035: Our Soul Sucking Internships

[@alexasummerson]

Wait… I’m not active on the comments section, but did people not like when they brought up their own topics? I loved the simplicity to them and I felt like we got to know them more and they’re super funny so I don’t personally get the criticism

[@ebrach121]

Yeah I always like the goofy topics. 😁 People are weird.

[@sofia-nf2ff]

I'm late to the party but Ryan making a whole story about sentient food with a hot dog protagonist in school and then Shane creating the Hot Daga years later is crazy soulmatism 😭😭 You two were destined to become best friends.

[@ryleighdrew2273]

I cannot believe none of them know the Toy Story lore, it’s established with Forky in Toy Story 4 that a child’s love is what gives a toy sentience. He’s trash, he knows he’s trash, but Bonnie loves him so he’s a toy, given a purpose to live. With that logic, if a kid loved playing with a kite it would be alive, with or without a face.

[@jacquelynchin5513]

they forget that in the first Toy Story there are toys that were taken apart and put back together bc of Sid. There's the fishing pole with barbie legs! No face but it comes to life!

[@bman7653]

I drive a trash truck so I look forward to these podcast every Monday and Tuesday. Big FYA fan! Love the long format, structured discussion. I'm trashin 60 hours a week so you'll never see me complaining about podcasts that go on for too long. Cheers from Colorado!

[@mediocreatbest371]

2 things: 1.) as a teacher, I can tell you that those teachers you mentioned would be so incredibly happy to hear that you remember them! 2.) as the author of sausage man, how could you have hated the hot daga so much?!?!

[@abigailshapley]

RE: where are you listening? I’m at my soul sucking job, which is the preparation for digitizing binders and folders. so 4 days a week, going through and taking out staples, organizing papers, etc. i felt very seen by this intro today

[@abigailshapley]

RE: who was cool in school? it was less of who was cool and more of who was just normal. cool was reserved for drum line. i think for fine arts, they were right in the middle: varsity dance team, theater, choir, and band. art itself was the most neutral. and color guard was definitely towards the bottom.

[@gr33ngirlsea]

That job ABSOLUTELY needs listening material!

[@ariana26826]

Ooof I did this for a while at a hospital, I listened to every agatha christie audiobook on youtube 😂 Good luck, and hope you're smarter than me and figure out a way to keep your fingertips from getting totally raw!

[@Frindle_Babbin]

I’m right there with you listening to podcasts makes menial work so much more bearable!

[@rosscalhoun3389]

I'm with Shane, I'd want to be a Lego minifig. Parts are swappable (by Toy Story logic, I think only the head would carry my consciousness) so I could change up my look, there's all kinds of accessories, there are houses, castles, and starships I could hang out in, I could probably even build my own place.

[@LadyWoot]

I always appreciate when creators set themselves boundaries and understand that despite many things being inspired by the creator's IP, certain fan spaces are for fans only. People should really stop asking for creator validation for all things they make and/or do because that way lies madness. From a creator standpoint, yes, it is much healthier to avoid reading fan blogs, fanfic and even snark threads on reddit. Anyway, another great episode

[@missbrillante]

asking became more a thing during the pandemic (plus the mix of fandom become more mainstream). Totally agree with you on these matters 🙂‍↕️

[@cattlin6957]

Oh wow did not expect an Oriental Trading company shoutout today! My mom bought stuff from that catalog for her work and throwing parties, it was great to look through as a kid.

[@msiaregodz]

"Now you're just writing an autobiography" is the funniest zinger Steven has ever had! Hahaha

[@laurenkanadesigns2896]

There was a hockey puck in the first story, and Mr potato head said “what are you looking at you hockey puck” and it had arms and legs so I think a kite with eyes is possible!

[@ImekaSF]

Re: Your inquiry about where we listen to this - I wfh on Mondays, so I start listening to this pod as I am getting ready for the day, then switch over to KZbin when I get to my desk. Ryan reminded me that I once had a temp job that was just digitizing files because the company had recently been acquired. The office I worked in was very, very similar to the one in the movie 'Office Space' - it was one of the most soul-sucking environments I have ever worked in.

