Too Much Information

About Too Much Information

'Too Much Information' is a new iHeartRadio podcast that gives you the secret history, behind-the-scenes details and little-known fascinating facts about your favorite movies, music, TV shows and more. The series is brought to you by two trivia titans with too much free time. Jordan Runtagh and Alex Heigl are big-time pop culture nerds and longtime listicle writers who've worked at Rolling Stone, People, Entertainment Weekly, VH1, and Page Six. Now they're let off the leash and ready to dive deep into a different beloved entertainment classic three times a week. Get ready for everything you never knew about 'Rugrats,' 'Hook,' "Dancing Queen," Sonic the Hedgehog, 'Jeopardy,' 'Top Gun,' 'Jagged Little Pill'...The list goes on, and so will these guys. But in a good way. Promise.

Publisher

iHeartPodcasts

Category

music · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Apr 2022

Latest episode

2 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

68 of 332 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   2 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   TMI: Oops, All Digressions 2 — Live from Qatar!

   Hosts Heigl and Jordan explore the surprising origins of James Bond, Indiana Jones, and currency, revealing fascinating pop culture and historical connections in this interview.

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   22 Sept 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Wet Hot American Summer: Everything You Didn't Know

   Your two camp counselors of crap that really doesn't matter are back to cover this cult comedy classic and say farewell to summer. You’ll hear how director David Wain and Michael Showalter scraped the film together from camp memories, half-baked funding promises, and an indie script so dark at one point it featured a silencer and two bullets to the brain. Shot on a shoestring at a real Pennsylvania camp, the production was less summer idyll and more soggy boot camp: freezing rain, muddy cabins, and craft services that amounted to pizza bagels every day until the cast staged a mutiny. And because Wet Hot American Summer is as much pop culture oddity as it is comedy, they'll tour its stranger corners: Bradley Cooper skipping his graduation to shoot, Elizabeth Banks shivering through bikini scenes in 40-degree weather, Alex's beloved Christopher Meloni method-acting his way into a “cuddly Rambo” character, and a post-production fart-only DVD commentary track that may be the film’s most enduring legacy. From box office disaster to cult-comedy ur-text, this is the story of how a little camp movie with no budget and no buzz wound up shaping the absurdist humor of a generation. See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

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   3 Sept 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Monopoly: Everything You Didn't Know

   Your Boardwalk barons of boredom are back after a brief hiatus to bring you the surprisingly drama-filled history behind this most American of games. You’ll learn about the wholesale theft at the heart of its creation, the murderers it sparked, the gigantic case of corporate fraud it inspired, and the prisons it sprung from German POW camps. And because Monopoly is as much pop culture as it is cardboard, they'll tour its stranger afterlives: the mascot who officially became “Mr. Monopoly” in 1999 (still no monocle—sorry, Mandela Effect), the ever-shifting lineup of tokens, the globe-trotting board swaps from Boardwalk to Rue de la Paix, a jewel-encrusted $2 million set, and world championships held in places fancy enough to make a hotel on Park Place blush. Even the late Queen reportedly banned it at Christmas—proof that nothing says “festive” like a property dispute. Support your friendly neighborhood TMI Guys here! https://ko-fi.com/toomuchinformationpodcast See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

Inside a recent episode

TMI: Oops, All Digressions 2 — Live from Qatar!

Published 2 Mar 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] The largest banknote ever made to date was in the Philippines to commemorate 100 years of Spanish rule, and it was 14 inches long by 8 .5 inches wide, which is larger than your standard piece of printer paper. The smallest paper currency was printed in Romania in 1917, and that was just under 2 inches long. The Swiss have adopted a vertical banknote to be more practical, because they're Swiss, and Canadian banknotes feature Braille, because they're compassionate. And hey, this is fun. 90 % of US bills are coated with illicit substances, which I won't elaborate on. The cost of producing paper money depends on many factors, such as the size of the banknote, its security features, and the production quantity. […]

Reach and audience

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

YouTube views

419,139,709

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.2 / 5

268 ratings

Spotify

4.6 / 5

200 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 87 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

98

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

98

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