Papa's Basement

Episode topics: -The insane toxicity of Reddit’s reactions to The Last of Us and Biden’s cancer announcement -Hunting for wedding venues and realizing how literally everyone one of them in Virginia is just an old plantation -Debating circumcising my kid’s future wiener -Why KISS is a terrible band of terrible people Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Spotify Amazon Music Pandora iHeartRadio YouTube

A big life event is celebrated in my new digs. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Spotify Amazon Music Pandora iHeartRadio YouTube

As is wont to happen when you don’t record one of these things in six effing months, a lot has happened since my last episode. For those that are fans, hope you haven’t unsubscribed and actually get to hear this one. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Spotify Amazon Music Pandora iHeartRadio YouTube

A trip to Baltimore ends in digestive fireworks. But from which end…and whose hole? Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Spotify Amazon Music Pandora iHeartRadio YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

Will and I do a postmortem on Mikael’s performance that we caught over the weekend. I also request your feedback regarding a dish I ate over the weekend that almost killed me and ask the following: was the chef the moron, or am I? Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Spotify Amazon Music Pandora iHeartRadio YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

Although the second episode uploaded, this is the first episode I recorded with Will and Mikael. I remember nothing about it other than we recorded kinda late, and thus were tired, and also had just met, meaning there was zero chemistry. WAIT OMG LOL KIDDING NO IT IS A GREAT EPISODE (no it blew). Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Spotify Amazon Music Pandora iHeartRadio YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

Will, Mikael, and I bitch about the downfall of Western Civilization, as seen through the prism of loud exhaust systems, reckless driving, and countless Cybertrucks on the road. I also open up about a lot of stuff that’s hit the fan for me lately, so come enjoy my pain! Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Spotify Amazon Music Pandora iHeartRadio YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

M’lady and I visit NYC and spend the weekend with Mollie and her family in an effort to make me not hate kids. Did it work? Did I crap my pants? And what the hell is Diggerland? FIND OUT! Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Mollie Heckerling – Twitter – @MollieSchmollie, Instagram – @MollieHeckerling John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

I celebrate birthday 43 by recording a podcast with Mollie Heckerling in my childhood bedroom at my mom’s place with my cat in the room. Why mess with the classics? Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Mollie Heckerling – Twitter – @MollieSchmollie, Instagram – @MollieHeckerling John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

A weekend on Long Island has left me kind of loving the place after spending my Super Bowl weekend eating pounds of a regionally famous chicken finger. Mollie catches us up on her recent experiences teaching puppetry to children. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Mollie Heckerling – Twitter – @MollieSchmollie, Instagram – @MollieHeckerling John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

I’m overjoyed to return with a new episode after several months of hiatus, and it’s an absolute masterpiece (I say with total impartiality). My dear friend MJ and I talk about our struggles with depression, sobriety and the times we’ve fallen off the wagon spectacularly. I mean, you’ve been high, but have you ever been “I think I’m dead, but I’m going to call the paramedics on myself just to be sure” high? Well, MJ has, and he’s sharing the story of this hell trip and many more. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

An incident during a river tubing excursion leaves me a bleeding, vengeful mess full of venom toward the girlfriend. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Mollie Heckerling – Twitter – @MollieSchmollie, Instagram – @MollieHeckerling John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

In light of the talk of Cillian Murphy’s starvation for Oppenheimer Mollie Heckerling and I talk about how stupid method acting weight gain/loss has been, and I share the highs and lows of watching my girlfriend’s cat for the week (low – I gave it an incorrect, massive dose of laxative and had to clean the aftermath). Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Mollie Heckerling – Twitter – @MollieSchmollie, Instagram – @MollieHeckerling John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

Mollie Heckerling and I return to the mics long enough for me to declare that video games are soul-stealing drugs (that I’m totally addicted to), the perceived downsides of healing ones past traumas, the latest news of Jonah Hill’s ex outing him as a controlling weirdo, and how I walked an audience member at a recent comedy show. It’s a really good episode, and it’s really good to be back. Thank you to all of you that are still listening. But not those that aren’t anymore. No, you among those accursed ranks are dead to me. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Mollie Heckerling – Twitter – @MollieSchmollie, Instagram – @MollieHeckerling John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

I relay to Howard the story of my weekend in Ocean City, MD, filled with troubled trash, mediocre food (although I managed to eat 2 lbs of fudge in 48 hours), and drowning in the crowds of Cruisin’ Ocean City, a car event that made me feel even more than I usually do that this country is doomed. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

