PODCAST · comedy
Problem Solvers...ish
by The Greylock Glass
Every week Seth Brown and Lex Friedman tackle a listener submitted problem. It could be any kind of issue—family, career, love, religion, political. Doesn't matter! Seth and Lex are equally unqualified to address ANY of your troubles. BUT, that doesn't mean they won't try. And it doesn't mean they might not solve your problem by accident! The latest addition to our family of podcasts—you might call it a problem child. "Problem Solvers...ish," our comedy advice show hosted by long time comedy team Seth Brown and Lex Friedman wants to hear all about your problems. Problems dealt with on a "funniest-come, first-served basis." Real downer troubles like death, IRS audits, and that sink hole swallowing up your carport may take a lonnnnng time for us to get around to.
Episodes
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Problem Solvers…ish #17: Political Cows and Facebook Vitriol
So, the campaign season that is Monkey House 2016 is in high gear. Unfortunately, so is the Facebook vitriol that keeps showing up in your feed! These people are your friends, right? Or, at least they were back in April, before everybody lost all sense of political proportion. No question about…
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Problem Solvers…ish #16: Game Day Awkwardness
So, you’re invited over to watch the big game with a pack of armchair athletes—what fun, right? Alcohol, grub, and lots, and lots of explosive volume. Can’t you just smell the testosterone (and maybe a fair share of estrogen) in the air? The pre-game show is buzzing in the background, and the den...
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Problem Solvers…ish #15: Eating Healthy (Healthily? Healthfully?) Is Hard!
Some problems strike at the very essence of living! Eating healthy takes time, money, and planning. Eating crap is quick and easy. That garbage is jumping into your mouth before the bag is half open! I wonder how our stalwart problem solvers…ish will help our struggling listener find his or her…
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Top Left Corner #34: The Prejudice We Deny, the Racism that Kills
Part 2 of our series, “The Shattered Shield” examines the way institutionalized racism subtly, sometimes subconsciously, guides official action leading to dire consequences. Today is Sunday, September 11, 2016. I’m your host, Jason Velazquez, and I do thank you for tuning in to Episode 35 of the...
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Problem Solvers…ish #14: Lightning Round of Troubles!
Not content to completely and utterly solve one listener’s problem in a mere 20-30 minutes, this week Seth and Lex have declared a Lightning Round, where they will tackle numerous problems from numerous listeners in the course of numerous minutes and hey numerous doesn’t even sound like a word…
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Problem Solvers…ish #13: Hamilton Tickets…or lack thereof.
“Hamilton” is the hottest musical in the country right now, and it has been that way for months. Proving that they are not only first class problem solvers, but also first-world problem solvers, Lex and Seth tackle the very serious and tragic issue of not being able to get Hamilton tickets. The...
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Problem Solvers…ish #12: Inbox Overload
We have been TRYING to contact you by e-mail…but OH WAIT! You’re so swamped that you’re still working your way through your unread messages circa late Winter/early Spring. We feel ya. Stuff builds up FAST! It’s called inbox overload. What can we do to keep up? Let’s ask Seth and Lex! These…
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Problem Solvers…ish #11: Witzelsucht—What Makes PSI So Darn Punny.
The word is Witzelsucht. It’s not a grubbin’ German pasta. And it’s not funny. Well, actually it is kind of funny. When it happens to someone else. But maybe not someone you have to live with. Unless you like an endless supply of puns—good, bad, and nonsensical. But then again, you’re here again,...
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Problem Solvers…ish #10 — Come Out and Be Your Gay Self! After College, Maybe…
THAT’S RIGHT, mumsy and dadsy! I’ve waited too long to come out. This is ME! The REAL ME! And if you’ve got a problem with that, well you can just cram your homophobia where the sun don’t shine! So THERE! Oh…and can I borrow the car tonight? And maybe twenty bucks? Please? Hoo-boy! Just a few...