[@missbrillante]

I listen to these episodes early in the morning (6am!) I used to watch the videos whilst eating breakfast but I got a new job and the first hour of it is now spent on listening. It’s a fun way to start the week ^_^

[@Frindle_Babbin]

Since Shane was curious, I listen to this (and other) podcasts while doing 1 of 3 different things depending on what’s going on that day: walking my dog and playing Pokémon Go, helping out with my mom’s landscaping business, or cleaning my grandparent’s house for them. Listening while I walk the dog is what happens most often, but I listened to this episode while weeding and mulching today!

[@partlyironic]

I listen to these eps every time I do my big weekly meal prep/batch cooking session either on Sunday or Monday ❤ you keep me going lmao. Also a note - I do hope you wont stop bringing in your own topics! I loved you starting in one place and naturally seeing where the convo leads and I wouldn't want this to just become a big Q&A session. Part of the fun is seeing you three just chattin like pals. shooting the shit! having a chinwag!

[@Sarah-hm2pe]

Agreed! Natural flowing, long conversation is a rare treat!

[@knorman717]

Thanks so much for taking my question about who helped you feel seen and valued! I usually watch the podcast after a long day at work as I veg out on the couch and eat snacks. This was a fun surprise to hear my name on the show and hear about the cool people in your lives!

[@johnplaysgames3120]

I was never an intern, but one of my earliest jobs was painting miniature Disney figurines for Hummel. I thought it was going to be great because all I had to do was sit and paint cool figurines while listening to music on my headphones. Very quickly, I realized how repetitive the job was going to be because there was zero variety. I would just get stick after stick of the exact same figurine (with four or five attached to the stick) and have to paint it, exactly the same each time, over and over and over all day long. It was incredibly boring within a couple of days (and we weren't allowed to talk to the other people there while working). When you see those kind of figurines for sale, you assume there's some artisan-ship in the painting, like each one is "lovingly crafted by an artist," but it's really just an assembly line of bored people, sitting in cubes, making minimum wage to crank out as many figurines as they can each hour. I was also an overnight radio DJ when I was about 19 or 20 and, again, I thought "Hey, this'll be fun." It wasn't. It was an adult contemporary station (so, think of the sort of generic music you'd hear in the background of a dentist office) where a Paul McCartney song was considered "too hot to play" because it had an electric guitar in the outro (we could play the song but had to cut away before the guitar came in (like we were censoring an obscenity or something)). Also, we could only play songs off of a list of about 20 songs we were given, in the order they were listed, and everything we said was rigorously scripted by an outside consultant, so there was no room for any kind of creativity or personality. Every couple of songs, we could dryly back-announce the last song, pre-announce the next song, and say a scripted line like, "Soft hits all the time..." followed by the call letters. Period. And nobody was listening, especially overnight when all the dentist offices are closed. We'd run contests every so often (with prizes like "tickets to the local fair" or lunch at some local restaurant) and literally nobody would call in. I'd have to make up a random name and location and pretend like somebody won to keep up the illusion that someone was listening (for whom we were keeping up the illusion is beyond me specifically BECAUSE no one was listening). It was a relatively easy job and, at first, I enjoyed it well enough, but I still remember the day - about a year and a half into it - when I was sitting there watching the timer tick down to the end of a song so I could start the next song and thought, "These are the seconds of my life ticking away while I sit here and stare at a timer." I didn't last long after that. It didn't help that the pay was horrible. The MOST soul-sucking job I've ever had though was during a brief time after I moved to a new state and worked as a packer for Amazon. My job was to literally stand in one spot, pick up an item with my right hand, pass it to my left hand under a scanner, drop it in a bag, and push a button (to tell the machine to seal the bag), 700-ish times/hour for 10 hours/night. It was tolerable at first because I could listen to music or podcasts while I worked, but then they banned earbuds or headphones of any kind (bc apparently some people were looking at their phones too much instead of working) and we just had to stand there and do the job in silence (other than the sounds of the machinery and various alarms and buzzers going off around the building whenever a machine broke down or a belt stopped). If you ever want to spend 10 hours a night with your thoughts spinning out in your head, solo-relitigating old arguments, thinking of things you should've said in a conversation 5 years ago, getting anxious about the past, present, or future, etc, get a job at Amazon. It's especially fun when they do things like have a mandatory break time but then keep counting your hourly rate during the break as if you're still working, then complain about how your rate has dropped when you come back from break. Or, like, when there's no work because the main belt that routes packages around the building has broken and they still come over and complain about your rate (It's like, "Bruh, do you want me to mime putting packages into a bag? The belt is empty"). They pay relatively well for the kind of work it is, but, having experienced it, I can say that that way madness lies. Thank god I found my way into the video game biz and became a Game Designer. Having a job is better than not having a job but it would be hard to go back to the monotony of some of these non-career jobs I had back in the day. More power to the people who do them and do them well but my brain just DOES NOT work that way.