Mollie is back on the pod as we discuss the new medical diagnosis that hinged on whether or not she urinated herself, as well as her striking with the WGA. And I come across maybe the ugliest house I’ve ever seen in one of America’s most expensive neighborhoods. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Mollie Heckerling – Twitter – @MollieSchmollie, Instagram – @MollieHeckerling John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

I explain why I’ve been off-air for three months. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

A breaking point is reached. And Howard returns! Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

2023 begins on a hell of a note for yours truly, and Eva and I debate what Heaven is like for Michael Jackson. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Eva Kriksciun – Twitter – @OrchardEva, Instagram – @OrchardEva John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

Why die with dignity when you can continue on with an intermittent release schedule? John talks about what he’s done with the month in the desert away from his childhood home, and Mollie contrasts that with her functional adult life. Fun! Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Mollie Heckerling – Twitter – @MollieSchmollie, Instagram – @MollieHeckerling John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

I binged during Thanksgiving in a way that made me gain literally 10 lbs in the span of 24 hours. I’m still not sure how I’m alive. Eva also tells us what she cooked for the holiday, and I come up with the perfect analogy for what the horrendous dumps of the cat I’m watching smell like. Enjoy! Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Eva Kriksciun – Twitter – @OrchardEva, Instagram – @OrchardEva John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

I discuss my love of the film Heat as well as its novel sequel, which just released. Also, my hatred of the haircuts I see on people in the gym and recording the entire podcast while I have to (appropriately enough) drop heat. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Eva Kriksciun – Twitter – @OrchardEva, Instagram – @OrchardEva John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

Mollie’s quote serves as the name of our latest episode, where Mollie tells us about a mysteriously stench-filled closet in her new home, I talk about my dwindling options for both Halloween costumes and Halloween parties, and we somehow take a deep dive on various 1970s pop culture touchstones, from Paul Lynde to Kiss. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Mollie Heckerling – Twitter – @MollieSchmollie, Instagram – @MollieHeckerling John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

I summarize a very bad week that included: -My wallet being stolen and some identify theft for good measure -Almost getting run off the road by a crazed hick in a pickup because I drive a Prius -Performing an eviction where I barely avoided entombing an elderly cat in a house, and probably still wound up killing it indirectly. I promise Eva and I make it all sound fun, though. I promise. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Eva Kriksciun – Twitter – @OrchardEva, Instagram – @OrchardEva John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

Hear all about how, in the span of under two weeks, I’ve managed to lose my wallet twice. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Mollie Heckerling – Twitter – @MollieSchmollie, Instagram – @MollieHeckerling John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

Mollie reveals she moved to Vermont, and I reveal I’ve been on dates with human women and performing live comedy. And this is why we haven’t done a podcast in three weeks. I’m sorry. It won’t happen again (yes it will). Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Mollie Heckerling – Twitter – @MollieSchmollie, Instagram – @MollieHeckerling John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

Hear all about the adventures Eva and I had during consecutive weekends spent in the hayseed hellhole of Northern Virginia that is Manassas. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Eva Kriksciun – Twitter – @OrchardEva, Instagram – @OrchardEva John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

Ra cha cha or or Crotchester? Mollie and I talk the second half of my trip to Rochester to hang with my buddy Sarah and her bf Adam. Episode 728. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Mollie Heckerling – Twitter – @MollieSchmollie, Instagram – @MollieHeckerling John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

Mikael Johnson returns to Papa’s Basement to dissect a horrific Hinge date he recently went on. In terms of the terrible date checklist, this one might have it all. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Mikael Johnson – Instagram – @MikaelLJohn John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement Episode 727.

Part one of my trip to Rochester, including a pit stop in Scranton to see sites from The Office and dine at Alfredo’s Pizza Cafe, eating a spiedie, accidentally taking an entire two week course of antibiotics in a day, and a stop at the site of the Seneca Falls Convention, which I for some reason remembered from AP American History 25 years ago. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Mollie Heckerling – Twitter – @MollieSchmollie, Instagram – @MollieHeckerling John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

Mollie and I discuss how we spent our Fourth of Julys (Julies?), including me losing my shit on a neighbor, Mollie talks about advising her mom on how to get some when she was nine (her, not her mom), and I discuss watching Eva’s dog Princess. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Mollie Heckerling – Twitter – @MollieSchmollie, Instagram – @MollieHeckerling John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

Eva and I discuss how garbage the Supreme Court is and the 45 minutes it took me to buy an iPad at Best Buy. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Mollie Heckerling – Twitter – @MollieSchmollie, Instagram – @MollieHeckerling John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

