Two middle-aged dudes (Andy and Josh) trying their best in a broken world. New episodes every whenever-the-hell.
Empathy At The Apocalypse
Claim This Podcastby Andy Mascola and Josh Seybert
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16 episodes
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Two middle-aged dudes (Andy and Josh) trying their best in a broken world. New episodes every whenever-the-hell.
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12/31/2024
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Recent Episodes
July 14, 2026
Episode 15 - Bob Dylan's Patreon Account with Colette Arrand
<p>The boys host Colette Arrand and talk with her about Letterboxd's potential sale, The Substance (2024), Backrooms (2026), Osgood Perkins, Eddington (2025), Thomas Pynchon's books and his characters' weird names, Hereditary (2018), Ari Aster's forthcoming film, the TPUSA people are chronically upset, JD Vance vs. the pope, Colette talks about the places she's lived and how she fell in love with professional wrestling, Doink the Clown, Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant, Stretch Armstrong, WWF's Attitude Era, Justice League International, Bruno Sammartino and wrestlers who were doin' it for real, Faces of Death (2026), Josh's library life, Colette talks about how much wrestling she watches a week, the Shockmaster, the greatest wrestler of all time, John Darnielle tests Colette's wrestling knowledge, the Mountain Goats' discography, Billy Corgan's National Wrestling Alliance, Tyrus AKA the Funkasaurus Brodus Clay, Morrissey's list of enemies, Bob Dylan's AI Patreon, Colette shares her favorite out-of-the-ring wrestling stories, Sgt. Slaughter, Jade Cargill, Colette's favorite wrestler, the "love triangle" between "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Elizabeth, and George "The Animal" Steele, wrestling personalities who could be Jon Wurster characters, Jimmy Hart, Josh quizzes Colette on the Grapplers, Jake "the Snake" Roberts and other wrestlers with pets, Diamond Dallas Page, They Live (1988) and other movies with wrestlers, All the Marbles (1981), Andre the Giant, Arnold Schwarzenegger's competitive nature, Terry Funk vs. Atsushi Onita, Shibata's subdural hematoma, Colette recommends that people looking to get into professional wrestling get weird with it and start with the interesting stuff, Luigi Primo, Colette and Josh share the wrestling events that stressed them out as children, bringing a gun to a wrestling match, and Josh and Andy give Colette an A+. Thank you for listening! Our theme song is by gypsymoths. Our avatar was created by Benjamin M. Hillman.</p>
June 6, 2026
Episode 14 - Little Wooden Cubes with Mushroom Mike
<p>The boys host Mike from Minneapolis AKA Mushroom Mike! Andy introduces Mike and nobody can remember the name of the pod. Mike stans Brie Larson and Aubrey Plaza in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), Josh is a "hard laugher", Andy and Mike are "easy laughers", Josh's nightmare is that nobody laughs, Mike can't remember the name of our podcast, Mike calls Andy "Mr. Mascola" because he referenced Chuck Klosterman in their text conversation, Josh got called "my man" by a kid at the fast food drive-thru, Andy loves being called "honey" on the drive-thru speaker before the server even sees him, Josh talks about elderly women flirting with him, Josh wonders if he can take Joel from the Boiler Room on in a fight, Mike references Silence of the Lambs, Mike still can't get the name of the pod right and wants listeners to know this entire exercise is completely unnecessary, Mike slags Marc Maron and WTF, Mike gets comfortable and curses first, Andy can't believe the boys have to endure this for another 90 minutes, Andy whispers, "This is going to be a f**king nightmare," Josh tells a story about taking piano lessons and the teacher inviting a woman over to admire Josh's hands, Mike suggests Josh was being seduced and references the Graduate (1967), Josh asks Mike who his "guys" are, Mike is