This show is XXL to make up it! Topics include: "Con virgins" Ben & Aaron both went to Emerald City Comicon, following your dreams, Listener Bill is rad and sent us a card, Sister Piston asks people about their grapes, Ben at parties, an unfortunately named wildlife photographer, Just the Headline, Texts from an Anonymous Healthcare Worker, Holy Rollers was on The Colbert Report, a few new product ideas, This Week in *sigh*, an email from Ben's grandmother, TMU and more! Taxi Dave httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEjz111Hsaw Billy West doing a Shitload of Voices httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThIIYNlSySA Model Wife: "Assistants" httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X03UPHQ6hg Who you tryin to get crazy with, ese? Don't you know I'm loco? This episode was recorded on Tuesday, April 3rd. The closing song is Caspa's Remix of "Hangover (BaBaBa)" by Buraka Som Sistema

Rat City Rollergirls announcer Jake "Randy Pan the Goat Boy" Merriman joins us in Studio B this week! Topics include: THE WORLD PREMIER OF THE ALL-NEW VOICEMAIL SONG, this show is Little Mac, Kazakhstan: greatest country in the world, join us on April 21 for rollerderby!, Aaron's garlic-chili aioli, It's Science (metaphysical edition), you're doing it wrong, a negative iTunes review, Cathy Sorbo, Slackcircus donated to Ben's car fund!, the solar system to scale, and the all-new Grapes Quotes Page. Pussy Riot in Red Square: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqcmldeC7Ec Neil Hamburger: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnbxe_8GYtU&feature=related Show image courtesy of joerollerfan.com Outro: "Zou Bisou Bisou" by Gillian Hills

Topics include: Women's issues in 1912 2012 America, Ben went to the art museum, Netflix suggestions, a sneak preview of Aaron's new voicemail song, friend of the show David Drury was disinvited by Mars Hill church to their screening/Q&A of a documentary about him because they found out who his wife is, Billboard's top 40 money-makers of 2011, music cruises, This Week in Awesome Driving, and more! For no reason, here's a hamster in a sombrero: This episode was recorded on 3/17/12. The closing song is "She's a Sleestak" by Nerf Herder.

Tristan Devin is a comedian, writer, podcast host, director of a community arts non-profit, former Christian youth leader, coffee shop manager, booker of the best comedy in Seattle, and a lot of fun to have in Studio B! Topics include: A major announcement, Ben's friends are awesome, Aaron's writing a new voicemail song, audio of Ben's farting chair, de-stressing whales, occupying former meth houses, Tristan's Christian past, garage bands, bombing on stage, Practically Useful: Stolen Laptop Edition, Seattle Community Forum, the educated "like," Bathtub, Seinfeld, locking keys in your car, Silver Spoons and more! Tristan performing at Laff Hole Come see a Laff Hole show at Chop Suey! The amazing Eddie Pepitone is going to be there THIS WEDNESDAY! This week's closing song is "Dennis Miller Movie" by Aaron's high school band Bad Juju. Yes, he and Dave (the guitar player) were very high when they recorded this improvised tune. Recorded 3/17/12

That's right! This week we are joined by Simone Turkington and Stephanie Drury of Dongtini, and we share our segments with them (huh huh). Topics include: a live taste-test of a new Taco Bell "food", you would expect to taste KOOLs if you ate Big Zo, Ben had a horrible thing happen, Stephy's site Stuff Christian Culture Likes also has a Facebook, test tube meat, Holy Rollers, creativity, the one thing that god did, tweet blasphemy, scaffolding, accents, Simone decides not to get saved, and offensive words/jokes. Dion McGregor Dreams again: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFMQ9ysQows&feature outro "The End" by Anti-Flag (episode recorded 3/10/2012)

Welcome to the second half of Ep168! Topics include: Australia is Earth's Florida, Aaron and Spencer saw Project X, Ben sold a painting, Act of Valor & the military, God and the good/bad, TMU featuring "sexual anus plugs" and more! "Trade Deficit" by Ben Parsons This episode was recorded on March 3rd. The closing music is "Quest for Fire" from After School EP 2 by Seattle producers Suttikeeree & WD4D. The EP is great. It will be available as a free download until tomorrow, and for just a few measly bucks after that.