The glorious Mollie Heckerling brings her Dear Abby best to answering a slew of questions I lob at her, ranging from social media unfollowing etiquette to standard jizz opacity to the IQ of Joey Lawrence and the rest of the Lawrence Brothers. It’s a great listen. She’s so damn funny. And I’m really good at recording her! Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Mollie Heckerling – Twitter – @MollieSchmollie, Instagram – @MollieHeckerling John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

I embrace my Greek roots by soaring on gossamer wings of phyllo dough to the St. Nicholas Greek Folk Festival after a dinner with my lovely buddy Mike Sacks. And a night of improv ends very unexpectedly. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Mollie Heckerling – Twitter – @MollieSchmollie, Instagram – @MollieHeckerling John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

After dodging it for two years, I finally contracted the modern plague. Hear all about how my life was single-handedly blown up in the most punishing way possible. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Mollie Heckerling – Twitter – @MollieSchmollie, Instagram – @MollieHeckerling John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

Eva and I celebrate all that is Sylvester Stallone by each doing our impression of the man as we celebrate his career. (We had no reason for this, it wasn’t his birthday or anything. Just the joys of a podcast no one pays money for.) We also discuss the aftermath of my latest live improv comedy show, a new ADHD toy for me to play with, and how I spent a summer between 6th and 7th grade in a John’s Hopkins basement teaching myself algebra out of a textbook courtesy of…Dr. Tripathi. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Eva Kriksciun – Twitter – @OrchardEva, Instagram – @OrchardEva John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

The second (and final) episode about my recent visit to NYC covers marching around half of Brooklyn on foot to witness a never-ending sea of hipsters taking photos of themselves in front of crap, multiple improv shows, a trip to the famous Katz’s Deli, and FINALLY MEETING MOLLIE HECKERLING!!! Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Mollie Heckerling – Twitter – @MollieSchmollie, Instagram – @MollieHeckerling John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

Part one of stories from my road trip to NYC, including hanging out with a pair of LOVABLE Brooklyn drug dealers, a trip to the homeland of the Warriors aka Coney Island, seeing James McAvoy on stage in “Cyrano” (and why NYC audiences are just as embarrassing as audiences anywhere else), and a drunken brawl I was privy to in my hotel at 4 am. Enjoy! Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Eva Kriksciun – Twitter – @OrchardEva, Instagram – @OrchardEva John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. One of the great comedy minds of our time, Mike Sacks, is back on the show to talk about his latest work of satire, Passing on the Right, as well as its incredible companion book, I Am Super Pumped! Let’s Do This Shit!!!!!!!!!!!”: The Marketing of “Passing on the Right”, which chronicles how he got ripped off to the tune of several thousand dollars by a publicist that got him jack crap in the end. On top of that, co-host Mollie Heckerling and I discuss with him: -A brother I never knew he had that lives in Israel under the sway of a radical rabbi -The oddest foods we’ve ever eaten in strip clubs -What he hates most in comedy today -A really weird aspect of Greek Easter celebrations that we’ve both been party to -Why, if you burn your foot in a restaurant deep fryer, you NEVER let them pay you off with free food for life It’s a fantastic episode, and Mike is an incredible mind that I’m proud to call a friend. Buy his books and listen to the podcast! Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Mike Sacks – Twitter – @MmichaelBSacks, Instagram – @MikeBSacks Mollie Heckerling – Twitter – @MollieSchmollie, Instagram – @MollieHeckerling John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

Eva Kriksciun grew up on the good side of the tracks…the Greenbriar side of the tracks. It wasn’t until her middle school years that she was forced to rub elbows with Brookfield filth like myself. And oh, did we say and do things that shocked her and her upper-lower-middle class sensibilities. hear all about them in this latest episode of the podcast, as well as my recent dive into yoga (what?) and…a dancing lesson (WHAT?!?!) Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Eva Kriksciun – Twitter – @OrchardEva, Instagram – @OrchardEva John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

Yes, by law, Mollie and I discuss Chris Rock getting slapped by Will Smith. But I also cover a bunch of random things that happened to me since I last did an episode with Mollie, including getting a lady cop (the technical term) locked out of her vehicle into her car, an extremely embarrassing (but on-brand) moment at the gym, and realizing I might finally be thin enough to be worthy of attention because a gay man complimented my beard. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Mollie Heckerling – Twitter – @MollieSchmollie, Instagram – @MollieHeckerling John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

