Painted Bride Quarterly’s Slush Pile
Painted Bride Quarterly’s democratic editorial policy means that we give all of our submissions a lot of time, attention, and care. It also means we take a while to answer authors who submit. This podcast lifts the veil on our editorial process by bringing you directly to the editorial table with rotating editors from our Philadelphia, New York, and Abu Dhabi offices, as well as special guest PBQ alumni and other guests. Listen in to the discussions that make PBQ. Join us as we curate contemporary writing with rigor and respect.Podcasts
Episode 121: The Tie Breakers Episode
Published: Oct. 24, 2023, 2:52 p.m.Duration: 55 minutes 48 seconds
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Episode 120: On Seeing & Being Seen
Published: Oct. 6, 2023, 12:42 p.m.Duration: 37 minutes 14 seconds
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Episode 119: Line Breaks & The Iambic Lilt
Published: Sept. 19, 2023, 5:15 p.m.Duration: 58 minutes 6 seconds
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Episode 118: Making Words New
Published: Aug. 23, 2023, 1:32 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 45 seconds
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Episode 27: Suicides and Skeleton Jazz (REISSUE)
Published: Aug. 9, 2023, 12:16 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 17 seconds
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Episode 19: The Dinosaur-Robot Episode (REISSUE)
Published: July 24, 2023, 12:44 p.m.Duration: 52 minutes 42 seconds
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PBQ Summer Teaser Episode
Published: July 19, 2023, 12:22 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 55 seconds
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Episode 117: This Episode Smells Delicious
Published: June 7, 2023, 1:08 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 49 seconds
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Episode 116: Finding Flow
Published: May 24, 2023, 12:02 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 44 seconds
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Episode 115: Were Obsessed
Published: May 10, 2023, 1:33 p.m.Duration: 51 minutes 52 seconds
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Episode 114: The Swirl
Published: April 24, 2023, 12:02 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 5 seconds
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Episode 113: The Call of the Wild
Published: April 10, 2023, 12:29 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 24 seconds
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Episode 112: Letting Go of Meaning
Published: March 28, 2023, 6:07 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 47 seconds
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Episode 111: What Lingers
Published: March 20, 2023, 7:28 p.m.Duration: 45 minutes 10 seconds
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Episode 110: The Logic of Heartbreak (or Caveats Rock)
Published: Feb. 12, 2023, 5:26 p.m.Duration: 54 minutes 28 seconds
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Episode 109: The Gigue is Up
Published: Jan. 30, 2023, 2:04 p.m.Duration: 47 minutes 43 seconds
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Episode 108: #Mood (or the Murmurations)
Published: Dec. 13, 2022, 3:09 p.m.Duration: 43 minutes 40 seconds
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Episode 104: Accents and Human Remains
Published: Sept. 22, 2022, 1:58 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 1 second
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Episode 103: Strange Complicities and Confessions
Published: Aug. 26, 2022, 8:40 p.m.Duration: 44 minutes 7 seconds
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Episode 102: Aging Tantric Pornstars
Published: Aug. 8, 2022, 4:05 p.m.Duration: 53 minutes 32 seconds
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Episode 101: The Anti-Efficiency Episode
Published: July 18, 2022, 6:59 p.m.Duration: 55 minutes 6 seconds
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Episode 100: A Steady Lub Dub
Published: June 7, 2022, 7:53 p.m.Duration: 48 minutes 23 seconds
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Episode 99: Greek Mythos and Labyrinths
Published: May 20, 2022, 1:57 p.m.Duration: 45 minutes 50 seconds
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Episode 98: The Skin is Where the Body Stops
Published: April 28, 2022, 8:24 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 33 seconds
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Episode 97: Navigating Dirtbags & Oracles
Published: Feb. 21, 2022, 3:20 p.m.Duration: 47 minutes 32 seconds
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Episode 96: Larissas Philly Hoagie Mouth
Published: Dec. 13, 2021, 3:27 p.m.Duration: 53 minutes 11 seconds
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Episode 95: Sweet! Poems by Hillary Adler
Published: Nov. 22, 2021, 5:39 p.m.Duration: 55 minutes 54 seconds
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Episode 94: Two Authors, One Episode
