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Road Work

by Dan Benjamin

America's top two podcast personalities are finally coming together in one podcasting event that will change the way you think about podcasting forever! Like a rock skipping over the placid waters of an alpine lake, Dan and John are all too well aware that this burst of kinetic energy will ultimately deposit them, like all human effort, at rest in the icy depths where no light can penetrate. Until then, they mean to thrill to the chase! To soak up the remaining light and banish thoughts of tomorrow! EXCELSIOR!Please support this show on Patreon.

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Episodes

  1. 257: Emotional Facts

    "I'd be Andrew Carnegie."

  2. 256: Side Clothes

    What's your klout score?

  3. 255: Moving Boulders

    Patreon and large rocks.

  4. 254: My Little Mule

    A lake that has no features.

  5. 253: 1997 Problems

    It's complicated.

  6. 252: A Live Bass

    There's no road to the Arctic Circle.

  7. 251: Dingbats

    Privacy.

  8. 250: Mannahatta

    Subway rides.

  9. 249: Bubble Boy

    The salad days.

  10. 248: The Great Voice of Satan

    Support Road Work Links: John Roderick's Wiki

  11. 247: This Is Not Cool, My Friend

    Narcan

  12. 246: Frost on the Peaches

    Geography.

  13. 245: A Bubble of Me

    COVID is here.

  14. Episode 244: Combined Desires

    We avoid COVID.

  15. Episode 243: Mach Turtle

    A tortoise encrusted with jewels. Links for this episode: Desperate Lives - Wikipedia

  16. Episode 242: God Bless, Looter!

    God Bless, Looter!

  17. Episode 241: Computers

    Firmware updates.

  18. Episode 240: Aging, Illness, and Death

    The trifecta.

  19. Episode 239: For Every Banana There's a Person.

    It's been there for decades.

  20. Episode 238: A Muck Component

    Falling out the side door.

  21. Episode 237: Dreamscape

    Let go or you're gonna draw back a stump.

  22. Episode 236: The Express Lane Issue

    Late in the day people.

  23. Episode 235: Gunfights

    Madrid is the backdrop.

  24. Episode 234: In 1820...

    There was a man who owned one boat.

  25. Episode 233: The YMCA

    It's got a nice gym. It's got a swimming pool.

  26. Episode 232: Books

    John enjoys reading.

  27. Episode 231: A Tweet in the Morning

    Ha ha clap clap. Validation!

  28. Episode 230: Adam's Bomb

    They built the Atom bomb.

  29. Episode 229: The Head-Nod moment

    Walls.

  30. Episode 228: Cal Knudsen?

    Money. Links for this episode: Seki Edge Nail Clippers (SS-106) - Stainless Steel Fingernail Clippers for Men & Women - Sharp Cutting Edges for Thick Nails - Professional & Home Use - Made in Japan

  31. Episode 227: Her Massively Good Bridge

    Songwriting.

  32. Episode 226: The Ultimate Hold My Beer Guy

    Guanfacine.

  33. Episode 225: Just a Thing You Bought

    John and Dan deconstruct schwag.

  34. Episode 224: Tiny Little Awful Tracks

    The running board of the Internet.

  35. Episode 223: Patterns in a Fractal Universe

    To have you here by me. Links for this episode: S&H Green Stamps - Wikipedia

  36. Episode 222: Y’s Guys

    There's no such thing as a geographical cure.

  37. Episode 221: When I Coalesce

    John wants to pick his own form. Would you like to hear the bonus content? You can! Check it out right here.

  38. Episode 220: The Dangerous Thing

    They think they invented punk rock.

  39. Episode 219: Failsafes

    All the mannerisms of a storyteller. Links for this episode: MC Frontalot - Wikipedia Song Exploder | Episode 28: The Long Winters

  40. Episode 218: Between Realities

    Moved and at the ready.

  41. Episode 217: Mary Tyler Moore Days

    Times past, present, and future. Links for this episode: Jersey Milk - Wikipedia Greg Norman - Wikipedia

  42. Episode 216: Being Mad Doesn't Pay

    Time Bandits.

  43. Episode 215: The Valentine

    Farewell, swim trunks.

  44. Episode 214: A Boy Emperor

    John and Dan figure out if John is doing it right. Links for this episode: We're Doing T-Shirts But We Need Your Help | Road Work on Patreon

  45. Episode 213: Living Under a Dome

    John and Dan talk about power grids. Want this episode without any ads? Of course you do, you're not an animal. Go here to get it. Links for this episode: Dan Benjamin is creating Videos | Patreon

  46. Episode 212: The Whale Was Symbolic

    John and Dan discuss prison and Moby Dick. Please support our show on Patreon where you can find the amazing bonus content!

  47. Episode 211: Sotto Voce

    John and Dan discuss events.

  48. Episode 209: Every Scroungers Dream

    John and Dan talk about coins. The bonus content for this episode can be listened to here!

  49. Episode 208: My Sober Birthday

    John and Dan talk about sobriety, and the kind of banana that resides inside. Links for this episode: Taffy (candy) - Wikipedia Toffee - Wikipedia Brittle (food) - Wikipedia Praline - Wikipedia Butterscotch - Wikipedia

  50. Episode 207: It's a Deep Lake

    In this special Thanksgiving day episode, John and Dan discuss a world of false equivalency, conspiracy theories, phantom limb syndrome, rock and roll, and poets.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

America's top two podcast personalities are finally coming together in one podcasting event that will change the way you think about podcasting forever! Like a rock skipping over the placid waters of an alpine lake, Dan and John are all too well aware that this burst of kinetic energy will ultimately deposit them, like all human effort, at rest in the icy depths where no light can penetrate. Until then, they mean to thrill to the chase! To soak up the remaining light and banish thoughts of tomorrow! EXCELSIOR!Please support this show on Patreon.

HOSTED BY

Dan Benjamin

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America's top two podcast personalities are finally coming together in one podcasting event that will change the way you think about podcasting forever! Like a rock skipping over the placid waters of an alpine lake, Dan and John are all too well aware that this burst of kinetic energy will...

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