Episodios

  • 597: Charting A New Season Of The Pitt

    597: Charting A New Season Of The Pitt
    Jan 14 2026

    The Pitt returns to take viewers through another remarkably busy day in the ER at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center. What is there to celebrate in the show's fictional Fourth of July? Heather Cocks, our S01 guest, returns to talk about it. Around The Dial takes us through a passel of recent comedy specials from George Civeris, Kumail Nanjiani, Frankie Quiñones, and Sarah Squirm (aka Sarah Sherman); Heated Rivalry creator Jacob Tierney's previous hockey show, Shoresy; and Bookish, old to Brits but new to PBS. Seth pitches a Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Non-Regulation Game Time that's beating down our door. Find a comfortable seat in chairs (ideally away from Mr. Digby and his compelling odors) and join us!

    GUESTS
    👤 Heather Cocks

    TOPICS
    Announcement: 🫥 Sarah Is Away
    Lead Topic: 🏥 The Pitt
    Around The Dial: 🤪 Frankie Quiñones: Damn That's Crazy
    Around The Dial: 💭 Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts
    Around The Dial: 💨 George Civeris: A Sense Of Urgency
    Around The Dial: 🤮 Sarah Squirm: Live + In The Flesh
    Around The Dial: 🥅 Shoresy
    Around The Dial: 📚 Bookish
    The Canon: 🐝 Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee S01.E06: The Patriarchy Hasn't Let Me Down
    Winner & Loser: 🤠 The Lowdown
    Winner & Loser: 🧙‍♀️ Executives at Charmed
    Game Time: 🚪 Knock Three Times

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    NOTES
    🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site
    🕳️ Tara's review of The Pitt's S02 premiere, at GQ
    🏍️ “So You Noticed Dr. Robby Wasn’t Wearing A Motorcycle Helmet” at Vulture
    🤢 "Sarah Sherman Is Grosser Than You Think" at The New Yorker
    ✍️ Tara's author page at GQ (new pieces coming this week!)
    💃 Go Fug Yourself
    📚 Links to buy Heather and Jessica's books
    🍸 Drinks With Broads
    👩‍💻 Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee Zoom Watch Party with Lolly Adefope, Aaron Chen, Rose Matafeo, and Paul F. Tompkins
    🧑‍💻 Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee Zoom Episode 4 with Ayo Edebiri, Rose Matafeo, Blair Socci, and Paul F. Tompkins
    📷 Photo: Warrick Page / HBO Max
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    1 h y 21 m
  • 596: Would You Rather IV: Would You Dan Rather?

    596: Would You Rather IV: Would You Dan Rather?
    Jan 7 2026
    For our latest game of Would You Rather?, we asked past guests, friends, and listeners to challenge us with brand-new TV-related scenarios. They came through with some of the craziest conundrums we've ever contemplated. Listen to find out how sick they, and we, actually are!

    TOPICS
    Lead Topic: 🤔 Would You Rather?

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    NOTES
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    1 h y 9 m
  • 595: The TV Superhero Bracket

    595: The TV Superhero Bracket
    Dec 31 2025
    For this special episode, we're returning to the bracket format, but slimmed down for just your three co-hosts: we made up an Elite Eight of TV superheroes -- no one from the DC or Marvel universes allowed -- and argued through which deserved to go all the way. Which hero stands atop the rest of our selected comers? Listen and learn!

    TOPICS
    Lead Topic: 🦸🏻 The TV Superhero Bracket

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    NOTES
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    🦅 Jonathan Chase from Manimal
    🐆 Manimal's opening credits
    ⏳ Dan Vasser from Journeyman
    🕰️ Journeyman on Wikipedia
    📏 Cootie from I'm A Virgo
    👨‍🚀 Steve Austin from The Six Million Dollar Man
    🃏 Charlie Cale from Poker Face
    🚗 Brett Matthews from Turbo Teen
    🤺 Samurai Jack
    📠 Awesome-X from Frisky Dingo
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    58 m
  • 594: Gone Fishing With John

    594: Gone Fishing With John
    Dec 24 2025
    We are off this week for EHG Prime but present you with this EHG Club unlock of EEHG 330: Gone Fishing With John

    We aren't sure about J M Buffy's reasons for forcening us to watch early-nineties cult show Fishing With John, but we mostly liked the surrealist slow-TV vibes we got from musician/actor John Lurie's rando travelogue. Ask EHG went deep on Ken Marino's Emmy reel, snacking cereals, and a Sean Bean reboot of Mr. Bean before Dave pitched a CSI cold open for the Tiny Canon. We made Not Quite Top 11 Lists about TV fish, cartoons, and holiday title puns, and wrapped (geddit??) things up with an Extra Credit Game Time from Sarah Claus. Dry off your mittens and have a listen!

