On today’s show, Trey Kerby (No Dunks) joins Matt & JD to discuss using your kid for scams, the driest of Dry Januarys, a question you’d have to be paid to answer, whether opposites do attract, stopping your wife from starting fights, being the CEO of a relationship, the philosophy of YOLO, never going to bed angry, ditching your rec league team, the one sport animals are better at than humans, self-defense lessons, people that talk to themselves, you can’t convince us moving is fun, Drake’s...
Jan 20, 2025•1 hr 9 min
🐾 Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood On today’s show, Matt, JD & Rachel open the Is This Good? Mailbag to answer your burning questions about the best action movie tropes, janitors love bossa nova music, a ranking of beer packaging, bartenders tricking you with free shots, the best age to party, the worst age to parent, the golden years of social media, meeting your idols (when you have very specific idols), traveling with hardcover books, e...
Jan 16, 2025•1 hr 5 min
🐾 Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood Today in The Great Beyond, Matt, JD & Rachel discuss the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles, drone licenses, becoming an air quality expert, false alarms, apps you hope you never have to use, and some unrelated musings like Atlanta snowstorms, a tastefully nude Is This Good? calendar, old people don’t know we can see who they follow on Instagram, and banning the filming of online content in front of bars. �...
Jan 13, 2025•58 min
🐾 Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood Today in The Great Beyond, Matt, JD & Rachel discuss the last time you lit yourself on fire, explosions in science class, toddlers at the gym, hot tub etiquette, places where it’s okay to be barefoot, accidentally re-creating Home Alone, getting yelled at by an online teen, a weak year for movies, trying to figure out what Mr. Beast’s deal is, Elon Musk syndrome, modern-day gladiators, complaints from rea...
Jan 09, 2025•1 hr 3 min
🐾 Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood On today’s show, Matt, JD & Rachel usher in 2025 by deciding if your New Year’s Resolutions... Are good! We discuss over-40 thirst traps, becoming an artist’s No. 1 fan, rejecting the iPad tip flip, plastic tea bags, a new strategy for deciding what to watch, internet slang that needs to die, why gossipping saves lives, learning the Thriller dance, musical impersonations, cutting out the news, the reason ...
Jan 06, 2025•1 hr 7 min
🐾 Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood Today in The Great Beyond, Matt, JD & Rachel discuss off-brand medication, accepting compliments from online commenters, going into the holidays knowing you’re going to be sick, Andy Cohen vs. Anderson Cooper, embarrassing rental cars, getting downgraded is the new upgraded, offensive bar merch, Salvador Dali was probably annoying to hang out with, the worst hotel bar of all-time, Mark Wahlberg almost kil...
Jan 03, 2025•1 hr 1 min
🐾 Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood On this meeting of the Is This Bad? Movie Club, Matt, JD & Rachel re-watch The Usual Suspects and discuss Quentin Tarantino's influence, the deluge of 90s twist endings, why Roger Ebert hated it, Al Pacino's biggest acting regret, robots that draw portraits, is anything we see in the film actually real, the lack of cool heists, how the iconic lineup scene was saved by a fart, why Keyser Söze is one of the...
Dec 30, 2024•1 hr 7 min
🐾 To listen to the FULL EPISODE join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood On today’s Patreon-exclusive episode, Matt, JD & Rachel discuss JD’s trip to Vegas, going from producer to talent, being a biased judge, missing out on a delicious dish of duck carcass, people love to tell you you should’ve backed up your hard drive after you accidentally erase it, why parents love sleeping with the door open, paring down your xmas gift list, game shows we’d be good at, our dumbest investme...
Dec 23, 2024•1 min
🐾 Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood On today’s show, Matt, JD & Rachel open the Is This Good? Mailbag to answer your burning questions about buying your spouse a household appliance for their birthday, walking slowly when crossing the street in front of a car, being the pace car on a highway, fun things to say to people who have had car accidents, Amazon scams, errors that have worked out in your favor, hot new wrestling characters, visitin...
Dec 20, 2024•59 min
🐾 Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood On this meeting of the Is This Bad? Movie Club, Matt, JD and Rachel re-watch Christmas Vacation and discuss the elements of an Xmas classic, John Hughes' love of the holidays, Chevy Chase making the director quit, missing Holiday Road, why Clark Griswold is so horny, subscribing to the Jelly Of The Month Club, smoking indoors, bringing your pet to someone’s house, Cousin Eddie: GOAT or Goat, Julia Louis-Dreyf...
