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On The Cross with Lucas Murphy

by Devil Heaven Network

Comedians Lucas Murphy, Nathan P. Woodard, of Nathan P. Woodard fame, and a guest take the New York Times crossword puzzle and drag it through the gutter.

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Episodes

  1. I Got Steve Harvey In My Van

    It's Lucas's birthday and we talk about leasing a Hyundai.

  2. All In Favor of Popsicles

    The boys discuss Godzilla vs King Kong and solve the New York Times Crossword Puzzle for Tuesday, April 13th. Watch along every Monday on our new Twitch Channel! Click the link and hit that subscribe button to catch the next episode live!

  3. To "Ope!" by Silence

    The boys eventually get around to doing the Tuesday puzzle for April 6th, 2001 New York Times Crossword after spending half their time talking about chicken and pizza recipes.

  4. Bedtime at the Apollo

    The boys do the New York Times Crossword Puzze for Tuesday March 30th and discuss the bizarre Christian singer Carman.

  5. The Marvel Cinematic Yarn

    The boys are back with another fresh puzzle from the New York Times! Tuesday March 10th, 2021 crossword for those who like to play along. DON'T FORGET: we're a live podcast now, you can watch along and join the conversation! https://www.twitch.tv/onthecrosswithlucasmurphy...

  6. Greetings Earthlings We Come Buckets

    The Boys are back, but now they're Twitch streamers. After some false starts and despite some technical difficulties they solved a Monday puzzle from the New York Times. We'll still be releasing the show as a podcast but you can play along with us every Monday night at...

  7. 3rd Bad Boys From the Sun

    As the quarantine continues, Lucas and Nathan do the New York Times crossword over zoom again. Nathan saw the new blockbuster action movie. Lucas can't vote.

  8. BOYZ ONLY: Pray The Percy Jackson Away

    It's an instant COVID classic! Nathan and Lucas are video chatting and doing a New York Times Crossword Puzzle that's either about the most important subject in liberal politics, or Black History Month.

  9. Bullies of the Mind with Laura Mattingly

    Lucas and Nathan have both been cooped up in a house with a multitude of stir crazy children and misbehaving animals, and now to make matters worse the Monday edition of the New York Times crossword puzzle is trickier than it used to be. Luckily Nathan's wife shows up and helps them beat Shortz's...

  10. BOYZ ONLY: Yellow Rat Finks vs Green Rat Finks

    Nathan's basement bar is looking good, Lucas is worried about the jerk off years, and the timer is running on the meatloaf. It's somehow one of the most meandering conversations that also sets a speed record for puzzle finishes.

  11. Zorro, The Beyblade with AJ Estes

    AJ Estes from We Don't Have a Podcast Yet joins Lucas and Nathan to solve a Monday puzzle with hints of a seat-related connection.

  12. Holy Infant Half Hot, Half Lemon Pepper with Jordan Goodwin

    Comedian/Antarctic Explorer Jordan Goodwin helps Lucas and Nathan solve a "spooky" themed New York Times crossword puzzle. There's some confusion about the plot of Cold Mountain. Jordan has the utmost confidence in his lawyers. Nathan talks about his first foray into theatre. Remember to give the...

  13. Stop! Or My Mom Will Skeet with Dan Alten

    Comedian Dan Alten joins the boys in the studio for a good old fashioned New York Times Crossword. Lucas admits to hiding deviled eggs from a blind guy.

  14. Boyz Only: Gallagher 37

    Lucas and Nathan are here to keep you up to speed on everything you need to know in the upcoming season of the Knockout Game. Lucas is starting a leech farm, Nathan can’t understand who was saving up all those feathers, and the boys debate the benefits of falling from outer space vs falling off…

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  15. Jerkin' Off Around the Campfire with Craig Williams

    Writer and host of the Killscreen Cinema podcast Craig Williams joins Lucas and Nathan for a lively conversation about horror films that also includes some New York Times Crossword Puzzle solving at some point!

  16. Office Bully with Holly Lynnea

    The multitalented Holly Lynnea returns for a spooky New York Times crossword puzzle that covers everything from the similarities between Madea and Jaden Smith, to Freddy vs Jason slashfiction, and even Roadrunner cartoon continuity errors. You can check out all of Holly's upcoming appearances at...

  17. The Penisher with Ryan Riker

    Come along with us as Nathan goes on an adderall adventure, Lucas ponders a pencil in his pee hole, and guest Ryan Riker skips a birthday party to solve the New York Times Crossword Puzzle!

  18. Robo Bader Ginsborg with Nathaniel Potts-Wells

    It's a Monday puzzle episode, with a thin candy shell to protect the troops from the gloops. We talk prison art, buying Dennis Kucinich's Sentra, and Nathan's extremely disturbing foray into VCR hacking. If you enjoy the show please don't forget to go give us a review on iTunes!

