The guys discuss the life and times of Caligula this week.

Johnny and the Truth are back with a semi-deep dive into Gregori Rasputin, the Russian religious zealot who managed to get extremely close to the gears of power using nothing but prayer, charisma, and possibly a foot long penis. The guys also examine Johnny's past as a juvenile petty criminal, the type of energy in the air before a Quizzo competiti…

Johnny and the Truth take a walk with you through history to the 1932 Olympics where they explain how simple it was to compete in international bobsled if you were a toothpaste heir. They also speculate how a vacation would go if it were free but you had to fight the amateur boxing champion of each country you went to.…

In this episode the guys welcome comic Blake Wexler to help them break down exciting medical treatments from the past that we don't use anymore because of the liberals.

On this episode JGT and Nat explore the unlikely rise to power and reign of Emperor Claudius. They discuss the time he fought a killer whale in the harbor and some other questionable tactics he employed during his time at the top of the pile. There is also lively banter concerning 1st century prosthetics and medical care in general, as well as how …

The guys are joined by co-host of the Philly Blunt podcast, Reef the Lost Cauze to discuss the fantastic 1930's anti-marijuana propaganda film "Reefer Madness". In the course of the discussion, they touch on points ranging from the obvious (and less than obvious) perils of deadly marijuana, how much more likely they'd be to go to a movie if there w…

JGT and The Truth dive into the history of the Playboy Mansions. The guys speak on the subject of used Playboy magazines and what you could expect to pay for them in the mid 1980's. They discuss revolving (and vibrating) beds, having a smaller replica of your house next door, and what you should (and shouldn't) steal when you're looting a house. Th…

Remember 1980's pizza advertising icon The Noid? Sure. We all do. Did you know that a man took a couple of hostages in a Domino's restaurant once because he felt the Noid ad campaign was targeted specifically at him? Join Johnny and Nat as they welcome Chip Chantry. Chip is the author of several best selling books on the Noid, ranging from the worl…

Johnny and Nat get together to discuss a favorite past time of theirs: board games. They ask hard hitting questions like what board game would you want buried with you when you die? They revisit some of Johnny's famous temper tantrums, and they review a couple really strange board games from the past. All this and more on the Worthless Knowledge po…

Johnny and Nat discuss the famous mansion burning that occurred in 1994 during the volatile relationship between Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes and Andre Rison. Then they talk about how if they were different people living in a different place with different skills and dreams and living in a different time there's no telling what they could have accomplishe…

In this episode, spun off from JGT's latest Quizzo, the guys start unpacking the Heaven's Gate Cult but the conversation quickly devolves into more general cult related talk. Johnny tells Nat about the closest he ever came to being in a cult, Nat asks what 5 items you'd bring as a "Cult Starter Kit" if you were going to join one, and both guys have…

In 1924, the now infamous murderers Leopold and Loeb committed the perfect crime when they abducted and killed Loeb's second cousin. Or it would have been perfect if they hadn't made countless huge mistakes. Johnny Goodtimes and the Truth discuss the crime at length, wondering if they would have the chops to pull off a similar plan.…

Johnny discusses a dilema he faced at a local yardsale recently. Would you mutilate your face if your best friend asked you to as his last wish on his death bed? Is there anything worse than being a galley slave? Which would you thin would be more dangerous--being struck by lightning or going up to a wild bear in the woods and hitting it with a sti…

Johnny and Nat rate their marriages on a scale of 1 to 10. Topsy the Elephant is electrocuted by early 20th century idiots. Would you attend the drawing the quartering of your arch nemesis? What is Tonya Harding doing with the money she gets from Paypal donations? Would you take in a feral child?

