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Joe Dombrowski & Gaspare Randazzo
Comedians Joe Dombrowski (former elementary school teacher) and co-host Gaspare Randazzo (current high school teacher) discuss the chaotic life in and out of the classroom, the nuances of parenting toddlers, and pretty much all things millennial. Each episode is different. Sometimes they'll bring you a Hollywood guest such as comedian Anjelah Reyes-Johnson or renowned School Psychologist Dr.Jody Carrington. Sometimes they might read emails from fans, riffing on their unbelievable, real life, classroom stories. Other times they might argue over the most realistic conspiracy theories. You never know!
Reading the Filth
This week, Gaspare fills Joe in on the latest italian sports phenom and the guys take some time to chat about their moms, before Joe reads the filth after a spicy clip goes viral. Gas also speculates about Adele's love of dragons.
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55:2204/12/2023
Did You Know About Teresita Basa?
This week, Gaspare informs us about Teresita Basa, a woman who was murdered but used her voice to name her own killer from beyond the grave. Along the way, the boys discuss the finer points of the pawn industry and the fantastic Mary Todd.
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28:0230/11/2023
The $30m Question
Joe and Gaspare discuss what they would do with $30M. Then the guys discuss spontaneous human combustion, Taylor Swift at the airport and eating your own tongue.
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53:1827/11/2023
Social Studies Live at Chelsea Music Hall
This week Joe and Gas share the live podcast experience with all of you at home. Things are wild, unpredictable, unscripted and real: So basically no different than a typical podcast!
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01:00:5020/11/2023
Did You Know About Moon Homes?
This week, Gaspare has a not-yet-mid-life crisis, Joe shares a hillarious massage story before getting into the main story. Gaspare shares NASA's plan to create and populate 3D printed homes on the moon by 2040.
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27:0416/11/2023
Halloween Meatballs
This week, Joe and Gaspare address their great grand-kids who will someday listen to the show before doing a recap on halloween. Gaspare shares some unique Staten Island experiences and Joe is turns into a grumpy old man before sharing some fantastic emails covering things like chicken balls and handsome gorillas.
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54:2413/11/2023
Did You Know About Real Life Frankensteins?
This week, Gaspare informs us about the history of real-life Frankenstein scientists, and poses some very intriguing questions while Joe goes on a crusade to get justice for a special elephant.
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26:0409/11/2023
The Men You Shouldn’t Date
This week, Joe is pumped about his new special which is finally out and Gaspare informs us all about the types of men you should never ever date. Then the guys discuss Mr. Beast's charity and what it's like to go viral before getting into some fantastic listener emails dealing with vaccuum mice and stadium vendor economics.
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54:4806/11/2023
Did You Know About the World's Shortest Flight?
This week, Joe chooses flight over cannibalism, and Gaspare shares some interesting insights into the world's shortest commercial airplane flight. Joe shares his knowledge about Canaries and Gaspare wonders if the Wright brothers were into BMX.
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23:3102/11/2023
Robot Tipping
This week, as halloween approaches Joe and Gas can't believe some people's approach to decorations, before getting into the finer points of tipping your local robots. Gas shares some stories about inappropriate chalk board drawings and the guys discuss the best worst places for a first date.
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57:0830/10/2023
Did You Know About Gaspare Randazzo?
This week, Joe turns the tables and delves into the mysterious depths of Gaspare Randazzo. As you might imagine things get emotional, intriguing, and weird.
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32:1526/10/2023
The Squint Method
This week, Gaspare shares his revolutionary new co-teaching communication technique: The Squint Method. Meanwhile, Joe discovers a new button that will take the podcast to a whole new level, and the guys read the spookiest listener email yet.
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53:4023/10/2023
Did You Know About Joe Dombrowski?
This week, Gaspare interviews the one and only Joe Dombrowski. Gas gets the dirty deets from Joe about all the important questions like what's his favorite music, his favorite possession, and what happens when we die.
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30:5119/10/2023
The Biden Family Hogs
This week, Gas and Joe discuss the latest in presidential families' nude leaks which leads to a thought provoking game of 'would you rather'. The the guys discuss the nuances of manly bonding before getting into emails, some of which are the spookiest ever read on the pod.
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53:5216/10/2023
Did You Know About Amanda C. Reilly?
This week, Joe flips the script to tell us all about the insane true life story of the scam artist Amanda C. Reilly. Gaspare weighs in on GoFundme campaigns and Joe can't get over that blogs were a thing.
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27:3512/10/2023
Social Spuddies
This week, Joe and Gas share catholic school stories and their teaching inspirations before getting into spooky season emails. Gas is advised not to drink the purple shake and Joe takes a deep dive into the worlds most awful haunted house.
