Episode: The One About Back to School
Date Recorded: August 16, 2022
Time: 10 p.m.
Scheduled Guests: Gary McDaniel
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Topics:
Cold Open Question: Have you ever used Viagra?
1. First Week of School/Work for Gary: Gary recaps booming enrollment and dealing with troublemakers.
2. Teacher Appreciation Society: Teaching gives you an appreciation for your own teachers and what they put up with.
3. Back To School Shopping: A back-to-school haircut and shopping trip turns into tears and fighting for Brian’s daughter and wife. Gary details his son’s entire uniform wardrobe.
4. Armed School Guards: The Scranton School District announces the addition of 20 armed guards to its schools for the upcoming school year.
5. Parent Behavior at Youth Sports: Brian and Gary discuss a shooting over the weekend at a Dallas, Texas youth football game.
6. Chris Best on TJRE: Founder of Substack talks journalism, communication and expression. We discuss Gary’s news-gathering habits.
7. Star Trek 2 - The Wrath of Khan: Brian informs Gary that The Wrath of Khan is coming to theatres in September.
8. Crickets!: Brian logs a complaint about the crickets in the background of Gary’s other podcast The Distracted Dads, leading Brian to think there was something wrong with his car.
9. Merchandise: Gary unveils the TBLS t-shirt made by Shannon. (images to come)
10. The Art of the Cocktail: Brian discusses mixing Cape Codders for his brother-in-law after the fishing derby.
11. Brian’s Bingo Debut: Brian recounts his bingo caller debut this week.
12. News of the Weird: Gary shares a woman’s back-to-school rant through Target and a story about ketchup flavored ice pops.
13. Sir Isaac Newton: Was he virgin? What if he’d been cancelled?
14. COVID: Our friend Jay got COVID for the second time.
15. Brew Cruise: Gary retells his weekend voyage on a bar bus tour, and the distraction of petting dogs.
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