Published: Oct. 22, 2021, 6:12 p.m.Duration: 35 minutes 13 seconds
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Episode 93: Go Away & Come Home
Published: Sept. 28, 2021, 3:45 p.m.Duration: 59 minutes 8 seconds
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Episode 92: American Literature
Published: June 30, 2021, 6:58 p.m.Duration: 49 minutes 46 seconds
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Episode 91: Daydream Believer
Published: June 9, 2021, 3:30 p.m.Duration: 59 minutes 29 seconds
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Episode 90: Je Recuse! The Poems of Charlie Clark
Published: May 25, 2021, 8:14 p.m.Duration: 52 minutes 42 seconds
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Episode 89: Bloomwards & Eggsome
Published: April 26, 2021, 8:08 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 20 seconds
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Episode 88: Life on Screen, or Podcats
Published: April 8, 2021, 8:55 p.m.Duration: 55 minutes 39 seconds
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Episode 87: The Speaker is Clearly a French Fry
Published: March 29, 2021, 6:02 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 55 seconds
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Episode 86: Sonograms, Vanity & Truman Capote
Published: Dec. 20, 2020, 3:43 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes 8 seconds
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Caitlyn Jenner and Baked Alaska (or When Thumbs Cry)
Published: Aug. 31, 2020, 3:31 p.m.Duration: 47 minutes 49 seconds
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Episode 84: Hot Pants & Sneeze Ghosts
Published: Aug. 4, 2020, 10:31 a.m.Duration: 51 minutes 30 seconds
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Episode 83: Goodnight, Mary Magdalene
Published: June 21, 2020, 5:36 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 9 seconds
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Episode 82: "1-4-3"
Published: May 12, 2020, 12:45 p.m.Duration: 47 minutes 17 seconds
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Episode 81: Dad Jokes & Happiness
Published: April 22, 2020, 5:41 a.m.Duration: 27 minutes 20 seconds
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Episode 80: In Flux
Published: March 22, 2020, 5:18 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 20 seconds
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Episode 79: Do it again! Do it again!
Published: Feb. 7, 2020, 8:45 a.m.Duration: 58 minutes 38 seconds
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Episode 78: Its Brusque!
Published: Dec. 17, 2019, 6:34 p.m.Duration: 50 minutes 28 seconds
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Episode 77: Belly-up!
Published: Nov. 16, 2019, 11:30 a.m.Duration: 47 minutes 14 seconds
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Episode 76: A Toilet in Denver or Florida is for the Fraught
Published: Oct. 10, 2019, 7:15 p.m.Duration: 54 minutes 18 seconds
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Episode 75: Gate Opening and Other Sweaty Festivities
Published: Sept. 5, 2019, 6:57 p.m.Duration: 52 minutes 31 seconds
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Episode 74: Drugs, Love and Cagelights
Published: Aug. 14, 2019, 7:21 p.m.Duration: 49 minutes 31 seconds
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Episode 73: Hornery Is as Hornery Does
Published: July 31, 2019, 3:51 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 9 seconds
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Episode 72: Just the Tip
Published: July 31, 2019, 3:12 p.m.Duration: 44 minutes 16 seconds
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Episode 71: The Lost Episode (with bonus Anatomy Lessons!)
Published: July 3, 2019, 7:57 p.m.Duration: 46 minutes 27 seconds
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Episode 70: Scalloped Potatoes (with apologies to Ohio)
Published: June 19, 2019, 7:20 p.m.Duration: 45 minutes 54 seconds
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Episode 69: Memories in Connecticut
Published: June 6, 2019, 8:31 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 34 seconds
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Episode 68: Rooftops and Buttered Popcorn
Published: May 22, 2019, 5:55 p.m.Duration: 47 minutes 14 seconds
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Episode 67: Poprocks and Monocles
Published: May 8, 2019, 9:09 p.m.Duration: 52 minutes 58 seconds
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Episode 66: What If Hansel and Gretel Had a Cage Fight?
Published: April 26, 2019, 7:04 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 57 seconds
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Episode 65: Cowboys and Baristas and Co-ops, Oh My!
Published: April 15, 2019, 6:22 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 34 seconds
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The Skink, The Witches, and the Ghost of Tim Fitts
Published: March 18, 2019, 7:02 p.m.Duration: 32 minutes 46 seconds
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Episode 63: Tripletime!
