Episode 659 - Soft Weeping: The Podcast

·1 hr 3 min·5 clips

Eric and Jeremy admit they aim for the 'longest podcast that nobody wants' to force cultural acknowledgment.

The episode opens with host Eric forgetting the podcast entirely while driving home from a date where his date admitted she couldn't cook. Co-host Jeremy and guest Ted join the conversation, which quickly shifts to random topics. They propose a podcast concept called 'Soft Weeping,' where a different person cries each week for therapeutic value. Ted then shares an anecdote about interviewing a summer intern for an architecture position, noting the intern's passion stemmed from childhood iPad blueprint games. The hosts discuss the challenges of managing interns, with Ted recalling a particularly bad one from the previous year. Conversation drifts to daylight savings time, bracket season, and spam emails inviting them to 'sexy' Google rooms. A bizarre segment reveals that many celebrities, including Mark Wahlberg and Harry Styles, have extra nipples, often mistaken for moles. Jeremy mentions recovering old photos from a Flickr account and reminisces about camping trips. The hosts engage in a counting segment, attempting to count in different languages but mostly failing. They discuss their podcasting philosophy, explicitly stating they prioritize quantity over quality and aim to become the longest-running podcast that nobody wants, hoping to force cultural acknowledgment. The episode ends with more random banter about religion, high school lock-ins, and a final round of counting.

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A forgotten podcast appointment sends a loose panel toward haunted hotels, Ghostbusters riffs, and a counting game that falls apart.

Eric's forgotten podcast appointment and the ride home after a date make a loose, funny frame for an episode that keeps finding odder rooms to wander into.

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You get date-night spillover, old-hotel ghost riffing, and a counting game that swerves from tidy to completely useless.

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