Looking for something to soothe the holiday pain until the egg nog kicks in? Enjoy this apropos look back at an LRB Classic™ featuring Andrew “Hot Dog Story” Walsh, the oft-forgotten elf who was terrible at making toys, but dreamed of sidekicking on a moderately successful podcast. Mike and Christy interview Andrew about his history with TBTL, and then share his favorite clip, “Why it Matters: Christmas Movies” from 12/19/2008. Subscribe to Little Red Bandwagon in iTunes or use this RSS link in ...
Dec 25, 2015•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 76
Joyce -- what’s that podcast? Bobby, Christy and Meredith talk huggable Garys, cheese monger-dudes, Neil Diamond-heads, a shared frustration of Christmastime birthdays, a revolving door of cats and much, much more in your latest TBTL Week in Review. Plus we play your Clip of the Week, and a voicemail from a brunch-napped Mike Frizzell. Cocktail attire appreciated. Subscribe to Little Red Bandwagon in iTunes or use this RSS link in your podcatcher of choice....
Dec 21, 2015•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 75
After 72 episodes it was bound to happen, we had some audio issues with our guests recording and had to scrap the interview show this week, but fear not loyal listeners! Christy and Jeremy stop by for a brief explanation of what happened, we have a plan to tide you over till our next episode, and is Jeremy an 11 or a 10? You can find Bobby and Frizzell's Star Wars episode of Nerd Out Loud over at www.nerdoutloudpod.com or subscribe to the show via iTunes or RSS...
Dec 18, 2015•16 min•Ep. 74
Now that Cricket Magazine has taken care of all of your awkward neighbor-kid and theradoctist-waiting-room Christmas shopping, meet Bobby, Meredith and Mike on the pickleball court for your latest TBTL Week in Review. After, we’ll head to Arby’s for sidekickers, because if we don’t, the terrorists have won. Plus, it’s the only place left where we know we can find a garbage can. Subscribe to Little Red Bandwagon in iTunes or use this RSS link in your podcatcher of choice....
Dec 14, 2015•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 73
Just in time for the holidays! Brooklyn Ten Stephanie Lee doesn't let being Jewish stand in the way of her favorite Christmas traditions. She joins Christy and Bobby for a look back at a TBTL holiday classic featuring Luke, Jen and Sean's Top Five contemporary Christmas carols in one legendary mash-up.TBTL Episode #978: Modern Day Christmas Songs originally aired on December 21, 2011.
Dec 11, 2015•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 72
Bobby, Christy, Meredith and Mike look back at a week of TBTL chock full o’ wind, hot dogs, celery, health code violations and poor financial management. Isn’t it obvious? TBTL doesn’t want you here anymore. Go back from where you came from. Go on now, git! Also, if you lost a wallet in Tukwila in the late ‘90s with $436 in cash and no credit cards or ID in it, email TBTLmessups@gmail.com .
Dec 07, 2015•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 71
Just hours before TBTL’s 2000th Episode, Chicago Ten Mike McCawley joins Bobby and Christy in the elegantly appointed Studio 208 at Hotel Deca. We were supposed to talk about a Jen Andrews segment from a 2011 Chicago live show, but Mike spends most of the interview on Brian Bosworth’s 1988 memoir “The Boz: Confessions of a Modern Anti-Hero,” which he “borrowed” from the hotel library.Catch Mike's video of the rap battle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQhZWVVySQY Be sure to catch Mike and Jo on...
Dec 04, 2015•52 min•Ep. 70
Christy and Bobby check in from the hotel across from the venue for TBTL's 2000th Episode while Mike and Meredith prepare for a listener meet-up in Dallas. What this episode lacks in thorough recapping of the last week of TBTL it makes up for with stories of the LRB meet-up at the Mandarin Gate.
Nov 30, 2015•56 min•Ep. 69
Grab a cranberry stick drink, heap your plate with Toasted Cheese Dressing, and join Bobby, Christy, Meredith and Mike for a celebration of a plentiful pod-harvest on this special edition of LRB. We give thanks for a year of blessings (from TBTL and the real world), talk through some of our least favorite holiday traditions, and reprise Luke’s conversation with his brothers and Addie about Burbank Thanksgivings. ( Episode #1740 , November 27, 2014.)...