Johnny discusses his trip to a Bible Studies class on the Eastern Shore where he was the youngest person there by 25 years. Johnny gets his hands on a guide to the whore houses in Philadelphia from 1849 and we discuss some of the ratings. Nat asks Johnny how much he'd have to be paid to fight a bull.…

From the vault as we still lead up to our hotly anticipated reboot, the guys discuss how they think the conversation would go if they told their wives they were leaving to dogsled alone to the North Pole. They also consider how they would go about toppling a Central American government with 60 men and what role early 90's Latino rapper Gerardo coul…

In this episode we discuss whether our wives would be angrier if we were caught having an affair with 1 woman or if we were discovered to have a harem of 3,000 women. Would they be angrier at our infidelity or more impressed with our logistical ability in hiding, clothing, housing and feeding thousands of women? How much money would we have to be p…

If you were time traveling and got busy once or twice or several times, would that count as cheating on your wife? What exactly is your obligation to someone if they save your life? If you are in a bathroom stall and have a "wide stance" is it hard to keep your foot from touching the guy's foot in the next stall?…

What would you do if Suge Knight took an interest in your career and wanted to be a part of it? What gift would you have given Hitler if you got invited to his 50th birthday party? Would it have been a gag gift? If you broke a bottle of wine worth a half a million dollars how would you go about blaming someone else for it?…

Remember when there was a February 30th? Neither do we. But it happened.

What's the most dramatic way a fellow could demonstrate that he could take drugs that would give him an erection? Listen and find out.

Is Christmas Mass better or worse if everyone brings their own rooster? Is it a good idea to unleash men from other towns dressed in devil costumes to chase children? Why shouldn't Santa just come through the front door?

The guys discuss the good and bad aspects of jumping off your house with a homemade parachute, how much better prison would be if they let you have a desk, and how much money you'd need to be paid to be launched out of a catapult.

The guys started off discussing Alexander Graham Bell in this classic, beloved episode, but quickly led to a conversation about how you could kill a man if you bludgeoned them with one of those old rotary phones and other fun things.

JGT and the Truth discuss the pros and cons (mostly cons) of cloning yourself and other famous people in this classic, beloved episode as they drum up support for their much anticipated relaunch.

This is to see if we can successfully restart our mega-successful podcast on a new platform

It’s the end of our show, and the beginning of everything! We’re telling the story of the the star stuff that makes up all of us, the generations of stars where those atoms were forged, and the pile of hot rocks that we ended up calling home. And we get in a few last shots […]بقلم Johnny

It’s our penultimate episode, so we’re cleaning house! That means going through every topic left on the list and giving each of them the 8 to 12 seconds of attention they deserve. And why stop there? We’re also revealing the contents of our top-secret emergency topics list, reviewing all 156 previous episodes, and – against […]…

Hey, remember Strong Bad? If you do, have we got the show for you! If you don’t, you’re going to learn a lot today. We’re taking a voyage through internet history to a time when Homestar Runner ruled the world! When word of mouth mattered more than insincere retweets! When we hadn’t yet squandered the […]…

Well, it doesn’t get much further from Taylor Swift than this. We’re taking a harmony joy ride with a rock ‘n’ roll prophet, searching for meaning in the music of Wesley Willis. Willis taught us all how to battle demons through obscene bestiality ballads and unfiltered autobiography, and we’re passing that knowledge on to any […]…

We’re venturing outside our demographic, and Taylor Swift is our guide! Can we learn anything from America’s pop-country sweetheart? Or will we just make a bizarre web of connections between her, Michael Bay, J.K. Rowling, Stephen King, and all her ex-boyfriends and then insist it all makes sense? Guaranteed to contain zero Taylor Swift songs; […]…

This week, we’re trying to wring humor out of a really scary disease that we don’t know all that much about. And that should be fun, right? We trace the history of the Ebola virus from its humble origins to its brush with fame in the 1990s and beyond, and develop acute hypochondria in the […]بقلم Johnny

In a hollow tree somewhere, elves are baking cookies with magic. At least that’s what Keebler’s commercials would have us believe. It’s a journey into the world of advertising, the darkest corners of fandom, and the office where they decide how many spider parts can legally go into your food. Plus a bunch of crap […]…

We’re headed down south (in spirit) to pay a visit to Dollywood, the Dolly Parton-est place on Earth! Will we avoid the obvious jokes? Actually yes, because there’s a whole lot more to talk about. It turns out Dollywood is a magical place full of grannies and taters, old-timey craftsmen and a man named Big […]…

We all know Purple People Eater, the novelty song. But how about Purple People Eater… the movie? Oh, it happened, and we’re spending our 150th episode trying to figure out why. Whether you’re a fan of early rock ‘n’ roll, wacky car wash hijinx, or wiener dogs, there’s sure to be something in this movie […]…

