All Episodes

Sports! (The Human Spirit) with Ray Ratto

The Provenance of the Lobster with Giri Nathan

Don’t Tell Anyone How I Live with Leander Schaerlaeckens

A Larry David Look-a-like with David Grann

You Can’t Zarf Someone in Pips with Ian Livengood

Look at What They Done Been Through with Patrick Redford

Introducing: No Such Thing

Shodders For The Cup with Lauren Theisen

Eating a Super Soaker with a Knife & Fork

My Car Died In Worcester with Aaron Schatz

Blame It On Pazuzu with Mike Schur

The Largest Man On The Beach with Ed Zitron

Bad Baseball Grannies with Kelsey McKinney

My Best Reply Guys with Emma Baccellieri

A Never-Ending Math Orgy with Ken Pomeroy

A Hot Sauce Faceprint on the Hotel Door with Rohan Nadkarni

I Was Born in the Cutty Sark with Spencer Hall

Digest It As It Comes In with Tom Ley

A Good Set of Stones with John Cullen

A Well-Rounded Apple Dome with Kathryn Xu

A Difference of Degree and in Kind

The Italian Word for Waluigi with Rohan Nadkarni

Born Aloft on a Cloud of Dad Energy with Patrick Wyman

Nein Mayonnaisen! with Arif Hasan

Italian-American Inspirational Magic with Kalyn Kahler

It’ll Work Itself Out In No Time

Williams Sonoma Price Is Right 2025! with Matt Selman

Bad For Your Heart, Bad For Your Soul with Matthew Coller

Batteries Are Woke, Mining is Based with Peter Brannen

Eat As Much As You Can and Get Out

Reptile Epicurean Delights with Nathan Thornburgh

You Depraved the Manner of Men with Stefan Fatsis

An Emergency Private Podcast with Rohan Nadkarni

My Hobby is Sleeping

Becoming A Failson with Justin Halpern

Quantum Mechanical Quarterbacks with Seth Wickersham

Smack Barm Pea Wet with Eli Yudin

MLB Playoffs Preview! with Lauren Theisen

Doing Less With Less with Andy Behrens and Chris Harris

The Greatest Garbage Time Performance Ever

Defector Turns Five!

NFL Good/Bad with Mina Kimes (Part 2)

NFL Good/Bad with Kalyn Kahler (Part 1)

Inspector Fuzz Is On The Case with Giri Nathan

This Fresca Has ATTITUDE! with Emma Baccellieri

This Book Could’ve Been a Pamphlet with Maitreyi Anantharaman

The Defector Swimsuit Issue with Pablo Torre

Rawdogging The Toilet with Justin Halpern

Schur-da-land with Mike Schur

A Fish-Eating American

The Stupid Teams Are Even Stupider with Ray Ratto

Hartford Has It (Clinical Depression) with Megan Greenwell

Living For Lunch with Alan Siegel

The Most Polite 30 Seconds in Podcasting History with Will Leitch

An Apology to Brad Lohaus

Crazy Mid-Air Adjustments with Jason Steinhauer

A Very Grim Place To Have A Beauty Pageant with Brandy Jensen

1995 Man of the Year President Bill Climpton with Ben Collins

Bernie Sanders Liz Phair Lyrics with Patrick Redford

What Goes On in the Mind of a Football Man with Mike Tanier

The Incredibly Late Spring Break Podcast

Why Am I Talking to the New Jags GM Right Now? with Tim Marchman

I’m Not Going to Mention Where He Went to College with Maitreyi Anantharaman

Luxury Ice Fishing Apparatus with Bob Mould

The 2025 Idiot’s Guide to March Madness with Ken Pomeroy

I Can’t Trust Hot White Dips with Jasper Wang

The First Half Is About the State of the World with Denny Carter

Your Kids Are Mid with Nathan Grayson

The Paddington 2 of the NBA with Rohan Nadkarni

Disrespecting John Madden’s Name

Both the Eagles and the Chiefs Are Gonna Win with Dan McQuade

Apollo 13 Was a Well Made Movie with Will Tavlin

This Episode Cancels Out the Manhattan Project with Justin Halpern

Dresses Like Kevin Federline with Ed Zitron

He Lost the Slack and the Clubhouse with Diana Moskovitz

The 2024 Williams-Sonoma Catalog Price Is Right

Oprah Doesn’t Own Discovery with Susie Banikarim

A Century of Podcast Episodes! with Eric Silver

An All Pizzas Thanksgiving with Rivers McCown

The Dog’s Name Is Babydog?

