Chile Relleno in Palm Springs and Tony Curtis in the Bathroom Pack your bags. For this week’s episode of the pod we’re going to California with the Senior Culture Editor at GQ and co-author of Quantum Criminals: Ramblers, Wild Gamblers, and Other Sole Survivors from the Songs of Steely Dan . Alex Pappademas joins Matt & Vince to talk about Mad Men season two episode eleven, “The Jet Set.” Pete & Don go to the sunshine state to scout new clients at an aeronautics convention and have wildl...
Jun 06, 2025•1 hr 56 min•Season 14Ep. 11
Betty’s Dad is Strokin’ and Gropin’ Say wazzzzzup to this week’s guest. Joining Matt & Vince is the funniest female comedian in the world, Alison Stevenson , to discuss Mad Men season two episode 10, “The Inheritance.” You likely remember the Budweiser ad that inspired millions to ask “what’s up?” in a merged, while drawn-out, fashion, but do you remember the Obama campaign ad that brought those guys back to your screen (all the way from Iraq!) to ask wazzzzzzup with America? It’s Alison’s f...
May 30, 2025•1 hr 24 min•Season 14Ep. 10
The One Where Freddie “Faints” We know you’re drinking because your daughter has had a string of bad beaus, but we have a good man on this week’s episode, writer of Spaceman and the Hollyweird newsletter , Colby Day , joins Matt and Vince to talk about Mad Men season two episode nine, “Six Month Leave." According to Wikipedia, this is the episode in which beloved office lush Freddy Rumsen “faints” just before a pitch meeting, but don’t worry this is not a Mandela effect, you remember it correctl...
May 23, 2025•1 hr 39 min•Season 14Ep. 9
This week we are pausing the Mad Men talk and rewinding to back when this was a Sopranos podcast. We have a special episode all about the life of actor James Gandolfini, where we talk to Jason Bailey who just released an amazing biography called Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the Life of a Legend. It's a joy of an episode. A true throwback. And we will return with more Mad Men next week! -Matt Lieb (who is now 40) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://red...
May 16, 2025•1 hr 35 min
Don’s Trip Around the World and Out the Door Don’t come home. We don’t care what you do, as long as you listen to the latest MYAM with returning guest Bobby Bigwheel joining Matt and Vince to talk about Mad Men season two episode eight “A Night to Remember.” Don’s officially in the dog house. All his slutting around finally catches up to him when Betty confronts him about Bobbie Barrett after their dinner party. The final straw that broke Betty’s back? Don tricked her into buying Heinekin to imp...
May 09, 2025•1 hr 44 min•Season 14Ep. 8
Cadillac Puke De Ville Shake off that picnic blanket and leave your garbage for someone else to pick up, there’s a new episode of MYAM to listen to. YouTuber and creator of Manufacturing a Dream: A Mad Men Retrospective , José , joins Matt & Vince to talk about Mad Men season two episode seven, “The Gold Violin.” Don buys a new Cadillac because everything is coming up Draper. He’s a rich, successful white guy in the 60s. He can do whatever he wants without any fear of repercussions, unless o...
May 02, 2025•1 hr 45 min•Season 14Ep. 7
Nothing Fits Both Sides of Woman Better Than Podcast You wanted it, and you got it, and it’s better than they said. It’s the latest episode of MYAM with writer and TrueAnon podcast host Liz Franczak joining Matt & Vince to talk about Mad Men season two episode six, “Maidenform.” A new campaign for Playtex has all the boys excluding Peggy to talk about what types of women there are, and how they correlate to bras and public figures. This culminates with Peggy dressing like a harlot and sittin...
Apr 25, 2025•1 hr 45 min•Season 14Ep. 6
Pick a Pod and Become the Person Who Casts it Tell your husband you're at a fat farm and throw on this week’s pod with host of the Dopey Podcast , Dave Mannheim , joining Matt and Vince to talk about Mad Men season two episode five, “The New Girl” The titular new girl could be any number of girls. Bobbie Barrett is Don’s new girl on the side, Jane is the new girl on Don’s desk, engaged Joan is a new girl celebrating (relatively) young love, Peggy feels like a new girl after asserting her place a...
Apr 18, 2025•1 hr 32 min•Season 14Ep. 8
Bless Me Horny Father For I Have Chased Shel Keneely is out, but political commentator and co-host of the Majority Report , Emma Vigeland , is in. She joins Matt & Vince to talk about Mad Men season two episode four “Three Sundays.” Don and the gang are chasing American Airlines, even coming in on Good Friday in their casual wear to workshop a pitch that doesn’t remind everyone of the horrible plane crash. While they’re all hard at work, Sally is drinking her dad’s booze, chasing that perfec...
Apr 11, 2025•1 hr 27 min•Season 14Ep. 4
Grab ‘em by the Utzy Wash that mistress stink off your hand and listen to this week’s pod with author and co-host of Bad Hasbara podcast, Daniel Maté joining Matt and Vince to talk about Mad Men season two episode three, “The Benefactor.” RIP Jimmy Barrett, you would have loved posting crowdwork clips. During a commercial shoot for an Utz chips campaign, the comedian hired by Sterling Cooper goes full Friar’s Club mode on the Utz CEO’s unsuspecting wife. Don has to clean up Jimmy’s mess, but get...
