The Petri Dish Network Radio

I get way too caffienated and start going off about medical professionals trying to kill me, we talk about comedy, there's another MAN OR BEAR, and then we talk about more comedy.

I'm unmedicated and on a roll with Jonathan in the hot seat as we talk about the slow death of the American middle class, how to edit together a comedy special, and why. Just, why?

I've got a cold this week so you're just gonna have to listen to this episode to figure out what was even happening, okay? I know Johnathan talked about whacking it at least once.

I'm celebrating 10 years doing stand-up comedy! To celebrate that milestone, I yell at Jonathan about the 2025 Savage Henry Comedy Festival, another infamous festival, I have several opinions on different pop-punk singers, and we make some media suggestions.

This week Jonathan tells all about his time at TBI camp and the various arts and craft he got into, I talk about my weekend at Punkrocktober Fest in Carson City, Theo Von has a full meltdown at his Netflix taping, and then we find out why Jonathan was fired from Domino's.

Jonathan and I discuss our various teeth problems, we list Jonathan's top head wounds, we talk various Scouts activities, I vow to take an unlimited amount of Tylenol, we exchange failing jokes, and then we make sure our advertisers know that we are a podcast that want you to buy stuff.

Wouldn't you know it? Some crazy white boys did what some crazy white boys are always doin'. We discuss that and Jonathan's fart science while doing word karate.

Jonathan is my Kramer, the dream of working in Reno's premier dildo factory, I premier the new gameshow "What do Republicans think causes Autism this week?", we create a new medical product for the horse dewormer lovers, we do a Sad Giants' album recording update, Jonathan talks about some plans for TBI survivor advocacy and then also tells me about a potato cannon that he fired a burrito out of one time.

This week Jonathan and I look back at an eventful August after I took a long break from the pod to focus on other creative ventures. We talk about birthdays, getting hit by a garbage truck, synthesizers, dead people from our local scene, our bitter comedy takes, and then I run out of words.

I talk about a Don't Tell I went to, Jonathan talk about liking his parents, and then we make fun of 3 increasingly insane dudes for their Reddit stories.

This weekend I regale Jonathan with my tales of performing comedy, watching a punk festival, and trying to keep cool in the heat wave that Reno is experiencing this week.

This week Jonathan and I explore what it means to be in a malt liquor situation with HARD Mountain Dew, we talk about American culture, connecting with other cultures through food, and Jonathan says some inappropriate things about a wide variety of races and ethnicities.

We have a GUEST THIS WEEK, and it's one of my favorite Reno comics, Stephen Mollman who is the showrunner over at Coffee n Comics and Prost Biergarten. We do a Man or Bear, I run everyone through some AITAH stories and we talk amongst ourselves about things.

Jonathan is really excited about his synth and his existential improvements, I discuss the amount of donuts I ate before going to the gym, being ID'd as a child, and Jonathan hits us with a sneaky poop update.

This week Jonathan and I study some AITAH stories where everyone is pretty much an asshole and then Jonathan talks his poop, other people's poop, so much poop.

This week me and Jonathan tackle some AITAH stories, Jonathan learns about the uncanny valley, and Jonthan finally gets the money for his new synth, and I talk about the Don't Tell Comedy show that I hung out at.

This week we talk about some AITAH stories after I rebuke my algorithm and Jonathan get extra introspective about his busy schedule.

This week me and Jonathan talk about why blink-182 is better than The Beatles, and we play some Man or Bear!

That's right, we're giving into the millenial content machine and reading r/AITAH stories. First, though, Jonathan shows you his bonsai tree and tells us about a friend's remembrance he went to, and then I make a mockery of American racism in all its forms.

It only took several years and several out-of-town headline sets to finally get booked to headline in my own town, but it was a great time. We talk about a bunch of other goings-on: Jonathan wants you to be less sad, I want people on the internet to shut up, and Jonathan gives us more stories from the chicken club.