Published: Feb. 28, 2019, 6:16 p.m.Duration: 49 minutes 41 seconds
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Episode 62: Six Degrees of Separation
Published: Feb. 13, 2019, 8:41 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 55 seconds
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Episode 61: Welcome to The Petri Dish
Published: Jan. 30, 2019, 7:51 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 21 seconds
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Episode 60: Line of Apogee
Published: Jan. 16, 2019, 7:10 p.m.Duration: 57 minutes 45 seconds
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Episode 59: Emi's Barbaric YAWP!
Published: Dec. 13, 2018, 10:30 p.m.Duration: 37 minutes 16 seconds
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Episode 58: Gobsmacked is my Mantra
Published: Nov. 20, 2018, 9:22 p.m.Duration: 44 minutes 50 seconds
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Episode 57: Smitten with Sakura
Published: Nov. 8, 2018, 7:36 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 1 second
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Episode 56: Mox Nox
Published: Oct. 17, 2018, 4:37 p.m.Duration: 53 minutes 6 seconds
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Episode 55: Prison Whiskey and Big Brother
Published: Aug. 30, 2018, 8:29 p.m.Duration: 44 minutes 2 seconds
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Episode 54: The Sex Tape
Published: July 19, 2018, 5:52 p.m.Duration: 43 minutes 12 seconds
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Episode 53: Lost In Time
Published: June 18, 2018, 8:25 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 22 seconds
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Episode 52: The Klingon Council
Published: May 17, 2018, 8:22 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 28 seconds
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Episode 51: Hello Neighbor
Published: April 19, 2018, 3:53 p.m.Duration: 57 minutes 42 seconds
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Episode 50: An Excuse for a Buffet
Published: April 2, 2018, 3:18 p.m.Duration: 47 minutes 27 seconds
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Episode 49: Pixie Dust and Sparkles
Published: March 2, 2018, 8:08 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 45 seconds
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Episode 48: Paper Cranes and Zebras
Published: Feb. 9, 2018, 7:26 p.m.Duration: 43 minutes 10 seconds
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Episode 47: Live with Dorian Paul Rogers
Published: Jan. 19, 2018, 7:01 p.m.Duration: 52 minutes 40 seconds
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Episode 46: Rooftop Rhythms in the UAE
Published: Dec. 22, 2017, 4:35 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 57 seconds
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Episode 45: Lost In Space
Published: Dec. 6, 2017, 3:08 p.m.Duration: 44 minutes 10 seconds
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Episode 44: Fairy Dust Watches and John Bonham
Published: Nov. 2, 2017, 5:38 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 52 seconds
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Episode 43: Family Matters
Published: Oct. 12, 2017, 2:59 p.m.Duration: 47 minutes 16 seconds
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Episode 42: Love Shack
Published: Sept. 27, 2017, 4:03 p.m.Duration: 44 minutes 56 seconds
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Episode 41: The Bathrobisode
Published: Sept. 14, 2017, 8:11 p.m.Duration: 47 minutes 55 seconds
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Episode 40: Contemporary in Context
Published: Aug. 30, 2017, 9:12 p.m.Duration: 56 minutes 5 seconds
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Episode 39: Punched in the Face, in the Best Way
Published: Aug. 17, 2017, 8:25 p.m.Duration: 45 minutes 56 seconds
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Episode 38: Of Flossing and Pottery Barn
Published: July 25, 2017, 7:37 p.m.Duration: 53 minutes 45 seconds
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Episode 37: Fathers Day?