[@eleanorwilson7044]

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to season 1, episode 8 of my weekly apartment cleaning. Let's get this show on the road ! Update: all done, thank you guys again ! And thanks for the shoutout haha

[@erinlowe5173]

You got your shout-out this episode girl, Congrats! 😂❤🎉

[@eleanorwilson7044]

Yes, wasn't expecting it !! 😂​@@erinlowe5173

[@watchersleuth]

Congrats on the shoutout! you're like the boob69420 of pod watcher lol

[@eleanorwilson7044]

​@@watchersleuthit's so cool, I can't believe that they read my comments !😂

[@partlyironic]

omg I love that you got a shout out, I always look for you ❤

[@Nephilimfields]

Shane, Shane, Shane... sharks are an exceptionally important part of the aquatic ecosystem. Just stay out of the water.

[@amandahope5877]

I wfh as a photo retoucher and just sit parked at a home office desk in my bedroom all day. So every day when I sit to start working, I queue up the most recent videos from my subs to just listen to in tabs one after the other until I run out. I'm editing a sneaker right now. One of my internships that I did not stay at very long because I took a better one instead had me scanning in 3x4 slide film to digitize the photos for the company since this was also on the turning point of digital archiving.

[@abberobinson3650]

@stevenlim your stories of childhood always break my heart. I hope you feel love and appreciation now. ❤❤

[@arai2237]

i usually listen to the pod when i’m getting ready for work ( showering , make up , hair , picking out my fit ) , on my break & when i am getting ready for bed

[@abberobinson3650]

Oriental Trading Company was the mainstay of elementary school teachers, vacation bible school, dentists offices (which I would bet is why Ryan’s family had it around), etc. It’s full of cheap give away toys, pencils, slap bracelets etc. My mom taught elementary school so that was a constant publication around my house growing up.

[@deadskinconsumption]

My grandma always had them I grew up in so Bay Area lol

[@NoiseDay]

The cultural makeup of my school: Band kids: neutral, awkward, I think they're cool Jocks: neutral, some fit the meathead stereotype but there wasn't really any bullying Choir kids: prissy, self-important Theater kids: horny, self-important Orchestra kids: like band kids but more arrogant and less people knew you were in orchestra International baccalaureate kids: the smart kids, god's gift to humanity (according to the teachers). An equal combination of arrogance and stress, more than the average high schooler. I was a choir kid with overlap in theater. Most of the kids were average to cool, a select few were the worst people you will ever meet in your entire life. I wasn't in band but most of my friends were and they were pretty awesome people. If the boys in band hadn't recruited each other for choir, we wouldn't have boys in choir. So the boys' group had the best personality, because they were band kids. Looking back, it didn't matter so much what group you were in. There was a lot of friend group mixing. You were either cool and fun, nothing to write home about, or the biggest pos and made it everyone else's problem when really you should have been in therapy.

[@learnwithbevsd]

I love youthree so much I listen while working :) you guys keeps me awake and fired up :)

[@MelanieHenninger-up9zc]

Where/when I listen: I’m a first time mom and I listen to the week’s podcast throughout the week when I go for our daily stroller walks! Honestly one of my favourite parts of the day! Though sometimes we walk to the grocery store and I have to turn the podcast off so I don’t end up laughing out loud in the grocery store LOL hi from Ontario, Canada! Love you guys!!❤️

[@thatgirl9532]

I go to bed listening to this podcast every week. It’s the highlight of my night!