Part of Our World… of Billionaires with Sabrina Imbler

Cocaine in an MRI Machine with Arif Hasan

Violator Was an Investment Banker in LA with Ray Ratto

The First Half Is About the Election with Denny Carter

Increase Revenue Across Three Fiscal Hog Moons

Skin Like Cinnabon Icing with Rohan Nadkarni

Playing Nice with Jason Schreier and Luis Paez-Pumar

Stations of the Plaxico Burress Cross

Look at Mr. Restaurant with Maitreyi Anantharaman

Investors Demand 13 Players on the Field with Israel Daramola

The Fastest NFL Good/Bad Ever with Kalyn Kahler

An Unironic Donald Pump T-Shirt

Sleep Number 69 with Rohan Nadkarni

Government Controlled Podcast Microphones with Rachelle Hampton

Viscosity in the Early 80s with Chris Nashawaty

Podcast Rant Protocol with Patrick Redford

Boogaloo Zones with Pablo Torre

Chief End Times Correspondent

A Pog on Society with Rohan Nadkarni

What Was 1982 Like? with Ray Ratto

Mr. Met Has Fallen Down the Stairs at the Met Gala

100 Foods to Throw in the Garbage with Megan Greenwell

It Doesn’t Matter If We’re Off Topic with Ray Ratto

It’s the Distraction, I’m Sheila, That’s Roth.

Elite Old Guy Excellence with Stephen Rodrick

Jake from State Farm Invented Women’s Basketball with Maitreyi Anantharaman

The Mashup Returns

Once, Twice, Three Times a Rohan Nadkarni

The Pajama Lesson with Alec Lewis

Kennedy Levels of Ruddiness with Patrick Redford

I Hear Him All Day with Justin Halpern

Subtraction by Subtraction with Ray Ratto

As Basil Exposition Once Said…

The 2024 Hater’s Guide to March Madness with Ken Pomeroy

I Am a Girl and I Drive! with Kathryn Xu

Subway Sandwiches Don’t Actually Look Like That! with Rohan Nadkarni

Run Out of Town with Pitchforks Media with Ed Zitron

My University of Austin Class on Bloodletting

The Future of Schlong-Form Reporting

Live From the Bounty House on Radio Row with Matthew Coller

I Am Wearing a Christian Black Metal Hoodie in My Headshot With Jason Kirk

No One Could Make Fun of Me If I Went to Bed Right Now

The Fist Bump That Ages Me 20 Years with Ray Ratto

Bury Me with a Terrible Towel with Rohan Nadkarni

Happy Immunological New Year!

A Boy Named Cloud with Dan McQuade

The Extreme Bonilla

Georgia Frat Relatives with “The Simpsons” Exec Producer Matt Selman

A Conglomeration of All Sports Writers with Dave McKenna

Break Out 28 Dollars for Taco Bell with Jasper Wang

Non-Monster Mash Songs by the Monster Mash Guy with Rob Harvilla

It Is Self-Care to Not Watch the Giants

The NBA Tush Push with Ray Ratto

His Dream Was to Be a Dentist with Emma Baccellieri

A Farewell to Guys

The Distraction Live in Brooklyn! with Rohan Nadkarni

The Haterrr’s Guiiide to the 2023 MLB Playoffs!

Taylor Swift's Elite Length with Giri Nathan & Samer Kalaf

Vintage Smarm

The Baseball Pathetic-Off with Justin Halpern

It’s NFL Good/Bad 2023! with Kalyn Kahler

Serious, Emotional Vikings Talk

Shrimp-Fed Fools with Spencer Hall

4,000 Flipped Birds with Andy Behrens

Dog, I Lived at Warped Tour 2011 with Lindsey Adler and Tom Ley

What Is The Worst Profession of a Person You’d Admit to Have Dated?

Is This a TV Show That Doesn’t Really Know Soccer? with Abigail Segel

You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live, with Paul Kix

Pyrocumulonimbus with John Vaillant

I Want Something that Blows Up Real Good

Let’s Remember a Podcast with Alex Sujong Laughlin

We’re Gatekeeping Mr. Met

Our Knees Are Almost Touching (with Dave McKenna and Israel Daramola)

As Albert Einstein Once Said… (With Ray Ratto)

America Named a Team For Chicken Nuggets (with Rohan Nadkarni)

Are They Going Bud Lite On Us?

