Radio Dispatch 09/02/11
BreakThru Radio takes over on Radio Dispatch. Matt DeMello, Jake Schnaidt, Thompson Davis - all BTR people - come by to talk Glenn Beck, MLK, and the ins-and-outs of the VMAs.
Radio Dispatch, 8/31/11
Molly is back from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival! Stories from her trip, the hurricane she missed, and Matt McCarthy and Travis Irvine explain some conspiracy theories to us.
Radio Dispatch 08/29/11
Gawker’s Hamilton Nolan is back on the show to discuss the culture of gaffes, how the “re-civilize” Nivea ad could have gotten through an agency, and which part of Rick Perry is the most objectionable. Plus, John’s girlfriend Charlotte fills in as super-special guest host! What happens when John and Charlotte try to fix some lives? Listen in to find out.
Radio Dispatch 08/26/11
It’s Friday Funday with goof troop members Zach Broussard and Zachary Sims. We also replay one of my favorite interviews we’ve ever done - it’s with Vincent Shine (Danny Solomon), erotic calligrapher. Molly’s still away, so John is freewheelin’ on this one!
Radio Dispatch 08/24/11
The Battle of Tripoli, the Verizon strike is over, and we talk with a baby born with a full-grown man’s body. New co-host Colin Kennedy, who has previously been on to tell us facts about the lesser known presidents, helps out while Molly is away. Thanks to Dan Mirk for the Jeff the Baby tip.
Radio Dispatch 08/22/11
Dan St. Germain, Mike Lawrence, and Danny Solomon join us for a special installment of Friday Funday, on Monday! Comedy road stories, topics that all of our parents hate, and more.
Radio Dispatch, 8/17/11
Michele Bachmann’s submission theology explained, Rick Perry’s Texas Miracle debunked, and Hilary Clinton would not have been any better than Barack Obama - it’s a bad party, not a bad candidate.
Radio Dispatch, 8/15/11
On location at the Verizon wireless strike, Michele Bachmann on the nature of submission, and connecting the dots between London and Wall St. Plus a new installment of J&M Fix Your Life, with an update from a listener whose life we fixed. If you’d like us to fix your life, email us and
Radio Dispatch 08/10/11
We explain the S&P downgrade, look into Mitt Romney’s abortion past, and interview Liz Hernandez Majumder, who just illegally traveled to Cuba.
So the only actual number of the day is extremely negative, yet the stock market soared to near-record gains. It’s getting easier to understand how these people blew up the world economy more and more every day.
—My follow-up post to yesterday’s: And here’s what you need to know about Tuesday’s market bounce