The Time Has Come: Podcast Adventures

In honor of Labor Day, Josh and Keith talk about work and job stories.  You will make a run for the border when Keith explains what secret ingredient once flavored the tacos of Taco Bell, back in the day. Josh shares a first-hand account of when the dotcom bubble went bust.

Also discussed: public bathroom etiquette and the violations thereof and a chilling tale of a young boy who claimed to be the son of Satan himself. (Story also involves poop.)

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Episode 011: Take This Job and Shove It [ 1:28:07 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1475)

Swinging fists of fury! No quarter asked and none given! Episode 009 is the first of a special two-parter all about ass kicking. Or, as it turns out, having one’s ass kicked. Learn about Keith’s transformation from lovable egghead to towering bully and his rise (and relatively quick fall) as a street fighter.

Josh talks childhood karate classes and explains a little bit of what it was like being the town Jew in rural Oxford in the early 80s. Hint: It involves lots of hitting.

The conversation went long, so this week, on Thursday, the conclusion episode will be posted in its own full-length podcast.

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Episode 009: FIGHT! FIGHT! (Part 1 of 2) [ 1:38:42 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (769)

Lights! Adventure! Excitement! Adult Babies! Family-destroying traumatic fights and misery! The stuff vacation memories are made of.

Join Josh and Keith as they recount vacations past: Josh’s experience as an unattended minor en route to a Miami Beach condo full of old Jews. Keith’s family camping outings and pilgrimages to Disney (interrupted by time-share seminars and strife) . Josh’s poor luck with airports and flights and his pre-9/11 near arrests at both for suspected terrorism.  What happens in Vegas DOES NOT STAY in Vegas as Keith reveals what almost bankrupted him and his store. (Hint: It involves boobs.)

The time has come once more for you to listen in.

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Episode 007: Vacation! All I Ever Wanted! [ 1:52:42 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1110)

Wanna see something really scary? Well, you’re out of luck, as this is an audio podcast, after all. But if you want to hear some scary stuff– haunted toys and inexplicable acts of clairvoyance regarding vampire lore, near-misses with rapists and killers and armed robbers, along with more than you ever needed to know about the grindhouse horror industry of the 70s, then you are in luck.

Keith and Josh go over the stuff that scared and scares them; nightmares and images, events and ideas. The time has come for you to listen in!

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Episode 006: The Scariest Podcast. Horror and Nasty [ 1:31:58 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (978)

Summer spectacular! Summer movies! Summer jobs! Summertime, summertime, sum-sum-summertime.

In this episode, Keith tells a tale of summer employment that will physically hurt you with laughter, or your money back.

The statute of limitations is expired on Josh’s once upon a summer-crimes and he comes clean on his former Robin-Hood-esque campaign against The Man(TM).  Thrills, chills, action and adventure awaits you for the downloading.

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Episode 005: "Cruel, Cruel Summer" [ 1:42:34 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (846)

In which Josh and Keith recount their struggles against The Man(tm) and Josh reveals his grand unifying theory of all human interaction. Along the way, they dissect and discuss early 90s faux-rap, Keith’s disappointment  with the new Spider-Man movie and his plans to wed Emma Stone, there’s something approaching grand theft and Josh demonstrates his ability to quote verbatim from ENTER THE DRAGON at great length. A fine time is had by all.

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Episode 004: There is No Grownup Anywhere [ 1:50:01 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (882)

in which Josh recounts the fashion vagaries of jew-camp and how he resolved to be a pirate, lives through a terrible 80s movie with no redeeming slow-clap, Keith recounts his time as both hero and villain and the boys come clean about Dungeons and Dragons and the early days of Live Action Roleplaying.

Episode 003: Drive By Ketchup Attacks and Adventure [ 1:29:52 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (961)

In which Keith looks for love in all the wrong places– including a crappy barbecue joint and a graveyard– and Josh reveals himself as a serial coward. This episode is full of tales of love letters, death defying miracles and shame. Lots and lots of shame. But it all works out in the end.

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Episode 002: Caught in a Bad Romance [ 1:28:56 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (856)

Listen to Episode 001: Secret Origins and Archvillains

What happens when life-long friends get together to talk about stuff and things? Evidently, podcasts. We are Josh Dobbin and Keith Field and we’re here to do a bunch of things. First, and most hopefully, to entertain.

What with this being the first in what will become a long series of long conversations, an explanation of intent might be in order. Why are you doing this, you may wonder? What is “The Time Has Come?” supposed to be, you may ask.

To which my answer would be something approximating the following:

It’s two really good friends talking about a lot of stuff in a way that we hope is entertaining. There’s that.

Second, there’s a selfish ulterior motive. Doing this allows me an excuse to meet with Keith every week and hang out and talk. Right there, I win.

Also there’s something really special about a long form discussion that is hard to come by, outside of podcasts. An intimate depth that isn’t available elsewhere. In news and media, everything is so segmented and packaged; having the space to let stories and conversations breathe is rare.

And finally, I have become fascinated with the magic that happens when you create lasting documents. Written pieces, edited video documents, and now this. A conversation or event that happens is here then gone; the same conversation recorded and archived can become a form of entertainment (maybe even enlightenment) and a treasure years later. I know that any recording I have of my father is precious and priceless, now. I like the idea that one day, years from now, my girls will have these collected and available.

So along the way, while accomplishing these goals, if we also happen to be able to give you something worthwhile to listen to in your earphones that gets you through doing the dishes and folding the laundry (that’s where I listen to podcasts, anyway) then everybody wins.

The time has come. Listen in.

Listen to Episode 001: Secret Origins and Archvillains [ 1:22:05 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (6516)