Irrational Pastime

About Irrational Pastime

A biweekly podcast of interesting baseball stories, books, movies and other media. As well as thoughts about baseball, idiotic ramblings and general buffoonery from the hosts Rich Williams and Dan Smith.

Publisher

TalkSmith RVA

Category

sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Jun 2026

Latest episode

30 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

6 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Sept 2026

   Prison Baseball, Home Run Derby and the Yips

   Rich and Dan blabber on about numerous subjects including a prison baseball story, the yips, rivalries, original homerun derby and baseball cards.

2. 

   31 Aug 2026

   Irrational Blue

   Rich and Dan talk about the change in format to a monthly podcast as life has made it tough to record regularly. This month's podcast features baseball legends, gambling, bad baseball sitcoms and the ravings of two goofballs.

3. 

   27 Jul 2026

   44?

   This episode delves into menacing mustaches, number theory, bad uniform choices and books. Rich and Dan cover all of these topics and plenty of other pointless thoughts.

4. 

   13 Jul 2026

   The Episode Where Nobody Dies

   Rich and Dan inadvertently both tell stories about the 70's Oakland Athletics, discuss baseball superstitions, books and documentaries.

5. 

   29 Jun 2026

   What A Rube!

   Rich and Dan talk about Rube Waddell, Bing Crosby and many more irrelevant topics and fewer deaths than episode one.

6. 

   15 Jun 2026

   Our Origin Story, and Then Some

   Rich and Dan tell their origin story and how they got to the point of hosting a baseball podcast. Then everything goes downhill quickly from there, in our first episode.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.