The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons
Twice a month, guitar amp guru Skip Simmons fields your questions on vintage tube amp repair, restoration and collecting. Often hilarious and always insightful, it's like no other guitar podcast out there.Podcasts
Ep. 132: "Start Dark"
Published: April 2, 2024, 7:26 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 58 seconds
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Ep. 131: "Sandy Soil"
Published: March 4, 2024, 5:50 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes 19 seconds
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Ep. 130: "America's Hat"
Published: Feb. 16, 2024, 10:03 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes 18 seconds
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Ep. 129: "Summer of the Comet"
Published: Feb. 4, 2024, 1:36 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 16 seconds
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Ep. 128: "The Smells Were Overwhelming"
Published: Jan. 20, 2024, 7:11 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes 14 seconds
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Ep. 127: "The Rogue Hoe"
Published: Dec. 29, 2023, 8:02 p.m.Duration: 51 minutes 19 seconds
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Ep. 126: "They Do Die Eventually"
Published: Dec. 16, 2023, 6:55 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 44 seconds
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Ep. 126: "They Do Eventually Die"
Published: Dec. 16, 2023, 6:55 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 44 seconds
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Ep. 125: "Put Your Hands on the Hood"
Published: Nov. 21, 2023, 4:27 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 40 seconds
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Ep. 124: "Night Train"
Published: Nov. 7, 2023, 5:25 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 30 seconds
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Ep. 123: "Salt to Taste"
Published: Oct. 11, 2023, 4:50 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 47 seconds
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Ep. 122: "A Low Ceiling Situation"
Published: Oct. 10, 2023, 8:28 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 4 seconds
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Ep. 121: "Plaid Bell Bottoms"
Published: Sept. 21, 2023, 7:25 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 40 seconds
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Ep. 120: "One Call"
Published: Sept. 1, 2023, 6:51 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 38 seconds
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Ep. 119: "Painting Some Dots"
Published: Aug. 7, 2023, 6:50 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 40 seconds
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Ep. 118: "Pirate Ale" (Special Guest: Ben Harper)
Published: July 20, 2023, 6 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes 44 seconds
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Ep. 117: "Tommy, Time for Dinner"
Published: July 4, 2023, 10:30 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 24 seconds
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Ep. 116: "Or Something"
Published: June 16, 2023, 12:39 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 10 seconds
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Ep. 115: "The Group W Bench"
Published: May 23, 2023, 5:49 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 28 seconds
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Ep. 114: "Mothers, Fathers, Sisters, Brothers"
Published: May 8, 2023, 6:45 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes
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Ep. 113: "Too Much of Something Somewhere"
Published: April 12, 2023, 5 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 39 seconds
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Ep. 112: "Adjust for Minimum Smoke"
Published: April 3, 2023, 11:44 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 22 seconds
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Ep. 111: "A Tree, the Roof of a Trailer and a Deluxe Reverb"
Published: March 16, 2023, 3:23 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 25 seconds
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Ep. 110: "Need a Ride?"
Published: Feb. 8, 2023, 8:01 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 21 seconds
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Ep. 109: "The First Podcast Puddle"
Published: Feb. 1, 2023, 3:32 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 3 seconds
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Ep. 108: "Put a Pot Under It"
Published: Jan. 12, 2023, 2:05 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 45 seconds
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Ep. 107: "Nip It In the Bud"
Published: Dec. 22, 2022, 1:37 a.m.Duration: 58 minutes 51 seconds
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Ep. 106: "That's When You Know You're Doomed"
Published: Dec. 6, 2022, 6:34 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 6 seconds
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Ep. 105: "You Started a Chainsaw" (Special guest: jdflyback)
Published: Nov. 22, 2022, 12:36 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 2 seconds
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Ep. 104: "I Bought a Headache"
Published: Nov. 14, 2022, 12:20 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 47 seconds
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Ep. 103: "If You Want Something, You Have to Do Something"
Published: Oct. 27, 2022, 12:05 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 12 seconds
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Ep. 102: "I Relapsed"
Published: Oct. 11, 2022, 1:02 p.m.Duration: 2 hours 26 minutes
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Ep. 101: "One Piece at a Time"
Published: Sept. 27, 2022, 6:55 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 34 seconds
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The Truth About Vintage Amps, Ep. 100
Published: Sept. 13, 2022, 10:41 p.m.Duration: 2 hours 20 minutes 5 seconds
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Ep. 99: "EQ and You"
Published: Aug. 24, 2022, 2:11 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 46 seconds
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Ep. 98: "Reserve Champion"
Published: Aug. 11, 2022, 4:29 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 39 seconds
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Ep. 97: "Do I Want the Red or the Gold?"
