Stories: 1. Drinking beer for Jesus 2. Falling out of love with the dog 3. Jersey no longer sees or hears the mailman 4. Mr. Neill is embarrassed to call his near deaf dog 5. With this one simple trick, Asia no longer misses Jersey 6. The old ladies in the neighborhood remind Mr. Neill that he's not all that good of a person Music: 1. The Yas Yas Girl and Her Rythm Rascals - True love 2. Gene Gifford and His Orchestra - Dizzy gilde...
Aug 14, 2024•16 min•Ep. 39
Stories: 1. Audio Galaxy reanimates Sir Harry Lauder who animates Gifford Neill 2. John Neill meets John Neill and they don’t like each other 3. Gifford Neill’s boss has a colorful office 4. Mr. Neill gets 3 jolts 5. Mr. Neill’s mace 6. The bay rum mystery 7. Andy D and the mystery of the Chinatown discard plate 8. Jeepers Creepers! 9. No hydro in Canada 10. Sexyham Music: 1. Sir Harry Lauder - Stop yer tickling, Jock 2. Sunshine Boys Quartet - I am a pilgrim 3. York Bros - Riding and singing my...
May 15, 2024•27 min•Ep. 38
Stories 1. Lost old people 2. Oldness at work 3. COBOL yinzer devs aren’t so old after all 4. A cat named Tawm 5. Oldness at Arcade Theatre 6. Scent of the month club 7. Young Mr. Neill builds a toolbox 8. Mr. Neill makes the ultimate hipster toolbox 9. Mr. Neill tries to sell his Soda Crate Toolboxes on Etsy 10. Young Mr. Neill fails to sell his toys 11. Young Mr. Neill fails to sell his Rubik’s cube solutions Music 1. Gene Gifford and His Orchestra - Squareface 2. Coleman Brothers - Get away M...
May 01, 2024•24 min•Ep. 37
Stories 1. Mr. Neill befriends a group of friendly anarchists 2. Dance party failure 3. Santarchy 4. Pillow fight 5. Luchador bowling 6. Punk rock karaoke misunderstanding 7. Karaoke humiliation 8. Judgy house cleaner 9. 11/11 11:11 end of the world party 10. Glowing in a microbus 11. Asia finds her people 12. Glowing while washing dishes Music 1. oldmanneill - Shook me all night long 2. Perry Como - Zing zing, zoom zoom...
Apr 15, 2024•21 min•Ep. 36
Stories 1. Mr. Neill picks a slacker to mentor him 2. Mr. Morrill’s approach to teaching 3. Mr. Neill gives a Geometry test 4. Benjamin no longer has perfect attendance 5. The professor and the Jesus painter 6. 1.5 life hacks from Mr. Morrill 7. Mr. Morrill joins the Army 8. Daniel avoids disaster when the boss picks up the tab Music 1. Rosetta Howard - When I been drinking 2. Sunshine Boys Quartet - Satisfied mind
Apr 01, 2024•24 min•Ep. 25
Stories: 1. UIC succeeds in their quest to get rid on Mr. Neill 2. Mr. Neill fears for the life of his elderly professor 3. Mr. Neill has his head in the clouds with non-Euclidean Geometry 4. Mr. Neill learns nothing in his education classes 5. Mr. Neill enjoys grad school with no tests or homework 6. Mr. Neill regrets: Not going to a party with his professor 7. Not taking a selfie with muscle-men 8. Not talking to 2 ladies in an elevator 9. Not giving an IKEA employee a hug 10. Not fostering a ...
