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Orange Juice and Coke isn’t crazy!
After some grueling research, Melissa and Brian are joined again by Tim Binzel to discuss their favorite candy bars.
Museum of Websites: A hand-curated gallery of how famous internet companies have changed over time.
Teaching Facebook a lesson! The ethics of whistling at work! The moon landing! Oh, and our favorite movies released before 1960. Just some of the topics Brian and Melissa discuss with Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono, hosts of The Sci-Fi Christian podcast.
Foods we started eating from this article: sardines (still need to find bone-in), seaweed, chicken liver (the paté recipe is great). Also love:
Make a household rule that you have to take at least 7 bites before deeming a food “yucky.”
Matt Koser:
An apple pie without the cheese is like a kiss without the squeeze.
Melissa and Brian are joined by their first returning guest, Zach Koser, to talk about their favorite animated TV shows. Yay cartoons!
I had a whole gaggle of 100-point bucks in my sights, sleeping peacefully on their feet, like cows.
Brian and Melissa recently got into rapster music. They each list their ten favorite rapsters.
It’s a problem if you have more Goodreads friends than books marked “read” on Goodreads
A Celebration of Language
“Friends” Poem
Melissa and Brian list their favorite videos from the sketch comedy group Studio C.
Every scene was a post credits scene until the 1960s
Brian and Melissa wrap up the board game talk by running through the games they played on the cruise and explaining why certain games fell off their top 10 lists.
Special guests Joe and Heather Wiggins join to discuss their favorite board games of all time. That’s forty board games, plus honorable mentions, crammed into our longest episode yet!
Brian and Melissa discuss the books they read in 2018 in this super-size episode: the best, the worst, and plenty of stats. Plus feedback from Megan and Joshua!
Melissa and Brian run through all the movies they saw in 2018. Hear about the best and the worst!
Brian and Melissa reveal how well they followed last year’s resolutions, and pick 5 new resolutions for 2019.
Christmas Letter 2018
Melissa and Brian celebrate themselves! For the 100th episode they take a look back at all the episodes that came before, covering the best and worst of the past two and a half years.
Project name idea: Brianstorm
Brian reviews the fantasy football players that excited him. How many did he hit on, and how many were misses?
Melissa and Brian share their favorite Christmas songs, just in time for the holidays.
Oh the huge manatee!
Melissa and Brian make a list of games they want to play on the upcoming Dice Tower Cruise.
Manatee of manatees, all is manatee.
Brian and Melissa list their ten favorite TV show intros. Both theme songs and visuals are considered.
Melissa gives words of wisdom for pregnancy and post-partum mothers. Brian shares president trivia and plays Guess That Medication.
Melissa and Brian share the movies they find funniest.
Brian and Melissa share the words that make them laugh the most.
Melissa lists the items you should pick up for your kitchen after you have the essentials.
Brian and Melissa enter The Twilight Zone, with a list of their favorite episodes.
Melissa and Brian list the low-quality movies, TV shows, songs, comics, games, websites, and foods that they enjoy.
Melissa and Brian give the brand name products they prefer over other brands or generic.
Melissa and Brian list their favorite Bible stories.
On the day the Eagles start off the 2018 NFL season, Brian talks up 10 players that excite him for fantasy football.
Brian and Melissa try to get as many songs stuck in your head as possible!
Melissa lists her essentials items to own for parents. Brian nods along.
If I’m ever on the run in Mexico, I’ll use the alias “Jorge Curioso”
Brian and Melissa finish the trilogy they started with Accomplishments and Experiences by listing the skills they want to download to their brains.
Melissa and Brian ate a lot of frozen pizzas in order to tell you which are the tastiest and best-priced.
Brian and Melissa list reasons why you should read books and end with a challenge to the listeners!
Melissa and Brian decide to be super frugal for the month of July. Listen to them brainstorm on how, then stick around for some listener feedback!
Mike Moore:
Because he’s a cool dude with great taste and he loves lamb.
The are two hard things in computer science: originality and profundity.
The library is a gym for the mind.