  19. BOYZ ONLY: Gothttorney at Law

    If Nathan sounds a little different it’s because his mustache is gone, folks. The boys are back at it again with the Labor Day puzzle from the Failing New York Times, as well as all the conversation about Cracker Barrel you’ve come to expect. Plus reviews of gum, putting stuff inside your pee…

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  20. Boyz Only: Caligula 2020

    There's a mouse in the house and it's not the one shaking you down for a new subscription service! Nathan and Lucas discuss their political situations, plans for joining community theatre, redneck domestic partnerships, and cultures who use the wrong parts of the animals.All this and a Monday...

  21. Boyz Only: Thigh Gap Jim

    Lucas and Nathan are BACK, BABY! There's a solid half hour of very granular discussion about the production of booze, followed by the consumption of booze. We talk about the angry hot dog biker, Nathan's water park lifestyle, Boston Milkshakes, our complete and withering disdain for prestige...

  22. Hack Man Fever LIVE with Sean Cannon

    On The Cross is coming to you LIVE from Poorcastle Festival with our special guest Sean Cannon, here to help us solve the New York Times Crossword Puzzle in a tent full of confused music festival goers. We launch into the poopoo and peepee material pretty quickly and it devolves from there into a...

  23. Boyz Only: Spud as a Bud in a Rud

    The Boys are back with another puzzling pod. Nathan’s working out the kinks on his bankruptcy scheme, Lucas hates youtube celebrities, there’s some discussion on where Geico fits into the classic structures of narrative conflict, and Nathan describes his ideal date with Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

  24. Boyz Only: Liberty's Toe

    Are the rumors true? Is On The Cross headed for a breakup? Nathan's been blocking Lucas's Words with Friends requests, Lucas has nothing but contempt for Nathan's love of 90's bands. Things seem pretty unstable. Still the boys have reunited, not unlike the Beatles, for a rooftop performance this...

  25. The Bone Rattler with Misty Stine

    Comedian Misty Stine comes by the studio to help solve a "food and drink" themed crossword puzzle from the New York Times app. We discuss the worst stage in town, hipsters, alternate calendars as a tool of the bourgeoisie, stamp addiction, and that Game of Thrones. If you like the show please go…

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  26. Boyz Only: Diaper Genie

    Nathan's gone garden crazy. Lucas is just trying to keep up. There's mild spoilers about the fate of Hagar the Horrible in the new Avengers movie. Nobody is keeping the go kart cheaters in check. All this plus we read the minutes from the last meeting of the itty bitty titty committee.

  27. Trying to Rob a Squirrel with Lucious Williams

    Lucious Williams is back for a New York Times Crossword mini-marathon! The boys bang out two mini puzzles, talk gardening, name problems, racism, Mini Kiss, preacher breathing, and which zoo animals we could beat in a fight.

  28. The Princess and the Pud with Hunter Roberts

    We got a big, fat tiddy hit of a show! Hunter Roberts joins the boys for a comic themed edition of the New York Times Crossword. We talk about the Chinese jerkoff robot, Lake Poopyboobs, Garfield, faraway magic, and the dangers of vintage energy booze.

  29. Boyz Only: How Thicc that Lord?

    Lucas and Nathan go it alone this week with a full-blown Monday puzzle, and much like Icarus from the Led Zeppelin t shirt, their hubris was their undoing. It wasn't a particularly difficult puzzle, and they certainly got distracted talking about other things, but it took them a solid two hours…

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  30. Good Cop, Wolf Cop with Eric Sorgel

    Return guest Eric Sorgel joins the boys for a New York Times crossword puzzle and somehow it becomes about Mister Noodle, opossum adjacent muggings, and driving your Ford to the fjord. Nathan offers a taste of the Nerd’s Rope, Eric has a doomsday posse put together, and Lucas owns what could be a...

  31. That's Rais-ist with Stephen Holthouser

    Stephen Holthouser popped in at the studio and helped the boys solve a New York Times crossword puzzle. Nathan got crushed by a Maytag, Stephen explores the concept of the PC mafia, and Lucas finally gets to the bottom of one of the longest standing mysteries on the show.

  32. Is This Your Father with David Britton

    David Britton joins the boys at the all new Devil Heaven studio for a wordplay puzzle from the New York Times. Along the way we talk about butthole eyes, deep fried memes, the dainty, midlife crisis penis piercings, shushing sports, and unintentionally killing it at an open mic. Thank you to our...

  33. Why Would Your Shirt Be Damp with Jake Reber

    The man behind Louisville's largest annual comedy event, The Kent Carney Awards, Jake Reber is back in the studio. We talk about music, racism, and the She-Hulk.

  34. Boyz Only: Wank Tardis

    If this is your first time listening to On The Cross, you should know in all the earlier episodes Nathan wasn’t a big fat guy. From now on, it seems he will be. Also, he’s probably gonna get into jewelry. We talk sneakers, VR pornography, whisper secrets about a dead guy, jape battles, and…

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  35. Shark vs Gorilla with Sara Butryn

    The holidays are almost here and you know what that means: we're gonna talk about the safety of consuming street fudge. Friend and comedian Sara Butryn joins the boys for a New York Times crossword puzzle, Lucas makes eye contact with a salacious chimp, and Nathan finds out there's different…

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  36. Boyz Only: Poppin' Fly

    Lucas and Nathan sit down without any distractions and tear ass through the Monday puzzle. So it's like 8 minutes of talk about vitamins right at the top, then they get convinced they can predict the future for a minute, then some talk about whipping it out on a date, a discussion of candy...…

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  37. A Pete Rose Christmas with Lucious Williams

    Comedian Lucious Williams visits the show for another New York Times crossword puzzle! We kick things off with a neighborhood-specific discussion of local diners that's sure to appeal to listeners everywhere, Lucas has more infections than ears, Lucious fights a kangaroo, and Nathan gets a joke...