This episode we talk about Jonathan's big move from the group home to an AFL which I find out doesn't stand for American Football League. We play Man or Bear, talk about being rebellious little bastards, and just try to make sense of it all.

I'm back this week with a brief one because we had to get emergency roof surgery.

It's a bad week for everyone, let's just call this one a wash? The Pope died, democracy has been dead for while, and I've got a few other things on my mind.

I sit down with Jonathan Allgood to show him more videos of my chickens, talk about a dope Don't Tell Comedy show I attended in Reno, and discuss records I hunted for Record Store Day. Jonathan finds his old comedy notebook from 2016 and I advocate for various types of violence against America's undesirables.

This week Jonathan and I tackle our slow weeks with chicken updates and pooping updates, we play Mad Libs for the first time in FOREVER and then we commit to a hot boy summer.

Sorry Jonathan is so quiet, I tried a cloud thing for recording and it went terribly. Me and Jonathan are still on our old man shit talking about oatmeal, Jonathan's pooping update, and how our beautiful art will age. I talked about reviewing music and the album "My Apologies to the Chef" by Winona Fighter, then we get to more drunken stories and strange goings-on before dipping HARD.

Jonathan and I (your host Bobby Benedict) sit down to talk about his constipation, chickens, the Costco hot dog, and what types of vegetables we like. If you thought two men could age gracefully then you were wrong! We talk about what nightmares we were when we were drinking and then talk about food for way too long.

I got baby chickens so we talk about that a lot, I talk about being bad with doors, I find out Jonathan was in poultry science before we talk about his pooping habits, we play Man or Bear again!

We talk about Creed for way too long, I go over my top pickles, Consumer Watchdog Jonathan Allgood presents a deviled egg recipe, and we wax philosophic about all sorts of things. Come hang.

This week we've got good ol' Jonathan Allgood and Austin Baca back on the show ready to talk about Austin's birthday, hanging chads, and mochinut again. We talk about Consumer Watchdog Jonathan Allgood's Food Reviews and we play Man or Bear!

I hop on the horn this week to talk about my week, being on crazy meds, locking up my guns, and then some local news!

I sit down with Jonathan Allgood this week for an extremely brief podcast. We verify that Marilyn Manson definitely removed his ribs, I eulogize my dog Phat Boi with some AI Minecraft parkour brainrot, we finally take the Soup vs. Sauce debate into 2025 after some proper studying, and then we cap it all off with the people's favorite new game Man or Bear. Then we get cut off by the free Zoom call because I'm doing broke boy activities.

Where do you draw the line on soups vs sauces? We don't know, and we've never known. I'm burnt out and you're getting a clip show, there's a bit of new commentary though so that's cool.

I got married, a self-driving car yelled at me, most importantly Jonathan HATES Jerry Seinfeld and if Jerry ever sees that you should make sure Jonathan knows that you hate him too. Also I debut my new game show "MAN OR BEAR" where I make guests guess whether a news story was perpetuated by a man or a bear.

That's right, the podcast is back! I talk about what I did in 2024, including a cringy millennial music parody YouTube show. I completely forgot to talk about getting married; maybe next time. What we do get to is Costco monkey slavery, Jonathan's bible verses, wrestling, and all our classic Petri Dish banter. My WiFi didn't like this podcast, and because of the weird app I used for editing, I can't fix how out of sync my voice is from the video. Sorry!

THE PODCAST IS DEAD, LONG LIVE THE PODCAST.  That's right, the podcast as we've known and loved it since November 2016 is finally coming to a close. When I first fired up this feed as "Post-Nuclear Reno" I never thought it would become and almost 8-year-long obsession over the dumbest jokes possible that I would then try to call a "content strategy". The first 100 episodes were a labor of love for a comedy scene that I was way too active in. The next 100 episodes were a deep dive into myself and the people I surrounded myself with. I think the energy expended could be better utilized in some new creative ventures. So I will say goodbye to this beautiful podcast feed. Youtube will still have a few of these newer hybrid video episodes up, I may keep releasing long-form podcast-type videos on that same feed but right now I'm going to focus on edited things. EDIT: None of the projects I was working on worked out and I miss having a podcast.