Published: July 17, 2022, 3:55 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 54 minutes 21 seconds
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Ep. 96 "The Problem Is the Problem"
Published: June 21, 2022, 7:18 p.m.Duration: 2 hours 2 minutes 24 seconds
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Ep. 95: "What's the Implication?"
Published: June 4, 2022, 12:25 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 35 seconds
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Ep. 93: "Permissive Parents"
Published: May 9, 2022, 5:57 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 41 seconds
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Ep. 92: "I'll Be There Briefly"
Published: April 19, 2022, 5:13 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 33 seconds
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Ep. 91: "I'm Still Frying Garlic"
Published: March 29, 2022, 6:19 p.m.Duration: 2 hours 7 minutes 21 seconds
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Ep. 90: "Seeing Foxes In the Daytime"
Published: March 10, 2022, 4:05 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 55 minutes 9 seconds
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Ep. 89: "Champions Adjust"
Published: Feb. 24, 2022, 6:47 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 17 seconds
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Ep. 88: "Wake Up"
Published: Feb. 8, 2022, 7:10 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes 41 seconds
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Ep. 87: "Waxy... and Leaking"
Published: Jan. 24, 2022, 8:56 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 45 seconds
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Ep. 86: "You Run Hot"
Published: Jan. 11, 2022, 5:31 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 53 minutes 35 seconds
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Ep. 85: "Remington Starfire"
Published: Dec. 20, 2021, 7:59 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 44 minutes 19 seconds
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Ep. 84: "What's Past the Weeds?"
Published: Dec. 7, 2021, 8:14 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 51 seconds
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Ep. 83: "No, But I Will"
Published: Nov. 22, 2021, 12:09 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 46 seconds
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Ep. 82: "The Velvet Touch"
Published: Nov. 5, 2021, 6:41 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 23 seconds
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Ep. 81: "Eat Ice Cream"
Published: Oct. 22, 2021, 6:40 p.m.Duration: 2 hours 3 minutes 29 seconds
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Ep. 80: "Dairy Goats in a Minivan"
Published: Oct. 8, 2021, 8:02 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 57 seconds
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Ep. 79: "New Departure"
Published: Sept. 24, 2021, 4:39 a.m.Duration: 2 hours 5 minutes 53 seconds
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Ep. 78: "Business Conducted on the Internet"
Published: Sept. 9, 2021, 7:51 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 12 seconds
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Ep. 77: "Helen Reddy"
Published: Aug. 28, 2021, 11:26 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 22 seconds
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Ep. 76: "Eliminate the Impossible"
Published: Aug. 14, 2021, 3:15 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 27 seconds
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Ep. 75: "We're Staying Positive"
Published: July 30, 2021, 9:47 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 41 seconds
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Ep. 74: "Another Finger on Your Hand"
Published: July 20, 2021, 1:02 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 27 seconds
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Ep. 73: "Also, Not My Suit Size"
Published: July 1, 2021, 5:57 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes 20 seconds
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Ep. 72: "You Look Older"
Published: June 18, 2021, 10:10 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 16 seconds
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Ep. 71: "I Analyze My Spectrum"
Published: June 4, 2021, 6:38 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 12 seconds
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Ep. 70: "Everything Matters and Nothing Matters"
Published: May 20, 2021, 2:34 p.m.Duration: 2 hours 7 minutes 2 seconds
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Ep. 69: "Candy Cigarettes"
Published: May 7, 2021, 1:40 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 53 seconds
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Ep. 68: "All Will Be Revealed"
Published: April 23, 2021, 8:21 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 26 seconds
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Bonus: Mini Wall of Sound Builder Anthony Coscia
Published: April 13, 2021, 11:09 p.m.Duration: 50 minutes 49 seconds
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Ep. 67: "Space Food Sticks"
Published: April 9, 2021, 12:25 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 27 seconds
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Ep. 66: "The Doves and the Turkeys"
Published: March 26, 2021, 1 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 13 seconds
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Ep. 65: "Aim High"
Published: March 11, 2021, 8:12 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 23 seconds
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Ep. 64: "Little Tiny Kites"
Published: Feb. 27, 2021, 1:26 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 47 seconds