The Manitou! We can’t even call it a famously bad film, because it never quite got famous, but we’re watching it and discussing it. Thrill to the tale of a fortune-telling Tony Curtis, a shaman in a sad wig, and their slow, confusing battle with a wee magic fellow. Find out what we think about […]بقلم Johnny

It’s one of the great internet success stories: a novel posted on the web, which became a real book, which became a movie. And now John Dies at the End has somehow become this podcast. We’re not just reviewing the movie; we’re looking into its curious history, debating what it means for internet culture, and […]…

These days, you can’t tell a story about one kind of monster without every other kind of monster trying to steal the spotlight. But which creature deserves to have its story told? We’re looking at a couple of the most popular, in hopes of finding out how vampires became sexy and how werewolves wound up […]…

We’re getting downright educational this week! Bedbugs have made their homes in our fair city, and we have the inside scoop from a real-life ex-exterminator. Where did these tiny bloodsuckers come from? How can you protect yourself? Who can we blame? Guaranteed to feature at least one very uncomfortable host, plus a nice bit about […]…

We’ve been tasked with reviewing the career of one of the most influential filmmakers of all time, and we don’t know his work. The solution? How about an all-day Kurosawa movie marathon so we can talk half-knowledgeably about a handful of his best-known films. We got our brains melted by Rashomon, our senses overloaded by […]…

It’s time for our annual holiday special, and you know what that means: we’re completely half-assing it. As in, barely even bothering to make sense. Instead, we’re more concerned with weaseling out of the latest topic, debating the premise of old arcade games, and maybe – just maybe – arguing with a certain sock. Basically […]…

Is it possible for two people on the internet to discuss the career of David Bowie without getting distracted by Labyrinth? It turns out, no, that is not possible. But we get to a lot of other good stuff before that! For example, tales of the golden age of anything-goes radio and a hierarchy of […]بقلم Johnny

Reincarnation is definitely one of the nicer afterlife options, so obviously we’re trying to think of funny stuff to say about it. And that means mocking psychics, recapping forgotten supernatural romantic comedies, and debating whether or not microbes have souls. Presented with a cherished belief held by millions of people, how long does it take […

This week, we’re breaking format all over the place, inviting a guest into the Breakfast Kitchen to discuss her own topic. And we’re asking the hard questions. Can Plinko ever be made truly handicap accessible? Is Pat Sajak a Highlander? Do people want to see oiled-up hunks on game shows? How sturdy are those sets? […]…

Comparing a real news story to a piece of satire is basically a cliche at this point, but that doesn’t mean the resemblance isn’t there. Real people still get fooled by fake stories, and real stupidity is more carefully documented than it’s ever been. It’s entirely possible that this is the episode that ends up […]…

You dared us to talk about it, and we took the bait! That’s right: a whole show about the mysterious, seemingly impossible structure on Donald Trump’s head. How does it work? What does it look like when it hasn’t been styled? Is it a wig, a combover, or some kind of animal companion? And what […]بقلم Johnny

Every now and then, someone unexpectedly bursts into flames, and science has never been able to explain why. Except it totally has, and we’re going to explain it too. It’s a story that spans continents and centuries, involving the history of tobacco farming and candle-making, techniques for building houses from dung, and the sad fate […]…

This week, we’re looking at our favorite (and least favorite) film adaptations of books, and hopefully coming up with a formula for not screwing it up. And yes, that means some unfavorable comparisons between the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings, but it also means Douglas Adams and Truman Capote and Harvey Pekar, and […]…

This week, we’ve been asked to tell the world the true meaning of Valentine’s Day, and we sort of make an attempt at that. Sure, we get hung up on the horrors of ensemble romantic comedies for a while, and debate the qualifications for sainthood, and try to write a better Farmer’s Almanac, but it’s […]…

We love a good old-fashioned topic about weird animals, and they don’t get much weirder than cephalopods. They change colors, they solve puzzles, they fight whales, and they’re basically the closest thing we have to intelligent aliens. So of course we love them! We also waste some time talking about Halloween music and picking fights […]…