[@bryanhikes7248]

I have a watchertv account and I loved the first 2 new weird wonderful and also, I'm not a food show guy really, but I have been enjoying travel season more than I expected, so thank you for that.

[@stephaniechaffin8586]

I'm originally from West Virginia and I used to love listening while cooking dinner; all the way back from buzzfeed. Now in Oklahoma city, I enjoy these are my breaks at work or in bed with popcorn before sleep!

[@cattlin6957]

I listen to this podcast at work! Part of it is during my lunch break and the rest I just work slowly while I listen. Most other podcasts I listen to while driving or playing an east video game though.

[@anitamaxwin3]

I listen to this podcast either getting ready for work, doing my makeup, or getting unready/while doing my night routine :))

[@englishbeauty88]

So I’m listening at work at an exotic bird aviary rescue/sanctuary as a medical tech (peacocks, cockatoos, parrots) I just got broken up with this week. I moved out and got my own place. We still love each other and it’s really hard. I don’t know what the future holds, some days I want to be with them some days I think it’s for the best. It’s hard bc my work is mainly physical labour and medications, there’s a lot of idle mind time and it’s not a safe time for my brain right now after a break up so you guys fill my idle brain time with something positive. I can’t listen to tv shows or movies bc they often involved romance. But this is just friendship and reminds me of what I do have and that I’m not alone. Thank you, love you guys, from Whidbey island WA

[@intheyellowcorner]

I listen at home with either cooking dinner or knitting. I do professional knitting commissions, so I got a lot of time to listen to podcasts and books.

[@oooh19]

Awesome! Sounds like the life!

[@johnplaysgames3120]

As a person with ADHD, my natural tendency is to avoid doing things like dishes, laundry, etc. in favor of things that are more fun and offer that immediate dopamine/serotonin boost (rather than the delayed gratification of "If I do the dishes now, I won't have to do them later when I'm ready to cook something," e.g.). Listening to podcasts like this one keeps my brain entertained while I take care of the housework, giving me the best of both worlds. I used to put on other types of YT videos (gameplay content, movie/music reactions, etc) while cleaning but quickly found that I spent at least half the time watching the screen and eventually getting sucked into the content rather than doing my work. Time after time, I'd find myself standing there, watching the end of the video I put on to clean to, and realizing that I didn't do any of the actual cleaning. Then I'd pick another video and end up doing the exact same thing. Because podcasts like yours generally don't require the visuals (though I do have the video on, I can just listen to it and get the same experience), it allows me to get the dishes and laundry done without veering off-course and standing there watching a video for an hour with a half-washed dish in my hand. Basically, if it wasn't for you guys and podcasts like yours, I'd be living in total filth, high anxiety, and deep depression so, y'know, keep up the good work!

[@avengnrs]

This comes out at around 11pm-12am in the Philippines so I listen to this before bed, absorb very little of it, then listen again on Tuesday morning to kickstart the day :D

[@vampqueen182]

I always listen to you guys either while I’m heading off to my immunology research lab or already doing my experiments. I love to hear the stories you tell while I’m setting up in lab cuz I feel like I’m in a hangout w my friends. It can be a bit isolating just being in lab all day as a recent college grad, I barely even get the chance to hangout w my actual friends so it makes me feel like im just chilling. Thanks for everything ghoul boyz :3

[@heyimsasa]

let steven be a kite! if forky can exist, kitey can exist!

[@gabbyandfriends123]

I listen to the Pod Watcher when I'm at work doing boring logging work on my computer and when I'm on the treadmill at the gym. Y'all are such a delight and help me get it done. :)

[@mialikeseverything]

I listen to these podcasts before bed on a Tuesday or Wednesday since they come out sometime during the day on a Tuesday for me in Australia. I like to get all comfy in my blankets and just luxuriate in the good vibes in both the video and the comments section (this one's for you apartment cleaning person!) Great way to unwind before bed.

[@melanieramey-pl4ih]

I LOVE listening to this when I hop in bed. It's relaxing and you guys are so positive. And it might sound weird, but it's comforting to hear your voices.

