What happens when you run an entire season of a podcast and then realize you’ve been ignoring your listener mail the whole time? Pete and Tommy make amends the only way they know how—by diving headfirst into tales of canine fast-food heists, elderly romance, lucid dream saddlery, and the great crockpot conspiracy of the American Midwest.
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Is there such a thing as a “real” adult, or are we all just faking it with slightly more expensive shoes? In this season finale, Pete and Tommy take on generational myths, the emotional absurdity of growing older, and why the Gen Z stare might just be your new worst nightmare.
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When someone dies, grief isn’t the only thing you inherit—you also get a 14-step puzzle involving Costco, digital passwords, and 50 certified copies of a death certificate. This week, Pete and Tommy wade into the bureaucratic undertow of mortality and discover that dying is easy; it’s the paperwork that’ll kill you.
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This week, Pete and Tommy confront the double agents of adult life: your dreams and your spine. From surreal nightmares about misplaced cars to very real betrayals by your own plantar fascia, it’s a full-body descent into the absurdity of aging.
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When a parent is back in the dating pool, and it’s somehow both adorable and terrifying. Meanwhile, Tommy learns that traveling with aging parents requires less speed and more patience—and possibly a tactical hot sandwich delay plan.
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What does it mean to apologize like an adult—and why does grief support always feel like a pop quiz you’re destined to fail? This week, Pete and Tommy explore why grown-up regrets are messier than ever, and how sometimes the best support is just showing up with a pizza.
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Pete feels like a laid-off CEO now that his kids have moved out, while Tommy wonders why his rescue dog acts like a saboteur at the beach. It’s an episode about growing up, letting go, and what to do when someone pees on footware.
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Pete and Tommy take on the emotional chaos of productivity and procrastination, where calendar clutter becomes a spiritual crisis and analog clocks might just save your life. Also, the story of Franz Ferdinand—yes, that one—becomes a surprisingly perfect PSA for checking your to-do list.
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Ever started a fight in your head, won it spectacularly, only to realize the other person didn’t even show up to the battlefield? Welcome to adulthood, where conflict is less about actual shouting and more about side-eyeing someone into oblivion while whispering “I’m fine” with enough passive-aggression to wilt a cactus.
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This week, Pete accidentally runs for office and Tommy desperately tries to get selected for jury duty—two adults chasing civic engagement like it’s a slightly weird amusement park ride with no height requirement. Along the way, we unpack the absurd beauty of local government, honor the sacred power of the “I Voted” sticker, and guide you through a meditation that ends—quite naturally—in institutional collapse.
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