Eva’s back! In podcast host form! We discuss such important topics as Eva’s baby bragging to the other babies that his mom has kept it TIGHT, me descending into full basic bitch-dom with my recent purchases of a massage gun and a copy of The Body Keeps The Score, and I close things by educating Eva about one of the most disturbing scenes in movie history, courtesy of Midnight Express. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Eva Kriksciun – Twitter – @OrchardEva, Instagram – @OrchardEva John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

We are actually recording videos of the podcasts now and uploading them to YouTube! So that’s a thing! Mollie Heckerling and I also discuss the Ukraine situation, focusing on Louis C.K.’s trip over there (to presumably masturbate in front of Putin to neutralize the target), as well as the ageless caucasoid beauty of Vanna White. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Mollie Heckerling – Twitter – @MollieSchmollie, Instagram – @MollieHeckerling John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

Eva Kriksciun returns as I reveal mini-mental breakdown led me to quit all of my improv-related activities and binge watch Euphoria as I watch my friend’s cat. Is that a step in the right direction? Or am I in a bad, bad place? Gotta listen to find out! Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Eva Kriksciun – Twitter – @OrchardEva, Instagram – @OrchardEva John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

John talks about making a Hinge profile, Mollie talks about what she’s most proud of after having her kids (it’s not what you think), and we discuss the disgusting urban legend (which I choose to wholeheartedly believe) surrounding Hollywood legend Danny Thomas and glass coffee tables. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Mollie Heckerling – Twitter – @MollieSchmollie, Instagram – @MollieHeckerling John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

After shamefully being bested a few years ago by the Clio Yogurt Bar, I throw my hat back in the ring to see if I can master my old foe. Mollie Heckerling and I also discuss how my body is falling apart like an old G.I. Joe toy tugged apart at the limbs despite my recent attempts at fitness. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Mollie Heckerling – Twitter – @MollieSchmollie, Instagram – @MollieHeckerling John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

I totaled my car in the snow and recount the harrowing tale for you with co-host Mollie Heckerling. We also talk about the new John Cena / James Gunn show “Peacemaker” on HBO, and Mollie gets into a brilliant exploration of hair metal bands and 80s masculinity that had me flashing back to the days that Mötley Crüe had me spelling “Jöhn” with an umlaut. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Mollie Heckerling – Twitter – @MollieSchmollie, Instagram – @MollieHeckerling John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

Mollie somehow tries to talk about infants dying as a bad thing, but I manage to change her tune by reminding her how adorable (and affordable!) a baby-sized coffin must be. We also talk a friend of hers whose cheating husband tried to convince her that she got herpes from gym equipment (and not his philandering penis), and I come clean about genuinely hating dogs as a species. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Mollie Heckerling – Twitter – @MollieSchmollie, Instagram – @MollieHeckerling John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

Mikael surprising us with a massive, audible fart. For the better part of two decades, if you were talking improv comedy in Washington, D.C., you were talking Shawn Westfall. The man established the curriculums taught to countless performers in the city, founded and ran his own improv theater (RIP Unified Scene!), and enthralled innumerable audiences with his longtime comedic partner Mikael Johnson as part of the improv duo ShawnMikael[s]. While Shawn left DC and now calls Portland, OR home, he was back in town for the holidays, and I was lucky enough to get him on the show alongside Mikael. They’re both as funny as ever, and I think you’ll love (“and share?,” said in my guiltiest Jewish mother voice) the episode. Also, the episode title will make zero sense unless you listen to it, so you kinda have to now? Oh, and the photo is a shot-by-shot as Mikael surprised us with a massive, audible fart. I love cerebral comedy! Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Shawn Westfall – Twitter – @ShawnWestfall, Instagram – @ShawnWestfall Mikael Johnson – Instagram – @MikaelLJohn John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement

Remember Eva? She’s back! In mom form! Yes, co-host Eva Kriksciun returns to the show after giving birth to talk with me and Mollie Heckerling about being a new mom. They bond over brooding, I sit on the sidelines, kid-cucked, and then Eva introduces the podcast to the term “meconium.” Is it an early-90s black metal band that burned down churches in their native Norway? A radioactive byproduct of the Chernobyl disaster? The first name of a prospective first-round draft pick? You’ll have to listen to find out! (Or Google, but where is the fun in that?) Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa’s Basement in your browser. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode’s cast on Twitter and Instagram: Eva Kriksciun – Twitter – @OrchardEva, Instagram – @OrchardEva Mollie Heckerling – Twitter – @MollieSchmollie, Instagram – @MollieHeckerling John Papageorgiou – Twitter – @PapasBasement, Instagram – @PapasBasement