oddly proud that Andy is out-laughing him, Mike talks about how he got into mushroom foraging, Josh suggests an alternative alliterative name for Mike, Mushroom Mike talks about how he was Board Game Mike before he was Mushroom Mike, Josh and Mike talk about their favorite board games, Josh talks about the Garfield Board Game, Mike talks about the board game Do the Urkel, Andy suggests Die Hard and Family Matters existed in the same universe, Andy throws out the first of his non-sequiter segue questions, Mike talks about his experiences talking with Tom Scharpling when he calls into the Best Show, Andy is a basic board game b!tch, Josh asks Mike about his favorite edible mushroom, Mike still can't remember the name of the pod and suggests all our listeners are in a mental asylum, Andy throws out another non-sequitur segue question, Andy outs himself as not subscribing to the Best Show Patreon, Mike gets the name of the pod wrong again, Josh attaches a plush Pee Wee Herman to his microphone, Mike tells a story about spending (and losing) $400 to watch Pee Wee's Big Adventure at a reunion showing that never happened, Andy tries another non-sequitur segue question, shower beer, do you wear shoes inside the house?, Josh gives an update on his dogs, Mike feels like Andy and Josh are ignoring him, Mike rides a bike to work, Mike talks about Minnesota vs. ICE, Kash Patel bashing, Mike recalls Tom Scharpling getting fired up about ICE in Minneapolis and Minnesota moms and 12yos screaming at ICE agents in the streets, Josh and Mike argue about whether Arby's have crinkle cut or curly fries, Mike can't believe this is the show, Andy asks about soda loyalty, Bobcat Goldthwait gets referenced and may be the patron saint of the pod, Mike finally cracks up but it's at something that wasn't intended to be funny, Fanta was created by the Naz!s, Mike and Josh get into sportsy talk, Myron Cope and the Terrible Towel, "Renegade" by Styx, will Tom Scharpling come to NY to see the Knicks?, Andy exaggerates Josh's height, what's your favorite gravy?, Mike talks about his Thanksgiving charity work, gravy loyalty, ketchup loyalty, Mike suggests Josh is a hipster because he has a beard, the Best Show Four Loko show is discussed, Andy thinks John Hodgman is annoying when he's "cooked" on Four Loko, Andy calls Jen Kirkman, Jen "Kirkland", Mike started listening to the Best Show in 2010, will Spiro ever call into the Best Show again?, Mike suggests Tom Scharpling's brilliance is knowing how to get the best out of callers, Joel from the Boiler Room is discussed, WWOR-TV, Chuck Klosterman and Hollywood Handbook are discussed, Andy calls Nicky Gordo a ragebaiting nightmare person, Mike calls his time on the pod "an hour and a half of his life about nothing", Joe Pera, Red Dead Redemption, Nathan Fielder and the Rehearsal Season 2, Mike and Andy disagree about WTF's first fifteen minutes, Mike is a self-actualized human being and a fanboy, Tom Scharpling's "lifetime bans", Mike and Andy get nostalgic for the Best Show's WFMU days, internet shoes, closed-toe shoes, what are they building on the White House lawn?, Josh's dad can't listen to Flo Rida anymore, Josh has a ticket to the UFC fight in DC, Lee Greenwood and "God Bless the USA", popcorn, Josh gets text updates from his children who are at a crane machine arcade, Mike talks about coin pushers, It Never Ends by Tom Scharpling is discussed, the origin story sting returns, subtitles or no?, the unintentional hilarity of television Second Audio Program narration, Josh suggests every action movie is Bugs Bunny now, John Wick, Andy crashes out about how inexpensive giant TVs are, John Waters used to subscribe to 118 magazines, Wordle and Sudoku, Josh wants to know when he's going to get his slush fund check, Mike loses the will to live, Josh can't believe anyone would think Mike is lying about foraging for mushrooms, Mike talks about Tom Scharpling's soliloquies about imagining what Mushroom Mike's life is like, Tom Scharpling and AP Mike's relationship is