The Gulf of Pain with David Grann

You Can Eat ‘Em If You’d Like! with Adam Conover

What Levels of Sacramento! with Patrick Redford

You're Not Making Jet Engines, You're Making Art

How Fast Can You Push This Button? with Rivers McCown

Allergy Talk! with Lauren Theisen

My Legacy is a Few Tweets with Kelsey McKinney

Distraction Spring Break!!

Please Have Dan Call Me Immediately (with Dan McQuade)

Fairly Ridiculous University (with Rohan Nadkarni)

The Idiot’s Guide to March Madness (with Ken Pomeroy)

GE’s Fart Joke Division (with Mike Schur)

Ostensible Movie Analysis (with Vince Mancini)

Wasabi Peas, Smart (with Israel Daramola)

Excelsior, Young Man!

The Fresno Venereal Diseases (with Dan McQuade)

Innovation in the Dickhead Space (with Patrick Redford)

The Popcorn Sweats (with Kalyn Kahler)

This Episode Is Sponsored By Bareback Sportsbook

Look At Us, High Functioning (with Kelsey McKinney)

Undisputed And First Take Are The Men's Version of Real Housewives (with Jemele Hill)

I'm Floored That You're Nick Swardson's Cousin (with Seth Wickersham)

You Know What You Got Into, I'm Watching Sports You Know The Deal Man! (with Tom Ley)

If You've Seen How Kirk Cousins Cooks Steak That's How Everybody Cooks Chicken

I Wouldn't Do That If I Were Me (with Jason Gay)

It's Deeper Than Rap (with Bomani Jones)

The Nets Are A Shit Sandwich (with Rohan Nadkarni)

Rolling Out Of Bed And Just Getting Grilled On The Lakers (with Patrick Redford)

I Told You So! (with Dan McQuade)

I'm An Old Soul When It Comes To Football (with Tyler Dunne)

You've Become A Scrabble Boy?

Been There John, Been There (with Emma Baccellieri)

This Guy's Got Direct TV So You Know He's Going Places

How Did They Let You Have A Mic? (with Pablo Torre)

Tough Shit, This Is Football! (with Kalyn Kahler)

Welcome To The Haters Guide! The 2022 College Football Season Edition (with Eric Eager)

Just Two Sun Tanned Guys Chopping It Up

Welcome To The Haters Guide! (with Andy Behrens)

I Am A Proud Member Of The Mentally Ill Mets Fan Community (with Ray Ratto)

Yay It's Our 100th Episode!!!

I'm A Vibe Believer (with Lindsey Adler)

What Do You Wanna Do Bro? (with Justin Halpern)

Where Would We Be As A Society If It Wasn't For Ray J (with Kazeem Famuyide)

Is It Actually Better To Be The 22nd Best Team In The Big 12? (with Ben Mathis-Lilley)

No Plays Off!

That's Good Parenting Right There

No One Who Works At Twitter Uses Twitter (with Matt Levine)

You Are The First Person To Say I Wish I Could Still Be A Mets Fan (with Adam Conover)

These Are The Things That Keep You Awake At Night

I Love His Kinks (with Pablo Torre)

We’re Gonna Hit That F*&#king Mountain (with Luis Paez-Pumar)

The Dander Is Overwhelming (with Patrick Redford)

I Don’t Want Food That Grows on Me (with Austin Gayle)

A Found Footage Horror Movie (with Gabriella Paiella)

I’m Gonna Make This Damn Green Sauce (with Albert Burneko and Kelsey McKinney)

It’s Been Very Frustrating to See Them Succeed (with Rohan Nadkarni)

Retrograde and All Those Things (with Tim Marchman)

It’s Oozing Out of His Shoes (with Ray Ratto)

Not Everybody Likes A Headband Guy (with Ken Pomeroy)

Let’s All Get Married On Successive Weekends (with Lauren Theisen)

The Strong Boys Podcast (with Jason Zengerle)

How Many Sidewalk Cracks Did I Step On? (with Kyle Buchanan)

Can You Say ‘Orange’ Again, For Me?

A Grim Men's Evening (with Andy Behrens)

Coca-Cola Just Needs to Blink Wrong (with Diana Moskovitz)

Headed to ’Bama for a Broken Pinky (with Nate Jackson)

You’ve Entered WASP Mode (with Vince Mancini)

I Will Keep Drinking That Garbage Until I Die (with Kalyn Kahler)

I’m Sure This Guy You Picked is Some Sentient Cigarette Stain (with Tyler Tynes)

Gonna Need You to Stop Saying “Gingerbread Boy”

I Try to Counteract the Bleakness Fetish of the Internet (with Jason Gay)

Nice Beer You’ve Got There (with Kelsey McKinney)

Are You Getting Me Neutered Again? (with Lindsey Adler)

If You're Not Wondering if You Have the Plague After Eating, Are You Even Doing It Right?