Mar 15, 2024•26 min•Ep. 34
Stories: 1. Gifford Neill growing up 2. Gifford Neill joins the Navy 3. Gifford Neill goes to college 4. Gifford Neill gets married 5. Gifford Neill builds a toolshed 6. Gifford Neill has the dream life 7. Gifford Neill gives up the dream life 8. Gifford Neill overcomes health issues 9. Gifford Neill gains financial stability 10. Gifford Neill 2005-2024 Music: 1. Norwood Tew - If I could bring back my buddy
Feb 29, 2024•54 min•Ep. 33
Stories: 1. Mr. Neill goes anti-car 2. Mr. Neill is a moving target 3. A field trip to downtown Chicago 4. Louis jumps off a bridge 5. A mound of ungraded papers 6. Digital record keeping failure 7. Everyone’s happy with their math grade 8. Mrs. Sorenson handles her business 9. Drug deal in the kid’s bathroom Music: 1. Red Jessup and His Melody Makers - Trouble don’t like music 2. Lonnie Johnson - Lonesome road 2. Wiley and Gene - Bothered by the blues
Apr 15, 2022•23 min•Ep. 32
Stories: 1. The Neills start to walk and talk 2. The unstoppable Mrs. Neill goes back to school 3. Drunk Leslie and sober Leslie are two different people 4. Lowballing Leslie 5. The scheme to live for two years without an income 6. Four results from a season of poverty Music: 1. Wingy Mannone - My sweet Lorraine 2. Golden Gate Quartet - High low and wide
Apr 01, 2022•16 min•Ep. 31
Stories: 1. Prilosec Blues 2. Strange things are afoot in Buenos Aires 3. Mr. Neill gets to the root of the problem 4. Two wonderful docs that gave bad advice 5. One terrible doc that gave good advice 6. Seven reasons the good advice doc was terrible 7. Asia experiences Catholicism 8. Mr. Neill and Asia go to church 9. Preacher-man eventually drives the ball deep Music: 1. Sharkey and his Sharks of Rhythm - Give me an old fashioned swing 2. Jake and Carl - When the white azaleas start blooming...
Mar 15, 2022•22 min•Ep. 30
Stories: 1. Labor day, 1977 2. The reluctant bed wetter 3. They didn’t love “Lucky” 4. The legend of Lynn 5. Elderly parents 6. Watching punk rock with Lynn 7. The wonders of Kansas City 8. An aging Lynn only wants to bowl Music: 1. King Oliver and his Orchestra - St. James infirmary
Mar 01, 2022•20 min•Ep. 29
Stories: 1. Mr. Neill gets knocked out 2. Three reasons to be in Toledo 3. Watching TV on February 10, 1990 4. Chris opts out 5. Song tapes 6. Mr. Neill gets cornered 7. Mr. Neill gets serious in Columbus 8. Mr. Neill asks a heavy question Music: 1. Bill Carlisle's Kentucky Boys - Roll on old troubles roll on 2. Something New 1998 - All is well with me 3. Something New 2002 - Jesus I live to Thee
Feb 15, 2022•24 min•Ep. 28
Stories: 1. The legend of Uncle Noel 2. George has magic dumbbells 3. George hacks his gaming console 4. On the 3rd try, Mr. Neill learns not to overwhelm his kids 5. George is a miner 6. Katt's book vanishes 7. Brian misses Iowa 8. Conrad flips 9. The virgin hot tub 10. Mr. Neill fails to ask an important question Music: 1. Stephen Grappelly and His Hot Four with Django Reinhardt - Clouds 2. Riverside Ramblers - Dissatisfied
Feb 01, 2022•22 min
Stories: 1. Yelling “fleas” into a phone 2. Thompson presses a button 3. White Cadillac, tinted windows 4. Looking through binoculars Music: 1. Wingy Manone - Formal night in Harlem
Jan 15, 2022•19 min
Stories: 1. Career day has Mr. Neill wanting to change careers 2. Mr. Avellini, Mr. Bob Avellini 3. Mr. Wendy’s doesn’t pay taxes 4. Rufus reps Gary Sheffield 5. Shawn Baldwin has never watched Friends 6. Mr. Baldwin helps out the math department Music: 1. Bud Freeman and His Famous Chicagoans - After awhile
Jan 01, 2022•19 min
Stories: 1. Guitar lessons and image repair 2. A phone call changes Mr. Neill's mind 3. Buying and selling shares in a band 4. Playing at Phyllis' 5. Nan gives a pep talk 6. 4x4 tries to mow down eggers 7. Bullying bandmates into recording 3 songs 8. Kirk wins back the love of his life 9. Old man hates to jam
Dec 15, 2021•44 min•Ep. 24
Stories: 1. Giving bricks to eccentric people 2. Larry David and his castle 3. The pee jug 4. Sorry, no 3 million dollars for you 5. A debris hauler misses his dad Music: 1. Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald - The frim fram sauce 2. Shelton Brothers - Just because
Dec 01, 2021•22 min
Stories: 1. Hangin’ with Marty 2. The name is Mark, not Marty 3. Roaches in Kentucky 4. Rats at 911 S. Carpenter 5. The bicentennial club 6. Old Irving Park circa 1976 7. Bethie’s sister ain’t having it 8. Block parties 9. Groceries at Jay Bees Music: 1. Beale Street Boys - Back alley blues 2. Riverside Ramblers - Wondering
Nov 15, 2021•20 min
Stories: 1. Shut up ya crackhead 2. Elite modeling 3. Horton leaves no stone unturned 4. Horton shovels elephant poo 5. Stories will make a teacher human 6. Chitlins 7. A month on Amtrak 8. Bread Music: 1. Big Bill - Cotton choppin' blues 2. Gene Gifford and His Orchestra - Nothin' but the blues
Nov 01, 2021•25 min
Stories: 1. CC will kill Mr. Neill if he calls him CC 2. What's it like being in a gang 3. CC pays his debt to society 4. The name is Jim, not Bub 5. Jim sleeps on our couch and gives out jobs 6. Jim can't afford to be sore 7. Jim was teaching, but it was as if he wasn't there 8. Giving Jim some business advice 9. Mrs. Neill quits her job and Mr. Neill has to scramble 10. Three career paths 11. Mr. Neill forgets the golden rule of banking 12. Learning new education jargon 13. Learning how to cod...