discussed, Stroszek (1977), Eraserhead (1977), Heart of Glass (1976), "Rapture" by Blondie includes the worst rap in pop song history, Tom Scharpling confuses his listeners with Weezer sidebars, Tom Scharpling doesn't like Pixies, Weezer, Primus, or Ween, Smash Mouth, Radiohead, Josh likes songs that are five songs, Tom Scharpling's upcoming "music" book is discussed, does Tom Scharpling like They Might Be Giants or "funny" music?, "Shaving Cream" by Benny Bell, Jimmy Durante, Mike encourages Josh to lean into his weird dad energy, hot dish, Mike had a mushroom recipe published, Mike doesn't have a blog or podcast, Mike says, "we talked a lot and said nothing," right? right?, Glenn Beck stole "get off my phone" from Tom Scharpling, why would you want to be a morning zoo guy?, right? right?, Andy talks about the difference between trying to get a woman and trying to get a man to be on a podcast, good trouble, Mike calls Josh and Andy knuckleheads (but God love you), Mushroom Mike is D. B. Cooper, Josh says Mike is under contract to do 17 more episodes with us, and Josh shows his erotic fingers. Thank you for listening! Our theme song is by gypsymoths. Our avatar was created by Benjamin M. Hillman.</p>
April 28, 2026
Episode 13 - Licking Peanut Butter While In A Headlock with Zach Woliner and Tavie Phillips
<p>Our guests are the hosts of Zach and Tavie's Marvelous Adventure, Zach Woliner and Tavie Phillips! Josh sleeps in, Andy and Josh tell their dog diarrhea stories, Josh talks about giving his dog too much peanut butter, Andy gives dog-grooming-peanut-butter-<wbr />distraction tips, Josh and his wife hang their dog from an Aldi's bag, Andy warns the show's guests that this is what the show is, Andy retrofits an intro for Zach and Tavie, Tavie gives Zach permission to say as many "you knows" as he wants, Zach talks about his love of editing podcast episodes and livestreaming video games, Tavie invites herself to Zach's place to watch a Marvel movie, Zach talks about the past and the future of Zach and Tavie's Marvelous Adventure, Tavie talks about the Marvel movies she's loved most thus far, Josh mentions KermDubs, Tavie admits to being a Disney Adult and talks about dropping her Dave Foley appreciation GeoCities site at Disney Innoventions (Epcot) exhibit, Zach talks about converting family photos to digital, Blanche, Blanche, Blanche, the talk stalls, so Andy asks some broad questions to get people talking again, Josh talks about his son playing jazz with the Jazz Warriors, everybody forgot about "F**k You!" CeeLo Green, Moxy Früvous. The Best Show, Spiro and Barenaked Ladies drama is discussed, Tom Scharpling's "Wack Pack" is discussed, Andy theorizes that Tom Scharpling and H. Jon Benjamin are feuding, the Tom Scharpling / Paul F. Tompkins rift is discussed, Josh talks about his rough Best Show entry point, Zach talks about his brothers' involvement with the Best Show, the history of Wally Wackiman and Best Show-related puppets is discussed, Tavie talks about how she discovered the Best Show with Tom Scharpling, Joel from the Boiler Room and Mushroom Mike are discussed, "Fraggle girlfriend" looks like Wally Wackiman in drag, Josh slept through the White House Correspondents' Dinner assassin drama, jestermaxxing, looksmaxxing, and Clavicular are mentioned, Red Dead Redemption and GTA trolling are discussed, <span style= "font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Pokémon Pokopia is mentioned, Josh longs for a Disney Muppet revolt, Tavie talks about her long history with Disney, Zach talks about Disney Magic Kingdoms, Tavie talks about getting addicted to Clicker Heroes, space being overrun by physical media is discussed, Tavie shows off her Worf (Star Trek) and Betty White action figures, NECa action figures are discussed, Josh hosts a Comic Book Character: Real or Fake? game, and Whizzer is discussed. T</span>hank you for listening! Our theme song is by gypsymoths. Our avatar was created by Benjamin M. Hillman.</p>
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