I've got Jonathan Allgood here to ring in the new year, we have almost nothing to talk about other than dick sweat. So strap in, it's just a straight-up hour of dick jokes and broader scientific dick concepts. While that's not entirely a lie we also get into In-n-Outs french fry secrets, the rise and fall of Huy Fong Sriracha, apocalyptic Taco Bell Plans, anger issues, and getting back into the standup mood.

Me and Jonathan are here to talk about fighting animals with our bare hands, Jonathan's Tetris mastery, Spotify goosing Green Day's numbers, and some other things.

The alternative title for this episode was going to be "Old Man Yells At Cloud" but instead I went with something more to the point. I complain about the music industry and 15 minutes and then you all get to go back to your lives. Here's the article I was talking about: https://killerguitarrigs.com/bumblefoot-musicians-t-shirt-salesmen-record-deals-loan/

This week Jonathan and I summoned the strength to talk shit about all our Gen Z haters, then I talked about my dead dogs, and that's pretty much it, see you later.

I have a wonderful guest this week, Luke Demus! He runs a podcast called Topics and Tangents that I was on a few weeks back, and he's been one of the most consistently funny comedians I've shared the stage with. The bad news is you won't get to hear ANY OF THAT SHIT cause I've got TOO MUCH BRAIN WORDS and not enough SHUT THE FUCK UP. Watch as I pelt Luke with words for a whole ass hour about comedy history, my personal psychology, sad stories of dead people, and random opinions about stuff.

Austin Baca and Jonathan Allgood are the two in my stink this episode. Sorry. That's just indicative of the subject matter we discuss this episode which is mostly shitting. I get accused of blowing up an Airbnb, Jonathan walks us through his wiping routine, and then there's wrestlers and Tim Allens and a whole thing going on, watch on Youtube to get the full effect of this one because I actually edited it this time.

I sit down with ol' Jonathan Allgood to wax philosophic about, like, 5 years ago or something? I compare bits with a way better comedian, talk about Greta Van Fleet, and then there's a bunch of other words in there too.

Austin and Jonathan are here to roll my body around so that gas escapes it and hopefully that gas will flap my vocal folds around enough to sound like an audible joke. This week we bag on Jonathan for whatever just happens to be happening currently, see how many condoms you could eat with proper form, I give them a brand new type of Joe Rogan experience, and then I go on a 20 minute rant about food Tik Tokers that somehow also devolves into me talking about my weird high school program.

Sometimes I podcast tries its hardest not to come together. Never before has an episode of the podcast struggled so hard to exist but we did it because we're champions of comedy. This week we talk about Jonathan's NASCAR Buddhism, we get dueling Austins, I apparently don't know who Peter Gabriel is, then Jonathan creates a production studio and pitches us a cooking show.

We all know that comedy isn't therapy, you shouldn't use your comedy audience as free talk therapy. But what if you get a captive and professional audience for 45 minutes? Jonathan's dream is what happens. 

There almost wasn't a podcast today but someone at Taco Bell fucked up so bad I had to tell someone.

The energy off this episode is strange as we talk about the invasive species of wild horses that kill our friends, do a quick no laugh challenge, try to turn Jonathan Allgood into a SoundCloud rapper named "preZZzy john: mayor" and maybe yell about balls.

Jonathan got a haircut, Austin and I did a great gig at a Harley Davidson dealership, we talk about soaking and Scientology before I tell Jonathan he's not allowed to laugh with another round of No Laughing, Idiot, and then I let Jonathan sell us on Dicktators (I think that's how he would want it spelled).

Squeeking this one in just under the wire,  I show Jonathan all the Tik Toks I've saved while laying face down on Perocet. We fire up the U Mad Libz? Then we gracefully exit, also Jonathan watched the Barbie movie.