Why don’t more bars serve beer in pitchers? How do you pick a song for karaoke? What does the word “home” mean to you?
Those questions range from silly to serious, but if you’ve ever pondered the answers to all three in a single day, you’re not alone. Pour yourself a cup of coffee, crack a 40, or anything in between, and join the gang here at It’s Pretty OK as we attempt to answer these questions and many more. We promise it won’t be boring.
Hosted by Pierce Bishop, Max Handler, Kevin Linger and Sean McGoey, and (very loosely) produced/edited/mixed by Sean McGoey. Logo design by Jack Costello.
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THIS PODCAST IS ABOUT MUSTARD SKITTLES. THAT'S A REAL THING. THERE'S REALLY NOT ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY ABOUT IT. JUST LISTEN! MUSIC: "Knockin'" – MJ Lenderman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
No, it's not a podcast about the MTV competition show. This week, the gang (minus Kevin, who's on a jaunt around the west coast and Canada for a while) gets together to talk about summer reading and the concept of challenging yourself as an adult. Is it just a way to motivate yourself to do something you don't want to do, or can it be about reinforcing something that you already enjoy? MUSIC: "Eye on the Bat" – Palehound Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
This week, it's the show you didn't even know you were waiting for...because you probably weren't actually waiting for it. Pierce and Sean finally do their long-rumored watch-along of the 2011 UEFA Champions League final between Barcelona and Manchester United. (You can find the game on Dailymotion just like they did if you want to be a sicko and watch it yourself.) Somewhat unsurprisingly, the discussion heads off into tangents about philosophy and...baseball? Wait, that doesn't seem right. MUS...
This week, the gang is talking about game shows and why we love them the way we do. MUSIC: "Be Careful" – bdrmm ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: Juvenile's Tiny Desk Concert (NPR Music on YouTube) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, the gang is talking about the wonderful world of bar food. Wings and fries and all that jazz. MUSIC: "Pressure Cooker" – DAZY and Militarie Gun ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: Daniel Ellsberg’s Life Beyond the Pentagon Papers (The New Yorker) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
This week, the gang talks about work benefits. Per diems on company trips, parental leave, health care, vacation time — the whole nine yards. MUSIC: "Carlos Is Crying" – The Hold Steady Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, the SPORTS BOIS talk about the Denver Nuggets' NBA championship victory. Well, they actually talk about Nikola Jokic's unexpectedly muted reaction to reaching his sport's highest pinnacle, and whether we would all do well to learn something from the big Serbian's perspective on work and competitiveness. MUSIC: "On My Knees" – Middle Kids ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: How Will ‘Succession’ Be Remembered? (The Ringer) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dive on in for some hot sardine-on-mackerel action! This week, the gang is talking about the Futurama episode "A Bicyclops Built for Two," which is both eerily prescient about the internet of the 2000s and 2010s...and also somehow a parody of Married...with Children ? MUSIC: "Freak" - Feeble Little Girl Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, the gang talks about "townie summer" — the phenomenon in which all of the students in a college town (or the tourists, depending on the town) vanish for a season, leaving the locals behind to do their thing for once. MUSIC: "Checks" – Dead Billionaires Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, the gang gets together (hell, Max and Pierce literally get together!) to discuss what's going on with gym memberships. Max talks about his experience with ClassPass, and Sean suggests that the new wave of fancy "fitness experiences" like Equinox are the new-age replacement for a stuffy old-money status symbol. MUSIC: "Chosen to Deserve" – Wednesday ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: Reign of Error (Apple Podcasts) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
This week, the gang is talking about the terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad process of buying a car, so strap in. MUSIC: "Orion" – Rodrigo y Gabriela Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
No puns or misdirection or anything in the title — this week, the gang is talking about coffee table books. Well, I guess they start talking about coffee table books as a way to get into a larger discussion of something that they refer to as "situational reading" and how it's changed in the smartphone era. MUSIC: "Kill Your Television" – Ned's Atomic Dustbin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
This week, the gang is back at it to discuss CSA. No, not some horrifying dystopian hybrid of the CIA and the NSA — community-supported agriculture , in which you pay a local farm/producer up front for a season's worth of produce, to be collected on a periodic basis. Basically everyone on the pod has at least considered it, but only Pierce has taken the plunge. Plus, Sean has a totally unreasonable reaction to this week's trivia question, so stick around for that. MUSIC: "I'm Not Okay (I Promise...