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58:0809/10/2023
Did You Know About Opium Dens?
This week, Gaspare tells us about the history of ancient medicine, and along the way he and Joe discuss dog baths, leech therapy, cocaine running, and a list of words that make people very uncomfortable.
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26:1605/10/2023
Micro Pigs: True or False?
This week, Joe considers getting a tattoo live on stage during a podcast and Gaspare shares the hottest sports tea out there: Taylor swift has a new beau. Joe shares info about his new special and then the guys get into the only emails part of the podcast by debating the existence of micro pigs.
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01:01:2602/10/2023
Did you Know About Necropants?
This week, Gaspare informs us about the macabre ancient icelandic practice of creating necropants: garments said to provide good fortune but requiring a strong stomach to create! Gaspare and Joe reveal the weird things that make them squirmy and deep dive into neolithic mental health issues.
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28:2428/09/2023
Ball Pit Baptisms
This week, Gaspare doesn't believe in astrology and Joe has words for Blippi. The acronym lady responds and then the boys get into some fantastic emails dealing with secret agent fruit, ships passing in the wind, and butt lice.
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57:4225/09/2023
Did You Know About the Cleveland Balloon Disaster?
This week, we learn just how often Gaspare thinks about the Roman Empire, before taking a look at one of the most baffling and disastrous things to ever hit the American midwest: The Cleveland Balloon Disaster.
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31:5321/09/2023
Naked, Afraid and Surviving
This week, Gaspare gets excited by Aaron Rogers and Joe excited by the arrival of some new audience suggested sponges. Gaspare pitches a bizarrely familiar new reality show and the boys read some emails featuring some hillarious kinder-quotes.
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55:0818/09/2023
Did You Know About Ancient Spartan Training?
Did You Know About Ancient Spartan Training? This week Gaspare and Joe share Cameo stories and talk about the world's oldest joke, before Gaspare enlightens us all with knowledge about the ancient city state of Sparta and their insanely extreme approach to education.
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27:2614/09/2023
Faloofahs and Snake Bones
This week Joe and Gas do an emails only episode and share some of the best reactions to Gaspare and Joe's showering habits. Joe and Gas share some stories about long term subs and Then we hear some strong opinions about loofah's and a wild story about a snake, a tree, and a squirrel.
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57:1410/09/2023
Did you Know About Germs?
This week, Gaspare informs us all about those micro-biological annoyances, Germs! We'll learn where they hang out, how exactly they like to make our lives miserable, and some of the surprising places you won't find them. Joe also shares his new found dread of Japanese nuclear fish.
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27:1707/09/2023
90's Nostalgia
This week, the boys take a trip back to the 90's and go head to head with trivia and sharing their favorite memories. They reveal their allegiances to Nsync or Backstreet boys, Brittney or Christina, Slater or Zach and much more. Gaspare also shares how an episode of Friends was the catalyst for a very awkward adolescent moment with his mom.
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57:3405/09/2023
Did You Know About Bog People?
This week, Gaspare and Joe learn about some of the most fascinating archealogical phenomena in world: Bog People. They also learn how cranberries are made, discover the next big trend in anti-aging product, and Joe recalls a recent encounter with "aliens".
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28:3331/08/2023
Do you even moisturize Bro?
This week, the boys went viral! And they have the potential to again with the unveiling of a hot new track produced by one of our very own listeners! Then the boys chat food and Gaspare takes his daughter to get a manicure before doing a deep dive on their own hygiene regimens.
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56:5628/08/2023
Did you Know About Vlad The Impaler?
Did you Know About Vlad The Impaler? This week, Gas takes us back to the 15th century to learn about one of the inspirations for the classic monstrosity Dracula: Vlad The Impaler.
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29:4124/08/2023
Five Guys and Water Someliers
This week, Joe and Gas dish on the worlds best water and get into the finer points of non-fine dining before getting into some crazy emails including the final episode of a long running email saga involving long lost siblings.
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01:02:2921/08/2023
Did You Know Movie Trivia?
Did You Know Movie Trivia? This episode Gas entertains us with a variety of interesting tinsel town facts including one involving velociraptors and turtle sex.
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31:2217/08/2023
Always Tip the Garbage Man
This week, Gaspare informs us about the intricacies of New York trash disposal before getting into some incredible emails, one of which talks about a destination wedding from hell.
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57:5814/08/2023
Did You Know About Ed Gein?
Did You Know About Ed Gein? This week Gaspare freaks us all out with facts about the man who inspired such hollywood gems as Silence of the Lambs, Psycho, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
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26:4410/08/2023
Gorilla Glue Hairspray and Clearasil Toothpaste
This week, Gas and Joe chat about being so tired you could use Gorilla Glue as hairspray. Joe can't believe all of the people eating borax out there, and Gas learns that his voice isn't soothing before the guys share their stories about trolling scammers.
