PODCAST · comedy
The Melting Pat
by Pat Johnston
Pat rambles on dad life, sports, and the general public, takes your questions (and answers), and more. Plus hear new music by independent bands from around the world. Crap open a cold one!
Episodes
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Episode 605: Learning to Shine
After a Flyers Update from The Captain, Pat welcomes George from Ruby to chat about name changes, the Brewers, putting songs together, learning from the greats, and more before playing their new single: On My Way. Find more from Ruby the Band here! Get 20% off your Doich Foods order here! Sign up...
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Episode 604: Maybe We Fix the Silence Instead
Pat plays the farewell track from A New Nowhere, then rambles on religion & burger orders by request, recalls the crazy bus lady, and more. Find more from A New Nowhere here! Get 20% off your Doich Foods order here! Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or…
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Episode 603: It Was Better Once
At the request of a listener, Pat rants on how ESPN, the Food Network, social media, and more used to be better. Get 20% off your Doich Foods order here! Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or download The Attic Sessions here! Listen to our Soundtrap songs here!...
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Episode 602: Vikings, Witches, and Bears
Pat gets right to it to share our favorite Nicole Kidman movies. Get 20% off your Doich Foods order here! Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or download The Attic Sessions here! Listen to our Soundtrap songs here! Join our Facebook Group here! Find more from G....
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Episode 601: I Did Not Order These Noods
Pat answers your questions on ordering food, spicy photos, and designing malls. Get 20% off your Doich Foods order here! Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or download The Attic Sessions here! Listen to our Soundtrap songs here! Join our Facebook Group here!…
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Episode 600: Curving the Flats
Pat rambles on 600 episodes, flat earthers, our best technological advancements, and more. Get 20% off your Doich Foods order here! Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or download The Attic Sessions here! Listen to our Soundtrap songs here! Join our Facebook…
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Episode 599: We Are Real and We Love Games
Pat plays new music from Career Day before sharing our favorite card, board, & tabletop games, and closing with an NFL scammer story. Find more from Career Day here! Get 20% off your Doich Foods order here! Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or download The…
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Episode 598: Supported by Listeners Like You
At the suggestions of listeners, Pat talks Dolly Parton & Tim Curry, male opinions on Taylor Swift, Dungeon Crawler Carl, new car spy tech, and optimal donut shapes. Get 20% off your Doich Foods order here! Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or download The…
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Episode 597: You Might Try Something New
Pat plays new music from OUT IN FRONT, then rambles on his trip down the shore, Uber music etiquette, and scripting out the show. Find more from OUT IN FRONT here! Get 20% off your Doich Foods order here! Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or download The Attic...
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Episode 596: Getting Back to Basics
Pat plays new music from Major League, then rambles on paying attention to your kids, MySpace returning, and decorating your dorm room. Find more from Major League here! Get 20% off your Doich Foods order here! Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or download The...
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Episode 595: Save Your Progress and Knowledge
Pat plays music from A While After, then rambles on easy mode, destroying books, and life advice. Find more from A While After here! Get 20% off your Doich Foods order here! Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or download The Attic Sessions here! Listen to our...
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Episode 594: Preparation B
Pat shares another skill he wishes he had, before getting to our favorite Ben Affleck movies. Get 20% off your Doich Foods order here! Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or download The Attic Sessions here! Listen to our Soundtrap songs here! Join our Facebook...
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Episode 593: Potential Upgrades
Pat rambles on skills we all wish we had. Get 20% off your Doich Foods order here! Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or download The Attic Sessions here! Listen to our Soundtrap songs here! Join our Facebook Group here! Find more from G. Love and Special Sauce...
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Episode 592: Thefting More Than Auto
Pat rambles on GTA VI and what its release might mean for gaming as a whole going forward.. Get 20% off your Doich Foods order here! Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or download The Attic Sessions here! Listen to our Soundtrap songs here! Join our Facebook...
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Episode 591: Stops Along Memory Lane
Pat plays new music from Midfield before rambling on oral history projects, closing hours, and calls to FIFA. Find more from Midfield here! Get 20% off your Doich Foods order here! Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or download The Attic Sessions here! Listen…
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Episode 590: Take a Walk and Learn Something
Pat plays new music from Skin Flowers (3:17), then rambles on walking in the park (8:30), arguing in public (18:22), and family style dinners (27:12). Find more from Skin Flowers here! Get 20% off your Doich Foods order here! Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream…
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Episode 589: Professionals Can Clean Up
Pat rambles on 15 years of the show before playing new music from davvn (7:02). Then: mail on hiring professionals (12:53), advice on staying fresh this summer (23:08), and more. Find more from davvn here! Get 20% off your Doich Foods order here! Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the...