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Problem Solvers…ish #9 — Allusions down on the Animal Farm
CAN our heroes rescue a poor, lost student from the complex pitfalls (and pratfalls) of and American literature classic like George Orwell’s Animal Farm? Can Lex and Seth illuminate the obscurities of illusion (Or was it allusion? Or maybe e-lusion?) constructed to make life murder for a hapless...
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Problem Solvers…ish #8 — The Time/Money, Work/Life (im-)balance
Today’s problem came in via e-mail from a completely unknown source! What a shame that he knows how to get a hole of us—he may want his money back. Oh, wait! We don’t charge for our ishy advice! Do you remember those halcyon days when you had lots of time to just fritter away? But you didn’t have...
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Problem Solvers…ish #7 — Santa Claus and other Slippery Deities
Today’s caller presents Seth and Lex with a real doozie of a problem—a crisis of faith, you might say. Can a family be atheist and still incorporate a little childhood mythology into the mix? So many questions…How does Santa Claus get his reindeer to fly? Does the Easter Bunny buy all that candy…
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Problem Solvers…ish #6 — Becoming Kind of a Big Deal on Twitter
You put your best pithy quotes and clever memes out there in the Twittosphere, but where’s the love? Seth and Lex will lay out your personal path to Social stardom. Does size matter? It does when you’re talking about your sphere of social media influence. Face it, who’s going to give you the time...
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Problem Solvers…ish #5 — Naughty Bytes and Netiquette: think before you click that pic of your…
Guys, unless the object of your affection specifically asks for naughty pics, texting those graphic graphics of your privates is NOT cool! Our caller relates a sad, but familiar, tale of hooking up with a fellow, digitally, who seems at first blush (or maybe before first blush) rather nice. But...
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Problem Solvers…ish #4 — Don’t put up with poop from your neighbors!
How do ask your neighbors to clean up after their dog without stepping in it? We mean an inter-apartment landmine of hostility, of course. The issue seems pretty cut and dried to you (or maybe not so dried…yeesh!)—not your dog, not your poop. Why should you have to put up with it the nasty sight...
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Problem Solvers…ish #3 — Election Woes: Living in an Idiocracy?
Hoo-BOY is this a tough problem! You can just about hear the droplets of sweat trickle down the ashen faces of our trustee solutioneers as they grapple with one of the BIG conversational No-Nos—politics. But we knew it couldn’t be avoided. Someone was bound to call up begging for help with the...
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Problem Solvers…ish #2 — Dearly Invited…Wedding RSVPuhleeze.
Okay, so of course we know that there are some Blessed Events you really DO want to go to. But you and the nuptiates knew you’d be there long before the gilt-scripted envelope showed up. We’re talking about those invites that make you say, whahhhh? You’re not that close to the bride OR groom,...
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Problem Solvers…ish #1 — Racism
Welcome! And say hello to Problem Solvers…ish, the latest addition to the Greylock Glass’ offerings. It’s also the first show we’ve launched strictly for your entertainment and amusement. It’s comedy meets the advice column! Every week Seth Brown and Lex Friedman tackle a listener submitted...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Every week Seth Brown and Lex Friedman tackle a listener submitted problem. It could be any kind of issue—family, career, love, religion, political. Doesn't matter! Seth and Lex are equally unqualified to address ANY of your troubles. BUT, that doesn't mean they won't try. And it doesn't mean they might not solve your problem by accident! The latest addition to our family of podcasts—you might call it a problem child. "Problem Solvers...ish," our comedy advice show hosted by long time comedy team Seth Brown and Lex Friedman wants to hear all about your problems. Problems dealt with on a "funniest-come, first-served basis." Real downer troubles like death, IRS audits, and that sink hole swallowing up your carport may take a lonnnnng time for us to get around to.
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Every week Seth Brown and Lex Friedman tackle a listener submitted problem. It could be any kind of issue—family, career, love, religion, political. Doesn't matter! Seth and Lex are equally unqualified to address ANY of your troubles. BUT, that doesn't mean they won't try. And it doesn't mean they...
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