Oct 24, 2021•32 min
Stories: 1. The kindest and unkindest words 2. The legend of Derek Jurina 3. Open mic night at Club Cafe 4. The blind comedian 5. Actor-cop 6. Call and response with a Yiddish rapper 7. Sunglasses so your boss can't see 8. Oversported 9. A jazz pianist with too many records 10. A very foul ball Music: 1. Oldmanneill - Derek Jurina 2. Ray Ball & His Guitar - Oklahoma, land of the sunny west 3. Joe Werner and Ramblers - Dreaming
Oct 20, 2021•26 min•Ep. 19
Stories: 1. A strange man on a unicycle 2. Night Moves Music: 1. Studs Henderson and His Orchestra – Proposition baby
Oct 12, 2021•12 min
Stories: 1. Dr. Sharon Rae Bender thinks Mr. Neill peed in the snow 2. Rats at Schurz 3. The blind sub 4. Did you steal my glasses? 5. Lunchtime 6. Mike says we need to move along 7. Mike shows us a new way to share our food Music: 1. Meeting of Important People – For the masses (demo) 2. Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox – All the small things (feat. Puddles Pity Party) 3. Hugh Cross and Riley Puckett – Go feather your nest
Mar 29, 2020•20 min
Stories: 1. 10 months of theological studies 2. Aimless musings after a week in bed 3. The dream job Music: 1. Allen Brothers – A new salty dog 2. Coleman Hawkins – Some of these days 3. Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds of Joy – Mess-a-stomp
Mar 14, 2020•22 min
Stories: 1. Carol, stop beating your kids 2. A fireball breaks up a party 3. A man’s beer and his meat are insulted 4. A runaway truck thwarts another home sale Music: 1. Dusty Boogie 2. Summer Dreams 3. Moments Pause 4. Swooning Melody All tracks are by 2 Mello, from Midnight Broadcasts Vol. 1 & 2, and After Midnight: Unaired Broadcasts. Check out 2 Mello’s Bandcamp page here .
Feb 26, 2018•18 min
Stories: 1. A potential home buyer takes a tumble 2. Become popular by playing hacky sack 3. A dog named D.O.G. 4. Free the weed Music: 1. Quintet of the Hot Club of France – Minor’s swing 2. Louis Armstrong – I’ll walk alone 3. Jimmie Rodgers – Rock all our babies to sleep 4. Jack Dupree – Tongue-tied blues
Feb 16, 2018•23 min
Stories: 1. A Dory-like waitress (Argentine) 2. Dad, I want to rap (Burmese) 3. A flip phone videographer (Sri Lankan) 4. But this is pork (Chinese) Intermission music by Zachary Neill
Jun 21, 2016•13 min
Stories: 1. Spongebob grew up in my house 2. Hank wants to sing hymns and shoot guns 3. The perils of video game addiction Music: 1. Sonny Burke and His Orchestra – Mambo on my mind 2. Jimmy Witherspoon – Ain’t nobody’s business 3. York Brothers – Goodbye and luck to you
Nov 19, 2014•26 min
Stories: 1. The mansion at 3030 Elroy St. 2. The lawn he wants is no lawn 3. If they start fighting, keep playing…but if they start shooting, stop Music: 1. Hawkins – Some of these days 2. James (Beal Street) Clark – You can’t make the grade 3. Unhip – Eventually
Feb 16, 2014•29 min
Stories: 1. Tell us more about the texture of popcorn 2. A Weird Al singalong 3. Churro bites a longboarder down in Buenos Aires Music: 1. Cliff Carlisle – It takes the old hen to deliver the goods 2. York Bros – Going home 3. The Fairfield Four – Don’t leave me
Aug 15, 2013•23 min