Dusters and Rabbits and Samurai! Like most GenXers, we’ve had all sorts of vehicles over the years, from the giant land yachts of the 1970s to the sporty speedsters of the 1980s and the utter garbage of the 1990s! A whole lot (lot, get it?) of

Anyway... Amanda Gattis!

19 days ago 52m 36s

Those blocks of Guadalupe Street next to the University of Texas at Austin known as "The Drag" are iconic. Or they used to be. Stroll with us from the Mr Gatti's Pizza all the way down to Pleasureland, passing Captain Quackenbush's, the Sciento

Veritymania!

Mar 22nd, 2024 1h 10m

Oh, Verity. How we love her. It's The Reptile, it's "fregrence," it's imaginary asthma, it's the Munsey, it's a solitary egg on a plate. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll google an old 70s sci-fi author. Probably. Promos: Podcast Inside Your

Kiddie Pool Island

Mar 8th, 2024 53m 1s

The Year of Us continues with quite the shindig! This week, we're remembering the huge parties we used to throw back in the '90s. We're talking costumes and decorations and tapping kegs and inventing cocktails and burning bras on sticks. Grab y

Red Handed and Dirty

Feb 23rd, 2024 1h 9m

Come back with us to the days of mimeographed and photocopied booklets filled with writing and art of often terrible quality! Fanzines showcased all the raw enthusiasm of fandom with very little editorial gatekeeping until the rise of crappy Ge

Let's Go Thrifting!

Feb 9th, 2024 1h 16m

Do you love thrifting? Us too! Whether it’s collecting records, decorating a home, or developing a personal style, there’s nothing as fun as getting cool stuff on the cheap. Promo: Social Detective Podcast https://linktr.ee/crimecakes (Wan

Life Among the Weirdos

Jan 26th, 2024 1h 32m

Over ninety minutes of the best weirdos we can remember. Mourning Split Pea Andersen's and celebrating the fan uprising to save Our Flag Means Death (if you love us, you’ll sign the petition at https://www.renewasacrew.com/ !) The nerd who play

The Year of Us

Jan 12th, 2024 1h 17m

Happy episode 200 for those who celebrate, plus we're giving everyone a reason to get excited about 2024. 40 years of friendship ain't nothin' to sneeze at. So put on your knockoff "Beat It" jacket and pegged jeans, cuz we're taking you back t

Body Odor Offends Me

Dec 29th, 2023 56m 51s

Our dog babies are getting old. Joan Crawford gags over Bette Davis. Amelia dreams of coffee-flavored toothpaste. Children misbehave at a holiday concert. Hostess snack cakes reign supreme. RING IN 2024 WITH OUR 200TH EPISODE, JANUARY 12! Prom

Deck the Dolls!

Dec 15th, 2023 1h 16m

An instant camp classic! Get ready for the most perfect pairing ever -- Christmas and the Valley of the Dolls! We reenact our favorite scene from the movie, Amelia presents A Very Valley of the Dolls Christmas, Pitney gives tips on turning your

End of the Road - the KISS episode

Dec 1st, 2023 1h 6m

KISS is finally sitting down and taking a rest after nearly 50 years of touring. We thought it would be a great time to tell you all how much we love them! First we'll tell the stories of what made us into KISS fans, and then we'll answer these

Thankful 8: Beatitude of Gratitude

Nov 17th, 2023 1h 11m

Like we do every year, we focus on gratitude in November for our Thankful episode. But this year has some biggies! - Pitney surprises Amelia with a personal achievement. - The importance of found family. - Knowing when to zip it. - Happy memor

Beyond the Valley of the Narcissisters

Nov 3rd, 2023 58m 12s

The Duchess. The Valedictorian. That's right, the Narcissisters are back for a scandalous sequel! More stories to make you cringe and wonder how Amelia doesn't go medieval on them. Why the Duchess had her head examined. A mysterious decorative

Nosfer- What Now?

Oct 20th, 2023 1h 44m

For this year's Halloween special we're talking real-life vampires in the United States, both in the late 1700s and 1800s in New England and in the current day. But first, we visit preparations for Amelia's yard haunt, enjoy some Facebook drama

Master Aster: Hereditary Vs Midsommar

Oct 6th, 2023 1h 30m

Supersized episode where we tear into Ari Aster’s first two features, Hereditary and Midsommar, and discuss his genius as a filmmaker. Does that mean we love both movies? Does that mean our favorite is your favorite? You’ll have to listen to fi

Stick Your Finger In Your Ear

Sep 22nd, 2023 1h 7m

We cover a lot of topics, so I'm just gonna make a list: Talking about oppressive heat like the old farts we are! Omigod your toenails are so grody! The joys of smoking! What we've done live on video! Jalapeno dangers! Sudden Benny Hill memo

Crocs N Socks

Sep 8th, 2023 1h 5m

Crocs at pride, El Gato Gomez, the scandalous truth about the Butter Cow, blood is thicker than water, hold your horses, Fulton County Inmate Number P01135809, and the Worst Person in the World. Promos: 2 Skeptical Chaps http://www.2skept

There's Always Limahl

Aug 25th, 2023 1h 17m

First up, we remember the genius (and the hotness) than was Paul Reubens, and then we fret over who might be the next GenX icon to leave us. Then Pitney takes a trip to the Santa Clara County Fair to see a KISS tribute band called Mr Speed,

Circling the Hole Again

Aug 11th, 2023 59m 5s

We're diving once again into everyone's favorite subreddit, Am I The Asshole, only this time the reader of the AITAs is our special guest, Mr. Amelia! But first, Amelia has to work through some anger about inferior construction and materials in

Think Pink

Jul 28th, 2023 1h 4m

We're into Barbie! Get our pre-movie excitement here and our post-movie excitement on video! (Catch us LIVE Saturday 7/29 time TBD, or later on our YouTube channel. But it's not just Barbie -- it's farting as a debate tactic, it’s Pink Ladie

Old Man Yells At The Cloud

Jul 14th, 2023 1h 3m

We're upset, and we know you are too. But for now let's focus on the more therapeutic and entertaining fun of raging at things that make us irrationally angry. Words we’re sick of hearing. TV commercials we hate. The cheerful "like a lightbulb

Old Man Yells At The Cloud

Jul 14th, 2023 1h 3m

A Late Pride

Jun 30th, 2023 1h 10m

Happy Pride 2023! Gotta latte of pride and it's better latte than never. Get it? This year's Pride episode stays in the neighborhood of the butthole, and we swear we didn't plan it like that at all. First, we dished on The Bottom Digest, an

Howie Dewitt

Jun 16th, 2023 53m 10s

(Happy Pride Month! May got away from us, and before we knew it, Pride Month was here and we realized the pride episode would come out on the last day of the ,month. But hey every day is pride with us, isn't it? Sorta? D'awwww. But really, when

1-900-TFW-AFDH, our Texas Frightmare Weekend Special 2023!

Jun 2nd, 2023 43m 1s

Of course you don't know what AFDH stands for! That's why you have to listen! Once again Pitney and Amelia find themselves at Texas Frightmare Weekend, the southwest's premier horror convention, and they're gonna tell you all about it. They had