Apr 04, 2025•1 hr 37 min•Season 14Ep. 3
Hey everyone, last we you got the second episode of the season one week early! If you would like to continue getting episodes a week early, please join the Patreon. You will also get a Frotcast episode every week! Now enjoy this teaser for Mad Yourself A Man 203, with guest Daniel Maté! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Mar 28, 2025•7 min
Jamaican Me Dad Die Don’t think about the president gutting the FAA, just listen to the latest edition of MYAM with Comedian and co-host of the Roundball Rock podcast, Sean Keane joining Matt and Vince to discuss Mad Men season two episode two, “Flight 1.” RIPete’s dad. In this episode, the Campbell paterfamilias dies in the American Airlines plane crash that everyone in the Sterling Cooper office is joking about. The tragic aviation accident that killed one of their peers is not just laughing m...
Mar 21, 2025•1 hr 34 min•Season 14Ep. 2
Drew Magary from Defector , SFGate and The Distraction podcast joins Matt & Vince to kick off season two by discussing Mad Men season two episode one, “For Those Who Think Young.” Before we get into this week’s episode, a quick victory lap to celebrate our appearance on (Celebrity) Jeopardy! That’s right, Ken Jennings himself had to say “Pod Yourself A Gun” on national television. Phase one of our complete media takeover has begun. Next we get Michael Barbarro to say “Lum lum lum” on The Dai...
Mar 21, 2025•1 hr 40 min•Season 14Ep. 1
PLEASE SIGN UP ON PATREON , EVEN IF IT’S FOR FREE! Posting everything here has become a burden, and if you’re only listening to this feed you probably aren’t getting all of the episodes. Patreon dot com slash frotcast! Sign up at Patreon to listen to this episode . This week, comedian/haberdasher Jason Webb joins the Frotboiz to discuss natural disasters, Trump, and why he doesn’t trust his crawl space. Matt shares the riveting tale of a periwinkle blue corduroy hat he wore this one time. Next u...
Feb 20, 2025•1 min
Mad Man House Gareth Reynolds of The Dollop , Past Times and We’re Here to Help is here to help Matt & Vince process the season one finale of Mad Men , episode 13, “The Wheel.” To paraphrase Vince’s off-the-dome episode synopsis: Peggy’s got a tummy ache so bad she has to give birth, Betty goes spy-mode on Don after Francine learns her husband is cheating, and Pete’s father-in-law really wants Pete to rawdog Trudy. On top of all that, Kodak has re-invented the wheel and needs Don to convince...
Jan 31, 2025•1 hr 48 min•Season 13Ep. 13
Who Cares? The results are in: The next podcast you listen to will be this one, with Rachel Fisher from the Hollywood Crime Scene podcast returning to talk to Matt & Vince about Mad Men season one episode twelve, “Nixon vs. Kennedy.” The rank and file at Sterling Cooper throw a little party to watch the results of the Nixon/ Kennedy election roll in and it has all the trappings of a 60s office party: jugs of creme de menthe, the staged reading of a one-act play, and, of course, rampant sexua...
Jan 24, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Season 13Ep. 12
That Funny Feeling This week’s episode of the pod will give you the flush and glow not only that you might have after hours of exercise, but certainly as a young girl. Isn’t it nice to feel that way whenever you want? Writer, comedian , & JonBenét Ramsey case scholar Ashley Ray joins Matt & Vince to discuss Mad Men season one episode eleven, “Indian Summer.” Before there were door-to-door solar panel salesmen trying to sleep with our wives, there were door-to-door air conditioning salesm...
Jan 17, 2025•1 hr 38 min•Season 13Ep. 11
And Twiiiiins The only thing better than a long weekend spent philandering is listening to this week’s episode of the pod with Desi Jedeikin from the Hollywood Crime Scene Podcast joining Matt & Vince to break down season one episode ten of Mad Men , “Long Weekend.” Don loses the Dr. Scholls account, so Roger, in an attempt to cheer Don up and satiate his own pervy needs, pulls some twins auditioning for an aluminum siding ad into the office for some drinks and horseplay. He can’t convince t...
Jan 10, 2025•1 hr 32 min•Season 13Ep. 10
She Was a Model, You Know. This week’s guest may not be familiar with Mad Men , but she’s no stranger to podding herself. iHeart Podcasts Executive Producer and returning guest Anna Hossnieh joins Matt & Vince to talk about season one episode nine, “Shoot.” After bumping into each other at a Broadway show about Fiorello La Guardia (yes that was a real show ) an exec from a rival ad agency, Jim Hobart, tries to lure Don away from Sterling Cooper to the “big leagues” by promising Betty a model...
Jan 04, 2025•1 hr 35 min•Season 13Ep. 9
We’re Going to Get High and Listen to a Podcast You don’t have to spark up a doobie with your beatnik friends to enjoy the latest MYAM, but it probably won’t hurt. Matt and Vince invite the host of Dopey Podcast , David Manheim , to talk about Mad Men season one episode eight, “The Hobo Code.” If you’ve seen Mad Men , you might remember this as the episode where Don gets baked as a kite and remembers the time a hobo who looked like Father Intentola came to visit his family’s dirt farm. Don remem...