Published: July 10, 2017, 4:41 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 36 seconds
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Episode 36: A Giants Monologue
Published: June 23, 2017, 7:06 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 43 seconds
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Episode 35: Viles, Vitality, and Virgules
Published: June 5, 2017, 6:24 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 55 seconds
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Episode 34: Mistakes Were Made
Published: May 17, 2017, 9:12 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 18 seconds
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Episode 33: The Lily of the Valley
Published: May 3, 2017, 8:47 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 1 second
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Episode 32: Art & Politics
Published: April 19, 2017, 8:52 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 41 seconds
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Episode 32: Art & Politics
Published: April 19, 2017, 8:52 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 41 seconds
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Episode 31: Balance
Published: April 7, 2017, 8:42 p.m.Duration: 55 minutes 42 seconds
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Episode 30: Resonance and Rejection
Published: March 22, 2017, 8:07 p.m.Duration: 52 minutes 19 seconds
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Episode 29: The Unexamined Fisherman
Published: March 8, 2017, 5:47 p.m.Duration: 53 minutes 8 seconds
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Episode 28: PBQ Celebrates with One Book, One Philadelphia
Published: Feb. 22, 2017, 8:15 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 32 seconds
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Episode 27.5: AWP Bookfair Buzz
Published: Feb. 20, 2017, 8:21 p.m.Duration: 20 minutes 20 seconds
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Episode 27: Suicides and Skelton Jazz
Published: Feb. 9, 2017, 3:25 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 6 seconds
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Episode 26: Preparation H is Easy on the Mouth
Published: Jan. 27, 2017, 7:55 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 48 seconds
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Episode 25: Saved from Bon Joviism
Published: Jan. 11, 2017, 9:01 p.m.Duration: 55 minutes 16 seconds
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Episode 24: PBQ's Holiday Extravaganza!
Published: Dec. 28, 2016, 10 a.m.Duration: 54 minutes 53 seconds
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Episode 23: The White Episode
Published: Dec. 14, 2016, 4:16 p.m.Duration: 54 minutes 39 seconds
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Episode 22: Tea Leaves and Tastykake
Published: Nov. 30, 2016, 8:33 p.m.Duration: 57 minutes 9 seconds
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Episode 21: Alabama Field Holla
Published: Nov. 16, 2016, 8:39 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 16 seconds
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Episode 20: Boxed Wine and <em>Slush Piles</em>
Published: Nov. 2, 2016, 7:43 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 23 seconds
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Episode 19: The Dinosaur-Robot Episode
Published: Oct. 6, 2016, 12:21 p.m.Duration: 51 minutes 10 seconds
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Episode 18: Jersey Guernsey, a Frenchman, and 2 Ho's
Published: Oct. 5, 2016, 7:05 p.m.Duration: 37 minutes 32 seconds
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Episode 17: "Let's Kill the Slush Pile"
Published: Sept. 21, 2016, 3:05 p.m.Duration: 48 minutes 48 seconds
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Episode 16: Consumption
Published: Sept. 7, 2016, 12:48 p.m.Duration: 46 minutes 21 seconds
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Episode 15: The Schneiderman Tingle Episode
Published: Aug. 24, 2016, 7:36 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes 44 seconds
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Episode 14: Martinis are Just Like Testicles
Published: Aug. 11, 2016, 7:51 p.m.Duration: 46 minutes 57 seconds
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Episode 13: Creature Triple Feature
Published: July 27, 2016, 4:15 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 48 seconds
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Episode 12: Who Killed the Cat?
Published: July 14, 2016, 4:50 p.m.Duration: 50 minutes 53 seconds
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Episode 11: The One with Heart, Brain, and Balls
Published: June 30, 2016, 8:05 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 12 seconds
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Episode 10: Mangoes and Monsters
Published: June 17, 2016, 2:29 p.m.Duration: 49 minutes 35 seconds
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Episode 09: All Abu Dhabi, All the Time
Published: June 6, 2016, 6:50 p.m.Duration: 35 minutes 28 seconds
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Episode 08: The Brazilian
Published: May 20, 2016, 6:47 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 9 seconds
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Episode 06: "Wait, Wait, You Said 'No'?!"
Published: April 20, 2016, 7:38 p.m.Duration: 56 minutes 12 seconds
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Episode 5.5: WTF2 AWP + PBQ + LDM = Umbrella Drinks
Published: April 12, 2016, 6:57 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 43 seconds
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Episode 05: Fascinating and Terrifying
Published: April 11, 2016, 8:18 p.m.Duration: 51 minutes 33 seconds
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Episode 04: The One With Friends
Published: April 11, 2016, 8:17 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 55 seconds
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Episode 03: Still Thinking About Roger Camp's Hammock
Published: April 11, 2016, 8:17 p.m.Duration: 59 minutes 41 seconds
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Episode 02: It's Alive!
Published: April 11, 2016, 8:06 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 59 seconds
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Episode 01: PBQ--WTF?
Published: April 11, 2016, 7:55 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 46 seconds
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