Episodes

  • Doing Bits During Emergency Training | Quick Question Ep. 316

    Doing Bits During Emergency Training | Quick Question Ep. 316
    Jan 21 2026
    Daniel is fresh off an infant care class and a CPR certification, which leads to a wide-ranging conversation about how much preparation actually sticks when it matters. He and Soren talk swaddling, baby hygiene, circumcision care, and the unsettling reality that newborns are basically loose bags of milk. From there, things spiral into CPR etiquette, AED myths, corporate training videos, and the strange urge to do crowd work during emergency situations. Along the way, Soren recounts helping a lost child at a holiday light show—and the unexpectedly ambiguous text exchange that followed—while both hosts grapple with the question of when to step in, when to back away, and how anyone is supposed to know what to do in a crisis.

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    58 mins
  • The Young & The Breakfast | Quick Question Ep. 315

    The Young & The Breakfast | Quick Question Ep. 315
    Jan 13 2026
    The guys talk Stranger Things Season 5, do the bleak math of middle-aged drinking, and the perverse little happiness spike that follows a truly harrowing puke. Speaking of puke, the guys discuss the sacred childhood joy of sick-day daytime TV (Judge Judy supremacy, soap operas as emotional concrete) and finally, Daniel and Soren spiral into TV industry doom: Netflix getting into the podcast game, prestige TV existing only as a side quest for tech companies, and the impossible task of ending a beloved show without stepping on an internet landmine—aka Finale School.
    • 00:00 Introduction and Podcast Dynamics
    • 02:32 Reflections on Aging and Drinking
    • 05:22 Hangover Remedies and Personal Experiences
    • 08:16 The Nature of Vomiting and Its Aftermath
    • 11:06 Parenting and Children’s Fear of Vomiting
    • 14:00 Nostalgia for Childhood Illness and Daytime TV
    • 17:35 Soap Operas and Acting Experiences
    • 26:28 The Unique Challenges of Soap Opera Acting
    • 33:33 The Evolution of Television and Soap Operas
    • 40:43 The State of Modern Television
    • 51:52 The Art of Writing and Ending a Series
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    58 mins
  • The Free Soup Conspiracy | Quick Question Ep. 314

    The Free Soup Conspiracy | Quick Question Ep. 314
    Jan 6 2026
    On this episode, Daniel concludes his year-long feud with a New Jersey restaurant regarding false promises of post-race soup. Meanwhile, Soren gets physically trapped inside the trunk of a Chevy Volt while attempting a battery change in the rain. Plus: The dark science of motivating children with stories about drowning mice, proper running hand placement (T-1000 vs. Potato Chip), and the economic impossibility of fairness in arcade prize redemption.

    Chapters: 0:00 - The history of Cracked books (and the one that failed)
    04:25 - The Resolution of the Free Soup Saga
    5:15 - Motivating children with the "Drowning Mice" experiment
    24:00 - Why we look terrible when running
    27:50 - Running form: T-1000 vs. Holding a Potato Chip
    35:00 - The Arcade Fairness Doctrine (Zootopia 2)
    38:30 - The tragedy of the heart bells
    47:00 - Soren gets trapped in a Chevy Volt trunk
    56:00 - Remembering how to fix cars pre-Internet

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    Credits: Hosts: Soren Bowie & Daniel O'Brien
    Theme Song: Me Rex
    Produced By: Gabe Harder
    Asst. Editor: Liam Harder

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Write That Down, I’m In Trouble | Ep. 313

    Write That Down, I’m In Trouble | Ep. 313
    Jan 1 2026
    A listener email from Danielle turns into a full-on behind-the-scenes autopsy of visual gags in adult animation: marquee jokes, fake brand names, book titles, and who actually adds what—writers, artists, animators, or a chaotic mix of everyone. Soren breaks down what tends to be scripted versus what often comes from the production/art side.

    Daniel relates it to his own show’s graphics pipeline, including the infamously over-specified “opposite snakes” ordeal on Last Week Tonight. Plus: the American Dad! theme-song detail Danielle noticed—Roger’s intro disguise being pulled from the writer’s prior episode—and why it’s basically a present from the animation team.

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    53 mins
  • Everyone’s Gone Full Tin Fish | Ep. 312

    Everyone’s Gone Full Tin Fish | Ep. 312
    Dec 23 2025
    Everyone on the internet is suddenly obsessed with tin fish. Sardines. Anchovies. Baby eels. Luxury cans that cost more than a real dinner. This week, Daniel and Soren try to understand how canned fish became a personality, why British men in fezzes are eating fish spines on camera, and what it says about internet culture when the worst foods get rebranded as delicacies. Along the way: debate videos, reaction content, copied sketches, algorithmic brain rot, and the creeping feeling that the internet might need to be turned off for a few years. We will not be decanting the tin. ----

    🔗LINKS:
    Search Engine episode: https://www.searchengine.show/an-anthropology-of-gooning/
    Daniel Kolitz' piece: https://harpers.org/archive/2025/11/the-goon-squad-daniel-kolitz-porn-masturbation-loneliness/
    Pablo Torre Finds Out: https://www.pablo.show/p/high-goon
    Tinned Fish Reviews: https://tinnedfishreviews.com/


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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • People Who Make the Room Better | Quick Question Ep. 311

    People Who Make the Room Better | Quick Question Ep. 311
    Dec 9 2025
    Daniel has been obsessing over the part of Beatles lore where tensions are high, everyone hates each other, and the only thing keeping the world’s most famous band from imploding was… Billy Preston. That launches a full tour through the guys’ own history with morale-saving personalities — the people who walk into a room and immediately make everyone behave, write better, or at least stop threatening to quit.

    They cover behind-the-scenes moments from Cracked, the sets where one good vibe could salvage a 3AM shoot, the gravitational pull of Sam Richardson, the sorcery of Ben Schwartz, and the peculiar negotiations that happen with network standards when your show involves nudity, violence, or hot dogs with speaking roles.

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    57 mins
  • Subway Sandwich Takes | Ep. 310

    Subway Sandwich Takes | Ep. 310
    Dec 2 2025
    Daniel struggles to stop fidgeting with studio equipment and recalls a disastrous coin-based incident on another podcast. Then, the guys analyze the decline of video quality in the Zoom era and the baffling visual language of TikTok mic-holding. Later, Soren unveils his new workspace, sparking a heated debate about whether garages are actually for cars or just "stuff." Daniel shares his home inspector’s unsettling advice about ventilation, and Soren worries his new glass door will turn his driveway into a neighborhood spectacle. Plus: boxcar cigarettes, the evolution of acceptable language, and why teenage boys are more disappointing than dangerous.

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    50 mins
  • Ethan Hawke: The Last Cool Guy? | Ep. 309

    Ethan Hawke: The Last Cool Guy? | Ep. 309
    Nov 25 2025
    Daniel discovers two prestige TV shows that apparently materialized out of thin air, Soren admits he gets all his entertainment news from bus benches, and the guys spiral into how impossible it is to know anything that’s on television anymore. They talk canon mishaps in writers’ rooms, Roger’s theoretical bang bus arc, Haley’s secret basketball obsession, lore in Tolkien and Game of Thrones, and why Ethan Hawke might genuinely be the last cool man alive. Plus: a shocking Thanksgiving twist.

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    49 mins