    TOPICS
    15s Of Fame: 😮 Do Doo Do Doo Do
    Forcening Pool: 🎣 Fishing With John S01.E04: Willem Dafoe
    Ask EHG: 💉 TV Tattoos
    Tiny Canon: 🐀 C.S.I. S02.E23: The Hunger Artist
    Not Quite Top 11: 🌺 Inappropriate Movies You Most Want To See Made Into A Mortal Kombat/Toxic Avenger/Beetlejuice Style 90s Saturday Morning Cartoon
    Not Quite Top 11: 🎄 Shows We're Relieved Never One-Off Changed Their Titles For Christmas Episodes
    Not Quite Top 11: 🐟 TV Fish
    Game Time: 🎅🏻 Merry Quizmas
    Mini: ❄️ Making Our Hallmark (Dec 2016)

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    NOTES
    🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site
    🎣 Fishing With John S01.E04: Willem Dafoe
    🔥 "To Build A Fire" by Jack London
    🐀 CSI S02.E23: The Hunger Artist on Hulu
    📷 Photo: HBO
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    1 h y 21 m
  • 593: Soft Rye, Snorkel Parkas, And The Most Important Person Ever To Hail From Toledo

    593: Soft Rye, Snorkel Parkas, And The Most Important Person Ever To Hail From Toledo
    Dec 17 2025
    For this special episode, we ponder three Canon pitches from listeners like you. Did we give The West Wing's "Evidence Of Things Not Seen" a standing ovation like a trip of eggs on the vernal equinox? Were we forced to tell Would I Lie To You?'s S06.E06 some hard truths? Will we all soon be putting out our shoes to receive blueberry muffins thanks to A.P. Bio's "Katie Holmes Day"? Listen to find out.

    TOPICS
    The Canon: 🥚 The West Wing S04.E20: Evidence Of Things Not Seen
    The Canon: 🍎 Would I Lie To You S06.E06
    The Canon: 🫐 A.P. Bio S04.E08: Katie Holmes Day

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    NOTES
    🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site
    😎 Again With Again With This 179: Let's Watch The A.P. Bio Episode "Katie Holmes Day"! [membership required]
    🪜 "'A.P. Bio's Glenn Howerton And Mike O'Brien Discuss The Brilliant Absurdity Of Season 3's 'Katie Holmes Day'" at Decider
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    56 m
  • 592: Mullendash III

    592: Mullendash III
    Dec 10 2025
    In what has become one of our most diabolical annual traditions, we're playing Mullendash again. This year, our guest contestants are: Stephen Falk, with whom the game was initially developed back in the 2000s, and Mullendash newcomers David J. Roth and Jeff Drake. Who can most craft the most convincing Mullenian punchlines? Who can divine the true Mullen from the counterfeits? All is revealed in our latest episode.

    GUESTS
    👤 Stephen Falk
    👤 Jeff Drake
    👤 David J. Roth

    TOPICS
    Lead Topic: 🧠 Mullendash

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    NOTES
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    😬 The first Mullendash episode from 2023
    🫥 The second Mullendash episode from 2024
    🏀 Defector
    🤬 The 9 Chickweed Rage podcast
    📸 Stephen Falk on Instagram
    🫵 You're The Worst on Hulu
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    1 h y 28 m
  • 591: 2025 Guest Thought Experiments

    591: 2025 Guest Thought Experiments
    Dec 3 2025
    Once again again, we made some of our Valued Guests stick around after their tapings and muse about TV in our version of a What If? Find out where their imaginations took them in this very special yearly EHG tradition!

    GUESTS
    👤 Sarah Baker
    👤 Omar Gallaga
    👤 Daniel D’Addario
    👤 Kari Race
    👤 Krystal Farmer
    👤 Stephanie Green
    👤 Adam Grosswirth
    👤 Brandi Brown
    👤 Taylor Cole
    👤 Robert Krut
    👤 Jessica Morgan
    👤 Adam Sternbergh
    👤 Mark Blankenship
    👤 Eve Batey
    👤 David Bunting
    👤 Nick Rheinwald-Jones

    TOPICS
    Lead Topic: 🧠 Guest Thought Experiments

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    NOTES
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    🤨 2024 Guest Thought Experiments
    🧐 2023 Guest Thought Experiments
    🤔 2022 Guest Thought Experiments
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    56 m
  • 590: Did Our Latest Meal At The Bear Give Us Gas?

    590: Did Our Latest Meal At The Bear Give Us Gas?
    Nov 26 2025
    We are off this week for EHG Prime but present you with this EHG Club unlock of EEHG 360: Did Our Latest Meal At The Bear Give Us Gas?

    The Bear is back for its fourth season on (sigh) FX on Hulu. Was it a fully satisfying banquet, or did it repeat? We'll tell you everything. Ask EHG requires us to consider such matters as the post-Quibi shows that should have been Quibis, and the best food to eat in your car. Tara pitches Pace Picante's early 90s "New York City?!" spot for the Commercial division of the Tiny Canon. Then we crown the Not Quite Winners and Losers of the week before closing out on an Extra Credit power-ranking the hosts of Family Feud. Grab a napkin and tuck in!

    TOPICS
    Lead Topic: 🐻 The Bear
    Ask EHG: 👃 Smell You Later
    Tiny Canon: 💃
    Winner & Loser: ⚽️ Twenty-Twelve
    Winner & Loser: 😤 Untitled McConaughey / Harrelson Comedy
    Winner & Loser: 🌬️ Dark Winds
    Winner & Loser: 🕵🏻‍♂️ Sherlock
    Winner & Loser: 💌 You're Cordially Invited
    Winner & Loser: 🤷‍♀️ Jameela Jamil
    KRTMATIWOTVLM: 🎡 Little House On The Prairie S04.E11: Meet Me At The Fair
    Extra Credit: 💁🏻‍♂️ Power Ranking The Hosts Of Family Feud
    Mini: 🇸🇪 Lost In Ikea (Apr 2018)

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    NOTES
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    🚀 "How Much Must O'Brien Suffer?" at Reddit
    🥫 Pace Picante "New York City!"
    📷 Photo: FX
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    1 h y 2 m
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