Nov 26, 2015•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 68
Suck in your gut, grab all your gold, and head down to the musty basement where Christy, Meredith, and Mike fire up the Andyman Grill to roast last week's TBTL Please bring an armload of towels and wear a tuxedo. Even though it's obvious to everyone you do not want to wear a tuxedo.
Nov 23, 2015•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 67
Bobby & Christy call the future to talk to listener Joe-Joe from Tokyo to discuss baseball, karaoke, and talk about the time TBTL presented a love letter to Japan.
Nov 20, 2015•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 66
The LRB Family takes a break from Rod Arquette Live & Local to slip into some Tonight JNCOs and wrist bling for your latest TBTL Week in Review. When you order your episode, please keep in mind that caramel is 30 cents a pump, and having your assistant catch your empty Diet Coke can is more than you will ever be able to afford. Also, if you hear that dog barking, that is not our dog. Subscribe to Little Red Bandwagon in iTunes or use this RSS link in your podcatcher of choice....
Nov 16, 2015•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 65
Mike and Christy welcome MinnesoTen Natalie Sinkler to talk about the time Jen came clean on ditching her birthday party and all of her friends to chase after a charismatic, and very volatile, young hockey player. Luckily for Jen, it doesn't work out.
Nov 13, 2015•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 64
Christy, Mike and Bobby take a break from their putter porn to stock up on shrimp pizza, butterhorns and conductors’ caps in your latest citrus-flavored TBTL Week in Review, all in an effort to ease the pain of an unheard Andrew Walsh poem that never was.
Nov 09, 2015•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 63
Christy and Mike are back together to welcome MichiTen Christy Landefeld and bring back TBTL's Bad Babysitter segment. After hearing disturbing stories from Luke and Jen, as well as the listeners, Christy L tells on herself and we vow never to let Bobby or Meredith babysit this show again.
Nov 06, 2015•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 62
Bobby, Christy, Meredith and Mike party hard in a rival show’s bar, head to Lowe’s for some inflatable Christmas crap, run off yesterday’s strudel, book tickets on an adults-only airline, and batten down the pod-hatches for an intensely boring and frustratingly self-aware windstorm hot dog story. All this plus an unnecessarily involved breakdown of candy bars by make and model in your latest TBTL Week in Review.
Nov 02, 2015•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 61
Mike and Bobby welcome Ithaca Ten Sheila Reakes for a look back at a Cooking with Sean DeTore fan-favorite, Tons of Effing Risotto. Plus, punny T-shirts, smiling Red Robin burgers, and more bad babysitter talk from the LRB Follow-up File. This episode pairs perfectly with a reasonably priced bottle of Chateau Ste. Michelle Gewürztraminer.
Oct 29, 2015•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 60
It’s a full house this week as Bobby, Meredith, Christy and Mike try on their new pumpkin shirts, sort other people’s recycling, and think no one notices when they recline their seats during take-off. All this and much more live from the AutoZone Studios: Get in the Zone, AutoZone. Subscribe to Little Red Bandwagon in iTunes or use this RSS link in your podcatcher of choice....
Oct 26, 2015•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 59
Buckle up wagoneers, it's the first ever LRB ladies night! Meredith and Christy sit down with former librarian, hater of all things pumpkin, and long time listener, Treasure to travel back in time to the days of radio and find out "what's in a name" when Jen "Flash" Andrews hosts a gathering of the Kates, live on the air.
Oct 23, 2015•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 58
Bobby, Christy and Mike polish off their midnight steaks and dessert sandwiches, and dive into an expensive in-ground liability pool for your latest TBTL Week in Review. So hit the showers and take it easy on the Bvlgari—you’ve just entered a diesel-sipping over-polluting Podtober Monday Pod Block. Vote for Little Red Bandwagon for Western Washington’s Best Local Podcast! It’s free, easy, and you don’t actually have to be in Western Washington. Subscribe to Little Red Bandwagon in iTunes or use ...