Dec 16, 2024•1 hr 6 min
🐾 Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood Today in The Great Beyond, Matt, JD & Rachel discuss loving something you thought you hated, mixing alcohol and dairy, marinating your clothing, how to know when you’re old, why celebrities become insane, Matthew McConaughey’s disgusting tuna salad recipe, opening a bowling alley, Spotify Wrapped leads to a breakup, we’re all more basic than we think, bringing Nerf guns across the border, and a real live ...
Dec 12, 2024•1 hr
🐾 Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood On today’s show, J.E. Skeets (No Dunks) joins Matt & JD to discuss traveling to card shows, annoying couples memes on Instagram, smuggling fake weapons across the border, the fine line between class clown and bully, classic HR pranks, the importance of physical media, when your partner won’t show you their Spotify Wrapped, falling asleep to Swedish ASMR, rules for organizing your bookshelf, croutons are t...
Dec 09, 2024•1 hr 7 min
🐾 Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood Today in The Great Beyond, Matt, JD & Rachel discuss the post-op blues, cosplaying at your wedding, getting married on 9/11, the correct way to pronounce Thanksgiving, how to know when teenagers are having fun, the coziest holiday movies, why bands hate their leaders, healed by video games, the 20-second hug challenge, trouble at Wheel Of Fortune, Ryan Seacrest: Yea or Nay, pardoning your son, and the upc...
Dec 05, 2024•1 hr 5 min
🐾 Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood On this meeting of the Is This Bad? Movie Club, Matt, JD and Rachel are joined by Star Wars expert Jeshua Kidd to re-watch Episode I - The Phantom Menace. They discuss its rehabilitation with younger audiences, whether people were too hard on ol’ Jar Jar, Star Wars themed weddings, very boring text crawls, refusing to accept something you love is for kids, all CGI should be puppets, who Liam Neeson thought wa...
Dec 02, 2024•1 hr 23 min
🐾 To hear the FULL EPISODE join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood On today’s Patreon exclusive episode, Matt, JD & Rachel discuss D.C. After Dark, lesser-known treats grandma’s bring when visiting, nipples in formal wear, libations at the White House, when people don’t tell you their event is outdoors, resort fees when you’re not staying at a resort, Matt gets to the bottom of an internet scam, adopting a non-cat or dog pet, dead squirrels are hitting cars, things we’re sick o...
Nov 28, 2024•2 min
🐾 Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood On today’s show, Matt, JD & Rachel open the Is This Good? Mailbag to answer your burning questions about saying the right thing at the wrong time, inexplicable internet scams, being red-flagged by customer service, celebrating Friendsgiving with strangers, taking down Uber one ride at a time, a soap dispenser war, naming your fish, boasting about past awards, setting your watch 10 minutes fast, and drunk ...
Nov 25, 2024•1 hr 1 min
🐾 Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood Today in The Great Beyond, Matt and Rachel confront JD about hiding a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity from our listeners, flying in a suit, faking viral moments, the pressures of being a content legend, living in your podcast studio, getting a nose job, our dream plastic surgeries, what is NNN, a pickleballer gets kicked in the head, vetoed wedding songs, Canadians can’t pronounce Mike Tyson’s nickname, and we...
Nov 21, 2024•1 hr 4 min
🐾 Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood On this meeting of the Is This Bad? Movie Club, Matt, JD & Rachel re-watch Everything Everywhere All At Once and discuss whether it deserved 7 Oscars, the problem with fake endings, multiversal storytelling, the themes that hold the film together, whether the Everything Bagel is a good metaphor, the movie’s sense of humor or lack thereof, the most raaaaandom thing you can do, we don’t respect raccoons, th...
Nov 18, 2024•1 hr 8 min
🐾 Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood Today in The Great Beyond, Matt, JD & Rachel discuss Canada’s obsession with loons, bringing your fiancé dress shopping, not being a beach guy, the coolest things to do with a dead body, a shocking list of the most-delivered food items, songs that repeat the same word a crazy amount of times, teasers have become trailers, a first look at Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning, why threesomes are like space e...
Nov 14, 2024•57 min
🐾 Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood On today’s show, Zach Harper (Cinephobe) joins Matt & JD to discuss the lesser works of Sylvester Stallone, downloading the Kama Sutra, being too drunk to meet someone new, buying booze for underage kids, fake IDs are getting hard to fake, trying to remember one single fact about David Beckham, getting bribed by a restaurant to prevent a bad review, being the wheelman in a bank robbery, remembering people...
