Episodes
Wednesday Feb 27, 2019
The Theory of Games
Wednesday Feb 27, 2019
Wednesday Feb 27, 2019
Welcome to episode 14. This week, Ed and Eric sit down to discuss some of their favorite board games, starting with Dominion. They discuss Valentine’s day and the terrible year you’re going to have in 2022 and decide to lend a helping hand with a new segment on relationships. Eric brings us a double crunchy corner and reconsiders his high scoring.
Next week’s homework: read a poem
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Saturday Jan 26, 2019
The Art of the London Doodler
Saturday Jan 26, 2019
Saturday Jan 26, 2019
Welcome to episode 13. This week, Ed and Eric are joined by professional doodler, horse hobbyist and competing champion for longest roommate of Ed. They discuss Eric’s trip to London, his mother’s impatience for multitaskers and obsession with physical maps. They then move on to art and whether Ed or Eric actually did the homework. Catie always does the homework. They finish with some long winded etiquette and tease a return guest for the next episode.
Tune in the the end of the episode for q quick update.
Next week’s homework: have we done a music episode yet?
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Monday Dec 17, 2018
The Chemistry of Pie
Monday Dec 17, 2018
Monday Dec 17, 2018
Welcome to episode 12. This week, Ed and Eric get back to the show and start off discussing their technical difficulties, followed by some discussion of pies and thanksgiving. They end with a double crunchy corner and plan for the next episode with Catie.
Food Network - 50 States of Pie
Bon Appétit - Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Sno Balls
Next week’s homework: do some art (with Catie)
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Friday Nov 16, 2018
The Rhythm of the Fab Four
Friday Nov 16, 2018
Friday Nov 16, 2018
Welcome to episode 11. This week, Ed and Eric start off with a little bird law before getting to last week’s homework to hang out and eat a cheesesteak. They somehow have a lot of opinions on bread, meat and cheese from a can. A little crunchy corner turns up before heading to the real homework this week: listen to the white album. Ed and Eric take the opportunity to discuss the entire Beatles catalogue.
Next week’s homework: make a pie
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Sunday Nov 04, 2018
The Music Theory of a Playlist
Sunday Nov 04, 2018
Sunday Nov 04, 2018
Welcome to episode 10. This week, Ed and Eric are back for a quick turnaround episode focused on music recorded on Halloween. The episode starts with a failed Gritty encounter. Then, the boys discuss trick or treating. Obviously they have thoughts. Then, a quick discussion of this week’s Apple conference. Eric doesn’t really care. Then Ed’s sporty shorts becomes more like a sporty…long. Again, Eric doesn’t really care but has some hot takes on Boston. Finally, Ed and Eric get to this week’s homework and discuss Apple Music, Spotify and go through their playlists they created for one another. Peep the links below to follow along.
Ed’s Playlist: Apple Music Spotify
Eric’s Playlist: Apple Music Spotify
Next week’s homework: hangout and eat a cheesesteak
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Saturday Oct 27, 2018
The Morality of Meat
Saturday Oct 27, 2018
Saturday Oct 27, 2018
Welcome to episode 9. This week, Ed and Eric are joined by long time redhead, donut lover and daughter to Big Cheese, Molly Thompson. To start things off, Ed and Eric deliberate about whether it’s worth discussing politics with family. Then, a discussion of task assigning, a divvying up chores around the house. Molly then joins for a discussion of this episode’s homework assignment: no meat. The three chat about what went well, what did not and how their thoughts of meat consumption and responsibility have changed given the evidence revealing the climate impact of their current diets. Finally, Molly hops in with some well reviewed crunchy corner snackums and drops a doozy of an etiquette for the men in the audience.
Next week’s homework: create a podcast for the other host
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Saturday Oct 13, 2018
The Engineering of Fear
Saturday Oct 13, 2018
Saturday Oct 13, 2018
This week, Ed and Eric are joined by the guest everyone wants as a host, the man behind @devoutnun on twitter and self proclaimed “scare master” Alex Hartline. We start off checking in on Ed and his new job. Then, a very special halloween edition of Crunchy Corner. Some discussion of halloween costumes and our favorite TV episodes. Alex refocuses the hosts with a scary story and insists we actually discuss Hereditary. Finally, some etiquette and a discussion about next week’s homework.
As a side note, Alex did not receive the introduction he deserves. He is one of the nicest, most interesting, and caring people Ed and I know who has taught us a lot about the importance of vulnerability and listening to others. He has been on the right side of basically any debate I've ever had with him and I could not be happier to call him a good friend. Thank you for bringing us the spooks this week Alex.
A huge congrats to Sydney on passing the bar!!! And Catie on the job offer!
The Candy Store - Top Halloween Candy by State
PopSugar - Most Popular Halloween Costumes for Kids 2018
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Sunday Sep 30, 2018
The Poetry of Clark Joseph Kent
Sunday Sep 30, 2018
Sunday Sep 30, 2018
We're skipping the intro this week because Syd is asleep and I don't want to wake her with my 6-8 attempts at recording an intro.
This week, Ed and Eric get a little bit political. Don’t worry, we talk about the homework, which was to read All Star Superman, and bring back Crunchy Corner®, but it was hard to ignore the news this week.
Den of Geek - The 25 Best Buffy The Vampire Slayer Episodes
Definitely watch Hush.
Sunday Sep 16, 2018
The Economics of Apple Picking
Sunday Sep 16, 2018
Sunday Sep 16, 2018
This week, Ed and Eric get a little bit nerdy. Tune in to hear Eric fanboy over Apple and Ed to say none of it matters. We then talk about Marvel and DC and how nerd culture is now just…culture. Finally we talk about social media and why we don’t feel the need to share what we’re doing with everyone. But then again, we also started this podcast. Anyways, tune in for some good vibes and good conversation and peep next week’s homework below.
Thursday Sep 06, 2018
The Science of Pickling
Thursday Sep 06, 2018
Thursday Sep 06, 2018
This week, the three discuss pickling, how Acme sucks, why our guest shouldn't use Redskin4eva as a password for all his accounts and we end with some TV chat. We somehow make it through without discussing Nanette once. Finally, we reveal the first 15 minutes of the upcoming season 3 of Serial.
Our guest: Bryan Stabbe, lead editor and writer for HogsHaven and host of the podcast The Audible from 1st Amendment Sports
Homework: Pickle something
Eric: Carrots and Daikon
Ed: Spicy Mango
Bryan: Dill Pickles and Onions