[@hmcraig86]

My job is remote and data entry, so I listen while working. Helps me get through my Monday! Just like I love listening to FYA on Tuesdays.

[@alexalvarez-ox9jr]

I’m currently working out to this podcast and got spooked when they mentioned working out to podcasts

[@sunsun5005]

Sentient toy talk culminates with Ryan organically pitching the plot of Wreck-it-Ralph

[@shelbssssss]

Working! In Colorado , I love to listen to your podcast in pieces throughout my day when I need a little break from everything

[@sabina4815162342]

i usually watch your podcasts (for your amusement included) after work while i'm eating, it's a nice way to decompress

[@partlyironic]

Sorry i am SO INCENSED I HAVE TO COMMENT AGAIN. Ryan's argument re Steven being a kite is NONSENSE. For starters the question didnt even require the toy to exist in the Toy Story Universe and SECONDLY! Matt was right - why does Steven's kite need to wish for sentience in this hypothetical scenario, which isn't a prerequisite for the question in any way, and didn't apply to the other participants! LET STEVEN BE A SENTIENT KITE!!!! I demand JUSTICE!

[@rohaneowyn]

THIS TBH

[@emilyc2016]

I often listen to this or other podcasts while cleaning or doing other manual chores! It definitely helps boring stuff like that go by faster. Currently I’m listening while painting though, which I also sometimes do. I’ve also painted to a LOT of puppet history lol.

[@ElenaAnna.]

Back in high school, my friends & I were theatre kids! It wasn't "uncool" to be in drama, as our teacher built massive sets, put on huge/good quality shows, painted the stage floor Dr. Seuss themed, recruited football players for swing dancing routines, put on a 24 hr Improvathon, and built a two-story office at the back of the stage 🎭🎨

[@itslaurenze]

i listen to this and FYA while i get ready for the job that i moved to schaumburg illinois for after i graduated college!! so i very much enjoy shane’s schaumburg tidbits every so often 😁

[@jasmine3705]

I love listening to this podcast while working out. It’s the highlight of my Mondays.

[@__-fp3ir]

question: where are you listening from? i actually used to listen to this podcast while getting ready for my morning classes in uni but now that i’m on summer break i listen to the pod while working out/doing yoga! it genuinely helps to take the pain away (LOL) and i find it easier to concentrate weirdly

[@lorrainebevington1180]

Cardio to podcasts, weights and music. Running is music. And I listen to this usually while I clean the house, usually when I tackle the dishes

[@kdollarhide]

I'm listening while I'm at the gym,,it's a nice way to pass the time. Like Shane says, the time just kinda melts away

[@sescully]

I love hearing the social hierarchy at other schools because mine was a technical/vocational high school, so it was kind of wacky! The schedule switched every two weeks with two grades going to regular classes while the other two were in their shops, which was a trade we would choose and start in the second half of 9th grade, and stick with until graduation. Generally speaking, there weren’t really solid cliques with a clear label besides the athletes. In most schools they’d be referred to as the popular kids, but they honestly weren’t that popular, because no one besides them cared about that kind of thing. Other than them though we didn’t have stereotypical cliques. Within some shops there was kind of a hierarchy, but the less students in them the less likely that was. Before starting shop everyone was usually friends with people from their town (30 different towns combined) and people they met in class, though after starting shop a few new groups were formed. Besides sports we also didn’t have band/choir/drama and there were maybe(?) two clubs that barely anyone joined, so where a lot of schools get their social scene that way, ours couldn't

[@Savannahh701]

Hi!! Savannah here from OKC, Oklahoma. I’ve actually been watching/listening to podwatcher and FYA at *my* internship for the past two months!!!! I’m a Criminal Justice/Forensic Science major, longtime fan of the Watcher boys. Y’all are who I turn to when I can’t take anymore of the morbidity of real life, also I love watching during my internship because it’s a lot of data entry and I can do my (mostly) mindless tasks while silently cracking up over Shane being berated for his parking!