Oct 19, 2015•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 57
Sharpen your pencils and have your notebooks ready, Wagoneers. Mike and Christy sit down with listener Megan for a lesson in string theory through the magic of song by Jen Andrews and longtime friend of TBTL, indie-rocker David Bazan. (Clip heard on the show from hour two of TBTL, originally aired March 11th, 2009).
Oct 16, 2015•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 56
Mike, Meredith and Christy polish off a suicide salad, skip leg day (and the shower), jam out to some ‘90s Canadian alt-rock and carve out some room between their polarizing bumper stickers to show off some LRB Pride. It’s like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a podcast. It's your TBTL week in review covering TBTL #1962-#1966.
Oct 12, 2015•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 55
Very special guest Emily in Austin joins Christy and Mike for a look back at the time Casper (Luke) and Gwendolyn (Vanessa) had their cover blown while scoping out their future home undercover. Emily also gives a thorough post-surgery update—She can still do everything better than Mike, not that that’s a high bar. Subscribe to Little Red Bandwagon in itunes or use this RSS link in your podcatcher of choice....
Oct 09, 2015•56 min•Ep. 54
Bobby, Christy and Meredith stock up on location-specific hoodies and sweatpants from Hudson News on an extended journey through the latest week of TBTL. So hang up your suit, make your one free phone call, and tuck the rest of your stuff into those drawers under the little coffeemaker. And don’t you dare blame Detroit for your delayed flight.
Oct 05, 2015•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 53
Bryant Park Project refugee turned Hawaii Ten Charlie Trellis takes us back to a BPP reunion dinner in 2012 with Luke Burbank, Mike Pesca, Dan Pashman and Win Rosenfeld—four men with four sets of recording equipment at the 2nd Ave Deli in New York City. (Trigger warning: You will want pastrami after listening to this episode.) TBTL Episode #1069: – Live from the 2nd Ave Deli in NYC originally aired April 27, 2012. Dan's episode using his tape and Win's video of the dinner can be found at The Spo...
Oct 03, 2015•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 52
Bobby, Christy and Meredith take a break from Rear Window-ing suspicious skateboard punks to look back at the last week of TBTL. So put down those terrible A&W fries, bag up your unread Sunday New York Times, and make sure LRB is on your Net Nanny’s white list. (And don’t worry—most of our Pope talk is about whether or not he’s DTF. … Sorry, Aidan.) Subscribe to Little Red Bandwagon in itunes or use this RSS link in your podcatcher of choice....
Sep 28, 2015•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 51
Librarian Julie joins the Nice Lady and The Bad Boy of Podcasting for this week's stroll down TBTL memory lane. The Bobcat Lady Mystery solvers that introduced the Tens to weird pets and quilted censorship is a fan favorite ( Originally aired May 14th 2010 ). It may be Popegate over on the stens page but Christians, Jews, and atheists alike love swag so make sure to buy some here ( littleredbandwagon.com ) do it for Jesus, God, Muhammad, or Science!...
Sep 26, 2015•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 50
Mike, Christy, Bobby and guest co-host Meredith take a break from binging on squirrel meat and late 70s SNL sketches to discuss the latest week of TBTL. So come on over for some coffee and a slice of carrot cake, and beware those flying axe handles. Oh, and stickers! Little Red Bandwagon and ten. stickers are available now in the LRB Merch Store—visit littleredbandwagon.com to order now.
Sep 21, 2015•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 49
Newly married BosTen Alisha joins Christy and Bobby for an erotic adventure, listening back to a classic segment when our own Drew McFrizz (Mike Frizzell) joined Jen “Flash” Andrews for a steamy Kindle book review for two. So send the kids to the movies, pull down the blinds, dim the lights and fire up your podcart player. Your pigeon toes will thank you. Our featured clip comes from TBTL Episode 1022 on Feb. 22, 2012: Sexy Books and Hard Life Decisions , which also features some interesting Lit...
Sep 19, 2015•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 48
Christy, Bobby and guest co-host StuBot look back at TBTL’s week of Fyllis Phaves, and wonder how the mythical Peter Williams has never been on the show. So touch up your Toppik, polish up your poop tooth and—please, really—don’t drop the mic. Also, Creed sucks. No apologies. #hirestu
Sep 14, 2015•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 47
