Are The Straights OK [TEASER]

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Last episode we met two Princeton political scientists who are bad at virology. Today we learn that they are also bad at political science.Where to find us: Peter's newsletterPeter's other podcast, 5-4Mike's other podcast, Maintenance PhaseSources:Lawrence Wright’s “The Plague Ye ... Show More

Two political scientists look back at a deadly pandemic and ask, "could we have done even less?"Where to find us: Peter's newsletterPeter's other podcast, 5-4Mike's other podcast, Maintenance PhaseSources:Lawrence Wright’s “The Plague Year”The 2019 WHO report 30‐day mortality fol ... Show More

In this episode, we recap our weekend in Atlanta at Music Midtown, a two day music festival, talk about what “blow out styles” we get at the Dry Bar. Highlights and lowlights of this last week. But most importantly… B O Y S! We don’t often talk about dating, but so many of you as ... Show More

e are lost for words... Every week we always think that we've ran out of content for you guys to enjoy. We simply just don't believe in the word "structure".  We come into an episode with more or less a sense of direction on what we want to talk about... and then you ge ... Show More

This week the competition is on after Lucy’s runaway victory from last week. We’re checking out podcasts from the kids and family category. Lucy found a show that teaches children about feminism… kind of. Andy brought the most annoying family to ever be celebrated on the internet ... Show More

WELCOME TO SEASON 2 The first official episode of Season 2 is officially here. The wait is over for almost a year, you guys have been asking us to have female perspectives on the channel and as our valued listeners we heard you and now we deliver on our promise. In this episode w ... Show More

This week the gang is all together in the studio to find the worst podcasts in the mental health category. I brought a show called “Terrible, Thanks For Asking” that pretty much just explains it’s okay to be miserable all the time. Great advice. Lucy brought “Am I A Bad Therapist ... Show More

This has to be the most popular dating and relationship show out there right now. I'm sure you've seen clips circulating online. We decided to do a deep dive to figure out what makes this show so popular. Because the format seems terrible. There are 9 or 10 young people all argui ... Show More

This week we're competing to see who can find the worst podcast in the health and wellness category. Lucy Tightbox has been running away with these competitions since we started a couple of weeks ago and you can tell Andy and I are feeling the pressure. This is going to be a clos ... Show More

Another week, another episode. But beware about this one.. Because quite frankly we don't even know why you guy's watch us anymore with all the nonsense we say on this platform. But hopefully it's for our pretty smiles and bubbly personalities :) In this episode we ... Show More

We're trying something new this week. We chose a podcast category, society and culture, and we each brought in what we're presenting as the worst of the worst. I really thought these shows would have more to do with society and culture but then again how many shows in the comedy ... Show More

I think it's safe to say we've lost total control... This episode is as usual, all over the place but for someone reason you guys just keep coming back for more. On this episode we talk about everything disaster date related. Getting hit by a car, cheating with a twin, ... Show More