[@malavika7599]

I usually fall sleep to your content it’s oddly soothing and calm. Because of which I need to watch the same video at least 3 to 4 times to finish it

[@tasfiakp23]

Hearing Matt sing was a great highlight of this podcast episode...love it.

[@trippysquirtle]

I listen to this while working out all the time, including fya 😅. Also unexpected frank and son reference! Love that place

[@elizabethfredrickson264]

I listen to this podcast while cooking! It’s very calming. Also our band was really good and won awards so they were considered “cool kids”, with us drummers being the “coolest”.

[@AlexaMarieLeigh]

I listen at work! Seriously the highlight of Monday. In my high school our band was also pretty large, and I wouldn’t say we were “cool”, but there was always someone you knew in your class.

[@izzylaslett]

didn't expect to be asked what I'm doing during listening to these podcasts but these are literally becoming a part of my weekly listening while I'm on my WFH days.. musics definitely an afternoon jolter but this in the morning is pure bliss 🧘‍♀

[@oliviasherman19]

Listening to this podcast while on my lunch break at the research lab I work at. Tried getting an internship and failed but I actually really enjoy the lab work I'm doing so it worked out!

[@reagan466]

I love that through out the entirety of this podcast Matt has become the fourth host I love it ❤

[@shinystarshine]

I believe Ryan went to a high school that is one of the best marching bands in Southern California.

[@catm6161]

On the topic of internships, I did mine last year during my final semester for my bachelor's, and it was such a horrible experience that I'm still recovering from as I'm navigating the job market. Every Monday I would drive an hour back and forth from the site in tears, but you guys at Watcher were always able to cheer me up. To this day Podwatcher is my only podcast that I listen to, so really appreciate you guys for sharing your thoughts with us 🐢 To any current or future interns, remind yourself that it's only temporary, and that it's okay to make mistakes 🫂

[@melissaramirez7980]

Every Monday my son has speech therapy and after that we go do a coffee shop run and listen to your podcast 🙂

[@ruffaloon]

i usually listen to this podcast at work! i work at a library, and right now i'm pulling holds off the shelves before we open :)

[@jacquelynchin5513]

Listening to this getting ready for work and then (ironically) while doing my assistant sound editing job. About half of my job I don't need to listen to things which is odd for a SOUND editing job...but it means I'll listen to podcasts instead as I lock in

[@daverumbear7668]

please sing the mailtime email submissions ad everytime please its so catchy as a jingle i love it!!!! 23:51

[@elizabethgraceb]

i agree this was so adorable

[@deadskinconsumption]

My highschool was on an MTV show called ’If you really knew me’ in 2013. You can quite literally watch the hierarchy dynamic per student testimony. Our episode aired the summer before my freshman year, so I was hellbent on becoming one of the cool kids 😭

[@EddieTee77]

I also exercise to your podcast. I enjoy early morning runs, and like Shane, I don't need music to get energized to run. I also like the fact that there is something new and not the same songs. It is nice to have this conversation without having to actually talk and get more winded lol

[@limlaughlove]

The pod drops at 18:00 for me so I'm either finishing up work tasks, cooking dinner or trapped in the liminal space between the two 😂

[@austinhamman2533]

On Ryan's argument about when the toys become sentient, Buzzlightyear's, are alive in store" Toy Story 2"

[@alycia6928]

Shirt Check! Shane: Watcher merch 10/10 Steven: Watcher merch 10/10 Ryan: 11/10 I love the funky little legs on the letters. We need to talk about this more

[@tat-cb3wk]

listening to this while downing some tamales for lunch. love listening to pod watcher while eating and LOVE fya for relaxation/sleep 🤍

[@aquadragondavanin6745]

this week i've been listening to this podcast a lot while unpacking boxes for my room, and also shiny hunting pidgey in let's go pikachu. that yellow bird will be mine.

[@you-surper]

Intern here 🙋‍♀I'm civil engineering though so my experience is different. Not currently listening to the podcast as I drive, although I have, but as I'm making dinner. I love having y'all's conversations in the background because it keeps me company and always gets me in a good mood

[@itsnikolet]

I only listen to this at work... makes the day go faster!