Nov 11, 2024•1 hr 16 min
🐾 Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood Today in The Great Beyond, Matt, birthday boy JD & Rachel discuss how fast you have to be going to flee a scene, complimenting a stranger’s engagement ring, going on a date with your dog, conversations while standing in line suck, yelling into a TV remote, Jack Ryan vs. Jack Reacher, wearing your team’s jersey in an opposing stadium, communicating with your body, and a listener’s inspiring and twisted tal...
Nov 07, 2024•1 hr 7 min
On today’s show, Trey Kerby (No Dunks) joins Matt & JD to discuss wearing women’s clothes, dunking in slippers, trending lawn ornaments, a list of reasons people hate postcards, deciding which person in the relationship drives the boring car, bring back the shaggin’ wagon, when material things are better than experiences, playing in sand, wishing dead people a happy birthday, and we finally break down and discuss the Costco Guys. BOOM! 😃 Follow Trey on IG: https://www.instagram.com/treykerb...
Nov 04, 2024•1 hr 5 min
🐾 To hear the FULL EPISODE join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood On today’s Patreon exclusive show, Matt, JD, & Rachel discuss ruining a sexy costume, levels of nudity, a billion dollar spooky app idea, returning used Halloween items on Amazon, JD’s met a lot of famous dogs, Fall is becoming our most popular season, writing K-Pop hits, memes we don’t understand, traveling back to the Wild West, and the three most selfish wishes you can ask a genie for. 👕 Is [This] Good? Merc...
Oct 31, 2024•2 min
🐾 Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood Heeeeeeere’s poddy! On this episode of Is This Bad? Matt, JD, & Rachel re-watch The Shining and discuss the best horror films of all-time, the relevance of Scatman John, Fangoria magazine, when movies become memes, trailers ruining plot points, IMDB bloopers, whether Jack Nicholson is too kooky for the role, alcoholism is the real monster, imaginary friends, how many cigarettes the Torrance family smoked ...
Oct 28, 2024•1 hr 28 min
🐾 Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood Today in The Great Beyond, Matt, JD & Rachel discuss rollerblading in traffic, bike accidents, being self conscious about your nose, never tell anyone you have a podcast, a run-in with a New York drunk, doing impressions in front of the person you’re impersonating, ordering movies with your butt, Top Ten Halloween costumes of 2024, Matt is very confused by Pinnochio, using AI to solve arguments, enacting ...
Oct 24, 2024•1 hr 3 min
🐾 Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood On today’s show, Amir Blumenfeld (Jake and Amir) discuss training for Hot Ones, the Vince McMahon doc, how to get out of awkward conversations, the worst seat at a table, meet & greet best practices, pitching a Doogie Howser reboot, bad wedding advice, the difference between a yard sale and a garage sale, a flaw in the American tax code, a confusing riddle about a lamp, dying too quickly to have your life...
Oct 21, 2024•1 hr 2 min
🐾 Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood Today in The Great Beyond, Matt, JD & Rachel discuss gaps on your resume, why parking lots always overestimate the number of available spots, taking on someone else’s anger, having a rival, Matt beats a charge, the hierarchy of witnesses, testifying against your spouse, revisiting Godfather III, getting attacked by an ice cream truck, revenge fantasies, heckling your school bully, the benefit of doing eve...
Oct 17, 2024•1 hr
🐾 Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood On today’s show, Matt, JD & Rachel open the Is This Good? Mailbag to answer your burning questions about passive-aggressive street signs, lying bartenders, texting a work colleague late at night, surprise gender reveal parties, the last high school reunion before people start dying, drinking tomato juice on an airplane, secretly unhealthy beverages, ceremonial food, and banning parents from youth sports. ...
Oct 14, 2024•1 hr 4 min
🐾 Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood Today in The Great Beyond, Matt, JD & Rachel discuss all the possible reasons JD may be in a bad mood, buying too many t-shirts, paintings that have a hidden meaning, internet speed tests are a scam, bribing the cable guy, movers stealing your drugs, surgery is not that hard to do, pink eye in public, one size fits all is a dirty lie, a new restaurant scam, measuring your pizza, and Matt shares a traumati...
Oct 10, 2024•1 hr 8 min
🐾 Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood We started a movie club! On the inaugural episode of Is This Bad? Matt, JD & Rachel re-watch 2019’s Joker and discuss why clowns were so popular in the 80s, Taxi Driver’s influence, theaters banning costumes and face paint, bringing a gun to a hospital, the five boroughs of Gotham, Thomas Wayne’s net worth, the comedy stylings of Arthur Fleck, Robert De Niro doesn’t know his lines, and a ranking of the be...
Oct 07, 2024•1 hr 25 min