This week, Sean, Max and Pierce are talking about the phenomenon of "content creep" — the way that as podcasters, video creators, and other creative folks get more popular, the demand for them to constantly be creating more and different kinds of output just grows and grows. MUSIC: "JOY (God Only Knows)" – Joy Anonymous Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On this episode, Sean is getting older and finding that his beer tastes are becoming, as he put it, "maybe not like MY dad's, but definitely like A dad's." Are there other things where we're changing in this sort of way as we get older? And how does the "27 Club" factor in? MUSIC: "Watching the Credits" – The Beths Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, the gang is talking about the news that Pierce's favorite brewery in Atlanta is shutting down its local taproom and moving its production operations out of state. How do you deal with the loss of something like that that has become a fixture in your life? MUSIC: "Training Montage" – The Mountain Goats Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, the SPORTS BOIS talk (in a very timely manner) about Purdue's first-round exit from the men's NCAA Tournament at the hands of 16-seed Fairleigh Dickinson, the smallest team in the bracket. It seems to be part of an ongoing trend over the last decade or so in which the value of dominant centers is rapidly shrinking. And the gang finds a way to sneak in a "fond" farewell to Jim Boeheim along the way. MUSIC: "Sole Obsession" – Nation of Language Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...
This week, the gang gets together to talk about the hype around kitchen "multitaskers" like the Instant Pot as well as single-use implements like garlic presses. What's the argument for each, and how is Sean going to connect the Instant Pot to his iPhone? MUSIC: "Not Strong Enough" – boygenius Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, the gang (minus Kevin) convenes to talk about movies — more specifically, the Academy Awards. What role do the Oscars play in the modern world of fragmented streaming services? MUSIC: "Futures Bet" – U.S. Girls Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, the gang is talking about $2 bills. Why do they feel like such a novelty, and should that maybe change going forward? MUSIC: "A Long December" – Oceanator Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, the gang is talking about what "luxury" means in a time when things that were once the sole domain of the rich and powerful — like having someone drive you around in a car that is not a taxi — are so attainable that they almost feel mundane. MUSIC: "Welcome to My Island" – Caroline Polachek Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, the gang attempts to tackle a question that's been asked an awful lot in the last few years: Is rock music dead? Of course, it would probably be useful to have some idea what rock is in 2023, and that seems to be a practically unanswerable question. MUSIC: "Hard Times" – Paramore Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, the gang is talking about New York 's list of rules for contemporary society (h/t to Kottke.org for blogging about it first ). How much pizza is the appropriate amount? Is it okay to send work emails after midnight? And how silly is it for these "rules" to be emanating from such a narrow/particular segment of the population anyway? MUSIC: "Stove Lighter" – Camp Cope ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: Do You Know How to Behave? Are You Sure? ( New York ) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...
This week, the gang is talking bulk shopping. That's right, it's an episode about Costco, so grab your giant shopping carts and get ready for a 55-gallon drum of podcasting! I'm sorry, I'll never write something that stupid again. (I will probably do it again next week.) MUSIC: "Wet Dream" – Wet Leg Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, a new study sheds some interesting new light on the environmental lifecycle of coffee — and also raises everyone's hackles by making yet another tired appeal to the role of personal responsibility in solving the climate crisis. MUSIC: “Hunger for a Way Out” – Sweeping Promises ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: Here’s how your cup of coffee contributes to climate change (The Conversation) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
This week, the Sports Bois are together again to do something we've definitely never done in the history of this podcast. That's right, we're talking about MVP awards and what they mean. Okay, fine, we've done this before. Like, kind of a lot. But this time, the catalyst is different: the extremely likely possibility that Nuggets center Nikola Jokic is going to win his third consecutive NBA MVP award — a relatively unprecedented feat given that it's only happened three other times. Oh, and we ge...
This week, the SPORTS BOIS™️ are together to talk about the phenomenon of time-wasting in sports — how it differs from soccer to basketball and baseball, if there's anything that can be done about it, etc. MUSIC: "College Try" – Futurebirds ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: "'I Can’t Speak!': The Craziest Game in Darts History, Explained" ( ESPN Daily on Apple Podcasts) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
This week, the gang gets together to talk about J. Crew and the phenomenon of the store where things are always on sale, as well as why it seems like the quality of your clothes is worse now (hint: because it is). And a new face takes over the trivia contest! MUSIC: "New Shoes" – Paolo Nutini ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: Your stuff is actually worse now (Vox) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
This week, the gang says goodbye to 2022 and rings in 2023 with a discussion of the growing phenomenon of "nostalgia tours" pegged to musical anniversaries. And of course, the thrilling conclusion to Rolling Stone Rock Music Trivia for the year. MUSIC: "E.M.I." – The Sex Pistols Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Happy holidays! This week, the gang gets together to talk about gift-giving in the time when, as they put it, "everything is a subscription." Is gifting someone a subscription to a service basically just the same as giving a gift card? Or can it still be a thoughtful expression of care for a friend/family member? MUSIC: “Christmas Eve / Sarajevo 12/24” – Trans-Siberian Orchestra ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: The Best USA 🇺🇸 Grocery Store Coffee (James Hoffmann on YouTube) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...