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56:2207/08/2023
Did You Know About Ancient Toilets?
Did You Know About Ancient Toilets? This week is the sh****est episode yet! Gaspare takes us on a delightful walk through the history of one of mankind's most important yet seldom talked about inventions: the toilet.
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30:1703/08/2023
Four Ears, One Q-Tip
This week Joe and Gas hate targeted ads and love highdeas. Then the boys dish on the crazy Pepsi Jet documentary on netflix before swapping stories about extreme cheapskates, inclduing some disturbing anecdotes about Qtips and toothbrushes.
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51:4931/07/2023
Did You Know About Frivolous Lawsuits?
Did You Know About Frivolous Lawsuits? This week Gaspare and Joe do a deep dive on some of histories most frivolous lawsuits. Some will make you laugh from the absurdity and some might make you cry for the future of our justice system. Either way you'll learn something new about some crazy lawsuits.
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30:0627/07/2023
Social Studies NPC's
This week, Gaspare and Joe are mesmerized by a weird new Tik Tok trend that young streamers are using to make money. Then Gaspare and Joe get into listener emails which include a fantastic story about some bombastic boobies.
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57:3324/07/2023
Did You Know Animal Facts?
Did You Know Animal Facts? This week Joe flips the script and fills Gaspare in about some of the weirdest behaviours in the animal kingdom. From farting humming birds to the worlds ugliest and kinkiest toads Joe shares some of the gems he's gathered from decades of being animal obsessed.
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29:1620/07/2023
Kid Slang 101
This week Gaspare and Joe discuss the newest social app trends before bonding over a shared camp couselor history. They break down some of the hip-new lingo the youth are saying before diving into this week's audience emails, which include some true life cult confessions.
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01:04:1317/07/2023
Did You Know About The Bubonic Plague?
Did You Know About The Bubonic Plague? This week Gaspare dives into the history of the most famous pandemic in history. Gaspare and Joe reminisce on the worlds most recent pandemic and Gaspare busts out his very own plague doctor mask.
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25:4013/07/2023
Bourgeuois Fishing and Bobbit Worms
This week, Joe gets nervous about wedding planning before he and gaspare explore the deep blue sea of 100 year old sturgeons and giant sea worms named after famous domestic disputers. Gaspare's daughter makes a cameo before getting into some top shelf listener emails.
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55:0710/07/2023
Did you Know About Pompeii?
Did you Know About Pompeii? This week Gas narrates the tragic fate of the ancient and surprisingly erotic Italian city of Pompeii. Joe's volcano fears come to the surface and the guys do their own history dive by breaking down gay pop icons of the early 2000's.
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31:0906/07/2023
One More Thing Real Quick
This week, Gaspare dishes out some amazing fatherly advice about how to survive New York and what to do when your child loses his tooth while pooping. Joe shares a great tip on how to get help supplying your classroom as a broke teacher and the emails include stories about demon students who can control the weather.
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58:5703/07/2023
Did You Know About Acoustic Kitty?
Did You Know About Acoustic Kitty? This week Gaspare fills us in on one of the most eccentric war efforts of all time before he and Joe dig into the finer points spycraft and the art of grilling cheese.
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29:5929/06/2023
How Many Ants Does Your Cat Weigh?
This week is...for real...an emails only podcast! The fellas dig into a ton of emails including one about a cat who mysteriously died twice and another which claims that a listener's husband recently kissed one of the guys. Joe and Gaspare get to the bottom of those claims before proposing a new and unique sytem of weights and measurements.
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53:4226/06/2023
Did You Know About Genghis Khan?
Did You Know About Genghis Khan? This week Gaspare shares some unbelievable facts about Genghis Khan and the entire Khan clan, including the fact that you might actually be related to the iconic Genghis himself.
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26:2022/06/2023
Ethic Meats
This week, Gaspare shares the mind blowing news about unbreakable water balloons and Joe confesses a secret he's held for years! Then the guys get into some wild emails one of which deals with the seldom talked about issue of teachers being peed on.
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58:2019/06/2023
Did You Know How Much A Billion Dollars Is?
Did You Know How Much A Billion Dollars Is? This week Gaspare puts the mind-blowing wealth of billionaire's into perspective. Joe and Gas wonder why coins are still a thing, and Gas shares his foolproof trick to keeping your hands from smelling like onions.
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29:1615/06/2023
I Have Human Bones
This week, Joe buys a cow and Gaspare goes on a bad food bender before giving everyone some essential quicksand survival tips. The guys share creepy facebook marketplace interactions that culminates in that one time Gaspare was offered an incredible deal on some human bones...
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01:02:3512/06/2023