Solutions to Problems

Solutions to Problems

Solutions to Problems is a Dear Prudence style advice podcast set on a space station in some version of the future hovering over some version of Earth. Join us every other Friday for advice on work, relationships, time travel paradoxes, and the occasional brain parasite. Now available on RadioPublic. For more information and episode transcripts, visit us at www.stppodcast.com.

Episodes

August 29, 2017 17 mins

Widely syndicated and beloved INTERGALACTIC RADIO PROGRAM Solutions to Problems welcomes a new co-host this week to discuss problems with humans, gift giving practices, and transporter incidents.

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In this week's Solutions to Problems: our hosts contemplate nicknames, when your mate won't participate in the culling ritual, how to wrap your heads around wedding ettiquette, and holographic simulations gone wrong.

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September 29, 2017 18 mins

Loaf and Janet discuss the pros and cons of joining a collective, what to do when you're left out of the fantasy baseball league just because you look like a horrifying monster, and shoes.

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October 13, 2017 17 mins

This week Janet and Loaf tackle overly invasive phones, limericks, and how to handle your co-workers when you've seen species rise and fall against the backdrop of an uncaring universe.

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In this special edition of Solutions to Problems, Officer Nassif drops by to advise us on the difference between time travel and time dilation, if you should risk destabilizing the space-time continuum to save your brother's marriage, and whether inter-time relationships can ever work out.

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November 10, 2017 21 mins

In this episode, Loaf and Janet discuss the upcoming Big Game, the merits of travel over putting down roots, how to deal with the aftermath of a time loop, and what to do when you have a disturbing lack of faith in your boss. Plus: the return of Frankie!  

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November 24, 2017 21 mins

This week, Loaf and Janet receive a message from a battle cruiser, discuss how to make an informed decision on whether or not to get a Todavian brain parasite, counsel a teenage girl on her new universe-bending powers, and dabble in diplomacy with Frankie.

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December 8, 2017 20 mins

In this episode: Nassif returns to advice on a new time travel dilemma, a Grapnofalian pilot writes in about a crush on her boss, and what to do when your girlfriend might be a replicant.

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In this episode: what to do when you're mistaken for non-sapient, how to handle a body swapping boyfriend, when simulations have you asking 'Is anything ever real???', and that special anxiety that comes with a possible invasion.

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Officer Nassif and Frankie return for our season finale. With the Grapnofalians in control of their solar system, the crew struggle to do their job while being closely watched. Also: the pros and cons of  freezing oneself to escape a dictatorship, financial advice fr...
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January 30, 2018 12 mins

In this EXCLUSIVE BONUS EPISODE, a person who is definitely Not Michael interviews the actors and writers behind Season 1. Also included: bloopers, sound checks, and awkward laughter.

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July 27, 2018 3 mins

Season 2 of Solutions to Problems starts August 31st! Austin, Nathan, and Michael fill you in on all the details, including new ways to support the show. Also, an 8 bit surprise. We love you. We really, really do. Thank you for listening!

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August 31, 2018 10 mins

A collection of messages left in the voicemail inbox of an ambiguously named radio co-host during his hibernation period. Good news though - it's almost 17.8 degrees Celsius!

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September 14, 2018 12 mins

A collection of messages left in the voicemail inbox of a selves-obsessed, hyper-capitalistic radio co-host, during her time traveling shenanigans. Turns out it's hard to maintain a social life when you exist in so many places at once!

Featuring Ramy Abdelghani as Officer Nassif, Chloe Cunha as Melody, Whitney Plasket as Blatin, Ronald Prudent as Mr. Xorfus, Suzanne O'Toole as Janet's Mom, Valerie Loveland as Frankie, and Austin He...

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September 28, 2018 9 mins

Melody updates the employees of IFM2 Subspace Radio on office news and upcoming events.

The voice of Melody is Chloe Cunha. Solutions to Problems is written by Nathan Comstock, Austin Hendricks, and Michael F. Gill and is also produced and musically scored by Michael F. Gill.

For more information and episode transcripts, check out our website at www.stppodcast.com

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October 12, 2018 29 mins

Janet and Periwinkle get back into the swerve of things for an AI-themed show, with a very special (if unintended) guest in studio. They tackle when to come out as a sentient being, how to be a good virtual assistant, and also give tips on how to cope with being ghosted.

Featuring Chloe Cunha as Melody, Nathan Comstock as Periwinkle/Loaf, and Austin Hendricks as Janet. This week's letters were read by Becca Mackenzie, Harry the Rob...

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October 26, 2018 31 mins
Janet and Loaf tackle accidental co-parenting, omnipotent teens, lonely planets, a space cult, and gets some help from everyone's favorite time agent.
 
Featuring Phoenix Bunke as Samantha, Ramy Abdelghani as Officer Nassif, Nathan Comstock as Periwinkle/Loaf, and Au...

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November 9, 2018 24 mins

Janet and Loaf discuss the culpability of inter-dimensional hookups, how to avoid ritual combat when everyone else is doing it, and check in with Frankie for a ruling on the rights of celebrity pets.

Janet & Loaf recently appeared on the podcast “How to Listen to Music in the 22nd Century”. The episode is called “A Package Arrives Part 1.” It's a huge crossover episode featuring actors and characters from audio dramas across the bo...

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November 23, 2018 26 mins

Janet and Loaf discuss the pitfalls of non-humans adopting humans, what to do when your past lives start developing anxiety, and how to define infidelity when your partner is only having affairs with alternate versions of you. They also speak with Mr. Xorfus, IFM2's programming manager, about the station's annual pledge drive.

This episode features Ronald Prudent as Mr. Xorfus, Austin Hendricks as Janet, and Nathan Comstock as Loaf...

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Janet, Loaf, and station AI Melody discuss how to handle a partner who experiences media on a completely different level, how to fit in with your non-telepathic friends, and what to do when the multitudes you contain, are in fact, very boring.

This episode features Chloe Cunha as Melody, Austin Hendricks as Janet, and Nathan Comstock as Loaf. This week's letters were read by Daniel H. Gill, Evan Cutts, and Walt Whitbot. 

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