  38. Fried Chicken and Brothels with C. Charles

    Friend of the show C. Charles is back with for another round of New York Times crossword puzzle madness. We review some pickles, talk about eating gross foods as a goof, discuss caveman related music, rock and roll baby names, dentistry, and pity date tattoos.

  39. Ebola Ramen with Howell Dawdy

    Howell Dawdy is here to help us with this New York Times Crossword puzzle this week! Lucas invents the open face hot dog chili sandwich, Nathan gives his top yolk tips, and Howell pitches a movie for the whole juggalo family. And if you don’t know who Howell Dawdy is, do yourself a favor and look...

  40. Wagyu-igi with Tyler Jackson

    Our old friend Tyler Jackson visits all the way from Hollywood just to help us solve a New York Times Crossword Puzzle featuring all of your favorite superheroes! Along the way we talk uncle stuff, band names, steakhouses, body swap spray for bros, and Nathan tries to take the red pill.

  41. Melt that Pelt with Rob Montage

    Our good buddy Rob Montage is back for another go at the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. Nathan ponders doing his own dental work, Rob attempts to delineate the definition of Butt Rock vs Dolt Rock, and Lucas porns out with his bros. Along the way there’s a lot of discussion about meat, what it...

  42. Tooters In My Bag with Holly Lynnea

    Comedian/actress Holly Lynnea paid us a visit, and helped us solve a booze-themed New York Times Crossword. We talk a lot about food even for us, break down the finer points of comedian stage names, talk even more about food, and share stories about getting whooped. All this plus the royal…

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  43. A Hell Yeah of Dogs with Mat Alano-Martin

    Mat Alano-Martin joins us for a New York Times crossword puzzle with an animal theme. Nathan's dad is in a ska band, yuppies keep throwing trash in Lucas's shed, and Mat explains how to do a hopsie-doozy in billiards. All this plus some amazing new thoughts on the worst ways to die. Mat's new…

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  44. Beer Bong Bouillabaisse with Tyler Jackson

    The Late Late Breakfast’s Tyler Jackson paid a visit to the Devil Heaven studio and helped us solve a delightful New York Times crossword puzzle. We mix Monster and migraine medicine, get threatened by a ‘roided out Will Shortz and his goons, and discuss American Gladiator names. Don’t forget to...

  45. Gum and Tonic with C. Charles

    Comedian C. Charles visits the show this week, and brings the boys a special gift from South Korea! We solve a tricky non-rhyming New York Times Crossword puzzle, Lucas explains how Shrek influenced his wardrobe, C. Charles has extremely specific opinions on couches, and Nathan talks about his...

  46. Bet You Won't Murder My Dad with Rob Montage

    We got the smooth sounds of Rob Montage of Waxeater fame, but this ain't the Gin and Tacos mailbag. It's an all new On the Cross! When Rob isn't rocking and/or rolling, he's a pretty funny comedian, and when he isn't doing that, he's helping the boys solve the New York Times crossword puzzle.…

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  47. Avengers Age of Alf with Danny Hucks

    Comedian Danny Hucks drops by the Devil Heaven studio to solve the New York Times crossword puzzle, as well as discuss important matters like how to conceal scrotum warts, Brisco County Junior, wrestling, animals that go “pop”, the sin of villainy, the saw movies, and Nathan shares the story…

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  48. On the Cross: NIGHTS! with Mandee McKelvey and Tyler Gooch

    It's another exciting installment of On the Cross: NIGHTS!, where we revisit classic episodes to pull back the curtain and show you how the sausage gets made. And boy oh boy sometimes the sausage is long and gross. Fans might recall our March 20th episode "Desert Island Bean with Mandee McKelvey...

  49. Apocalypse Cow with DJ Dangler

    Comedian DJ Dangler joins stops by the Devil Heaven studios this week to help Lucas and Nathan with a wordplay-themed crossword puzzle from the New York Times. DJ hits a man over the head with a coffee pot, we throw some serious shade at the Amish, talk high school football, and admit that we all...

  50. Knob Knockers with Melissa Doran

    We’re back! Comedian Melissa Doran joins Lucas and Nathan in the studio this week for a quick jaunt through the New York Times Crossword Puzzle, and a real authentic New Jersey conversation about pizza and fighting. There’s some stuff in here about midwifery, accidents at the blood bank, and we...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Comedians Lucas Murphy, Nathan P. Woodard, of Nathan P. Woodard fame, and a guest take the New York Times crossword puzzle and drag it through the gutter.

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Comedians Lucas Murphy, Nathan P. Woodard, of Nathan P. Woodard fame, and a guest take the New York Times crossword puzzle and drag it through the gutter.

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