Dec 20, 2024•1 hr 48 min•Season 13Ep. 8
Sissy with a Chip-and-Dip Matherton might have the clap, but this week we have co-host and producer of the Blowback Podcast , Brendan James joining Matt & Vince to discuss Mad Men season one episode seven, “Red in the Face.” Fellas, don’t you hate it when your wife sends you to the store to return a chip-and-dip (you got two), and then gets all mad at you for using the store credit to buy a gun? Pete Campbell sure does, but at least he got to wave the gun around a crowded office before Trudy...
Dec 13, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Season 13Ep. 7
Shouldn’t You Pod the Promised Land? You may remember when this week’s guest from when she podded herself a gun or podded herself a wire, but today for the first time ever, comedian Katrina Davis joins Matt & Vince to mad herself a man and discuss Mad Men season one episode six, “Babylon.” Sterling Cooper has a new potential client, the Israeli Board of Tourism, so Don spends the entire episode talking about Israel like he thinks he’s Matt Lieb or something. The other new client, Belle Jolie...
Dec 06, 2024•2 hr 1 min•Season 13Ep. 6
Did it All for the Newkie Writer and Pod Yourself a friend, Laremy Legel joins Matt & Vince to talk about Mad Men season one episode five, “5G.” Don’t worry, the title of the episode is a reference to a hotel room number in the episode, not the secret government plan to make you gay. Don’s half brother, Adam Whitman comes to visit after seeing Don’s photo in Advertising Age after he wins a Newkie Award. At first Don is like, lol I dunno what you’re talking about bro, then he’s like, okay it ...
Nov 29, 2024•1 hr 39 min•Season 13Ep. 5
Kids These Days On the pod this week, our guest is a copywriter who wears suits, so he’s basically Don Draper. Comedian and podcaster Allen Strickland Williams joins Matt and Vince to talk about Mad Men season one episode four, “New Amsterdam.” You listen to the podcast because it’s good. Because it feels better than unbuttoning your collar. Because you deserve it. You listen to the podcast because it’s what piggies do, but I want you to be very clear about this, you were banned from the Patreon...
Nov 22, 2024•1 hr 48 min•Season 13Ep. 4
He’s Not Dick Whitman, He’s a Dickwit, Man You know him, you love his deep voice, Brendan from the Frotcast is on the pod this week to talk to Matt and Vince about Mad Men season one episode three, “The Marriage of Figaro.” Slimy Pete Campbell returns from his honeymoon in Niagara to find that those cads at Sterling Cooper have played a devious prank, putting a Chinese-American family (not the words they use) in his office! Jim Halpert could never. It’s a source of constant amusement for the off...
Nov 15, 2024•1 hr 42 min•Season 13Ep. 3
The Ladies are in the Room and They’re Going Mad, Man Pour yourself a big glass of rye and stop spying on your wife through her psychiatrist because comedian, host of the Oh Hell Yeah podcast, handsome devil, and producer of Mad Yourself a Man , Brent Flyberg joins Matt & Vince to dissect Mad Men season one episode two of Mad Men , “Ladies Room.” As noted on the pod, the second episode is often the worst episode of any tv show. “Ladies Room” is no exception. Don’t get me wrong, it still look...
Nov 08, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 13Ep. 2
A term coined in the mid 2020’s to describe a Mad Men rewatch podcast hosted by Vince Mancini and Matt Lieb. They coined it. That’s right. The boys, or in this case, men, are back in podtown to watch another prestige TV show and somehow, some way, find a connection between one of television’s greatest achievements and what it sounds like when you’re eating that butt. Returning to help Matt and Vince kickoff with season one episode one, “The Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” is 1st Team All-Pod-Yourself g...
Nov 01, 2024•1 hr 41 min•Season 13Ep. 1
Hey everyone, here is the final collection of Balmer B Stories from Season 5 of Pod Yourself The Wire! Also, we are so pleased to announce that starting next week for patrons (and the week after for free feed piggies) we will be RETURNING WITH EPISODES OF OUR BRAND NEW SEASON of Pod Yourself where we will be talking about Mad Men. It's called Mad Yourself A Man. Once again we will be doing shoutouts at the end of the pod, but this time you won't just get a street name or a mobster name, you'll b...
Oct 18, 2024•52 min
It’s Frotcast 607, and the three wise guys are back to talk about 'Wise Guy,' the new David Chase documentary, wisely as guys. But first! We check in with our old pal Donny Trump and play the game “What Movie Is Trump Confusing With Real Life?” 100 Frotcast Points to whomever is able to figure that one out. We then shift to sunnier topics like the Vice Presidential debate, which kicked off with an extremely loaded question about Israel despite the fact that a large chunk of the country they’re d...
Oct 11, 2024•1 hr 49 min
Here is our full interview with Jeremy Saulnier, writer/director of the hit movie Rebel Ridge on Netflix. This interview was in our full frotcast episode which you can listen to by joining the Patreon. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Sep 20, 2024•43 min
