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Irrational Pastime

A biweekly podcast of interesting baseball stories, books, movies and other media. As well as thoughts about baseball, idiotic ramblings and general buffoonery from the hosts Rich Williams and Dan Smith.

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  1. 5

    Irrational Blue

    Rich and Dan talk about the change in format to a monthly podcast as life has made it tough to record regularly. This month's podcast features baseball legends, gambling, bad baseball sitcoms and the ravings of two goofballs.

  2. 4

    44?

    This episode delves into menacing mustaches, number theory, bad uniform choices and books. Rich and Dan cover all of these topics and plenty of other pointless thoughts.

  3. 3

    The Episode Where Nobody Dies

    Rich and Dan inadvertently both tell stories about the 70's Oakland Athletics, discuss baseball superstitions, books and documentaries.

  4. 2

    What A Rube!

    Rich and Dan talk about Rube Waddell, Bing Crosby and many more irrelevant topics and fewer deaths than episode one.

  5. 1

    Our Origin Story, and Then Some

    Rich and Dan tell their origin story and how they got to the point of hosting a baseball podcast. Then everything goes downhill quickly from there, in our first episode.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

A biweekly podcast of interesting baseball stories, books, movies and other media. As well as thoughts about baseball, idiotic ramblings and general buffoonery from the hosts Rich Williams and Dan Smith.

HOSTED BY

TalkSmith RVA

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How many episodes does Irrational Pastime have?

Irrational Pastime currently has 5 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.

What is Irrational Pastime about?

A biweekly podcast of interesting baseball stories, books, movies and other media. As well as thoughts about baseball, idiotic ramblings and general buffoonery from the hosts Rich Williams and Dan Smith.

How often does Irrational Pastime release new episodes?

Irrational Pastime has 5 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.

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Who hosts Irrational Pastime?

Irrational Pastime is created and hosted by TalkSmith RVA.
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