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Ep. 63: "Chapter Four: Handles"
Published: Feb. 11, 2021, 3:09 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes 12 seconds
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Ep. 62: "Just Call Me Ike"
Published: Jan. 28, 2021, 3:13 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 25 seconds
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Ep. 61: "Less Than Zero"
Published: Jan. 19, 2021, 5:40 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 29 seconds
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Ep. 60: "10 and Up"
Published: Jan. 3, 2021, 2:02 a.m.Duration: 2 hours 7 minutes 49 seconds
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Ep. 59: "Paper Airplanes and Some Soup"
Published: Dec. 18, 2020, 5:50 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 38 seconds
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Ep. 58: "Beards and Flattops"
Published: Dec. 4, 2020, 5:35 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 57 seconds
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Ep. 57: "Turn That Baby Down to Zero"
Published: Nov. 17, 2020, 7:36 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 53 seconds
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Ep. 56: "I Want People to Dream"
Published: Nov. 3, 2020, 7:40 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 23 seconds
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Ep. 55: "Surfeit of Stuff"
Published: Oct. 22, 2020, 3:02 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 17 seconds
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Ep. 54: "A Great Big Tent"
Published: Oct. 14, 2020, 9:49 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 8 seconds
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Ep. 53: "Kids Love It"
Published: Sept. 30, 2020, 11:04 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 12 seconds
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Ep. 52: "Dogs Riding Bicycles"
Published: Sept. 19, 2020, 12:09 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 46 seconds
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Ep. 51: "Generator Edition"
Published: Sept. 14, 2020, 9:45 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 28 seconds
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Ep. 50: "Another Hobby, Another Hobby, Another Hobby"
Published: Sept. 5, 2020, 3:29 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 57 minutes 6 seconds
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Ep. 49: "You Could Have Just Left It in the Trash"
Published: Aug. 21, 2020, 9:59 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 58 seconds
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Ep. 48: "Looking Out the Window"
Published: Aug. 13, 2020, 10:46 p.m.Duration: 49 minutes 39 seconds
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Ep. 47: "You Played for Money"
Published: Aug. 6, 2020, 3:02 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 40 seconds
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Ep. 46: "Man-Made Interference"
Published: July 29, 2020, 4:04 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes 14 seconds
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Ep. 45: "I Sheared a Lot of Sheep"
Published: July 21, 2020, 6:24 p.m.Duration: 44 minutes 58 seconds
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Ep. 44: "Heavy Rotation at the Prison Library"
Published: July 12, 2020, 5:28 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 38 seconds
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Ep. 43: "We Need a Lifeline"
Published: July 1, 2020, 4:46 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 56 seconds
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Ep. 42: "The Other Half of the Class"
Published: June 20, 2020, 6:27 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 23 seconds
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Ep. 41: "He's a Family Man"
Published: June 10, 2020, 4:01 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 30 seconds
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Ep. 40: "The Boogie Dumpster"
Published: May 29, 2020, 8:55 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes 26 seconds
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Ep. 39: "I Assumed He Was a Bass Player"
Published: May 26, 2020, 7:42 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 58 seconds
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Ep. 38: "Thousand Dollars or Get a Job"
Published: May 12, 2020, 4:10 p.m.Duration: 2 hours 20 minutes 17 seconds
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Ep. 37: "Bury It in the Yard for a Year"
Published: May 8, 2020, 6:56 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 57 seconds
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Ep. 36: "They Only Gave Me One Night"
Published: May 1, 2020, 6:13 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 42 seconds
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Ep. 35: "He Just Crashed Into the Ground"
Published: April 27, 2020, 5:05 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 13 seconds
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Ep. 34: "I'm Not Waking the Baby Up"
Published: April 17, 2020, 10:57 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 49 minutes 20 seconds
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Ep. 33: "I Can Deal With Nuts"
Published: April 10, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 50 seconds
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Ep. 32: "Let's Make Cookies"
Published: April 3, 2020, 3:50 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 45 seconds
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Ep. 31: "And You Thought We Had Problems"
