Tangent Station

This episode is a freewheeling ride through 80s trivia, offbeat questions, and unfiltered banter. Our hosts trade quiz questions (Airwolf, Pac-Man, Game Boy, Channel Tunnel), tie-breaks and playful scorekeeping, then slide into a stream of absurdities: Why don’t we see baby pigeons? Who decided raisins belong in oatmeal cookies? They riff on language oddities (“driveways” vs. “parkways,” “hump da...

Our hosts bounce between pop-culture nostalgia and a rant about modern annoyances in this episode. They open with movie memories (Purple Rain, Revenge of the Nerds) and veer into why everything feels rigged now — hidden fees, overpriced concerts, and technology that complicates life instead of simplifying it. The conversation dips into aging, odd personal anecdotes about spouses and groceries, and the absurdity of warning lab...

In this loose, laugh-heavy episode our hosts riff through a chaotic six-question 80s trivia round that spawns memories of Wham!, MC Hammer, Rubik’s Cubes and Sinclair computers. From cheap Commodores to Haley’s Comet, the banter jumps into personal anecdotes about Temu gag gifts (yes — a cat that plays with its balls), elevator hookups, and awkward workplace reputations. The pair trade insults, nostalgic detours a...

Our hosts riff on the absurdities of a subscription-obsessed future: paid oxygen tiers, snooze-button microtransactions, sidewalk express passes, and toilets on recurring billing. The conversation bounces humorously between imagined dystopian paywalls and everyday annoyances—neural ads that bill you for blinking, smart windows that amplify noise if you don't pay, and the indignity of people ordering Taco Bell at closing time....

Our hosts trade bad dad jokes and nostalgic 80s trivia — from the first MTV video to Rubik's Cube origins and the A-Team's BA — while riffing on shirts, marriage, and everyday absurdities. The mood shifts when they read a jaw-dropping news item about a man who tried to self-treat urinary incontinence by inserting super glue into his urethra. The story unfolds with uncomfortable humor and medical detail: the plug hardene...

In this rollicking episode our hosts bounce through roadside attractions, marriage observations, and an impromptu 80s trivia face-off. They hunt down Weeki Wachee mermaid shows, argue about who can multitask, and trade playful jabs about driving habits and memory lapses. The trivia segment ranges from Blondie and Michael Jackson to Neuromancer’s coining of “cyberspace,” and ends in a tied score. Expect nostalgic r...

Our hosts riff on a surreal news story: 30 robots staged a protest outside Poland’s Digital Affairs Ministry demanding AI regulations and worker protections. What starts as a comedic setup — robots chanting for laws — quickly moves to serious questions about automation, retraining displaced workers, and who is ultimately responsible when machines replace humans. The episode mixes irreverent banter and sharp observ...

Our hosts trade rapid-fire tangents about everything annoying and nostalgic: robocalls, voice-to-text disasters, and dreaming of escaping to Bonaire. They riff on scam calls — inventing fake businesses to mess with telemarketers — and confess frustrations with intrusive reviewers and the internet’s corrosive effects on privacy and culture. Nostalgia threads through the episode with memories of renting movies, one-...

In this rambunctious episode our hosts barrel through pop-culture oddities and everyday frustrations with no brakes. They start by squabbling about the mysterious ‘‘cloud’’ and subscription creep, then riff into brand changes—Uncle Ben, Land O’Lakes—and the cultural conversations those sparked. The banter veers into ridiculous territory with odd sponsorship jokes, white elephant gift strate...

Willis and Kevin barrel through pop-culture nostalgia and irreverent banter in this chaotic episode. They kick off with a series of 1980s trivia questions — from ALF and the Commodore VIC-20 to Madonna-era fashion and the release year of the Macintosh — punctuated by one-liners, deliberate misdirection, and frequent laugh interruptions. The conversation wanders into toy recall territory (remember Joey Stivic?), inflatab...

In this episode Kevin and Whiz-Bang Willis banter through an anything-goes conversation covering quirky everyday frustrations and ridiculous hypotheticals. They riff on Dad fashion (cargo shorts and polos), ridiculous stadium parking prices, and invent outrageously funny sports team names like the Cincinnati Parking Lot Scammers and the Appalachian Stupiders. The pair detour into mascot disasters (turkeys, possums, sloths), jobs yo...

Our hosts riff through a chaotic, laugh-heavy episode about what AI absolutely should not be allowed to do. They debate whether artificial intelligence can write wedding vows, name babies, pick tattoos, break up with partners, or decide divorces — and mostly conclude some emotional milestones need human hearts. Along the way they detour into fantasy football trust issues, Siri’s potential for bad manners, and the hazard...

In this episode our hosts riff through a scattershot, hilarious conversation that jumps from five-question 80s trivia to the jaw-dropping news of humanoid robots at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing. They trade movie memories (Wall Street, Back to the Future, The Goonies), name-drop classic toys and cartoons, and then pivot hard to robots beating Usain Bolt’s 100m time and setting ridiculous standing high-jump records...