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Episode 588: Enjoying Our Brains
Pat plays new music from DØUBLE IDENTITY (4:18), rants on toxic masculinity (8:37), rambles on enjoying summer (18:58), and catches up on sports news (28:22). Find more from DØUBLE IDENTITY here! Get 20% off your Doich Foods order here! Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon...
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Episode 587: Verify My Concerns
Pat rambles on changes in sports video games, being recorded on the job, and getting verified on social media. Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or download The Attic Sessions here! Listen to our Soundtrap songs here! Join our Facebook Group here! Find more…
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Episode 586: Bourne to Save the World (and Mars)
Continuing a monthly segment, Pat shares our favorite Matt Damon movies. Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or download The Attic Sessions here! Listen to our Soundtrap songs here! Join our Facebook Group here! Find more from G. Love and Special Sauce here!...
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Episode 585: Smuggling Company Words
Pat rambles on social media censorship, the turtle smuggler, and company towns. Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or download The Attic Sessions here! Listen to our Soundtrap songs here! Join our Facebook Group here! Find more from G. Love and Special Sauce...
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Episode 584: Destination: No Contact
Pat calls an audible to ramble on destination weddings and taking money from your kids. Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or download The Attic Sessions here! Listen to our Soundtrap songs here! Join our Facebook Group here! Find more from G. Love and Special...
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Episode 583: Smart Enough to Get Real
After The Captain drops in with his Flyers postmortem (3:18), Jason Didner returns (9:22)! He and Pat chat about cognitive tests, featured artists, changing shore points, stressors of parenthood, and more before we spin a song from his new record, Asbury Heart. Find more from Jason Didner here!…
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Episode 582: Keep Yourself to Yourself
Pat plays new music from Honey Revenge (3:28), reads mail on bad neighbors (8:33) and Suno buying Songkick (20:51), rambles on kid-free hours (27:36), and gets another playoff Flyers Update from The Captain (34:52). Find more from Honey Revenge here! Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join...
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Episode 581: I’ll Stay Home If You’re Like That
Pat plays music from ...you're the worst (2:51), rambles on surrogacy adventures (7:51), rants on poor behavior in public (13:11), answers a question on high school reunions (23:56), and talks Phillies (37:23), before getting another playoff Flyers Update from The Captain (44:06). Find more from...
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Episode 580: A Fan of Being Unbothered
Pat plays new music from VENUS GRRRLS (3:42), reads mail on who his biggest fan might be (9:41), rants on leaving people alone (23:38), and rambles on the Phillies and the ABS system (34:29) before getting a playoff Flyers Update from The Captain (43:16). Find more from VENUS GRRRLS here! Find…
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Episode 579: Unseen Stupidity
Pat rants on two dumb internet posts about blaming your kid's school and unmatching over a library card before getting a Flyers Update from The Captain. Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or download The Attic Sessions here! Listen to our Soundtrap songs here!...
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Episode 578: Sit By Yourself Quietly
Thanks to a listener, Pat rambles on unsolicited advice at work and leaving your tardy friends behind, before getting a Flyers Update from The Captain. Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or download The Attic Sessions here! Listen to our Soundtrap songs here!...
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Episode 577: Changes Raid Eternal
Pat rambles on more of our sports changes (3:19), plays new music from Jason Didner (14:03), shares our favorite Angelina Jolie movies (19:56), and gets a Flyers Update from The Captain (31:07). Find more from Jason Didner here! Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here!…
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Episode 576: Unbelievable Waste
Pat rambles on a listener email about a boyfriend reluctant to change his living situation, then gets a Flyers Update from The Captain. Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or download The Attic Sessions here! Listen to our Soundtrap songs here! Join our Facebook...
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Episode 575: Changing the Games
Pat plays music from Leave It to Us (2:10), rambles on job adventures (6:58), shares how we would change sports (17:05), and gets a Flyers Update from The Captain (33:34). Find more from Leave It to Us here! Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or download The...
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Episode 574: I Believe We Can Switch the Vibe
Pat plays music from Could You Not? (6:34), rambles on a Switch meeting (11:16), reads mail on a mobile game conspiracy (17:44), and shares a Flyers Update from The Captain (29:44). Find more from Could You Not? here! Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or...
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Episode 573: Wake Up and Stop Being Weird About It
Pat plays music from Portside Dive (4:07), rants about morning soda versus coffee (8:21), rambles on superpowers he would choose (13:33), and wonders why rich people are odd (19:52), before getting a Flyers Update from The Captain (27:33). Find more from Portside Dive here! Sign up for the…
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Episode 572: Just Let People Have Their Joy
Pat rambles on the Olympics, plays new music from Twist It, rants on policing strangers' foods, wonders about loud cars, and praises people with superpowers. Find more from Twist It here! Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or download The Attic Sessions here!...
