Topics include: Aaron Mason’s shoes, Olive Hope, badasses, Practically Useful, the iPad, the Midwest, Ben’s Semi-Organic Grocery Store: Half Foods, last week’s show made someone vomit, the State of the Union, You’re Doing it Wrong, don’t ask don’t tell, DPMMX news, Aaron hates the Amish, the Mormons emailed Ben again, in-flight entertainment,TMU & more!
Also, Ben figures out what annoys him about men who wear lady jeans, and Jamie the Intern is the best person in the world.
This badass is sitting in an office chair with balloons tied to it. For reals.
We mentioned that our friends Rusty & Lynette are setting up a scholarship fund in honor of their daughter to send the Akha children in the villages in Northern Thailand to school. If you’re interested in helping, you can send donations to:
Siloam Fellowship
61616 C.R. 35
Goshen, IN 46528
Please reference Olive Memorial Fund in the memo. If you’d like to see more about the work they have been doing in Thailand, check out the Akha Youth Development Center or their personal blog.
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Todd
5 months ago
wow. your shoes are pissed Aaron. What an awesome voicemail.
Aaron
5 months ago
They are SO angry!
Jamie the Intern
5 months ago
Thanks for the kind words, Grapes.
I’m here for all your interny needs. Except for the Bill Clinton-type-interny-needs. In the words of Meatloaf, “I won’t do that.”
(Lewinsky and Meatloaf in one comment- top that Listener!!)
ben
5 months ago
actually jamie, i’d like you to refer you to your contract- section B part 22 (r). enough said.
Ben's wife
5 months ago
(Gasp) Ben!
Listener Brendan
5 months ago
A bit off topic, but I was just browsing the Grape’s tumblr page: http://grapesofrad.tumblr.com/ and was cracking up at seeing how Hitler was responding to being banned from the hip hop party. After I caught my breath… I couldn’t help but think that maybe, JUST MAYBE, you’ve judged him too hard. He’s a changed man, now. And he likes to get loose:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rurBHWxYaR0
Jamie the Intern
5 months ago
Damnit, Brendan. Now I have those girls singing H-I-T-L-E-R stuck in my head.
Listener Brendan
5 months ago
All the party people say ‘heil’!
Aaron
5 months ago
Preach it, Brendan! (Not the Hilter ideology – I mean the sharing of the web video…)
stephy
5 months ago
HARDWARE TO SPARE!! That secretary sounds AWESOME. Make her a listener! And of course her boss has seven kids.
I’ll be using “I just got that tingle in my nuts” at my earliest opportunity.
I would like to state for the record that I’m a giant fan of Just The Headline.
I first read Cather in the Rye when we were on vacation when I was 16, and my parents threw it away when I wasn’t looking cause it’s “bad.” Way to create a fetish, parents.
Alex
5 months ago
yo, yo!
another great episode, Grapes!
heard your enthusiasm over Felix Baumgartner. thought you may be interested in a video of Felix and Joe Kittinger (current record holder):
http://www.drseussjuice.com/2010/01/felix-baumgartner-red-bull-stratos/
also – let us not forget our “friend” in France, Michel Fournier, who wanted to attempt the jump last year but due to Canadian regulation was not allowed to make the plunge from the skies above our northern border. Michel will attempt to jump this year as well.
http://www.legrandsaut.org/index.php?lang=eng
check his site for an awesome graphical representation of the altitude from which he (and Felix) will be jumping (although, not together and definitely not holding hands)… the graph shows the altitude of the previous record, the elevation at which certain aircraft fly and the highest point on Earth:
http://www.legrandsaut.org/index.php?Message=projet&lang=eng
Brewer Isaac
5 months ago
FYI, in case of a zombie-apocalypse, anyone NOT wearing tight jeans is totally invited to my place for some beers and smoked meat. There will be a strict dress code enforced.
P.S. Uma Thurman and Lucy Lu would both be allowed because I have seen them whoop ass in tight pants, but no one else.
ben
5 months ago
yeah, it’s totally different for girls. because they’re not wearing “girl pants”, just “pants”.
Irish Listener Superfan Tim
5 months ago
I find it TOTALLY awesome that you factor post-apocalyptic survival into what kind of pants you wear. As I ponder this fact, I came to the conclusion that I have always subconsciously done the same! I was just in line at a grocery store the other day and I was standing behind some 17 year old hipster guy sporting tight jeans, a studded belt, a tie-dyed shirt and a furry hoody and I hated him…I didn’t know exactly why, but I did. But now I know why. Thank you Ben and Aaron. Thank you.
Listener Brendan
5 months ago
Now I’m just hoping for a zombie-pocalypse.
Aaron
5 months ago
I know, right?! All this readiness prep is giving me a “judgement boner.” (Which could stay moderately concealed in my not-painted-on pants, btw.)
Can’t wait for the brew, Isaac! So. Effing. Cool.
Ben
5 months ago
Peter Jackson DID direct Bad Taste!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092610/
Tim A.
5 months ago
Thanks for including the song from Disney’s “Robin Hood.”. It made my day as did the helium voice.
Mary
5 months ago
Aaron-
I have friends from Lancaster PA and they hate the Amish too. These are the best people in the universe and they would bitch about the Amish all the time-esp. the whole Rumspringa thing. I think the only people who like the Amish are the ones who look at them on the calenders and have never seen them close up.
Andy W.
5 months ago
Also, excellent choice for using Goldfinger’s cover of Nena’s 99 Red Balloons.