It’s Matt & Emily alone and they’re drinking Teavana’s pumpkin spice brulee oolong tea. This week, they’re going meta and the topic is…podcasts! Hear them talk about their firsts, favorites, and forgotten podcasts.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Email | RSS | More
Matt and Emily welcome Andrew Bond to the podcast as they drink Teavana’s mint majesty tea. This week’s mini-topic, courtesy of Matt, is Ice Planet 2002, his all-time favorite Lego theme from the early 90’s. Andrew’s guest topic is remote places: sandy deserts, frozen tundra, islands, space, anywhere lightly or un-populated.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Email | RSS | More
Matt and Emily welcome Michael Brantl to the podcast and drink DavidsTea’s Organic Cream of Earl Grey tea. They first talk about one of Emily’s most favorite topics, a throwback to episode 1 of the podcast, The Royal Wedding. Michael’s guest topic is to talk about first jobs. Both Michael and Emily started off in the food industry while Matt’s first job was a summer camp counselor.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Email | RSS | More
Matt and Emily enjoy Adagio’s gemini tea, representing both the zodiac sign of when this episode was released and symbolic of the “twins” in this week’s topic, The Shining. They talk about Matt’s theories, the unsettling and disorienting nature of the film, pop culture touchstones, whether the moon landing was faked, ghosts, if the movie can be spoiled, the documentary Room 237, and more! They also briefly discuss Fortnite, how they listen to podcasts, mobile games, The Simpsons, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and introduce their new rating system: “cup of tea or not cup of tea.”
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Email | RSS | More
Matt and Emily welcome Alex Royston to the podcast as they enjoy Harry & David’s Bing Cherry tea by The Republic of Tea! For her mini-topic this week, Emily brings up her favorite place to shop: Target! They talk about how all Targets have the same layout, what happens when they don’t follow that layout, and Bullseye the dog’s possible drinking habits. For this week’s guest topic, Alex shares her feelings about queueing (AKA getting in line) from living in Australia, England, and now America. They talk personal space, driving, the stars, and the some of the different ways people use English to say the same thing. (Are you used to people saying “step up,” “step down,” “this way,” or just shouting “next”?)
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Email | RSS | More
Matt and Emily sit down with Alexis Lamper to enjoy some of DavidsTea’s Kenyan Tinderet black tea. They discuss Matt’s infamous AIM Running Man, conspiracy theories, and favorite teas. The mini-topic of the week is campfires, where we learn that Matt is really, really good at making them. Alexis’ guest topic is serial killers where they talk about true crime including Michelle McNamara’s book I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, DNA tests, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and more (including some movie-talk inspired by Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming Charles Manson movie).
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Email | RSS | More
Matt and Emily enjoy some rose petal black tea by The Tao of Tea as they talk music! Emily’s topic of the week is Lorde’s 2017 album, Melodrama. They also find time to talk about seeing Lorde in concert and her debut album, Pure Heroine.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Email | RSS | More
For episode 008, Matt and Emily welcome Andrew Adams to the podcast to share a pot of masala chai tea! The mini-topic of the week is the TV show Gotham and becomes a discussion about Batman more generally. The guest topic of the week—just in time for the playoffs—is professional hockey! Soccer, baseball, basketball, and football all get roped into the discussion as well. As always, the topics can go anywhere!
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Email | RSS | More
Matt and Emily welcome Sasha Taran as their guest this week as they enjoy Sasha’s Sweet Tangerine Positive Energy tea by Yogi. They talk about reading and binge-watching television; could they get any two more different topics to discuss? Emily reminds everyone that reading is great! They talk about their favorite books from childhood, Ready Player One, Dr. Seuss, Animorphs, and more. Moving on to Sasha’s guest topic of the week, binge-watching television, they talk (without spoilers) about Breaking Bad, The Sopranos, Sex and the City, The Office, and many, many, more TV shows.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Email | RSS | More
It’s Matt and Emily all by themselves! They talk about the state of the podcast and enjoy T2’s Madagascan Vanilla black tea. Matt talks about his love of emo music from the 2000’s. They talk about bands like Thursday, Piebald, Brand New, Taking Back Sunday, Coheed and Cambria, The Early November, Death Cab for Cutie and more. They even talk Taylor Swift and Korn, but that’s not what this episode is about.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Email | RSS | More