Published: March 26, 2020, 9:54 p.m.Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes 56 seconds
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Ep. 30: "That's What We're Having"
Published: March 19, 2020, 9:38 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 44 minutes 32 seconds
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Ep. 29: "Filter Capacitors and You"
Published: March 2, 2020, 4:34 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 1 second
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BONUS EPISODE: Satellite Amplifiers
Published: Feb. 5, 2020, 7:18 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 39 seconds
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Ep. 28: "It's the Cranberries"
Published: Feb. 5, 2020, 7:13 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 47 seconds
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Ep. 27: "A Big Grizzly Bear with a Duck Head On It"
Published: Jan. 15, 2020, 8:41 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes 31 seconds
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Ep. 26: "The Benny Goodman Stare"
Published: Dec. 26, 2019, 3:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 55 minutes 48 seconds
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BONUS EPISODE: Larry Cragg
Published: Dec. 10, 2019, 8:42 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 21 seconds
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Ep. 25: "Defensible Space"
Published: Dec. 10, 2019, 8:17 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 54 minutes 12 seconds
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Ep. 24: "Half-Finished Malt Liquor"
Published: Nov. 27, 2019, 5:55 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes 55 seconds
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Ep. 23: "He's a Hugger"
Published: Nov. 7, 2019, 8 a.m.Duration: 2 hours 18 minutes 57 seconds
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Ep. 22: "A Crouton in Every Bite"
Published: Oct. 24, 2019, 5:17 p.m.Duration: 2 hours 17 seconds
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Ep. 21: "Bases Loaded, Full Count"
Published: Oct. 10, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 7 seconds
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Ep. 20: "It's a Big Tent"
Published: Sept. 27, 2019, 5:04 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 1 second
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Ep. 19: "I Have Lifestyle Tips"
Published: Sept. 13, 2019, 9:48 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 59 minutes 50 seconds
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Ep. 18: "Walk the Dog Backwards"
Published: Aug. 21, 2019, 11:42 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes 5 seconds
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Ep. 17: "One Good Solder Joint"
Published: Aug. 15, 2019, noonDuration: 1 hour 51 minutes 13 seconds
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Ep. 16: "Glue on the Windshield"
Published: Aug. 2, 2019, 3:59 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 55 minutes 58 seconds
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Ep. 15: "Yuba Peach"
Published: July 19, 2019, 12:02 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 23 seconds
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Ep. 14: "I'll Do the Jokes"
Published: June 28, 2019, 6:39 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes 5 seconds
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Ep. 13: "Throw a Love Light Party!"
Published: June 12, 2019, 4:34 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 19 seconds
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Ep. 12: "Painting the Fence"
Published: May 31, 2019, 7:10 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 14 seconds
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Ep. 11: "Waiting For the Tater Tots"
Published: May 16, 2019, 11:12 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes 30 seconds
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Ep. 10: "Would It Get You Out of the Army Early?"
Published: April 30, 2019, 11:01 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 18 seconds
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Ep. 9 - "Up on Its Feet"
Published: April 19, 2019, 7:02 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 10 seconds
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Ep. 8 - "Alcohol and what?"
Published: April 8, 2019, 11:57 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 31 seconds
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Ep. 7: "In French or English"
Published: March 26, 2019, 5:07 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 19 seconds
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Ep. 6: "A Rustic Kegger Out in the Woods"
Published: March 11, 2019, 10:04 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 42 seconds
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Ep. 5: "You're a Maintenance Man"
Published: Feb. 20, 2019, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 45 seconds
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Ep. 4: "Smoked Paprika"
Published: Feb. 8, 2019, 12:15 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 36 seconds
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Ep. 3: "Make Me Some Bread"
Published: Jan. 22, 2019, 6:48 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 56 seconds
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Ep. 2: "Don't buy that thing"
Published: Jan. 8, 2019, 12:26 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 55 seconds
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Ep. 1: "People Did Stuff"
Published: Dec. 1, 2018, 5:05 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 46 seconds
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