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Episode 571: Dream Building Videos
Pat answers a listener question about building the show community before wondering about scientists making videos out of our dreams. Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or download The Attic Sessions here! Listen to our Soundtrap songs here! Find more from G....
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Episode 570: I Really Do Love This
Pat plays music from Royals (5:13), then rambles on Valentine's Day at the card store (11:12) and wonders aloud why people who dislike each other get married (18:46). Find more from Royals here! Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or download The Attic Sessions...
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Episode 569: Real Alarm Sounds
Pat plays music from Peter Hunt & The Great Outdoors (3:09), gets a Flyers Update from The Captain (8:24), and shares a Patreon-exclusive about how Harriet Tubman apparently never existed (11:39). Find more from Peter Hunt & The Great Outdoors here! Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join…
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Episode 568: Songs for Chicken Sandwiches
After a Flyers Update from The Captain (1:53), Pat welcomes back Paul McCoy from 12 Stones (4:45). They chat about married life, being an independent artist vs having a label, Uber Eats, and more before playing the band’s new single, Golden Child. Find more from 12 Stones here! Sign up for the...
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Episode 567: Read the [W]hole Story
Pat rambles on AI in emails, streaming service pause screens, [w]hole milk, and the Baseball Hall of Fame election before getting a Flyers Update from The Captain. Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or download The Attic Sessions here! Listen to our Soundtrap...
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Episode 566: What a Cage Match
Pat plays new music from Too Close for Comfort (3:18) and shares our favorite Nicolas Cage movies (7:25). Find more from Too Close for Comfort here! Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or download The Attic Sessions here! Listen to our Soundtrap songs here! Find...
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Episode 565: New Space, Same Peeves
Pat rambles on switching rooms (2:08), holiday food markups (9:56), and reads fan mail on free labor (15:00), before sharing books we’d swear in on (22:19), and a Flyers Update from The Captain (31:36). Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or download The Attic...
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Episode 564: Back to Reminisce
Pat shares some well wishes for the new year before playing some of the best moments of the show from 2025. Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or download The Attic Sessions here! Listen to our Soundtrap songs here! Find more from G. Love and Special Sauce…
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Episode 563: Year-end Cleanup
Pat rambles on museum trips, THPS regret, songs sounding the same, how to use streaming services, and poor taste. Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or download The Attic Sessions here! Listen to our Soundtrap songs here! Find more from G. Love and Special…
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Episode 562: Be Weird, But Keep It Classy
Happy holidays! Pat tells his favorite retail story (3:05), recaps the two-part Classy Christmas episode of The Office (15:55), and rambles on how holidays can be odd (48:55). Plus: Music from The Wild & Free, BRONNIE, Hana Kahn, and MUCH BETTER! Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the...
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Episode 561: A Sweet KISS at Christmas
Pat plays new music from glimmers (2:58) and gets a Flyers Update from The Captain (8:04) before recapping A Freakin' Sweet Family Guy Christmas (10:45). Find more from glimmers here! Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or download The Attic Sessions here!…
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Episode 560: Just Pretend It’s Christmas
Pat plays music from Last Night Saved My Life (2:15) and gets a Flyers Update from The Captain (7:03) before recapping a holiday episode of Frasier (11:01). Find more from Last Night Saved My Life here! Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or download The Attic...
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Episode 559: A Tradition of Giving Thanks
Pat jumps right in this week to ramble about all he is thankful for this year. Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or download The Attic Sessions here! Listen to our Soundtrap songs here! Find more from G. Love and Special Sauce here! Connect with The Melting...
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Episode 558: One Final Shuffle
After new music from Honey Revenge (4:15) and a Flyers Update from The Captain (9:32), Pat shares which songs we would play at our funerals (14:06). Find more from Honey Revenge here! Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here! Stream or download The Attic Sessions here!…
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Episode 557: Major League Debt
After a Flyers Update from The Captain (2:00), Pat welcomes Matt, Brian, and Nick from Major League to chat all about their upcoming reunion show (6:18). Find more from Major League here and get tickets to the reunion show here! Sign up for the monthly newsletter here! Join the Patreon here!…
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Episode 556: Back to Being Useful
Pat plays new music from Ruby Bones (3:54), then rants on being back in the office (9:30) and a problem with ChatGPT (20:01). Plus: some baseball news (29:46), a Flyers Update from The Captain (34:15), and a weird thing he overheard (36:38). Find more from Ruby Bones here! Sign up for the monthly...
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Pat rambles on dad life, sports, and the general public, takes your questions (and answers), and more. Plus hear new music by independent bands from around the world. Crap open a cold one!
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Pat rambles on dad life, sports, and the general public, takes your questions (and answers), and more. Plus hear new music by independent bands from around the world. Crap open a cold one!
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