Not Well | A Comedy Podcast · Bobby, Jim & Friends

Twist ties on trash bags are proof the world isn’t ready for solutions—why fix it when we can frustrate everyone instead?

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A sushi server says, “My name is Bethany,” while her trainer stands behind her and nods.

1. Not Well | A Comedy Podcast centers on holiday complaints, call-in listeners, and trash-bag frustration. 2. Bobby and Jim host the episode and react to Thatcher, a longtime listener whose return matters because the show has been asking “Where’s Thatcher?” for months. 3. The episode asks what people actually like and hate about the holidays, then keeps widening into sex, food, waste, and family routines. 4. Thatcher’s call opens with an apology for a hiatus, praise for the show, and questions about favorite holiday moments and “unfavorite things.” 5. The hosts say they had been discussing Thatcher for “three, four months,” and note that other listeners also asked whether he had called in. 6. One host says the best part of the holidays is that they are over, while the other says he likes seeing family several times in a short period. 7. The same segment turns into body-image talk when one host says he is “6 pounds up” and compares himself to a heavier version of his former self. 8. The discussion of gifts becomes specific: one host hates buying presents for people he does not really know, and the other says opening gifts is hard because he dissociates and loses track of what is happening. 9. They connect that to white-elephant exchanges and work gift swaps, which they describe as awkward when someone brings a bad gift. 10. Porn talk follows, including a shift away from websites like Pornhub or X to fantasy-based masturbation. 11. They describe categories like “public,” “locker room,” shower feet, and delivery porn, and link those fantasies to the Eagle. 12. The hosts joke about the Eagle as a place with “dicks” in the corner, guys in underwear, and a social scene that is normal in gay culture but strange elsewhere. 13. The trash-bag segment begins at Matt’s parents’ house when a full kitchen bin leads to a bag with no strings. 14. They remember “poor person trash bags” with twist ties from childhood and argue about whether the savings could be more than “a dime.” 15. The conversation expands to long-top bags, the mechanics of looping each side, and the idea that garbage workers must deal with sharp objects and broken bags. 16. Rats become the next target, with jokes about New York City, infestations, and whether rats have any purpose beyond being prey. 17. The episode then jumps to January 6, Jenna Bush’s “I kissed my grandfather goodbye in that rotunda” line, and a reaction to how speech-like it sounded. 18. The tone stays loose and improvisational, with interruptions, callback jokes, and bits that move quickly from one grievance to another. 19. Listeners who like queer comedy, body-image jokes, and mundane absurdity will probably like this episode. 20. Listeners who want a tightly structured topic or a serious interview probably should skip it.

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A return check-in that turns holiday chatter, search-history jokes, and bathroom talk into a loose, lived-in hangout.

The episode opens with Thatcher's return and quickly settles into a profanity-heavy hangout, moving from holiday questions to hornier search-history jokes before spending a long stretch on pooping, toilet paper, and the pain of wiping.

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You want two hosts who can turn a listener voicemail into a toilet-paper feud.

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