[@BaronVonFiend]

Kite Steven could be like Magic Carpet from Aladdin~

[@Totallygoats-t4n]

What am I doing while I listen to the pod? I am a wildlife technician and this podcast has followed me to the ends of the earth! I am currently on a remote island in the pacific- I listen while I conduct bird research!!!

[@caseyldi]

I usually clean or walk on a treadmill while listening/watching. But today I'm zapped from work, so I'm watching and lounging on the couch.

[@GracieMae493]

Yes, so I listen to it in chunks while driving, cleaning, doing homework, taking a dump, crafting, cooking and eating, working as a private contractor, the whole shebang

[@toibocks3201]

I listen while I work! I make medical supplies at a warehouse~

[@topcatnikki2782]

I listen to the pod while dragging my preteen into getting ready for school on a Tuesday morning😅😅 Watcher content is one of our mutual loves, we watch mystery files, travel season and puppet history together. We even managed to catch the ghost files tour in Glasgow, and the professor gave us jellybeans🎉

[@izelkegebhardt8595]

I am actually in the gym. I'm watching you guys while I'm lifting weights. It's just amazing 😅Thanks for making my workout easier and going quicker 😂

[@GusingtonOne]

The 1/2 marathon story really hit home for me. I too did a 1/2 marathon with little to no training and by mile nine my nipples were screaming bloody murder and I was seeing my dead relatives. Credit to Ryan for finishing in jeans 🤣

[@henhonk]

Loved hearing Matt calling Ryan out on just saying contrarian bullshit about their sentient kite conversation 😂😂

[@halfatheory]

city worker in recreation, working on a graphic request for an adult basketball league and listening to y'all. would love to have you over for one of our events! maybe someday...

[@livvydunham]

i LOVE matt's jingle! also holy shit I HAD AN AQUANAUT OR TWO I LOVED THEM

[@melanieromero-adan971]

i wake up at 5 for work & i always drive locally to just take in the scenery & the podcast is almost always up on Spotify at that time it’s only a 15-20ish minute drive but i continue where i left off on the ride back home & once home i’ll watch the video !! it gives me something to look forward to !! i also DO listen to this @ the gym bc i don’t do intense workouts also idk what it is about the Mail Time jingle but it’s so cute & sweet & wholesome it makes me slightly.. like.. i guess emotional ?? & it reminds me of Steven Universe

[@alaynawashabaugh3643]

I listen to all things Watcher during my work time. My productivity sinks because I'm laughing so hard. Im glad I work at home or else my coworker would be concerned 😅

[@alyssaraleigh4310]

I am listening to this at the gym right now!

[@Knowsy_chaos_muppet]

I always watch the pod from home. I swear that my tablet play button is connected to my office mate's mouth. They always start at the same time, so I wait until I'm cuddled up with my pups.

[@mentalkrissie614]

RE: Where are you listening. Just got home from school (later in life college career change), taking my dog on a walk, making the both of us dinner and cleaning up before studying.

[@emare313]

I feel like other podcasts are too structured or the topics aren’t random enough for me. I thoroughly enjoy listening to dudes being bros for an hour even if it’s about candle or soap

[@ArielKirst]

Also 100% the question said alternate universe, and my brain went: out there somewhere there is a show where tiny human Shane presents puppet history, and human-sized Professor goes on ghost hunts with Ryan. I welcome this universe with open arms.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

All of you would be great company. That much I know

[@Adk0n77]

Listen to it every Monday while processing Payroll.

[@seryabaltzell878]

I always listen to the pod while I’m cleaning my apartment or driving 🥰♥️

[@alexis_2195]

Yes, marching band takes up a lot of your time, but a lot of those that did both sports and band were also honors students and were very popular in my school. My friends outside of band were very supportive of people they knew in extracurriculars. Wasn't hard to be part of multiple activities at my school cause it was highly encouraged to do so by admin. Was part of their "college readiness" ordeal to try and have as many students in AP/dual credit courses and be in extracurricular activities. Now that I'm older, I realize trying to enforce all that on students wasn't necessarily to have these kids ready to do everything possible in college, but to have kids exposed to a work load, responsibility, and learn time management and such.