Do You Dare Confront the Squircle? (with Seth Wickersham)

I’ve Dedicated Myself to Altering the Curvature of the Earth (with Lauren Theisen)

This is the Media’s Fault (with Dan McQuade)

Please Don’t Tell Anybody How I Live (with Christian Finnegan)

You’re Going to Have to Accept Being a Sloppy Boy (with Patrick Redford)

It’s a Big World and a Lot of Bad Things Happen in It

Now I Have Knowledgeable Hate (with Justin Halpern)

Drew and David are Doing Fine (with Liz Cook)

The Heartbreak of Learning You Married a Prankster (with Dom Cosentino)

Nicki Minaj’s Cousin is Never Going to Marry You (with Spencer Hall)

Swag Ahoy! (with the Defector staff)

I Like to Tell Stories About Types of Guy (with Patrick Wyman)

What if Eli Manning Had Sex Appeal? (with Andy Behrens)

It’s Your Show, You Can Do What You Want (with Ray Ratto)

Brought to You by America’s Blueberry Growers

I Was a Huge Failing Upward Guy (with A.J. Daulerio)

Maybe the Apocalypse is Nigh (with Jason Gay)

It’s Time to Open Some Third Eyes (with Gabe Fernandez and Nick Walden)

You Don’t Get to Reminisce (with Albert Burneko)

I’ll Approach the Bench (with Kelsey McKinney)

It's Raining Acid on Jupiter

I’m Not a Sticky iPad Kid (with Chris Bosh)

I’m a Baseball Apologist (with Michael Schur)

On Behalf of the Goa Tourism Board (with Rohan Nadkarni)

Swimming in the Ocean of Time (with Peter Brannen)

I’m Also a Toast Boy (with Albert Burneko and Lauren Theisen)

I’ve Got Nothing Else (with Will Leitch)

If You’re Working in Politics, You Probably Suck (with Jason Schreier)

It’s a Very Dumb Podcast (with Tyler Dunne)

It’s Been a Big Year for A**holes (with Ashley Feinberg)

I Hope I Get it Wrong (with Tyler Tynes)

That’s as Simplistic as I Can Possibly Make It (with Thang Pham)

That Way Lies Madness (with Tom Ley and Meg Rowley)

We’re Not Talking About Trolls, We’re Talking About Film (with Amy Nicholson)

We Have More to Hate Here (with Maitreyi Anantharaman)

Have I Forgotten How to Go to a Bar? (with Rachel Handler)

The Magary Conundrum (with Dan Pashman)

We Were Talking About the Weather (with Kalyn Kahler)

This Is Your Legacy (with Dan McQuade)

Would You Like Me to Sign This? (with Mina Kimes)

You Can’t Steal All the LaCroix You Want (with Justin Halpern)

Why Move to New York to Make Bread? (with Pete Wells)

It’s a Happy Occasion

It’s a Freaking Graveyard Smash (with Lauren Theisen)

Sublime Is the Word (with Dom Cosentino)

I’ve Had Dreams About Parties

Hater’s Guide to the Williams-Sonoma Catalog (with James Austin Johnson)

I’ll Wait for the Movie (with Kelsey McKinney)

A Virtual Visit with Santa (with Nathan Thornburgh & Chris Jones)

Do You Want to Jam Some Tunes? (with Albert Burneko)

It’s Awkward to Lie if You’re Not a Sociopath (with Reeves Wiedeman)

You Can Get A Tart-Ass Kiwi (with Isaac Chotiner)

Words Will Only Get You So Far

Nerd Bullies Are the Worst of Both Worlds (w/JUSTIN ELLIS)

Collecting Villains is the Fun Part (w/Anna Merlan)

Dogs vs Blogs (w/Megan Greenwell)

Walking Harley Quinn (w/THE LOX)

Do You Ever Miss Metaphors? (w/BOB MOULD)

You Can Finally Be a Certified Dick (w/Tim Marchman)

Talking All-American: Tiger with Shane Ryan (Bonus)

Talking to Pilgrims with Bomani Jones

It's a Big Week! with Lauren Theisen

Consider the Nightgown with Ray Ratto

Andy Behrens and the Hater’s Guide to Fantasy Football

Waiting All Day to Watch A Richard Marx Video

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