Episodes

  • The Common Tales — Ep 3: The First Time I Saw It Work

    The Common Tales — Ep 3: The First Time I Saw It Work
    Jun 30 2026
    The day a clay cup broke on a tavern floor, someone knelt to mend it with their hands, and the last thing Phil was sure about quietly stopped being true. A chemist runs out of explanations. Plus a song about the day the rules broke.
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    20 mins
  • The Common Tales — Ep 2: The Night Football Started a Bar Fight

    The Common Tales — Ep 2: The Night Football Started a Bar Fight
    Jun 23 2026
    Phil tells the Cosset about the night he tried to explain college football to a room full of people who'd never heard of it — and watched a tavern come apart over a game that doesn't exist in this world. A comedy about tribalism, homesickness, and the parts of home you can't put down. Plus a fight song for a team nobody here will ever see.
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    16 mins
  • The Common Tales — Ep 1: The Night I Arrived

    The Common Tales — Ep 1: The Night I Arrived
    Jun 21 2026
    Phil tells the Cosset about the night everything changed: a dive bar in Youngstown, a stranger in a t-shirt that said THE MAGIC IS REAL, and the argument he lost more completely than anything before or since. The first of the recordings he never meant for anyone to hear.
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    19 mins